Project Wingman | Review in 3 Minutes
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Will Cruz reviews Project Wingman, developed by Sector D2.
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Thank you for your review. I'm glad you liked the game and its soundtrack!
Love your music, man.
For those of you unaware, this is the composer of said soundtrack.
Love your music, man!
Yes, excellent work, Jose!
:D
Great music Jose
I'm glad you enjoyed the game :D
So I've looked everywhere to get help for this problem I'm having with this game on xbox series s but I can't find anything anywhere about anyone talking about this game on xbox. So I'm reaching out for help here haha. The problem is the game visually is very blurry, but thankfully there are a bunch of graphics settings, the problem is no matter what I do the video settings won't save and I really want to find a fix for this. If someone could help that would be great
@@STTDB1990 DID I ASK THAT? NO I DIDNT. THE PROBLEM IS THE VIDEO SETTINGS IN GAME ARE THERE BUT THEY WONT SAVE SO EITHER STFU OR HELP WITH THE PROBLEM
“Nothing here seems memorable”
Presidia has entered the chat.
This and the fact that he says there are no cutscenes (there's one near the end) makes me think he hasn't finished the game.
I come to this game with such low expectations regarding the story. Holy shit with little to no cutscenes, the story is pretty damn good
CWRules
compared to Ace Combat games?
This right here. Seriously, every time cordium got ignited in the game was an "oh shit" moment.
The story is fine. It’s left plenty of room to be expanded upon, but for their limited resources it’s perfectly fine.
I don't think he even played much of the story. Bro only got as high as a SU 25 and like mission 6?
"Nothing here seems memorable"
*Orange has entered the chat*
But seriously: the characters are way more memorable than in AC7 - the only thing memorable for me was the dog
Yeah in AC7 I didn't really notice the other pilots, couldn't name any of them except Brownie. Meanwhile I won't be forgetting Comic, Diplomat, and especially Prez any time soon.
Memorable Characters from AC7: Mihaly D. M. C. L. K. B. A. I. R. M. N. A. Shilage, Wiseman, Count, -Lunch- Long Caster, Schröder, Doggo, Captain Torres.
Memorable Characters from PW: Kaiser, Comic, Diplomat, Prez, Master Goose, Wild Boar, Crimson 1 the citrus enthusiast, AWACS Galaxy, Captain -Jack Sparrow- Woodward
@@AtlasFox Yo everyone talks about prez as the second most important character in the game yet she says like 1 or 2 additional sentences per mission. I have no idea why everyone who plays the game think of prez like that.
@@operatorismail6038 Waifu WSO, nuff said
@@Attaxalotl more like Captain Chad Woodward
"Nothing here seems memorable"
God just shut up! SHUT UP!
Angry dip and prez noises
I understood that reference
>Nothing here seems memorable
Cordium cruise missile: beg you pardon?
So happy to see more reviews of this game. It deserves all the attention it can get
Some fun fact: this game was made by a single Ace Combat fan before AC7 got first announced.
holy shit
What???? Whoa
This was also announced around the time AC7 was supposed to be only for PS4 before going multiplatform in 2017
One lead designer/programmer/animator/basically everything, one writer, one composer. That's the whole team. The rest is just VAs. Fucking incredible.
Also, are you a backer? I think I saw your name in the credits.
@@scout4996 Er, no. There are actually 3 people working on PW. One makes the whole damn game, one writes the story, and one scores the amazing tracks in the game. The VAs are just volunteers and some hired professional ones.
It would be nice to get a Zero Punctuation review of this game. I mean Hawx got a review back in the days
H.A.W.X: the high-altitude squadron that almost never flies above 10k feet...
Only pet peeve. Aircraft is already plural. 😂 good review though and definitely going to check it out.
I was about to wonder that myself. I'd never heard "aircrafts" before. lol
"I mean... with most of the dialogue being relayed via radio, and no cutscenes, nothing here screams 'memorable'"
Speak for yourself. You don't need face-to-face dialogue for it to be meaningful, nor do you need cutscenes to communicate powerful emotions and ideas. I fail to see how you could possibly use these two things as some sort of qualitative reference for why the story isn't memorable. I happen to deeply enjoy every conversation from the most mundane banter to the hammiest of proclamations in this game, especially later when Diplomat pulls off a "rapidfire shut-up".
