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30-06-2009, 03:54 AM | #11 | ||
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30-06-2009, 05:19 PM | #12 | ||
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One of the best games of all time!
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30-06-2009, 06:10 PM | #13 | ||
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Combat was indeed more complex in the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series, and the graphics were "truly" 3D rather than 2D sprites. Let's not forget, however, that X-Wing, the first game in that series, was released in 1993, two years after Wing Commander II. I remember both of them fondly.
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01-07-2009, 01:00 AM | #14 | ||
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I may be a little fuzzy, but I always thought of the Wing Commander games as ordinance games, where your missiles were indispensible. I know this for sure with WC3 and WC4, at least till you got the advanced tech fighters.
X-Wing/Tie Fighter were primarily gun games, where your guns could be used fairly reliably and your ordinance was usually reserved for capital ships (and those pesky A-Wings.) |
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01-07-2009, 04:22 PM | #15 | ||
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You didn't even need missiles for cap ships, as I recall. They got the job done a lot faster, but as long as you weren't afraid to get in close, didn't mind dodging quite a few lasers, and could keep enemy fighters off your back, you could knock out a cap ship's shield generators in one or two strafing runs, then use your guns to administer death by a thousand cuts. If there were no enemy fighters in the area and you were feeling particularly sadistic, you could even knock out a few of the cap ship's defensive turrets in a particular area, cut your throttle, and sit in a blind spot where the cap ship couldn't hit you at all. Fun stuff...
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01-07-2009, 09:35 PM | #16 | ||
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Holy crap WCII!! With Spec Ops I & II!!! OMG! OMG! OMG!!!:woot2:
I think between us me and my dad busted a couple of joysticks on this little gem, bay far one of the best space combat sims ever released. |
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04-07-2009, 05:16 PM | #17 | ||
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finally managed to get this in one piece. fyi these extra files available for download on the game page, Manual & SpecOps Manual, are also included in the game download.
so save yourself some bytes and just download the game. |
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08-07-2009, 02:23 AM | #18 | ||
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Error when downloading
I'm getting an error when trying to download this link. Is anyone else having this problem?
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08-07-2009, 11:56 AM | #19 | ||
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What OS?
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08-07-2009, 05:16 PM | #20 | ||
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Windows xp
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