Dyret
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So I was browsing tvtropes when I came across this, sorry about the formating, no idea how to mass hyper-unlink:
While some of it is obviously bullshit, like WC not always having been a WW2 analogy, I'm curious about the 'CR taking over' part. From what I've heard the opposite is the case. Was he ever involved with the writing and characterization at all? Anyone know what's up with this claim? Here's a direct link to the whole thing for anyone interested, it's the first entry under 'other': http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WallBangers/VideoGames
Chalk it up to the George Lucas Effect: as Chris Roberts gained more control over the series, he began to purge more and more of the nuance from the setting and replace it with blatantly transparent allegories for historical events. Wing Commander IV is the video game champion of They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot—the hype promised the ability to choose between fighting for Confed or The Border Worlds, each side with their own merits and flaws to create an interesting story. In the end, it turned out that the Border Worlds were completely in the right and the whole war was due to an evil conspiracy within the Confederation, led by Admiral Tolwyn, who was newly divested of any of the redeeming qualities he had in the previous games. Then the Nephilim, who seemed intentionally designed to be utterly impossible to empathize with, were introduced. This trend culminated in The Movie, which was so utterly atrocious that it served as a Franchise Killer for the whole series, and featured such absurdities as Kilrathi fighters dive bombing the Confederation Navy's fleet headquarters in a scene ripped straight out of Pearl Harbor!
While some of it is obviously bullshit, like WC not always having been a WW2 analogy, I'm curious about the 'CR taking over' part. From what I've heard the opposite is the case. Was he ever involved with the writing and characterization at all? Anyone know what's up with this claim? Here's a direct link to the whole thing for anyone interested, it's the first entry under 'other': http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WallBangers/VideoGames