Project Wingman

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 65
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  1. taufik97
    Dec 5, 2020
    9
    If you love arcade flight sim like ace combat, you will love this one too
    Pros :
    -Better flight model than the other games in arcade flight sim genre -Ability to carry multiple SP weapon on the aircraft hardpoints -Awesome soundtrack -Lovely WSO (only available on 2 seater aircraft) Cons -Only 21 aircraft available right now (v1.0.3) -Limited choice of 2 seater aircraft (F-4E,    If you love arcade flight sim like ace combat, you will love this one too
    Pros :
    -Better flight model than the other games in arcade flight sim genre
    -Ability to carry multiple SP weapon on the aircraft hardpoints
    -Awesome soundtrack
    -Lovely WSO (only available on 2 seater aircraft)
    Cons
    -Only 21 aircraft available right now (v1.0.3)
    -Limited choice of 2 seater aircraft (F-4E, SU-25, MiG31, CF-105, F-14D)    … Expand
  2. trainiac12
    Dec 2, 2020
    9
    Project wingman scratches an itch that I've had for VR flight action since it was announced for PS4 Ace Combat. This is a full fat VR game made by 2 people with a solid but not groundbreaking story and fun characters and boss fights. Graphically, this game is very impressive for such a small effort.

    There are some bugs, that the developers are scrambling to fix as I type this review.    Project wingman scratches an itch that I've had for VR flight action since it was announced for PS4 Ace Combat. This is a full fat VR game made by 2 people with a solid but not groundbreaking story and fun characters and boss fights. Graphically, this game is very impressive for such a small effort.

    There are some bugs, that the developers are scrambling to fix as I type this review. This is not a perfect product, and could have spent another month or so on bug fixes. However, the bugs are non game effecting and did not detract from the experience in any meaningful way.

    I'll summarize like this: Ace Combat 7, which heavily inspired this game, is like a ribeye at a 5 star restaurant. It's immaculate, made by the chef who's been making it for years and has it to a cold science of spices and flavors. Project Wingman is a New York Strip from your favorite hometown diner. It's not as perfect and immaculate, but it comes with a care and warmth that can only come from a passion for the product. Easy recommendation for any fan of the genre.    … Expand
  3. MattTS
    Aug 8, 2021
    0
    The game has a few positive things going for it but it insists on wasting your time by making you start missions from the start rather than having checkpoints. I value my time more than wasting 40 minutes just to have the game tell me the mission was failed at the very last second.
  4. Vasot
    Jul 16, 2022
    9
    It's a bit rough on the edges at first but with the necessary changes at settings this is an excellent Ace of Combat type of game with an interesting post-apocalyptic campaign after an ecological disaster and a conquest mode. Overall a great work from an indie developer, hope they release a sequel in the future.
  5. Digistruct0r
    Jan 29, 2021
    10
    Your character is a guy who traded the ability to speak for a body that can sustain 20 Gs of force, the Yellowstone supervolcano has cracked the Earth in half, your squadmates are complete knobs, and your plane alone carries enough missiles to level a small country (and you get to do that!)

    The game is a little rough around the edges at times (the end product is still over and above,    Your character is a guy who traded the ability to speak for a body that can sustain 20 Gs of force, the Yellowstone supervolcano has cracked the Earth in half, your squadmates are complete knobs, and your plane alone carries enough missiles to level a small country (and you get to do that!)