Another thing I'm surprised you missed is the that WSO is fully voiced (the co-pilot that sits in the rear, second seat in two-seater jets), having her own tacname ("President"/"Prez") and dialogue and even communicating with other people in mission like she was always scripted to be there, and you only hear this if you fly a two-seater. Because of this, I went out of my way to stick to two-seaters throughout the entire campaign, even going so far as to neglect any freshly-unlocked planes regardless of their superior qualities and armaments. I mean, you can even **see** her pass out from g-LOC (g-force induced Loss of Consciousness) in the final mission if you're in third person! Ace Combat (to my knowledge) almost never did this, with there just being a voiceless, nameless character model filling the seat and nothing more. That's definitely worthy of praise.
The story itself **starts** as a run-of-the-mill war story, with an alternate-history background, but it quickly spirals out of control by the midpoint, and things escalate **very** fast. I won't spoil anything, but I was thoroughly engaged throughout the whole experience. The setting and lore is also surprisingly fleshed out and ripe for more stories to tell. The fact that Monarch (you) is credited with "Sinking of the 'City on a Lake'" in his file certainly piques my interest.
Surprised you didn't cover the existence of railguns, swarm missiles, energy fields, and airships in this review. Some of the most memorable moments of AC7 was battling the Arsenal Bird, and this game has essentially mini-Arsenal Birds as recurring enemy units, and the railguns act not only as point-and-shoot weapons, but leave a thermal energy trail behind them to act as a sustained area-denial weapon, turning an ordinary arcade-style dogfight into a 3D bullet-hell.
And Conquest mode. Goodness, Conquest Mode... I never knew I needed a Rogue-like in my Ace Combat games until now; its fantastic fun.
All in all, I'm glad this game is being positively reviewed; it deserves all the praise it gets and then some. This review in particular could've been better; I think the game deserves more time and coverage than an installment of 3-Minute Review. Hopefully Mandalore covers this game.
well said
I think when someone makes a review, they're entitled to their opinion.
There is nothing complicated in this game that can't be explained in 3 minutes.
agreed
Well said ,nice synopsis
@@playlistiphone8743 complicated or no, to say that there was nothing memorable about the story is really selling the experience short. I'd wager that the conclusion of the penultimate mission is seared into the memory of damn near everyone who's played it.
Highly disagree about the story. It's simple, focused, and doesn't have a million concepts that you need to track. The conflict drives the plot, and it's not boring American military oh say can you see tedium. It's even got deeper lore if you're interested. When "it" happens, it gets more interesting in a whole new way.
Man it needs more than 21 missions, though. It blows my mind that this only had 2 developers.
I enjoyed the game less than i expected since PW is not Fast Paced like Ace Combat, in Ace Combat you can do High G Turn and enemies has various Maneuver to avoid your Missiles and keep Dogfighting, but in PW, the Enemy just circling around and standard missiles will not connect since the homing capabilities are Trash, but i appreciate the multiple Special Armaments and No Time Limit in Missions since it's making Ground Annihilation easier
And my eyes is freaking hurt, too many Yellow/Orange tint and lack of Color Variation, this is the biggest turn down for me and no Mods existed to make it gone or at least use some variated color
Have you tried using the Ada limiter to pull off some crazy stunts?
I honestly think Project Wingman can hold its own when compared to Ace Combat’s Big 4 (4, 5, Zero, & 7). For $25 this game is an absolute steal. Even at a full $60 it’d be worth it.
i'd rather play this than cyberbunk
I'd rather play both.
Cyberpunk is actually pretty boring.
@@osakanone , OK!
Considering the technical hiccups C77 is having, PW might be a good pitstop
@@ArcturusOTE , the company already said they are going to fix the game no matter what. It's No Man's Sky all over again.
Prez is best girl
It's not a combat flight simulator though
Great review that matches exactly how i felt playing the game. The ending of the story is just amazing. The soundtrack damn elevated the finale.
This game is a fucking slapping banger. When AC7 came out at $80, I laughed. As desperate as I was for fresh arcade jet shooter, I was not going to dish out $80 for the same game I've played before (still $80 even 2 weeks after Wingman's release).
$80? It was $60
$80 was for the deluxe edition, but even then it goes on sale often
It's free now 😁 downloading it now.
@@STTDB1990 Lol exactly!
Great review! But you should never call games of this genre a "simulator"
They're arcade flight shooters after all.
Fair!
It doesn't have to be hardcore to be a sim.
Maybe Let people call things what ever tf they want ?
Nate M
I know right?
Who actually certifies what is sim or arcade?
