Nothing But A Rich Man's Game

Here's something of a surprise, a positive review of a Wing Commander product from PC Format! They are impressed with the cast of actors, the improvements in technology and even the gameplay! But of course, this being PC Format that can't last forever. After getting the year wrong, they list 2654 instead of 2669, they toss in some subtle jabs throughout the review. Their biggest whine, along with countless other Wingnuts of the time, is slow loading times. Most of us can remember watching Blair run down the stairs and climb into his fighter and then waiting as the mission loaded. Depending on your system specs this could sometimes take a while. Check out the whole thing below!

Wing Commander 3 is a rich man's game. It's expensive to buy, needs an expensive machine to play an, as is the case with legitimately acquiring enormous wealth, it requires the patience of a saint. It's the most ambitious game ever to grace a PC, with a budget of over $4 million, $2m of which went on Hollywood talent, the other $2m on programming skills. But it was all worth it.