WingMan

Project Wingman is a combat flight action game similar to the Ace Combat series in which the player flies a combat plane into battle and destroys enemy targets. The player can choose from a wide selection of planes inspired by real-life combat aircraft and equip the plane with special weapons. The player can choose to play in first-person (with or without the cockpit view) or third-person. Virtual reality (VR) and hands on throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) are supported. In campaign mode, the player completes twenty-one missions, with objectives ranging from destroying enemy planes, annihilating ground forces and bases, and protecting allies. Completing a mission awards the player credits, which can be spent on new planes. The game's campaign follows a story in which the mercenary pilot Monarch fights for the Cascadians in their war of independence against the Pacific Federation in a future Earth previously devastated by a cascade of tectonic events in the Ring of Fire. There is a separate section for the Frontline 59 campaign, which plays similarly to the main campaign. In Conquest mode, the player starts out with basic combat planes and must complete 43 missions in a single life. Mission types vary from hunting transport planes to destroying anti-air defenses. All missions end with a fight against an enemy ace squadron. Upon mission completion, the player receives credits and prestige, and the territory the mission took place in is conquered. Credits can be used to hire mercenaries and airships, and prestige can be used to buy new planes. The player's alert level determines the amount and type of enemies, and increases based on the amount of damage done to aircraft and ground defenses. If the player dies, everything except prestige and planes bought before is lost. The player starts with trainer variants of the F-4 Phantom II- and MiG-21-inspired jets. All planes are equipped with flares and standard missiles, and can also be equipped with certain special weapons. More advanced planes offer, in place of flares, an angle of attack limiter toggle that grants supermaneuverability. Smaller planes can equip between one or two special weapons, while larger planes can equip between two or three, with the specific special weapons available being more advanced. Access to some of the planes requires the player to finish specific campaign missions, with some of the best planes only becoming available upon campaign completion. The difficulty setting or scores achieved during missions do not affect progression towards unlocking aircraft, aside from mission scores being a source of money.