    The game is a little rough around the edges at times (the end product is still over and above, considering its dev team size), overall it plays beautifully and is extremely fun.    … Expand
  6. kwawakari
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    I backed this in Kickstarter ages ago, and every penny I helped put into this labour of love was well deserved. If you're a fan of Ace Combat or HAWX, you'll get your 25USD worth very very easily. The planes handle like a dream, the visuals are stunning, and the story is coherent and rather engaging. The only downside I had was just parched out as of 1.04, so I'll give this game a perfect score.
  7. SHISHIGANG
    Dec 9, 2020
    10
    More hard than Ace combat, more fun, and less expensive. Just buy it. The game doesn't pretend to be a deep storytelling masterpiece, but just a challenging and fun arcade sim. And it succeeds plenty in that.
  8. Nibreto
    Jan 12, 2021
    10
    alright this game is amazing, the soundtrack is killer, the game is mechanically and narratively fantastic with the cringe voiceline every so often, but its an amazing alternative to ace combat games at a cheaper price. ignore the metacritic only boomers and virgins use this site, and I say that sadly falling into one of those categories, but for real, it's not a perfect simulation likealright this game is amazing, the soundtrack is killer, the game is mechanically and narratively fantastic with the cringe voiceline every so often, but its an amazing alternative to ace combat games at a cheaper price. ignore the metacritic only boomers and virgins use this site, and I say that sadly falling into one of those categories, but for real, it's not a perfect simulation like war thunder air battles, but what is lacks in realism it makes up for in fun and badassery.… Expand
  9. Kalkin
    Oct 29, 2021
    10
    Project Wingman in VR is the way that all Ace Combat style games are meant to be played. Every Ace Combat or arcade jet dogfighting game from this point forward needs to ship with full VR support, there's no excuse anymore. Currently one of the best full VR games out there.
  10. strangermoon
    May 23, 2023
    9
    quite suprising to this game hold level of ace combat 7 graphics and even better gameplay and enemy scenario varitons. airplanes limited compared but famous ones still here. both game uses unreal engine 4 but this game almost 1 of 5 size of ace combat 7 which quite impressive to look same and have more variarty.
  11. Aeryx
    Jun 21, 2021
    10
    This game has me hooked! As a big fan of games like Total Air War, F22 Lighting, Jane's IAF and other flight simulators, Project Wingman is just such a welcome addition to the arcade air combat genre. It greatly improves on Ace Combat, and is much better in writing, graphics and gameplay. It doesn't take itself too seriously and doesn't suffer from the prepubescent and ear-bleeding writingThis game has me hooked! As a big fan of games like Total Air War, F22 Lighting, Jane's IAF and other flight simulators, Project Wingman is just such a welcome addition to the arcade air combat genre. It greatly improves on Ace Combat, and is much better in writing, graphics and gameplay. It doesn't take itself too seriously and doesn't suffer from the prepubescent and ear-bleeding writing and banter of Ace Combat 7. Fans of the series will greatly appreciate this and fans of simulators like me, will also love this. Our genre is really starved of good games. As a project made by only a two-man team, this game is just marvelous. I especially like how the aircraft are much more detailed and have better styling than in Ace Combat. You can tell that this game was built with passion with so many fine details, down to the camo of the planes to the messy skies with smoke trails and debris everywhere to the way planes fall to the ground while burning. It is also significantly harder than Ace Combat and the missions are more complex, longer and loaded with numerous targets. The missiles perform better and the planes handle much better than in Ace Combat. Project Wingman is not too realistic, but enjoyable on so many levels. The soundtrack is also insanely good. For the low asking price, this game is a true gem of the skies!… Expand
  12. Seinekar
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    Vibrant game, could be labelled as a Ace Combat clone, but a hell of good one. Campaign is pretty good and conquest mode adds a lot of replayability. Controls are satisfying, and effects are gorgeous (Explosions!!).

    Hard to believe this was a 2-man team behind this.

    Also to note game is receiving feedback and immediate updates by developers.
  13. Gamerasi
    Jan 28, 2021
    10
    One of the games that has impressed me the most in recent years. It is in a completely different dimension with VR.
  14. he110me
    Dec 14, 2020
    9
    Pure, unadulterated, anime-cheese fighter-pilot kino. Best played with a flight stick (make sure it covers pitch, yaw, and roll), but accommodates controller and mouse/keyboard. Story is dumb, cheesy, over-the-top anime ridiculousness and I love every minute of it.

    Conquest mode gives the game more replayability than Ace Combat 7. Only downside: no checkpoints and missions are long.    Pure, unadulterated, anime-cheese fighter-pilot kino. Best played with a flight stick (make sure it covers pitch, yaw, and roll), but accommodates controller and mouse/keyboard. Story is dumb, cheesy, over-the-top anime ridiculousness and I love every minute of it.

    Conquest mode gives the game more replayability than Ace Combat 7.

