I just got ahold of Wing Commander 1&2 plus all the secret missions add-ons. Before I was unable to play these games, but these ones worked so I got lucky I guess.
I'm only 3 missions into WC1 (alas I have to work), but I totally dig the feel of the game. You really get the impression that the Tiger's Claw is an old war-pig that has been around the block more than once, there is always somebody in the bar looking to chat. And they jump into eachother's conversations which is cool too. I love how in the debriefings, they don't say "You killed 3 enemy fighters" or something like that, but rather "You fried 3 furballs". I love it! Another thing I am enjoying is that when I go out, I don't end up blasting like 30 fighters on every mission. It takes a little more work to get the kill and that makes it a whole lot more satisfying, at least to me =)
The only thing is, All the sound effects work, but the speech doesn't. Is there supposed to be any?
Also, the flight engine is a little clunky. I couldn't get my joystick to work very well and didn't like the keyboard at all, so I've settled on the lousy mouse. The clunkieness is from the mouse right? Also, It seems a lot harder to do advanced manuevers than it was in WCIV and Prophecy (the only other WC games I've played), does anybody else have this problem?
All in all a very cool game. I can't wait until tomorrow morning when I will be flying up against my first Kilrathi battleship (according to Bossman).
I'm only 3 missions into WC1 (alas I have to work), but I totally dig the feel of the game. You really get the impression that the Tiger's Claw is an old war-pig that has been around the block more than once, there is always somebody in the bar looking to chat. And they jump into eachother's conversations which is cool too. I love how in the debriefings, they don't say "You killed 3 enemy fighters" or something like that, but rather "You fried 3 furballs". I love it! Another thing I am enjoying is that when I go out, I don't end up blasting like 30 fighters on every mission. It takes a little more work to get the kill and that makes it a whole lot more satisfying, at least to me =)
The only thing is, All the sound effects work, but the speech doesn't. Is there supposed to be any?
Also, the flight engine is a little clunky. I couldn't get my joystick to work very well and didn't like the keyboard at all, so I've settled on the lousy mouse. The clunkieness is from the mouse right? Also, It seems a lot harder to do advanced manuevers than it was in WCIV and Prophecy (the only other WC games I've played), does anybody else have this problem?
All in all a very cool game. I can't wait until tomorrow morning when I will be flying up against my first Kilrathi battleship (according to Bossman).