When I think arcade air combat, games like Afterburner comes to mind
@@playlistiphone8743 simcade exists for games like these
Looks brilliant and without the stupid mission timer which severely tainted Ace Combat 7
THIS! I could not STAND how strict the time limits were in AC7. They singlehandedly ruined the game for me. AC6 had much more relaxed time limits, and you didnt feel like you had to do absolutely everything yourself. Your wingmen were useful in that, and as you free up friendly forces from the multiple choice objectives, you can command them to open fire on targets which was awesome when you see a mass of tanks and warships launch volleys, decimating all the ground targets in front of you. Ahhh - AC6 was sooo good.
@@andrewhickinbottom1051
Ace6 has better graphics anyway Period
"Project wingman is a combat flight simualtor" your very first sentence in the whole video and you're already wrong. Project wingman is the furthest thing from a flight simulator you can get.
The only thing less of a flight simulator than Project wingman is probably super mario bros. Maybe tetris.
Way better than the newest AceCombat as better utilized UR4 and Smooth Controls with the flight physics on top of being an indi game made by a couple devs
I'm downloading it rt now. Hyped, there are not enough fighter pilot games.
Wish someone would make a WW2 themed game
il-2 is a ww2 flight sim thats been out since like the 2000s and has had a steady stream of releases up to 2015 or 2017 I believe
it's too bad the devs completely abandoned this game
Heh.
I played the whole game in VR. Visual quality and consistency in VR suffers a bit (terrain textures and trees might look great in flatscreen but show their artificiality in VR), and the sense of presence isn't as strong as playing in flatscreen (you get screen shakes from nearby explosions in flatscreen). That said, I'd rather play in VR just to get the other aspects out of it. Battle styles, at least in Normal mode, don't matter much - you just have to churn through all of the targets. There is little reason to prioritize any target over another unless you're getting tired of having to use your flares against incoming missiles every moment they are available. The game offers a few boss fights as well. I appreciated the distraction the game provided, and I'm playing through it a second time on a higher difficulty. The story had opportunities to be a lot stronger with movements that could have really paid off (especially with the ending and its music), and more refined mission and combat challenges could have really added character to the game, but I didn't pay a AAA price for the game, so I won't complain much. Worth the $25? Absolutely.
Story isnt memorable? I have nightmares of crimson 1 and orange. And wetdreams of diplomat yelling at crimson.
Simulator certainly not
What do you call Moving in 3 Dimensions as well as Elements like Landing/Take-off Proceeders and Heads Up Display Info ?
It's called Simulator Like Elements
I never thought when I was little the genre I would miss the most would be flight simulators I didn't know how good I had it I'm glad to see any current game that is one
does it have cringe dialogues? it s why i like ace combat
So cringe it comes right around to being great. I have to admit that as good as this game looks playing an Ace Combat like game without an Ace Combat like story sounds kinda bland.
It would be a hollow experience without the nonstop melodrama
ORANGE TIME GAMERS
Patch 1.01 reduced the orange a little my gamer
With no cutscenes or anything nothing seemed memorable?
I'm sorry did we play the same game? Many of its story moments were memorable BECAUSE they were conveyed while playing and through gameplay rather than just some cinematic you don't participate in.
Hi do you know how many missions are there in this game just came out on Xbox and about bloody time too a game of this type all we got is ace combat.
Looks identical to ace combat lol
But it's fking ORANGE 🍊
Ibut canu roll... gave up on ace combat after 20 mins I almost snapped my stick trying to roll but no just bank an yank shit I'm used to playing dcs IL 2 an the like ..been on dcs since black shark ...wat a game
2:37 there is only one acceptable soundtrack
But it’s copyrighted
Highway to the danger zone
Are there any drones as enemies? These ruined Ace Combat 7 for me.
No drones, and no enemies that pull maneuvers you physically can't follow. If you see an enemy do something, you can do the same thing if you're flying the same fighter.
Ground is on fire, memorable to moiiii
Intending only respect to the reviewer: I played almost all the older editions of Ace Combat, up to Assault Horizon. None of them, with the exception of AH, had what I'd consider compelling stories or memorable plotlines. AC6 was supposed to be a cinematic, movie-like experience - it was forgettable within moments, due if nothing else to its absurdly fantastical take on warfare. Horizon did have a more entertaining story experience, due largely to the relative leanness of cutscenes (other than some really annoying QTEs, but whaddayado). Mostly Horizon got out of the way and let you fly and shoot stuff.
And that's the key. If you're playing an Ace Combat (or similar descendant) for its memorable storyline, you're all kinds of Missing The Point. I'm flying around in a gorgeous 3D space blowing things up and trying to avoid getting blown up. I'm good from there - you can tell me the Flying Spaghetti Monster is under attack and I have to protect his loving tendrils, and I'm fine with that. I'm there for the glorious air combat.
