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[@user-ew9sq5iw5w]

Fun fact, the WSO you have in this game was chosen specifically because she was the only one who could put up with the G-Forces you pull. EDIT: also the game is surprisingly good at running on low end hardware

[@Gamer-xy9rf]

The anime girls from that UN art are not v-tubers, but Tactical Dolls from game Girls Frontline. They are androids, or simply personafied verions of various firearms, which they are named after. For example, the AR Team members from the game are named M4A1, M16, M4 SOPMOD II and AR-15.

[@jackthorton10]

Girls and Guns, some things never change

[@BlackWACat]

they're not really personafied guns, as plenty of them had jobs before joining the PMC, and have regular names in their lore tbh they're more country stereotypes than guns-but-girls

[@jackthorton10]

@@BlackWACat Ah, I see, but still it has a lot of familiarity that the likeness to girls and guns is congruent with well other liscensed properties out there

[@user-ry6vr7ji8i]

Yeah The post-apocalyptic humanity decommissioning androids from their normal jobs, giving them weapons, 4 more clones of themselves if they are lucky and sending them out to fight the sentient robots(?). Said dolls then get super-PTSD from all of the trauma that occurs in the story, so the only option to both keep them functional and keep their combat experience - is to selectively seal their memories away

[@thedreaming6446]

16:38 That's a McDonnell XF-85 Goblin. It was meant to be carried by bombers in their bomb bay, so no landing gear required.

[@greyhound9187]

Don't forget the important part that it didn't work in testing, particularly the whole reattaching to the bomber part

[@blackbirdsr7185]

Project Wingman is great. It was a made as a tribute to the Ace Combat series. The soundtrack is great, it is not super expensive, and it is a lot of fun. It's worth the price tag.

[@jackthorton10]

Well then at least this time we don’t have to go “Dance with the Angels” up here :)

[@livingreverie5951]

The money it costs is actually pretty generous Given the people that made it: 1 dude for Story 1 dude who actually made the game 1 Dude to compose the music That’s was the dev team

[@travisoliver6741]

3:06 Mobius One is a reference to Ace Combat 4's protagonist. Edit: Also, just so people are aware, Yellowstone is not "overdue" for an eruption, nor will it ever be, because that isn't how volcanoes work, much less Yellowstone. 85% of it's underground magma chambers are solid and stable, meaning that it likely doesn't have enough magma to do so in the first place. Furthermore, even assuming that volcanoes have periodic eruptions (They don't), Yellowstone's average is 725,000 years, and it's last "eruption" (Actually just a lava flow) was 70,000 years ago, meaning we have 655,000 years before it does anything. So no, you don't have to worry about existential terror of a supervolcano eruption

[@marley7868]

in short it's a supervolcano in the same way a teepee is a superstructure

[@fluffly3606]

"Overdue" is also not how statistics work for anything. Some people say that constantly about things like asteroids too and I (ironically) think they should be reminded that the First Amendment famously does not protect people who shout 'fire' in a crowded theater

[@starcraftre]

Project Wingman was a game made by a handful of Ace Combat fans who were tired of waiting for 7 to come out. It is considered to be an honorary AC game by fans of the series, and its arguably one of the most fun. Personally, it was my favorite game that I played last year. And the song "Showdown" (the one that got Max pregnant) has lived rent free in my head.

[@charlesdarles4095]

WSO means Weapons Systems Officer and is the person usually in charge of the radar and missiles. And Crimson 1 is basically projection The Character as he blames the entire war and the nukes on the MC basically singlehandedly winning for the Cascadians.

[@silviadragoness5904]

1:33 - The game shown on the phone screen is Factorio. 6:47 - Yes, that is a thing that actually exists. It's crazy-expensive. 13:08 - Yeah, here he's showing footage from VTOL VR.

[@flyboy6392]

16:15 that was the Republic XF-85 Goblin, it was a prototype parasite fighter meant to be carried by bombers during the Cold War, it didn't have landing gear because it was meant to be carried IN THE BOMB BAY WITH THE BOMBS

[@CruelestChris]

No, it was supposed to be carried under the wings. I believe they tried several recovery methods and couldn't really come up with anything that a pilot could do with pre fly-by-wire controls.

