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Sector D2 has announced that its arcade flight game that is heavily inspired by the classic Ace Combat games, Project Wingman, will release on December 1st.
In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new trailer that you can find below.





In this arcade combat flight game, players will fight in various missions and game modes. These modes will range from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.
It’s also worth noting that the game features full VR support.

Project Wingman will put an emphasis on polished and refined gameplay, true-to-its-roots inspirations, and an engaging single player experience.
This arcade game aims to be perfect for those who aren’t looking for a simulator experience with the ease of pick up and play, all the way to those who want a fast-paced challenging flight action game.

Project Wingman, "Ace Combat"-inspired arcade flight game, releases on December 1st

Sector D2 has announced that its arcade flight game that is heavily inspired by the classic Ace Combat games, Project Wingman, will release on December 1st. In order to celebrate this announcement, the team released a new trailer that you can find below. In this arcade combat flight game...

www.dsogaming.com

 

[Shifty1897]

I'm waiting for a review but my hopes are high for this. All I want is Ace Combat minus the anime plot.

 

[Rudius]

I want to play it in VR.

 

[Tesseract]

thanks for the thread, looks fun

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

I want to play it in VR.

It looks like it is a vr game, sooooo....there you go.

Edit: Does appear to have promise, although I'll want to turn the bloom waaaaaaaay down.

 

[the_master]

I'm waiting for a review but my hopes are high for this. All I want is Ace Combat minus the anime plot.

I would actually like more games to have ace combat style plots and universes.
Fictional countries are better than boring real life ones.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Alexios]

Ace Combat is also a 90s series, that other series sort of died since and Ace Combat endures doesn't mean it should change to be something else or that people shouldn't enjoy it. Why be lame enough to enter a thread with a title that is super clear about what sort of game it's about only to say oh, so it's not what I want, boo! Lol?

Woot, Project Wingman is here, I can't wait to dive in this one

 

[hariseldon]

This looks right up my alley.

 

[Patrick S.]

The cheap cockpit view with blurred out buttons is total ass. Also, why must we always have 800 missiles in these games

 

[LordOfChaos]

The cheap cockpit view with blurred out buttons is total ass. Also, why must we always have 800 missiles in these games

If you want realism in a flight combat sim, check out Digital Combat Simulator.

Though I will say, it's more niche than the others because of the realism, sometimes people say they want that but really don't, it can take a hot minute before you even learn to fly, missions are a lot of flying, and as you wanted, you only carry a realistic amount of missiles.

 

[Patrick S.]

If you want realism in a flight combat sim, check out Digital Combat Simulator.

Though I will say, it's more niche than the others because of the realism, sometimes people say they want that but really don't, it can take a hot minute before you even learn to fly, missions are a lot of flying, and as you wanted, you only carry a realistic amount of missiles.

I have spent countless hours in "realistic" flight sims I'd love something like this game, but with maybe shorter missions and a more realistic loadout. I just can't suspend my disbelief when I'm shooting my five hundreth Sidewinder at target number 480, and find it super off-putting haha

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Whataborman]

I have spent countless hours in "realistic" flight sims I'd love something like this game, but with maybe shorter missions and a more realistic loadout. I just can't suspend my disbelief when I'm shooting my five hundreth Sidewinder at target number 480, and find it super off-putting haha

Agreed. There's a happy medium between realistic and arcade and that's what I want.

I feel like developers in the 90s (especially Microprose) were able to hit that sweet spot, but it seems to be a lost art these days.

 

[Gp1]

I don't expect anything more than a cheap knock off and that's good enough for me

I have spent countless hours in "realistic" flight sims I'd love something like this game, but with maybe shorter missions and a more realistic loadout. I just can't suspend my disbelief when I'm shooting my five hundreth Sidewinder at target number 480, and find it super off-putting haha

If Eagle Dynamic makes a lite version of the DCS using their current tech, with semi-realistic physics concept (energy management, curve performance etc), some differentiation between flying different aircrafts and their systems, go realistic loadouts, make it easy to control with and without HOTAS, etc... they would easily blow Ace Combat out of the sky.

Basically. Use DCS tech as a base, cut the heavy sim stuff, do something in the line of their semi-sim module, put some product value on it and it's ready.

 

[hariseldon]

The cheap cockpit view with blurred out buttons is total ass. Also, why must we always have 800 missiles in these games

How blurred are we talking here?