I'm absolutely astounded by your utter incomprehension of quality story telling. Assault Horizon's story telling was bland, boring and unimaginative while EVERY Playstation 2 Ace Combat had some of the best story telling in all of Video Gaming. Nevermind that AH had trash gameplay.
I thought Ace Combat Zero had the most engaging scenario for me. Many of the early games were good for me, but what I liked about Zero was how everyone would talk about your exploits in interviews, and the people and dialog would change with your level of brutality in the sky. It just made the game that much more engaging for me
As for Ace Combat 7, it was ok, but the story never really hooked me in. Gameplay wise though, it was fine.
The game runs like shit for 24.00 why the maker does not come out with updates not realy sure steam has lots of game that run like this realy slow aloe don’t run at all only one that runs is gta5 then that gets really old quick too
I downloaded it on Xbox Series X recently and love it! Played AC6 back in the day and was a big fan of it,. AC7 just for some reason never really did anything for me. I didn't know this game was even made but I love playing it. You're right, the flying is phenomenal!
Choices, Choices ... which Air Combat Sim shall I Pirate?
Is it multiplayer?
No, project wingman has no local couch play or online competitive play
Hey Will. It's me, your cousing.
Let's go bowling some time.
This man doesn't even mention Prez
I wish it supported TrackingIR.
Looks good, hopefully it comes to Playstation :) .
Don’t know if you’ve heard it has come to PS5.
@@smokeldogg I have, though pity it's PS5 only and not coming to PS4 and the PS5 is still way too dear!
The PS5 should have had a significant discount by now, certainly with the new slim model coming but as we know it's not! 😯😂🩲😀🤘
Suggestion: There should be a link to the 3 minute review playlist, I always waste time looking for it.
Its on the channel’s home page, right underneath the zp playlist
I always play sim games in cocpit view as one would pilot in real life. I am just glad this even has a cocpit veiw and it looks good too! most of these modern "simulator" games do not which is pretty sad with today's graphics and physics. long ago it was a comon (and probably required) staple to have a proper cocpit veiw in a sim whether driving or aircraft. This game is reminiscent of "Strike Commander" in fact it is as if they updated the game and called it "Project Wingman" except the wonderful story cut movies in SC. which I miss. Also in SC you can make descisions both in the air and on the ground, gointo bars take jobs, and manage the finance once you as the character inherit the title "commander" from your veteran mentor. that was a good story!
What sim games have you played that didn't have a cockpit? Seems pretty standard, even for non sim games
Neith3r this or Ace Comat are even close to being sims. You can only play a sim from a cockpit view becuase you need too see and interact with all of the controls
So basically ace combat😂😂
The plural of aircraft is aircraft (with no S).
So I've looked everywhere to get help for this problem I'm having with this game on xbox series s but I can't find anything anywhere about anyone talking about this game on xbox. So I'm reaching out for help here haha. The problem is the game visually is very blurry, but thankfully there are a bunch of graphics settings, the problem is no matter what I do the video settings won't save and I really want to find a fix for this. If someone could help that would be great
This game is on gamepass and it's great!
Thanks for mentioning this
no checkpoint in a level?
Does the game support triple monitor?
It is memorable
I ordered the VKB. Will it work on this game?
Decisions, Decisions ... which Air Combat Sim shall I Pirate?
this looks like a copy of ac7
Is it multiplayer?
Maxor did it better
Game Pass for free!
"Nothing here seems memorable"
Crimson 1: "..."
The word "Aircraft" can be used singular or plural.
Saw this recently added to Game Pass on PC (not sure if on console) - only 5.3 GB.
Yea it's pretty balanced, not like twenty enemy jets are all locking onto me all at once and sending a hundred rockets all at me.
just discovered this game, and it compelled me to dust off my hotas and try and run missiles into mountains
Sees great game/review and gets excited. Learns it is only for PC... and gets sad
imagine having console
It's on console now.
**Get it.**
I still hear the railguns...
Looks impressive for a indie title.
Though why planes have fakes names ? Do game developers have to license them actually ?
Yep, copying the real names of the planes would be copyright infringement. Most of the time studios just pay the licensing fees, but this game was made by a **very tiny** group of people that likely couldn't afford it, so they just changed the names up a little.
Using the likeness of military hardware is free, using the official names is not.
@@thenecroinniceclothes5019
And since PW uses Fake Names Why did they still make Fake Planes like That freak f-22/J-20 mix ? Why not Just Make A Not F-22 or Not J-20 ??!!
