To everyone involved in UnknownEnemy .... Thank you for this excellent game! I recently downloaded, it and it took my a few weeks to play itall the way through (and, of course, I had to try and see every possible ending). I wanted to wait until I was finished until posting to avoid any possible spoliers, but now that it's finally through (for now?) I must say I was very impressed. All of the tremendous effort thatmust have gone into this is extremely appreciated!
This braught back the original Wing commander look feel so perfectly. The first time I took off from the Claw (OK, the Dauntless, but in my mind I keep thinking of it as the Tiger's Claw) I must have flown a dozen laps around her, taking in every facet of her beautifully rendered hull. Same goes for the Fralthi. So many tiny details went into making this game just like the Wing Commander I remembered... only so much better. The Scim is still a "gun-heavy slug" that "handles like a pregnant cow" but WOW does it pack a much bigger punch now. And flying the Gratha... Again, thanks for that, it was one of my favorite ships from Wing Commander, and I always hated having to take a group of them on in a damaged fighter... Plus it had a Secret Missions feel to it, kilrathi gauges and all. The full motion video segments were top-notch; even the musical score was modernized in the old Wing Commander style!
Lastly... the difficulty level was just shy of frustrating at times (It took me a bit to realize that damage carries over between missions,which made killing Torpedo runners priority 1) ... and this, too, was spot-on for how I remember Wing Commander from the old days.
I realizeI'm jumping on this pretty late, but I only recently found the website and wanted to let everyone involved know that Wing Commander was the first video game I ever purchased for myself, I played it for years and loved it, and Unknown Enemy captured every bit of the joy and wonder that was Wing Commander to let thatlittle kid that was once me play a few more hours of fantastic Wing Commander goodness.
Excellent work, everyone, my hat is off to you all.
This braught back the original Wing commander look feel so perfectly. The first time I took off from the Claw (OK, the Dauntless, but in my mind I keep thinking of it as the Tiger's Claw) I must have flown a dozen laps around her, taking in every facet of her beautifully rendered hull. Same goes for the Fralthi. So many tiny details went into making this game just like the Wing Commander I remembered... only so much better. The Scim is still a "gun-heavy slug" that "handles like a pregnant cow" but WOW does it pack a much bigger punch now. And flying the Gratha... Again, thanks for that, it was one of my favorite ships from Wing Commander, and I always hated having to take a group of them on in a damaged fighter... Plus it had a Secret Missions feel to it, kilrathi gauges and all. The full motion video segments were top-notch; even the musical score was modernized in the old Wing Commander style!
Lastly... the difficulty level was just shy of frustrating at times (It took me a bit to realize that damage carries over between missions,which made killing Torpedo runners priority 1) ... and this, too, was spot-on for how I remember Wing Commander from the old days.
I realizeI'm jumping on this pretty late, but I only recently found the website and wanted to let everyone involved know that Wing Commander was the first video game I ever purchased for myself, I played it for years and loved it, and Unknown Enemy captured every bit of the joy and wonder that was Wing Commander to let thatlittle kid that was once me play a few more hours of fantastic Wing Commander goodness.
Excellent work, everyone, my hat is off to you all.