The wingmates vary in skill and personality. You instruct the wingman to attack the enemy, to attack the target, to return to base, and to generally help you out. You are the mission leader every single time. Some have you destroy a target like a capital ship. Other obstacles like asteroid fields and mine fields abound. Enemy ships are either at the nav points or halfway in between. Normally, you direct your ship to hit certain nav points (areas in space) and then return back to the home cruiser (Tiger’s Claw). Missions vary in the tasks needed to perform. Each mission, you go out in your fighter plane, perform the mission, and return to do another mission. Of course, it is not World War 2 but in space. Imagine being an expert pilot at dogfighting during World War 2 where you are on a cruiser doing missions to win a war. Wing Commander is a first person space simulator. The solution to this is to not use the mouse during the Wing Commander 2 cutscenes. The biggest annoyance is that using the mouse buttons between missions sometimes locks (?) the right mouse button down, and you won’t realize it until the cutscene zooms past you since the computer thinks you want to skip it all. Sometimes, the interface for saving and loading games is strangely ‘sticky’ or sluggish. Wing Commander 2 crashed on me several times in the middle of a mission. However, people say Wing Commander 1 doesn’t perform well for them. I only use the keyboard for communications. The joystick will be able to do nearly everything. You CAN play with a mouse and even keyboard only. If you don’t have a joystick, don’t bother. The storyline works best when you play it all in order. There is a shocking amount of value here. Yawn,” then you’re more ignorant than the person who has never played the game. If you have played Wing Commander and think, “I remember those two old games with their bad graphics today. If you’ve never played Wing Commander, you’ve come to the right place. This game runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It might as well be six games.Ībove: Wing Commander 1 and 2 honestly could be in an arcade cabinet.Ībove: You will keep playing just to find out what happens next in the story. It is not just Wing Commander 1 and 2 but four mission packs as well. If you want a game with less challenge, go play Dark Souls.Ībove: This game has an immersive atmosphere.Ībove: This game is designed to be very challenging.Ībove: There is an absurd amount of playtime in this package. Bad is the aged 3d graphics before 3d, and joysticks being unable to utilize analog effects. Great music, atmosphere, and compelling universe. VERDICT: Not two games in one, SIX games in one! It’s not enough to say these games are polished, these games DEFINED polish.
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