Wing Commander 2 - Now In Cinemascope!

The December 1991 issue of PC Plus brings us a full page review of Wing Commander 2. They like the game, but the major sticking point is about system upgrades. Many of us can fondly look back at every new game release and realize that along with the $50 game there might also have been several hundred dollars of system upgrades coming as well. Wing Commander games have always pushed the system requirements to the edge with each release. Reading the extra blurb at the bottom of the review about system requirements is a great look back through time. 7 megs for sound! Unreal!

Put simply, WC2 is spectacular...but don't expect the complete experience on a bog-standard PC. It pushes computer gaming to the limits and then some, which may be OK in the States where 286's are considered old technology, but I wonder whether some Brits won't be reluctant to devote so much of their system to a game. Of course when CD-ROM becomes standard such reservations will become obsolete.