[@SudrianTales]

​@CruelestChris no, it was literally a bomb bay plane meant for the B-36 but dropped from the 29

[@kartuliboy9492]

just gonna let you know immediately: i suggest watching rimmy downunder's video on this game as well. similar energy, just a lot more australian. and also actually explains the story to a certain degree (which i should note: is so bonkers you'd think max0r himself wrote it)

[@silviadragoness5904]

I was about to suggest this as well. Rimmy is... _slightly_ more coherent, but still hilarious.

[@gokbay3057]

I support this suggestion.

[@void-creature]

He also mentioned the fact that Kaiser is voiced by the same VA as KARSTODES from TTS

[@void-creature]

Fun fact: "Kaiser", the leader of your mercenary company is voiced by the same VA as KARSTODES from TTS. YEP, THE PILLARMAN CUSTODES CAPTAIN FROM TEXT TO SPEECH. HE'S IN THE GAME.

[@jimmyseaver3647]

Alright, so if you want to listen to Project Wingman's OST, go to Jose Pavli's channel. He's the composer and has uploaded the score to it. While the entire score is amazing, my personal favorites are "Showdown", "Bankrupt Sea", "Consequence of Power", "Presidia", and of course, "Kings", the track that plays in the final boss fight.

[@kingsnakke6888]

16:16 Yup, that's a McDonnell XF-85 Goblin. Keep in mind, that thing was supposed to be launched from a _bomber_ and take on _full-sized fighter jets with just guns_

[@Airier]

... that is both incredibly metal, and insanely stupid metal. 😯

[@maxireigl1919]

That thing reminds me a lot of some of the Late-WW2 German inventions, specifically the Me 163 (the Power Egg) which also basically was a rocket motor with a guy and some control surfaces strapped onto it.

[@kingsnakke6888]

@@Airier In all fairness, fighter jets at the time had too sucky of a range to protect American bombers so this thing was _somewhat_ reasonable

[@CruelestChris]

It's from 1948, of course it was taking them on with just guns. Nobody would be coming at a bomber with anything else for almost another decade.

[@jackthorton10]

Until time caught with it

[@viyhexe131]

6:36 Oh yes, the Emperor gaming chair. The Lamborghini of gamer setups.

[@species3167]

6:40 we get to see Arier's head explode at seeing a "Low End" DCS setup for the first time. True Story.

[@bigneto95]

16:03 oh little boy, people even drift in tunels in ace combat 7

[@ZKP314]

3:06 Mobius 1 was the Player Character for Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies, aka the first of the PS2 "Holy Trinity" of Ace Combat games, and the first real modern one. He's since appeared in AC5: The Unsung War (As the Player Character in a side campaign called Operation Katana (or something like that) where he's specifically sent because he's the equivalent of a Carrier Strike Group), AC0: The Belkan War (as the super boss for the bonus mission "Gauntlet," albiet only in Ace Difficulty and fulfilling a specific set of requirements), as well as side appearances in other games and the VR campaign for 7. In short-he's a *big* deal. He's also known as "The Ribbon" or "The Grim Reaper."

[@bthsr7113]

This game is a post POST apocalypse. I find those concepts interesting as they're a setting where the end came, and we survived, rebuilt. LA (or rather the LA built after Yellowstone detonated) is fine at the start of the game, and no one has nuked anything, literally or effectively. Max0r was just getting ahead of himself in what happened. Edit: Joshua is..... a whole conversation about a complicated character. TLDR: Former Legion Golden boy was thrown into a ravine while on fire for failing, lived, hates the Legion now, and loves Colt M1911's.

[@CrystallineFoxCF]

Max0r videos have to be some of the hardest videos for reactors to make videos on, because of the sheer amount of jokes and memes he packs into every second of this video, you either miss a lot of the jokes, or you have to pause constantly to regroup and figure out wtf is happening

[@DragoSonicMile]

"Why does Barbra have a gun? ... When you get tired of healing." Okay, but counterpoint: Mercy from Overwatch.

[@npswm1314]

Yes, Max0r's house nearly did burn down.

[@javieraravena5345]

I think I saw it during a Rimmy Downunder video IIRC

[@CMDR_Saber84]

Project Wingman is everything acecombat fans have wanted for decades :D ps that chair with the screens is called the Scorpion and amazon Barbra with a gun -> "You're health insurance has been denied"

[@jackthorton10]

How much does that monstrosity cost?

[@CMDR_Saber84]

@@jackthorton10 there's a few, couple are in the upper 3k usd with higher end being 11k and 15k

[@ShadowsDragoon]

The Scorpion Gaming Chair is crazy. They are also crazy expensive.

