Wing Breakers

This is not Top Gun, this is Hot Shots with Charlie Sheen. Very fast and different in a good way.

Really good game, I recommend it. You just have to get used to the controls, that's all.

Wing Breakers, developed and published by Gugila, is a high-energy arcade flight game that blends aerial racing with light combat in a way that prioritizes chaos, speed, and spectacle over realism. From the moment you take control, it becomes clear that the game is less interested in simulating aviation and more focused on delivering an unpredictable, fast-paced experience where every race feels like a small-scale airborne skirmish. It embraces a playful tone, mixing exaggerated physics and unconventional elements into a formula that constantly pushes players to react rather than plan too far ahead. At its core, the game revolves around navigating a series of aerial tracks filled with rings, obstacles, and competing pilots, all while maintaining momentum and avoiding costly mistakes. The racing component is straightforward—fly cleanly, hit checkpoints, and stay ahead of opponents—but it is consistently disrupted by the presence of combat mechanics. Players can fire weapons to slow down or eliminate rivals, creating moments where aggression becomes just as important as precision flying. However, combat is deliberately limited in its impact. Opponents can recover quickly, and victor…

Tried it with a DS4 controller and it's absolutely horrible. There's no real control over the plane and the button layout is senseless. Turning feels too slow and yet the acceleration is way too fast. There's also no control over how much to accelerate. And it just feels cheap.

Didn't get to play much. I set up my bindings to use two Virpil sticks and CH Products pedals. Everything seemed fine for the first go through the tutorial, but then for some reason it was reading something as putting in a constant right roll even though the axis I bound it to wasn't giving any input. Tried restarting the game and annoyingly the controls reverted to keyboard on restart. When I went to select the profile I had set up previously the game crashed. Refunding.

Decent game