Wings of War

by 2K Games

Product Features

• 70 missions, set across 13 massive open stages high above war torn Europe.
• Pilot dozens of WWI aircraft
• Bonus side quests
• 1 Player
• Memory Unit 29 Blocks

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002J9UBE
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 31, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,224 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Wings of War takes you back to World War I, as you take to the skies in a variety of early combat airplanes and fight off the German armada. ------------- The game is played as a 3rd-person arcade flyer in which most physics are downplayed in favor of arcade action. You can collect power-ups that can upgrade your engine, the amount of machine-guns you carry, replenish your health and shield (yes, shield) and increase the number of bombs and rockets you carry. You can also swap planes in mid-air, man turrets in AI-controlled bombers and even ground vehicles. ------------- The game features a single player campaign composed of several missions with dozens of mandatory objectives as well as optional ones played which reward extra points and/or upgrades. Also available is an online multiplayer mode with standard combat and CTF modes, as well as a customizable instant action mode.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool, January 19, 2005

A Kid's Review

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wings of War (Video Game)

This is a very good game. The graphics are great, the simulation is great, the action is great, and it's fun to play. Since I'm only 11, this game gets frustrating, and there's cusswords in it. Other than that, this is a great game for people who like the historic airplanes.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars WW I Flying Fun, January 30, 2006

By 

BuggyMan (Lancaster, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wings of War (Video Game)

For the most part, the World War I scenario is well put together and is a fairly challenging game. One moves their way up the ranks as skill and daringness prevail. The graphics do not do Xbox justice, but are okay. My only real gripe is that there is only one view as you fly the airplane (as if you are just behind the plane, or as the game says, "flying machine"). I would rather have a cockpit view while flying... Incidentally, a realistic perspective is offered while manning various machine-guns - go figure. Overall the game deserves a chance to match skill and wits with the enemy!

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated, overlooked, but nonetheless an enjoyable and unique game., September 9, 2010

By 

Alan Edward Creager (Henrico, VA, USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wings of War (Video Game)

Developed and published in 2004 by Silver Wish Games and Gathering of Developers respectively, "Wings of War" is the story of a Royal Air Force- though it was not called that initially- fighter pilot on the Western Front of World War I. Bejamin is not singled out as special, not initially anyway, nor does he fly with a special operations unit as James Chase does in "Secret Weapons Over Normandy". He's just a common flier, trying to carry out his orders and survive in the process from one lengthy mission to the next. Promotions can be earned over time, going from a lowly Private to a high-ranking commander, and more than ten British medals can be earned over the course of the game, going all the way up to the Victoria Cross. How rank and medals are earned is rather obscure- the game just hands them to you when you do certain things. Trying to figure out how and why a game awards medals and rank is always interesting in a video game, because no game has yet to do it the same way as another.

The arsenal of aircraft and vehicles that appear in the game is quite vast, from tanks and trucks on the ground to triplanes, biplanes and massive zeppelins in the air. Though the game fudges on realism in some places- rockets are frequently available and you can drop far more and far larger bombs than a plane of that time could have carried- and you can decide whether or not for it to be possible for your machine guns to jam. When they do if the setting is on is also very predictable, but it does add to the realism some so I recommend doing that.
Benjamin struck me as a very humble character- he's far more concerned with survival than glory, and even when he's got a George Cross and Victoria Cross- you can earn both, I believe- he doesn't carry on about it. The aircraft of the WWI period were slow, poorly armored and armed by today's standards, and flying them was quite a feat. They were also rather fragile, and since the landing gear was never retractible on any of those planes it is very easy to lose it when flying low. You'll know when you lose the gear, because Benjamin will exclaim, "I've lost my landing gear! A crash landing is my only hope!" or a similar line. And all is not lost if that should occur. You just have to, ha ha, wing it. Either you'll make it down safe or you'll die a terrible death, but either way a landing without landing gear is a very final thing for the aircraft itself.

It's not but so realistic, and the missions are very long, but I enjoyed "Wings of War" quite a bit. Not many know about it, and I remember ignoring the game when it first came out. But I must say I can give it a solid recommendation now. There's no other game like it, not on the Xbox at least. And in "Wings of War"'s case, that is rather a good thing.