LOL. I think you just accidentally created Wing Commander meme of the day.

Haha yes, just like Tachyon: The Fringe. The gameplay was excellent but I felt no immersion and I just didn't care about the lore or feel remotely connected to the story. I don't mean to run down the Star Wars games. I absolutely love XWA, but I still consider Wing Commander to be the top dog...

That's absolutely true. X-Wing borrowed heavily from Wing Commander but couldn't touch it in terms of gameplay satisfaction.

Hmm, I think the most iconic ones have already been covered above. To answer your question about the missions that 'stood out' to me the most, well, they're not especially famous missions but... - WC1: The name of the title immediately evokes the image of the Scimitar cockpit in my mind. When I...

I think @Pedro explains it quite nicely. The military has the somewhat distinct perk of free accommodation, usually with decent pension and healthcare schemes - these alone won't make you super rich, but if you're financially savvy they're a good starting point. Not quite the same, but my uncle...

A bit off topic but for the first time in my life, I probably won't be going to see a newly released Star Wars. I've no doubt Disney will make another SW trilogy over the next decade, all with different directors pulling the franchise in different directions, more characters I feel no...

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Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one. I had a trophy pic of the Tarsus at Delta Prime but I've lost it now. It's a total bitch to do but it's a fun achievement.

Maybe they're aware your WCIV remaster and will swoop in and ask you to do WC3 as well 😎 As a community we're doing a pretty good job of remasters ourselves. There's the promising WC1 sprite improvement pack, the potential of a WC1/WC2 remaster from @Howard Day using the RG:O engine, not to...

Y'know, Origin missed a trick in SO1 here. They should have still called it a corvette. Everybody hates the Crossbow because it's supposed to be cutting edge new tech, but really it's a warmed over Broadsword that doesn't do anything special. But if they'd kept it closer to corvette size...

Hmm, as you say, it's interesting. I wonder what the legalities are since the titles are for streaming and not download. You'd have thought EA would have something to say about it. Maybe they sought permission first. I've noticed that a number of older titles are available on that site, many...

I actually think Melek looked better in WC3. Which is strange, because IV had a bigger budget - but there are times where it seems the less polished of the two. The Kilrathi in III looked intimidating, alien and natural, Melek in IV looked like, well...a puppet. To me, he doesn't look organic...

I never played Free space, but I did read on here and in other places that FS2 contributed to the death of the genre. Is there any truth to that? Or just hyperbole?

It's different. I wouldn't say it's less difficult. In fact, there is at least one thread here on the CIC where people complain that it's *more* difficult. If you already own the PC version, then SNES Wing Commander will feel crude at times, the controls are a little more awkward, the graphics...

Sorry to necro quote. I've not played through Prophecy for years and I decided your update pack would give me a great excuse to go through it again. But I wanted to wait for the cockpits to be done, without seeming lazy by not going back through this thread, did you make any progress on them...

I don't know if it's just poor memory because I haven't played Armada for 15 years, but I always recall the space flight to be less smooth than WC3 despite sharing an engine. Maybe it had a lower native frame rate or maybe the hardware I was using at the time didn't cope with it as well, but if...

Bravo! Wing Commander archaeology, alive and well in 2019.

I have no use for these but just wanted to say it's good to see you post again. Hope you're well and good luck selling them.

I would second that. @DefianceIndustries For me, Wing Commander IV's immersion took a real hit for its lack of cockpits - so just the fact that you're including them is great. A virtual pilot would be a nice bonus too. I'm just thrilled to see cockpits to be honest. Now to take this even...

As others have said, this is looking very promising! Just a random side-thought; and not really relevant or important, but is there any plan to implement Blair's hand on the flight stick?