Wings! Remastered Edition

 PC
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

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  1. Sjalka
    Nov 13, 2014
    5
    This game has good and bad sides.

    The very good thing is that is touches a very interesting era that - strangely - has not been touched by many developers ( world war 1 ). It is less simulation than arcade - BUT - and i think that is quite important... it deals with the time in a fairly good way. It has a story that, it has a playercharacter that becomes "someone" that is kind of    This game has good and bad sides.

    The very good thing is that is touches a very interesting era that - strangely - has not been touched by many developers ( world war 1 ). It is less simulation than arcade - BUT - and i think that is quite important... it deals with the time in a fairly good way.

    It has a story that, it has a playercharacter that becomes "someone" that is kind of relatable and likable ( which is more than most arcade simulations like Hawx and similar fail to achieve )

    There are some things that i did not like at all though

    - the game is ugly, - ugly as an average IOS game ( or similar mobile game ). Considering it is on the PC, deals with very small areas and fairly slow planes, one should have expected MUCH greater detail ( which is possible without AAA budget )
    - the AI is not too smart. While an individual enemy plane conducts manouvers fairly OK, the squadrons do not work together - it quickly becomes quite a messy skirmish up in the skies
    - the 2d minigames are a chore. But i was told they were part of the original, so i guess that is why they are in this game in that form.

    from my pov, it is a 5/10 - a solid one. It is a fun, casual game that does not exceed the complexity of a mobile game ( but could have done so with more efford easily ). If i was the correct target audience ( players who grew up with the original i guess ) i could have awarded an 8/10 easily i guess.

    the game IS remastered, much more than many "lazy" so called "HD" remakes - BUT a little more efford would have elevated it much higher. - Maybe it can be a precurser to a Wings 2 ... .    … Expand

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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. 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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  2. 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.
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  3. 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.
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