The atmosphere in Wing Commander III and IV are so excellent, probably the best I've ever played in a game of any sorts. The way it almost FEELS like you're there. You get to know your fellow pilots. You get in fights. You have laughs. You have drinks. It's all so wonderful, so fun. Very involving and absorping.
I miss that.
Playing WC3 today for the first time in years, it reminded me how awesome it was to play that game for the first time and have it kinda feel like I was actually in the game. I remember wanting to be IN the actual game so badly, wanting to experience everything that happens in the game. I'd never played any other WC game, so WC3 was my intro to the universe and I loved it.
Then Wing Commander IV came along. Oh man...what an event that was for me. My mom let me take the day off from school the day I got WCIV because she ran a flower company at the time, and I got it on Valentine's Day, which is the busiest time for flower companies, so rather than take me to school and pick me up, she just let me stay home. So I spent ALL day playing WCIV, and as pathetic as it is to say this, it was one of the best days of my life. Just sitting there, getting back into the WC universe, feeling like I was there, only MORE so this time, it was just unbelievable. Almost indescribable. I'll never forget how heartbroken I was when Vagabond was killed. I damn near cried. My mom was like, "I don't blame you for being sad, it's like a really involving movie, isn't it?" Kinda cool for her to get it. What an excellent game that way. Awesome story. Awesome gameplay. Awesome movies, it was all just awesome. My favorite game of all time.
Wing Commander Prophecy was pretty good, but not as good as the other two. I REALLY liked the movie angles of the previous two, so to have WCP stray away from that and focus more on the game was a little disappointing, ESPECIALLY when you don't even play the illustrious Blair anymore. It was still fun and the gameplay was awesome, but something was missing.
I had so hoped for another WC game after that, to really find out Blair was alive and well and we'd rescue him, but I guess that'll never happen. If another WC game IS made, I dunno where in the timeline it'll fit. Might be cool to have a game start off RIGHT before the Kilrathi War begins and you learn the chops and start off the war and fly the first battles. Could be very cool if it's well done.
I miss Wing Commander. I hope it comes back sometime soon. The games nowadays are so uninvolving, it's all just about pretty looks and shooting the crap out of everything. I miss plot, I miss getting to know the other characters in the game. I miss stuff like that.
<sigh>
I miss that.
Playing WC3 today for the first time in years, it reminded me how awesome it was to play that game for the first time and have it kinda feel like I was actually in the game. I remember wanting to be IN the actual game so badly, wanting to experience everything that happens in the game. I'd never played any other WC game, so WC3 was my intro to the universe and I loved it.
Then Wing Commander IV came along. Oh man...what an event that was for me. My mom let me take the day off from school the day I got WCIV because she ran a flower company at the time, and I got it on Valentine's Day, which is the busiest time for flower companies, so rather than take me to school and pick me up, she just let me stay home. So I spent ALL day playing WCIV, and as pathetic as it is to say this, it was one of the best days of my life. Just sitting there, getting back into the WC universe, feeling like I was there, only MORE so this time, it was just unbelievable. Almost indescribable. I'll never forget how heartbroken I was when Vagabond was killed. I damn near cried. My mom was like, "I don't blame you for being sad, it's like a really involving movie, isn't it?" Kinda cool for her to get it. What an excellent game that way. Awesome story. Awesome gameplay. Awesome movies, it was all just awesome. My favorite game of all time.
Wing Commander Prophecy was pretty good, but not as good as the other two. I REALLY liked the movie angles of the previous two, so to have WCP stray away from that and focus more on the game was a little disappointing, ESPECIALLY when you don't even play the illustrious Blair anymore. It was still fun and the gameplay was awesome, but something was missing.
I had so hoped for another WC game after that, to really find out Blair was alive and well and we'd rescue him, but I guess that'll never happen. If another WC game IS made, I dunno where in the timeline it'll fit. Might be cool to have a game start off RIGHT before the Kilrathi War begins and you learn the chops and start off the war and fly the first battles. Could be very cool if it's well done.
I miss Wing Commander. I hope it comes back sometime soon. The games nowadays are so uninvolving, it's all just about pretty looks and shooting the crap out of everything. I miss plot, I miss getting to know the other characters in the game. I miss stuff like that.
<sigh>