Fans Are Attempting a Wing Commander IV Remaster

[Peter_Brosdahl]

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The first Wing Commander debuted in 1990 and quickly gained many fans. At the time, this space flight simulation/combat game was on the cutting edge of things. By the time the third installment, Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger, arrived in 1994, the gaming landscape had already begun to change. FMVs, or full-motion video, had become quite popular in the video game industry. The team behind Wing Commander even managed to get Mark Hammill to play the lead role for it. The success of 3D gaming, along with FMVs, prompted EA to invest even more money for Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. This time around, there would be full sets and the addition of even more notable Hollywood names...

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[MadMummy76]

Sorry, but I cannot play Wing Commander literally ever again. As it will only remind me of scam citizen.

 

[Dan_D]

Well, someone could copy the game mission for mission with an all new engine, graphics, assets, etc. and it would still come out before Star Citizen or Squadron 42 will.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Sorry, but I cannot play Wing Commander literally ever again. As it will only remind me of scam citizen.

Yeah, in so many ways it's hard to believe these projects came from the same person.

 

[Dan_D]

Yeah, in so many ways it's hard to believe these projects came from the same person.

Wing Commander came from a time where he was accountable to someone else to make sure the project got done. Star Citizen, not so much.

 

[Grimlakin]

Yeah, in so many ways it's hard to believe these projects came from the same person.

Keep in mind for the projects before now someone else told him know and slapped his hands. Sometimes just fired his *** to get the project out.

 

[Stoly]

To think that FMV in video games was quite shortlived.

Back when "multimedia" was the future.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Keep in mind for the projects before now someone else told him know and slapped his hands. Sometimes just fired his *** to get the project out.

Yep, that's pretty much what Dan was saying too.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

To think that FMV in video games was quite shortlived.

Back when "multimedia" was the future.

We got lucky that hardware quickly evolved to a point that even stop-gaps like this were short lived. It was sort of neat but often poorly done. WC4 was definitely the high point for it. I had it on PSone back in the stay(still have it) and game took 4 CD's because of all the FMV's.

 

[Stoly]

We got lucky that hardware quickly evolved to a point that even stop-gaps like this were short lived. It was sort of neat but often poorly done. WC4 was definitely the high point for it. I had it on PSone back in the stay(still have it) and game took 4 CD's because of all the FMV's.

well, the psx "made a living" based on FMV.

 

[Burticus]

I wonder why WC4 and not WC3.