[@weldonwin]

Maxor fails to mention one of the really cool things in this game: One of the voice actors who played the Fab-Stodes in TTS is in this game

[@Airier]

😯👍

[@Fordo007]

@@Airier Yeah, Kaiser, the character that runs the Sicario mercenary group you work for.

[@HawkTheRed]

16:30 that is a actual jet made by the US called the XF-85 Goblin, it's a Parasite Jet Fighter

[@marseldagistani1989]

The fighter without the landing gear is called the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin. It is a Parasite Fighter that was supposed to be launched from the Bomb bays of the Gigantic Convair B-36 Peacemaker.

[@Thunderchicken69]

16:16 that’s an XF-85 Goblin, it was an experimental parasite fighter designed to be carried in and deployed from the bomb bay of a B-36

[@lynchkid003]

And he discovers the XF-84 'Goblin'. Which was a prototype 'parasite fighter' that was developed in the early 50's. His reaction is on par with every other aviation enthusiast that discovers that particular dark time in USAF history.

[@busshock]

I hate to be a downer, but the actual danger Yellowstone poses is hugely blown out of proportion by the media. Soup Emporium did a great video about it going into the science, I recommend it.

[@cheeseninja1115]

19:20 Project Wingman is not multiplayer, there is just so much comes chatter that it sounds like one lmao. This melodrama and jokes is mainly where the lore is told to you, because there is A LOT of comms chatter.

[@ZKP314]

6:23 "He's never done these before" This vid came out *after* the incorrect summaries of both Ace Combat 7 and Ace Combat 0.

[@Airier]

Yup. And I already watched them too. 😁

[@randallwhite5947]

1:35, the game at that timestamp is the game Factorio. That came is fun butr it is a massive time suck (i.e. you don't realize how much time you are actually spending on it. I recommend setting a timer before playing)

[@ibysdagon4659]

Honestly if you can handle mw5 you can probably handle this no problem. Its basically a fan game that came out before ace combat 7 and atleast on my pc, 7 wasn't that bad in huge battles with missiles flying everywhere. Also the squadrons are all labeled squadron name + unit# so crimson 1 is just the leader of crimson squadron. Like in AC7 when you're in spare squadron you might have a call sign but your still spare 1-whate er.

[@ladikthrawn7078]

that tiny aircraft at 16:40 is the XF-85 Goblin parasite fighter. It doesn't have landing gear because it was designed to be CARRIED BY BOMBERS. Yeah, it wasn't supposed to land on it's own.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

16:40 That is an experimental aircraft that is very real, it is a concept known as a "Parasite Fighter", the Aircraft name is the "McDonnell XF-85 Goblin", it would launch from the Bomb bay of the B-36 Bomber and would then link back up into the bomb bay mid flight, it was SUPER DANGOUROUS, so the project was abandoned.

[@fluffly3606]

"Most planes carry two or four missiles" It's actually more like four or six, sometimes eight air-to-air or air-to-ground munitions. (Big cruise missiles like Harpoon or JASSM are a different story and most tactical fighters can only carry one or two without sacrificing all of their defensive armament) Most planes can technically carry up to 9-12 but usually forego that and use the spare weight for extra fuel because missiles are expensive + take up a lot of space in bases and most planes can't carry their theoretical max payload far enough to be useful anyway

[@Fordo007]

If Ace Combat is Metal Gear with planes... Project Wingman is Metal Gear Revengeance with planes.

[@The_Blyatman]

16:31 fun fact @Airier this is real. It was a concept back in the 60s as a Parasite Fighter for a Flying Aircraft Carrier concept. Mustard has a good video on it.

[@jush2000]

All I have to say for the sound track is to search up “Project wingman - Kings” it’s crimson 1’s theme at the end of the game and is possibly one of the best final boss themes I have ever heard

[@joshuabean7167]

You should watch An Objectively Correct Review of Project Wingman if you really want to know more about project wingman

[@FonVegen]

There are some calming videos on Yellowstone out there, if you want to look for them. They've helped me accept that it isn't ever going to happen to the degree that it's hyped up in media, and maybe even never at all again.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

My only criticism of Maz0r here is his use of the song Zero from Ace Combat Zero during his discussion of the final battle, instead of using the actual track from the game Kings.

