Wing Commander™ 1+2

I grew up with Wing Commander. Most space sims ignore inertia--where you point is where you're going, but not WC. If you're a fan of Ender's Game, you'll love playing this game! I'd give it a full 5 stars if it came with the expansion packs, of course.

You might think that a game with that poor graphics in 2013 is not worth playing. Well, what the game lacks in graphics it sure got in game play. I still thing it is the best flight games ever. With the missions, your wingmen, your gear, your promotions, star bases etc.

I can remember playing Wing Commander 1, 20 or so years ago. One of the early missions requires you to escort some freighter. I wasn't really taking the mission too seriously; it didn't seem like Kilrathi was much of a threat to the freighter. I moved in real close to an enemy ship just as it launched a missile at the vessel I was protecting. I had never seen visuals so detailed at that time. The missile dropped right out of the enemy ship, blasting exhaust behind it as it rocketed towards the freighter. The freighter lost all shields and a good bit of its hull on impact. That was when things got real. I'm looking forward to experiencing the Wing Commander 1 story again, and all of the other WC games after it.

Wing Commander has been missing in action as of late except for the extremely mediocre Xbox Live Arcade game. At one time however it was one of the most popular PC gaming franchises. Wing Commander 2 was the first game I ever played with such an engrossing and cinematic story and has continued to be one of my favorite games of all time. It stands along with Wing Commander 1 with fantastic arcade gameplay, great artwork, sound that defined the generation and a sci-fi universe as rich as any movie or TV series. In my opinion the 2D graphics of the original games stand up better than the early 3D work of the later titles though all of the Wing Commander games are absolute classics the first two remain my favorites. Unfortunately GOG left out the incredible expansion packs. Hopefully those will be available someday but their absence is no reason to skip out on this deal.

This is it. This is the game that made me who I am. This is the game that made Creative Labs what it is (I'm sorry about that). A perfect blend of storytelling and gameplay, Wing Commander offered innovative features such as a STORY, fully branched mission paths, SOUND, MUSIC and being generally awesome to the max.