As most of you all ready know, before Wing Commander Prophecy showed up on the GBA, Raylight was working on another game that was basically a homage to the early Wing Commander 1 and 2 universe in terms of gameplay and graphical style called "Star Giants"
But alas, this project apparently caught the attention of EA and Star Giants was retooled into Wing Commander Prophecy, which is fine as any Wing Commander on the go is still a great idea, but unless you played Prophecy on the PC the talking heads were confusing and the darker graphics of Prophecy didn't fare to well on a non-backlit GBA screen.
Here's what IGN had to say about Star Giants.
Looking at the screenshots located here, http://www.gamesxtreme.net/screenslist/302.shtml , I kind of find myself wishing that Star Giants was released instead of Prophecy since it's more colorful and more WC1 and 2 looking, and it would have a new branching story done in classic Wing Commander style, but I guess EA would've sued them if they had released the game without their permission since it's so similar, and I suppose EA thought they could make a quick buck if they said, "Hey why don't you turn this into a REAL Wing Commander game instead?"
Anyway, I would've loved to play Star Giants, what do you guys think?
But alas, this project apparently caught the attention of EA and Star Giants was retooled into Wing Commander Prophecy, which is fine as any Wing Commander on the go is still a great idea, but unless you played Prophecy on the PC the talking heads were confusing and the darker graphics of Prophecy didn't fare to well on a non-backlit GBA screen.
Here's what IGN had to say about Star Giants.
The development team is also hard at work on a Wing Commander-style space combat engine with the project name Star Giants. This title will feature a sprite-based 3D environment, similar to the first two games in the Wing Commander series. In single-player mode, the game will follow a branching story with multiple paths and endings depending on your progress throughout the missions. Star Giants will also include support for link cable, allowing for four players to battle against each other...or combat as a two-man team against the other players. Star Giants does not have a publisher, so don't expect a release until later in 2002.
Looking at the screenshots located here, http://www.gamesxtreme.net/screenslist/302.shtml , I kind of find myself wishing that Star Giants was released instead of Prophecy since it's more colorful and more WC1 and 2 looking, and it would have a new branching story done in classic Wing Commander style, but I guess EA would've sued them if they had released the game without their permission since it's so similar, and I suppose EA thought they could make a quick buck if they said, "Hey why don't you turn this into a REAL Wing Commander game instead?"
Anyway, I would've loved to play Star Giants, what do you guys think?