@@mrandrossguy9871
Because they... wanted to? There is no requirement to do that, so I guess they just did that on their own. I don't know what else to say.
This isn't a flight simulator, it's an arcade flight game
He said that in the video...
@@runnergo1398 It was literally the first thing out of his mouth.
@@runnergo1398 ??? simulator was the reviewer's word and he's dumb for using it.
@@runnergo1398
"Project Wingman is a combat flight simulator."
Those were his first seven words. It is not a flight simulator. It's a flight arcade game.
@@kappatalism6969
Seems to me that Runner has the reading comprehension level of a two year old...
Does this have a “flyby” view/mode? Can you look around in cockpit view? Does the view snap back when in cockpit view? Can your view lock on a target while in the cockpit? And finally, are there any options to increase or adjust the physics realism?
yes it has all those but not physics realism..
Is this game based on the Wingman novel series? :)
Best SIM fly - lock on , flanker etc
Anyone know how to fire the missiles on Xbox
Yep this remind me of Ace combat.
It’s now on gamespass for Xbox one
It's Ace Combat in VR
Short, into the point and with information that matters. Great review man I liked it.
Also I discovered the game by accidend on the xbox one store, so now I think is the time for purshare.
But does it have Hotas support
It's now on gamepass
Track IR ?
Are the recommended specs real? On steam it says the game requires a i7 gen 8, 8GB RAM and a GTX 1070ti.
campaign wont be bad but conquest mode makes my 2080S chug
@@inFAMOUS_-vt7lu I'm more for the story/campaing. Thanks for the info.
Love your reviews as you always steer me in the right direction on whether this is for me. Thanks again.
Its pretty clear this guy hasn't finished the game.
I bought the new Ace combat abd refunded it because the multi player was so bland.
Is there multiplayer on this game?
Nope, there's 0 multiplayer.
@@MaHaL1337 damn
@ this
I'm glad there's no multiplayer. Way too many games are designed around balancing things for MP, and not focusing on the single player content enough.
there's conquest mode tho as a substitute (for the time being)
FEAR THE ORANGE
Fantastic review Will! Great to see you enjoyed it as much as i did! I finished the story mode recently, ive only scratched the surface of the Conquest mode, and i have loads of planes yet to unlock, so i'll be coming back to it again and again. Very happy to have backed this 2 years ago on kickstarter! The game was made by a tiny team, and they did an incredible job considering!
I’m glad you enjoyed the review and the game! I still have more to unlock via conquest too. I would have backed this title (had I known about prior) in a heartbeat!
I saved and saved til i got the F-16, then saved more til i could get the F14 and F15 - all my childhood favourite fighter planes!
The story wasn't quite memorable for me neither, but I'll take an okay story over a bombastic one with plotholes visible from space anyday.
Wingman is the best Ace Combat since 4. Even the controls are mapped as old Ace Combat games. Amazing.
This game is honestly amazing my brother downloaded it and playing this game is super realistic and graphics are fantastic the game is challenging and so fun definitely my type of game
Good Job making "triple a" PA devs look Bad 👍
And the fact that PA or Bamco or whoever, won't Make Ace7 Better with updates like Replay Viewer in menu and update Replay Angles, or Movable parts in Hanger Or Color Customization ! etc. instead of nerfed super planes and stupid Skins that are a ripoff
I NEED THIS GAME IN MY CONSOLE NOW !!! PLEASE DEVS !!! DO THE RIGHT THING...
Sorry my guy, it's not really a matter of "the right thing" the game was pretty much produced by one dude with some assistance from another dude plus the Music composer and voice actors.
@@RogueBipolarDemon Well fingers crossed they come out with it on console. I don't see why not. It did well on steam next to cyberpunk, people want it on console, and the developers dont seem to be ruling it out.
@@josephwhitaker2987 it's out on console, did you get it yet?
“Mixed visual settings” everything is orange!
It looks worse than AC7 visually, which I thought it wouldn't. Will play nevertheless, love me some flight games
believe me , just play it and u'll love more than any ace combat games
Ace6 still is best with visuals
this looks like shameless AC7 ripoff...
it looks exactly like ace combat but less memorable anime fun
remembers in orange
DO NOT BUY : LIES : BROKEN GAME : SONG AND HUMBLE ARE HIDING BEHIND THERE POLICY TO STEAL THE MONEY : GAMERS UNITE AND SUE THEM FOR FALSE ADVERTISING!
joysticks dont work. this review isnt accurate
Have you tried... (Shocker)... Trying to set it up correctly or getting support?