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Wing Commander ARENA: IT'S OUT NOW!!1
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As any Wing Commander fan knows, the first new Wing Commander game in years is about to be released on Xbox Live Arcade.
Even though it's not a full, 3D space fighter simulator, Arena is a nice arcade game, featuring several gameplay modes and some very cool graphics, far better than any other XBLA game.
The game itself is similar to subspace, where several ships fly around in a 2D plane shooting each other. It looks great, and it is really, really faithful to the whole Wing Commander Universe fiction.
Well, there's a lot more info on the game in the WC CIC, the site where Wing Commander fans get together.
They also have an official link to the really freaking cool 64-pages manual that EA made for the game and just released. So, go here, download the manual and read more about Arena.
The manual follows the WC tradition of being a in-game magazine, and is filled to the brim with easter eggs and names of fans (like me:D).
PS: I'm no shill, I'm just a Wing Commander fan.
Even though it's not a full, 3D space fighter simulator, Arena is a nice arcade game, featuring several gameplay modes and some very cool graphics, far better than any other XBLA game.
The game itself is similar to subspace, where several ships fly around in a 2D plane shooting each other. It looks great, and it is really, really faithful to the whole Wing Commander Universe fiction.
Well, there's a lot more info on the game in the WC CIC, the site where Wing Commander fans get together.
They also have an official link to the really freaking cool 64-pages manual that EA made for the game and just released. So, go here, download the manual and read more about Arena.
The manual follows the WC tradition of being a in-game magazine, and is filled to the brim with easter eggs and names of fans (like me:D).
PS: I'm no shill, I'm just a Wing Commander fan.
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They even got a Crusader reference in there.
Edit: Ahahaha. Privateer 2: The Darkening got burned.
This manual is really a fucking love letter from the WCA devs to the fans. I really hope that Arena is just the first step in a franchise come-back.
You mean aside from Privateer 2?
I want a 3d space action Wing Commander game though. One that lets me plug in a flightstick (a pc usb one with force feedback)
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Wooow. I thought Privateer 2 was canceled. I had no idea that was released. I thought Wing Commander Armada was the last PC game. Is Privateer 2 any good?
I would prefer a full 3D WC game, too, but I do believe that Arena is just the first step. Like C&C 1st Decade did for Command & Conquer. And that manual is an example of the level of commitment that the team has.
I'd rather have Arena than nothing, and if the game is a success, it might spell good things for the series.
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why.. yes, yes it is good. How many years have you been under that rock?
Armada was only the FIRST full 3D polygonal WC game.
they made WC3, 4, Prophecy,Secret Ops and Prophecy Advance after that.
Not to mention the total conversion mods Unknown Enemy, Standoff, WC Saga and Gemini: Privateer Gold.
And Priv2 is really good, even though it doesn't feel very wing commander-ish. It takes place in an isolated part of the universe.
You should play them all.
Man, forced to play a 2D shooter to get my WC fix. So depressing.
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Well, the pilgrims are canonical, so they didn't have a choice.
And the game is probably going to be pretty fun. It's better than having no WC at all.
Besides, the manual says it was a work of fiction inside the WC universe, which kinda works.
And you get to play Clive Owen.
Thats pretty awsome.
you're not wrong at all. I probably will find it fun. I mean hell, I even found X-Com Enforcer to be marginally enjoyable. But it shouldn't have to come to this. We SHOULD have another full 3D space sim.
Though to be fair, The WC universe is rather played out. The Nephilum aren't great bad guys, and The Kilrathi are just Klingons in cat outfits. But still, the whole Mark Hamil / Tom Wilson interactions were pure gold. GOLD I tell you!
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Maybe if we all buy Arena, EA will make another full 3D space sim?
Too bad the baddies inside the ships were pretty generic space insect flood. But ah well, you are fighting the ships after all, not the things inside.
I think a Halo universe space combat game could be fun as well.
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Well, it's not a port, it's a new game. And it's a whole new team, it's not related to FS2 or the SCP.
And that's not really the Victory, but the mod is pretty damn cool.
They already release the first chapter. It's really good.
Freespace 2 is going to beam-cannon you in the eye for that.
I liked the storyline presentation better in the WC games.
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As goofy a detail as it is to notice, I loved the way the clusters of missles moved. It was very Macross.
They had more than one online WC project canceled.
The CIC (www.wcnews.com) has a lot of material from those projects, including the "WC Writer's Bible"...
Just check it, they have mostly everything that has ever surfaced.
it looks like a lot of the ships are just upgraded models of each other. like there is a basic Arrow, a better looking Arrow, then the uber-Arrow. Same with the other types of ships.
so like, is it semi-RPGish where you earn points to buy better ships or something?
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Fucking EA cockteases. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. I mean, this manual is awesome, but it's sort of depressing too, y'know? I've worked long and hard to try and forget that there used to be games as awesome as Origin's.
That's kinda true, but we ARE getting a new WC game, and who knows if that's not a sign of things (wing commander) to come? Not much hope for crusader, though.