Mo' Previews, Mo' Problems (May 15, 2007)

[Bandit LOAF]

AD came across a new preview of Wing Commander Arena at GameDaily. It's not especially long, but we're nothing if not dedicated completists. The tone is overall positive, with a complaint about the graphics. It's an odd criticism (if anything, previews make the game seem too bright), but a much more reasonable one than we've seen from the likes of Kotaku and Mercury News:

During our brief hands-on session with the game, we noticed that occasional lag time in the controls left our ship wide-open to incoming enemies. The game could also use a little extra lift in the looks department -- simplistic graphics and a muted color palate could make this game a turn-off for anyone who's not riding the wave of Wing Commander nostalgia that EA seems to be banking on for this otherwise fun pick-up-and-play shooter, set to hit the Xbox 360 this summer.

Read the whole thing here.

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Original update published on May 15, 2007

 

[Edfilho]

The irony is that probably those ship models have more polygons then the ones in WC3 and 4.

 

[Vinman]

The irony is that probably those ship models have more polygons then the ones in WC3 and 4.

Each ship probably has more polygons that everything in WC3 or 4 combined!

 

[Bandit LOAF]

That's probably true -- the ships in WC3 and 4 are incredibly simplistic compared to modern 3D objects.

I'm not sure it's *ironic*, though.