Coolest WC moment

IPhoenixI

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Hey all im sure we've probley had this thread dozens of times and I just dont remember but whats your favorite WC related moment? Eather gaming or outside that related to it.
 
The first mission I played of WC1, on a 368 with an Ad Lib from a friend. So very very cool. At that point, it was the best thing I've ever played.
 
coolest WC moment was the first mission i completed in privateer (my first WC game). the cool thing about it was that i had finally figured out the game. serves me right for not looking at the damn instruction book
 
Originally posted by Aries
coolest WC moment was the first mission i completed in privateer (my first WC game). the cool thing about it was that i had finally figured out the game. serves me right for not looking at the damn instruction book

Bah I never looked at the instrution book when I first played WC,WCII or Privateer for the first time :D I had fun being the little kid I was poking at buttions and trying to figure out what the hell I was doing lol.
 
A million cool WC moments happened to me outside of the actual games, movies or novels. The CIC opening, Secret Ops being released and all the ton of other great moments in #Wingnut are about the best. Watching the SO trailer for the first time was crazy cool. I could write a book about this.
 
Originally posted by ChrisReid
A million cool WC moments happened to me outside of the actual games....The CIC opening

Yeah I remember how thrilled I was when I stumbled across the CIC shortly after it opened.
 
well i'd have to say that every time i got a WC game was the most rememberable thing about WC.
i got WC3 first, and was amazed it had 4 cds, so it HAD to be sweet...
the i got WCP for Christmas, and thought, this game kicks ass.
then i bought wc4, wc1, and finally wc2.
finding wc1,2&4 were a pain, as i got them long after they stopped making them. so finding them alone was just as cool as owning them for me.
not to mention, WC animated series, the movie, and spin-off games like privateer.
though oddly, while im happy to c a new WC release, im not thrilled to c it on a console. WC belongs on a PC.
 
Originally posted by Happy
though oddly, while im happy to c a new WC release, im not thrilled to c it on a console. WC belongs on a PC.

Be that as the case may be, many people like LOAF and I are partially here because of the first console-based Wing Commander game on the Super Nintendo.
 
Oooohhhh, single coolest moment? It's hard to narrow it down to just one, but for me I'd probably go with the first two games and how the characters talked directly to you, not some character you played as. Sure, I have brown hair, not black (or blue! :p ) but it really did draw me into the game.
 
My Coolest WC Moment was my first Medal (Bronze Star) from the second mission in WC I on my Amiga. I had escorted the Drayman to the jump point and then was on the way home, I decided to go back through Nav I, becuase I was affraid of the Asteroids. I ran into a wing of Salthi and fried them. Got back onboard the Tiger's Claw and got awared the Bronze Star, great moment
 
Originally posted by IPhoenixI
Bah I never looked at the instrution book when I first played WC,WCII or Privateer for the first time :D I had fun being the little kid I was poking at buttions and trying to figure out what the hell I was doing lol.

oh, i had fun poking the keys for a while, but after doing that for a couple of months without results, it gets old real quick :D
 
Originally posted by ChrisReid
Be that as the case may be, many people like LOAF and I are partially here because of the first console-based Wing Commander game on the Super Nintendo.

im not saying that the console games are crap, though they are always missing things, ie planet missions WC3.
it's just, in terms of the games, the best experiences i've had have been on the computer.

now what would REALLY kick ass, a 3d arcade game, that was basically the simulator from WC1.
they could also make ones for WC3, and WCP.
but i think WC1 with modern graphics and sound, would be beyond ubersweet
 
Originally posted by TopGun
My Coolest WC Moment was my first Medal (Bronze Star) from the second mission in WC I on my Amiga. I had escorted the Drayman to the jump point and then was on the way home, I decided to go back through Nav I, becuase I was affraid of the Asteroids. I ran into a wing of Salthi and fried them. Got back onboard the Tiger's Claw and got awared the Bronze Star, great moment


You know thats somthing that I missed from the first WC. To me it seems after WC1 and mabye WC2 it wasnt the same when you were awarded medals. On WC1 it was more on your result of your mission like you said and how well you did. On later ones like WCP you just got them more automaticly to fill in the plot.

And I agree Aries, after a few months it does get old :D
 
Originally posted by Happy
im not saying that the console games are crap, though they are always missing things, ie planet missions WC3.

Or they have things the PC version did not.. In the case of WC3, cool CGI scenes for each of the planet missions and the deleted news videos and Hobbes traitor scene. Or more recently, multiplayer added to Prophecy.
 
Originally posted by ChrisReid
Or they have things the PC version did not.. In the case of WC3, cool CGI scenes for each of the planet missions and the deleted news videos and Hobbes traitor scene. Or more recently, multiplayer added to Prophecy.

i'll give u that, WC3 for PS had some good cg, and other video that the PC didn't have. but i never felt at home playing flight sims with a game pad. only a joystick will do.
though multiplayer would always b nice.
 
Originally posted by Happy
i'll give u that, WC3 for PS had some good cg, and other video that the PC didn't have. but i never felt at home playing flight sims with a game pad. only a joystick will do.
though multiplayer would always b nice.

Game pads are not a requirement for console games. LOAF has a special two handed flight stick for the Playstation that has a custom control scheme specifically for Wing Commander. If you saw in the news a few weeks ago, soon you'll even be able to play Prophecy Advance with a joystick on your TV. Personally I didn't use a joystick for the first time until years after I got into WC. A Gamepad or the Keyboard are just as natural as a stick to me.
 
Originally posted by Happy
i'll give u that, WC3 for PS had some good cg, and other video that the PC didn't have. but i never felt at home playing flight sims with a game pad. only a joystick will do.
though multiplayer would always b nice.

Hehe, I played all of the Wing Commander games between 2 and Prophecy (inclusive) with my original Gravis Gamepad, the first time through.
 
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