 

[hariseldon]

Agreed. There's a happy medium between realistic and arcade and that's what I want.

I feel like developers in the 90s (especially Microprose) were able to hit that sweet spot, but it seems to be a lost art these days.

Absolutely - I’d love something like F19 Stealth Fighter.

 

[Patrick S.]

Absolutely - I’d love something like F19 Stealth Fighter.

I'd love a remake of F-22 Air Dominance Fighter.

 

[Patrick S.]

How blurred are we talking here?

You can see it in the video lined above. Like, PS2 blurry.

 

[Barnabot]

This looks like a chinese ripoff of Ace Combat

Why not attempt to make something different for a change? Try to offer something that Ace Combat doesn't?

 

[hariseldon]

You can see it in the video lined above. Like, PS2 blurry.

Can’t really tell on my phone or tablet for sure but watching this one it looks ok.


About 25 minutes in we finally get a daytime cockpit shot and it looks ok far as I can tell.

 

[Gp1]

I'd love a remake of F-22 Air Dominance Fighter.

oh the good ole 90's simcades...

 

[A.Romero]

This looks amazing. Would purchase right now if it wasn't because I just got a few other games on the sale and I'm waiting for Cyberpunk in a few days.

Will get in a few weeks though.

BTW, Ace Combat fans (like myself) were waiting for an Ace Combat clone and it seems that's it. Maybe in the future mods will allow to change some of these things but in the meantime it is what it is (and I'll probably love it to bits).

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[LavitzSlambert]

This looks awesome, I’m always up for more Ace Combat though 7 was a little disappointing with that gimmick they pull halfway through the story.

 

[Strider Highwind]

The cheap cockpit view with blurred out buttons is total ass. Also, why must we always have 800 missiles in these games

I like the game so far, an while I agree with you regarding the 800 missiles bit - Its advertised as an arcade take on the genre lol

In this arcade combat flight game, players will fight in various missions and game modes. These modes will range from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.
It’s also worth noting that the game features full VR support.

But you are right. I was spamming the shit out of missiles during the time little bit of time I spent with it earlier

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[P.Jack]

I recently started playing Ace Combat 7 and I’m having a blast, what a wonderful game! And the soundtrack is just fantastic. Didn’t expect to like it as much as I do.

Anyway, will I like this if i like AC7? Sure looks similar, how’s the controls?

 

[Alexios]

I recently started playing Ace Combat 7 and I’m having a blast, what a wonderful game! And the soundtrack is just fantastic. Didn’t expect to like it as much as I do.

Anyway, will I like this if i like AC7? Sure looks similar, how’s the controls?

Yes. Controls like Ace Combat.

 

[regawdless]

It's on a 20% discount on Steam currently. Will buy it now, looks good enough.

 

[Shifty1897]

It's on a 20% discount on Steam currently. Will buy it now, looks good enough.

Let us know your thoughts on it!

 

[Alexios]

 

[Pagusas]

here I was reading this thread and getting all excited, jumped over to steam to buy the game... and...

"Project Wingman is already in your Steam library"

... I seriously buy too many video games.

 

[Shifty1897]

I really enjoyed the game, hopefully we see a sequel in the future.

 

[A.Romero]

I'm a big Ace Combat fan and this game really scratches that classic Ace Combat itch. If someone told me they were ex Project Aces devs I would have believed it. The only difference is that there are no FMVs between missions.

Also it supports VR pretty well on PC which while the latest Ace Combat doesn't (it's a PSVR exclusive). I played it almost entirely in VR and it was a great experience.

If you like that style of game you can't go wrong. It's also pretty cheap.

 

[Guy_who_thinks_hes_cool]

not sure about this one

 

[Dream-Knife]

Nice to see the thread bump. This game is fantastic in VR. Haven't even touched it in normal mode.

 

[Alexios]

PC just got the console content too.

Project Wingman - DLC Release: Project Wingman: Frontline 59 Campaign - Steam News

Project Wingman: Frontline 59 Campaign DLC now available

store.steampowered.com

 

[SportsFan581]

Looks like the best arcade flight game to hit vr so far. Hopefully it does well in that space.

 

[ArtHands]

Those DLCs were fair compensation for the PS audience, as the PS version lacks VR for the main game on PC version.

But now that they are on PC, fair to say the PC version is the definition version of the game here

 

[yet_another_alt]

I completely forgot this has VR on PC. Time to reinstall.