Wings! Remastered Edition

 PC
Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Eurogamer Italy
    Dec 23, 2014
    60
    Wings! Remastered Edition is all about nostalgia and good ol’ times. But the fact is that in 2014 you need to give something more to your audience, even if they had played and loved the original game.
  2. GameWatcher
    Nov 3, 2014
    60
    It’s clear enough isn’t it, if you remember this Amiga classic and you’re well up for round two then maybe it’s worth picking up. It’s not a full priced release anyway and it seems that they’ve done a pretty good job of capturing the essence of the original but with a new lick of paint.
  3. Eurogamer Germany
    Oct 28, 2014
    60
    If you can't play the original, this remaster is a decent if cheap looking refresher.
  5. GameCritics
    Jan 4, 2015
    55
    In choosing to re-create Wings exactly as it was, warts and all, the developers have revealed that on a fundamental level, Wings was always more wart than it was game.

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 30
  3. Negative: 5 out of 30
  1. StrikerFIN
    Oct 18, 2014
    9
    Top notch recreation of the Amiga classic, they really hit all the right notes. HD graphics, orchestrated music and good voice acting added,Top notch recreation of the Amiga classic, they really hit all the right notes. HD graphics, orchestrated music and good voice acting added, but the game is essentially the same - arcade WW1 flying game, with engaging story.

    They didn't change it in wrong parts, like the people who did Speedball HD did. If you loved the original, you'll have blast. But don't expect it to be a simulation or anything really complicated, it's some of the best of early 90's gaming brought back to life, better than ever.    … Full Review »
  2. Voyou
    May 19, 2021
    2
    Tutorial forgets to explain the game, the objectives, the tools, the correct controls, but it doesn't forget to be annoying with itsTutorial forgets to explain the game, the objectives, the tools, the correct controls, but it doesn't forget to be annoying with its unskippable repeats of useless tripe.… Full Review »
  3. bigsilverhotdog
    May 5, 2016
    4
    I never played this one back in the day so I'm looking at it without any rose tinted glasses mucking up the review score. I suspect all theI never played this one back in the day so I'm looking at it without any rose tinted glasses mucking up the review score. I suspect all the positive reviews here are from people drunk on such nostalgia, because this game is very poorly designed and fails spectacularly to stand the test of time.

    The controls and gameplay are limited to the absolute bare bones basics. Strafing is a slow Zaxxon-style isometric shooting with very little to shoot at or run into. Bombing is a very slow top down 1943-style arcade timing exercise without much to bomb or shoot at. 3D combat is the most maddeningly tedious of all, because these planes don't have rudders or throttles. Up-down-left-right and fire is all you've got. You can also "look" up-down-left-right, but that is LITERALLY all there is to the "fighter" combat. It's nearly as simplistic as Sopwith, and that was 2D shareware from 1984. In fact, maybe you could argue Sopwith was MORE advanced, because it had throttle control and takeoff/landing. Further, Dynamix's Red Baron was released the same year as this game and is far better developed than this "remaster", to say nothing of the much rougher original.

    The "story" is poorly written cliched drivel (with English narration and American text as others have mentioned). The "Remastered" music is nice and fits the mood of the game -- that's the only reason the game gets 2 stars. I played it for an hour and deleted it, never to be touched again. To be honest I had seen all there was to see after 10 minutes. Maybe this tedium was fun for a few in 90-91, but I wouldn't know -- I was busy playing Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, Star Control, and King's Bounty. These games all survived the test of time. Wings, even "Remastered", does not.    … Full Review »
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