#Project wingman

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just some of the similarities

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what it feels like if anyone were to ever ask about my OCs and/or world

[theballmighty]

Between Crimson 1 and G5 Iguazu I’m convinced games that have you piloting shit is just straight better when there’s an unhinged hater out to kill you.

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[cutiequisitor]

will the real captain woodward please stand up

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[fictionalafvsmybeloved]

Zero vs. Kings

So, I just finished Ace Combat: Zero and the final mission was very good. But after that I played Project Wingman's final mission, and now I have some thoughts I'm gonna say.

(Spoilers Bellow)

First, they are both very good final missions that cap off both games well. But there are some very key differences.

To paraphrase and expand on a thought that I saw else where (probably reddit):

Zero is an honorable duel between two knights set against gently falling snow. The fate of the world is on the line, but your opponent, Pixy, respects you as an equal and a former friend. He is motivated by his ideals and hope for a better world.

Kings on the other hand, Is a knife fight to the death on the roof of a burning building. There is no saving what's bellow you, and the only thing you can do is kill the guy in front of you. Crimson 1 hates you and blames you not only for shooting down his squad-mates, but for the entire war as well as for his own actions (the destruction of Presidia)

They are both accompanied by beautifully fitting tracks for both of their fights. Pixy cycles through three weapons for each phase of the fight, but Crimson 1 gets a new one in his arsenal for each stage completed. But while finishing stage three of Zero brings you to a triumphant victory cutscene, Kings has something different.

Coronation

When you take off the last of Crimson 1's health the music shifts and most elements of the HUD fade away, leaving two health bars at the bottom,

[MONARCH] and

[CRIMSON 1]

Crimson 1's ranting and threats end, replaced by a begging desperation as he tries to keep his aircraft and himself alive long enough to take you down. But by this point he has already lost, and the rest of the fight is merely a formality, a drawn out goodbye. It ends with his last request, "Remember Me", from a pilot we never the name of.

Kings is sort of an antithesis to Zero, an end to a long fight with a bitter victory (that is sweetened a little bit by the secret Mercenary difficulty credits dialog). They are both wonderful endings to their respective games, each adding a final bit of flavor to an already amazing experience.

[minimal-effort-name]

So after playing through Project Wingman and giving it some thorough thought, I have arrived at what I think is the ultimate headcannon for Monarch's personality.

It's literally just Pixy from ace combat zero.

Down to the last minute detail I think it'd be a perfect match, they are both mercenary aces and as a further proof of how damn good this idea is, here's this video to confirm it.

https://youtu.be/O5Hp_Hgikl8?si=955hvgxdCdXaxydd

Just look at it, how his dialogue manages to not only get under crimson 1's skin, but also be completely and utterly ideologically opposed to it.

There is no way that this wouldn't work:

Crimson 1: "The Federation fought for peace in this war, and you denied them that-"

Pixy: <<while you're up here fighting for peace tons of blood is being shed on the ground! Some peace...>>

These lines of dialogue are completely unrelated but they fit together like lock and key, it's beautiful, and look at this one.

Crimson 1: "how does it feel to not have a country, to not have borders to define yourself against the world"

Pixy: <<Can you see any borders from here? What have borders given us>>

And my favorite one, because it leaves the seething red boy completely in ruins:

Crimson 1: "THIS IS MY HOME."

Pixy: <<is that right? Just look at the view>>

Which is absolutely delicious since the landscape you're currently fighting in is a burning orange city hot after getting shelled with UltraNukes that were dropped by crimson.

Overall it's just great and I am incorporating this into my view of this game

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felt like it's time for a new pfp so here's more prezposting (source)

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DESCENDANTS

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CAN WE PLEASE STOP PUTTING MEN IN EXPERIMENTAL SUPER JETS WHO HATE ANOTHER GUY CARNALY AND THEN MAKING THEM FIGHT TO THE DEATH. PLEASE. FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH

[mekhane-the-soda-slurper]

I think game devs should stop being cowards and put melee combat into games like ace combat and project wingman. I want to be able to jump out of my plane and have the very slim potential to land on my opponent's cockpit, break it open, stab them, throw them out, and then steal their plane.