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Wing Commander
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Player's Review
SNES Port of Wing Commander originally released on the pc.
I longplayed The Secret Missions first so most of the issues are in this version too. The ai is dumb as dirt and missiles dont do any significant damage in this version so there is very little to hurt the player in this version of the game. The game engine only allows 1 enemy to be in focus at a time so you never get shot at by multiple ships. A massive flaw in the game though is when the ships dont want to come into focus, no amount of shooting will be able to hit them. The frame rate is very erratic which makes it hard to aim and often overshoot the target. Added with the very low fire rate makes the stronger weapons useless. Far easier to stick with slightly weaker lasers and land more shots. Quite often I have to shut the engines off just so that enemies would approach me and not slam into me.
Unlike with the secret missions, you still have to tell the wingman when to break and attack. Unlike all other versions, you have to do this whenever you encounter a new enemy wave which gets annoying. Most of the game has survived the porting process, but the cutscenes have been removed and replaced with a static screen. These are quite an important part of enjoying Wing Commander seeing the results of your mission progression and a shame to see them missing here.
Some notable game bugs include not showing when you have recieved medals(stars) of the same type. In other game versions they stack, but not here. The game doesnt seem to remember that you have killed the kilrathi aces and brings them up more than a few times later in the dialogue. When communicating with the aces in space they always seem to have the same name. The killboard put me at the bottom when I should be at the top. There is also no cockpit damage.
I longplayed The Secret Missions first so most of the issues are in this version too. The ai is dumb as dirt and missiles dont do any significant damage in this version so there is very little to hurt the player in this version of the game. The game engine only allows 1 enemy to be in focus at a time so you never get shot at by multiple ships. A massive flaw in the game though is when the ships dont want to come into focus, no amount of shooting will be able to hit them. The frame rate is very erratic which makes it hard to aim and often overshoot the target. Added with the very low fire rate makes the stronger weapons useless. Far easier to stick with slightly weaker lasers and land more shots. Quite often I have to shut the engines off just so that enemies would approach me and not slam into me.
Unlike with the secret missions, you still have to tell the wingman when to break and attack. Unlike all other versions, you have to do this whenever you encounter a new enemy wave which gets annoying. Most of the game has survived the porting process, but the cutscenes have been removed and replaced with a static screen. These are quite an important part of enjoying Wing Commander seeing the results of your mission progression and a shame to see them missing here.
Some notable game bugs include not showing when you have recieved medals(stars) of the same type. In other game versions they stack, but not here. The game doesnt seem to remember that you have killed the kilrathi aces and brings them up more than a few times later in the dialogue. When communicating with the aces in space they always seem to have the same name. The killboard put me at the bottom when I should be at the top. There is also no cockpit damage.
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