    Only downside: no checkpoints and missions are long. Crash at the very end? tought luck, back to the beginning of the level for you.    … Expand
  15. troutmonkey
    Dec 13, 2020
    9
    This is the next Ace Combat I've been waiting for. Better than Ace Combat 7 and nearly as good as Ace Combat 6. Completed the campaign in about 12 hours, but that's only about half the content. You can replay with modifiers and you'll need to play more than once through to unlock all the jets. Combat is great with a good variety of enemies to fight on land, sea and air - including airshipsThis is the next Ace Combat I've been waiting for. Better than Ace Combat 7 and nearly as good as Ace Combat 6. Completed the campaign in about 12 hours, but that's only about half the content. You can replay with modifiers and you'll need to play more than once through to unlock all the jets. Combat is great with a good variety of enemies to fight on land, sea and air - including airships like the one in Ace Combat 6. Story is neat and has good banter between the pilots as you're flying.
    TLDR - If you like Ace Combat get this    … Expand
  16. JJJacobalt
    Dec 13, 2020
    9
    Great game, perfecting for scratching the Ace Combat itch. Only complaint is minor glitches and a current lack of two-seater planes (which means you often miss out on dialogue with your second-seat character), but the devs have said that they plan to remedy both those issues.
  17. pcapinheiro
    Aug 11, 2022
    8
    Excelente surpresa, esse jogo não deixa nada devendo para quem curte um combate aéreo.

    Pontos Positivos:
    + Cenários e condições variados
    + Várias opções de aviões e armamentos
    + Visual e som bacanas
    + No PC, suporte nativo a 21:9

    Pontos Negativos
    + As missões são meio longas
  18. Buttered1
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    Excellent game, I feel like if Ace Combat ditched their licensing stuff they could make the game better - like how this is basically Ace Combat 7 in terms of fun, it's just less polished!

    Project ACES: Ditch licensing, use that money to make more missions!
  19. Yousif_97
    Jan 4, 2022
    10
    Best military arcade plane game

    10/10 music
    10/10 gameplay
    9/10 story

    Overall: 10/10
  20. VirtualTrucker
    Nov 30, 2021
    9
    I really love this game and it can be a challenge sometimes but overall I would recommend everyone plays it. The only small issue I have is that at times you can hardly hear the story over the game sounds.
  21. ChunkyMunkey
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    This game caught me by surprise, it takes the genre that Ace Combat really created to new heights, graphically it stuns me every now and then, however the plane models themselves could have done with a bit more work. Gameplay wise I have zero complaints, its fluid, flight controls seem spot on (After tweaking some of the axis curves) and the gunplay feels perfect. 9/10 my only complaint isThis game caught me by surprise, it takes the genre that Ace Combat really created to new heights, graphically it stuns me every now and then, however the plane models themselves could have done with a bit more work. Gameplay wise I have zero complaints, its fluid, flight controls seem spot on (After tweaking some of the axis curves) and the gunplay feels perfect. 9/10 my only complaint is a bug where my controller occasionally wont stop softly rumbling in-between missions unless I unplug and plug back in.… Expand
  22. 3t3rnal
    Feb 5, 2022
    0
    The game looks interesting, but for me, it simply does not work. When I try to start the campaign, and get to the plane selection before a mission, my cursor disappears, and the sensitivity skyrockets for some reason, and I just can't even get the mouse to where it needs to go. I tried with gamepad, and same issue with it as well...
  23. walla47
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    Great game with a decent story, definitely something to fill in between the infrequent releases of Ace Combat. It has a lot of what makes AC games good but builds on top of it too with new things like conquest mode.
  24. vipershark
    Dec 15, 2020
    10
    An excellent game for a somewhat niche genre, I cannot see someone saying they dislike the game without saying they dislike arcade flight sims.
    While it is not flawless, the patch that has already dropped a little more than a week after launch has patch all the things that would knock my rating down from a 10.
    I hear VR had some cosmetic/minor issues that where unresolved, but that is    An excellent game for a somewhat niche genre, I cannot see someone saying they dislike the game without saying they dislike arcade flight sims.
    While it is not flawless, the patch that has already dropped a little more than a week after launch has patch all the things that would knock my rating down from a 10.
    I hear VR had some cosmetic/minor issues that where unresolved, but that is hear-say as I do not
    have a headset.