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Yellowstone actually isn’t in any danger of erupting again on a scale that would cause any real lasting damage. The reason why we’re “overdue” for a massive super-volcano type of explosion there is because there isn’t enough magma or pressure to cause that sort of reaction (that, and the margin of error for what’s “overdue” and what isn’t is measured in the thousands of years). The reason why there’s so much tectonic movement and rising/falling surface stuff is due to magma flows unrelated to the main caldera, if I remember correctly. The entire zone is a hotspot after all, which means that even as the earth’s mantle slowly travels above it, the magma shoots up from the same spot below it.

[@ult9518]

1:30 That is 100% Factorio.

[@DapperBrick]

Only two reaction videos left until we reach my favorite political and economic simulator.

[@robertnogva]

When it comes to soundtrack, a lot of the music used in the actual video is from ace combat Zero and 4. Wingman's soundtrack still slaps dont get me wrong

[@sciarpecyril]

VTOL VR is actually on easier side of simulators. For real experience you should boot up DCS World.

[@InterrogatorChaplainSneed]

Project Wingman is great. Best 30 bucks I've ever spend, especially considering the game was made by like 3 or 4 people.

[@WesleyHamlin]

23:18 I know I’m way late, and someone may have mentioned this, but crimson 1 is most likely his “call sign” since he is the in the crimson squad and is the leader, making him crimson 1. This is pretty common in atleast old fictional squads, take x wings from Star Wars as an example

[@azulaspencer]

PREZ IS BEST GIRL!!!!!!!! "is there a game this pedantic about startup?" yes VTOL VR and DCS World lol

[@GeoRyukaiser]

Funny thing is... I don't think Project Wingman is a demanding game. Back when I had a i7-4750 and RTX 2060 combo it ran 60fps easy.

[@isaacmacqueen9695]

Game is awesome. Give it a go if you haven't yet it isn't really that demanding unless you play conquest mode or merc difficulty. Also the tunnel is required in ace combat

[@herosvicentegonzalez7872]

I can't even pathom the idea of arier not knowing what factorio is

[@evilbabai7083]

I played it on the i7/GTX850M laptop mostly with no issues, so you'll be fine.

[@spacefleming5390]

Airier, just curious what you are running for your PC?

[@Airier]

I don't actually know. But I got it about 4-5 years ago.

[@Dragonspirit223]

Prez, *our beloved*

[@DrYu-jf6tb]

sorry to burst your bubble......but yellow stone wont explode. it, by the laws of physics, cant do that.

[@Schinak]

Pretty sure that dwarf fortress like games was Songs of Syx

[@Airier]

First time I've heard of this one. 😯

[@Xinoz2]

No, it was Factorio

[@michaelredford5389]

Looking too deep into the mention of Yellowstone and LA... he wants LA to cease to be... that's it. 😅

[@chaoscommentary2179]

Hate to tell you this most of the music he used is from AC 4 zero and 7

[@genericname42]

Yessss!

[@dariomontieri7062]

I’m not sure how you manage to take anything said in the video too literally and not seriously enough simultaneously 😅

[@chrisencarnacion1692]

I do recommend playing it.

[@L4GL1TCH]

if my laptop with an intel iris xe graphics card can play this, im sure your pc can handle it

[@Airier]

I only noticed this later, but a lot of the issue might have been the four years of dust accumulation in a small case without enough ventilation. ... yeah, this one was completely my own fault.

[@L4GL1TCH]

@@Airier FOUR YEARS??? Yeah man, I don't know, seems like it might be the problem. Good luck cleaning it though.

[@Thornbloom]

>2023 >people still say nucular >mfw

[@user-kn9gl9dt6l]

Honestly 21 isn't alot, Ace Combat 5 has like 28 to 31 missions

[@nocturnal7474]

Game be looking like bf4

[@milleniumsword1558]

Orange

[@TV-qm8ob]

Hi

[@indecency5882]

good news for you project wingman can run on a very shit computer

[@Demonslayer20111]

16:30 that is the XF-85 goblin parasite fighter. It was meant to be launched, and retrieved, from bomber aircraft as deployable escorts. Specifically the B-36 peacemaker

[@theabomb8305]

This game is known for crashing Xbox ones.

[@evilbabai7083]

No wonder, especially if you go really far in the Conquest Mode...

[@jayburn00]

That weird plane was called a parasite fighter, it launched and "landed" on a bigger plane.

[@MonsieurMaskedMan]

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