Comments on: It Was Eighteen Years Ago Today: Wing Commander Special http://www.kiasa.org/2009/05/21/it-was-eighteen-years-ago-today-wing-commander-special/ Just these guys, you know. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zoso http://www.kiasa.org/2009/05/21/it-was-eighteen-years-ago-today-wing-commander-special/comment-page-1/#comment-3214 Zoso Sat, 23 May 2009 19:27:10 +0000 http://kiasa.org/2009/05/21/it-was-eighteen-years-ago-today-wing-commander-special/#comment-3214 Yeah, I'd love another Wing Commander-esque game, I think Freespace 2 was the last one I played ten years ago. Quite enjoyed the space combat of Star Wars Galaxies, but there's not much of an over-arching plot there, and I'm looking forward to giving Jumpgate: Evolution a go too. Yeah, I’d love another Wing Commander-esque game, I think Freespace 2 was the last one I played ten years ago. Quite enjoyed the space combat of Star Wars Galaxies, but there’s not much of an over-arching plot there, and I’m looking forward to giving Jumpgate: Evolution a go too.

]]> By: Graktar http://www.kiasa.org/2009/05/21/it-was-eighteen-years-ago-today-wing-commander-special/comment-page-1/#comment-3213 Graktar Fri, 22 May 2009 22:20:37 +0000 http://kiasa.org/2009/05/21/it-was-eighteen-years-ago-today-wing-commander-special/#comment-3213 Although I played Wing Commander III I didn't have a PC until 1994, so missed the earlier ones. I had a Commodore Amiga before then, which was awesome, but didn't have Wing Commander. Wing Commander III was memorable enough, but the one that really blew me away was Wing Commander: Prophecy, the first game I ever played that used those new-fangled three-dee cards. The graphics were jaw dropping and the gameplay was smooth as silk. I still remember the feeling of watching a missile glide out and strike a target. The game itself was one of the weaker ones in the series, but gosh was it pretty. I still wish someone would make another Wing Commander. I'd buy it in a heartbeat, but those sorts of games seem to be dead and gone (X2 and X3 were just too disjointed and open for me, I liked the theme park ride of Wing Commander). Although I played Wing Commander III I didn’t have a PC until 1994, so missed the earlier ones. I had a Commodore Amiga before then, which was awesome, but didn’t have Wing Commander.

Wing Commander III was memorable enough, but the one that really blew me away was Wing Commander: Prophecy, the first game I ever played that used those new-fangled three-dee cards. The graphics were jaw dropping and the gameplay was smooth as silk. I still remember the feeling of watching a missile glide out and strike a target. The game itself was one of the weaker ones in the series, but gosh was it pretty.

I still wish someone would make another Wing Commander. I’d buy it in a heartbeat, but those sorts of games seem to be dead and gone (X2 and X3 were just too disjointed and open for me, I liked the theme park ride of Wing Commander).

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