    Some things I like:
    Weapons, All the weapons. Bring Bombs, SPAMRAAMS (multi-lock missiles to cut down chaff), and extra guns (because one isn't enough Dakka), and switch between them is engaging and it feels great to be able to look at a problem and then say I have a solution and change how you are going to fight, a knife fight with extra guns, sniping with long ranged missiles, or just blazing past them all firing at everyone with your multi-lock weapons and waiting to reload as you charge away.

    An old gripe about older ace combat and similar was how ace pilot bosses just kinda cheated and turned on a dime, but I really love how the AoA delimiter allows you to do the same, making you feel like a bad ass as you spin around killing people, but having it have drawbacks that just don't make you always spam it just to deal with enemies, keeping it fun to use (Kills your airspeed, can't have flares)

    The sound track is great considering its made by like one guy and has a really nice feel to it that hits the right notes for the story and the action    … Expand
  25. bobolo
    Dec 28, 2020
    10
    Hard to find even a somewhat important flaw with this game.

    It has an extremely fun and satisfying gameplay thanks to its visual effect, intuitive flight model and phenomenal soundtrack.

    it is arguably an improved ace combat, but costs less than half.
  26. R4veN34
    Jan 3, 2021
    10
    Orange Orange
    Orange
    The only color I can see right now is orange.
    The sky is orange, the wall is orange, the floor is orange.
  27. 2random
    Sep 16, 2022
    8
    Project Wingman is definitely not a simulator- aircraft physics just aren't there, they feel more like spaceships. You carry hundreds of rockets and all sorts of futuristic weapons. It doesn't make it less fun, though. Enemies are not too challenging, but not too simple- just a perfect balance. As long as you don't hit the ground, you will beat every mission sooner or later. Oh, and if youProject Wingman is definitely not a simulator- aircraft physics just aren't there, they feel more like spaceships. You carry hundreds of rockets and all sorts of futuristic weapons. It doesn't make it less fun, though. Enemies are not too challenging, but not too simple- just a perfect balance. As long as you don't hit the ground, you will beat every mission sooner or later. Oh, and if you crash, you'll have to start the mission from the very beginning. It happened a lot during the first hour, but then I got used to the controls and never crashed again.
    The game is in extremely polished techinical condition. It looks surprisingly good, and FPS is as high as it can be. Load times are non-existant.
    I didn't really pay attention to the plot, but it's there, represented by a few short, mostly skippable cutscenes.
    Missions felt a bit repetitive at times, but each one of them offered something unique or unexpected.
    All in all, I've had a great time playing this game.    … Expand
  28. mstr3000
    Jun 22, 2022
    9
    Fantastic presentation, tight controls, and a very well-done campaign.

    the story is more of a 7/10 but it succeeds very well in making you feel like an ace pilot without devolving into a pure power fantasy . my only complaints is the lack of save points but even that can be a plus if punishing difficulty is your thing, though it must be said that the game is tough but fair even in the    Fantastic presentation, tight controls, and a very well-done campaign.

    the story is more of a 7/10 but it succeeds very well in making you feel like an ace pilot without devolving into a pure power fantasy . my only complaints is the lack of save points but even that can be a plus if punishing difficulty is your thing, though it must be said that the game is tough but fair even in the highest difficulty .overall a great game with amazing soundtrack. cant wait to see more from this developer    … Expand

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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. 4P.de
    Mar 12, 2021
    73
    The mission design as well as some mechanical weaknesses sometimes kill the mood. But presentation and the dogfights are top-notch – especially in VR.
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  2. IGN Japan
    Mar 5, 2021
    70
    Project Wingman is an indie aerial combat game that could easily be mistaken for a AAA title. If playing a flight shooter in VR on PC is your dream, look no further. However, with repetitive gameplay and a story that’s difficult to understand, Project Wingman just doesn’t feel exhilarating enough to make it enjoyable for the casual player.
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  3. GameCritics
    Feb 24, 2021
    85
    Project Wingman may well be the most frustrating game I’ve ever unabashedly loved by making me feel like the hotshot pilot I’ve never been, and the only price I have to pay is a little bit of my sanity every time I die and remember that there aren’t any checkpoints.
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