Wing Commander™ 1+2

ist dieses Paket nun mittlerweile unvollständig. Dabei hat man so darauf gehofft, dass WIng Commander auf aktuellen Systemen wieder erhältlich ist. Super ist das Angebot, endlich wieder Wing Commander zu erhalten, aber gerade die Secret Mission`s und Secret Operation`s gehören dazu. Die Hoffnung besteht nun, hier sie als Extra Pack zu bekommen.

These games set the stander for space flight sims that followed, not to mention flight sims in general. The games were where I cut my teeth on SFS/FS after I got hired on by Origin in the early 90s. Outstanding does not give the right tone and feel for these two games.

Very unstable on Windows 8. Shame as it spoils what is a good game.

Too buggy in DOSBox, these should actually have disclaimers on them because they barely function. WCI has a lot of audio issues, plus if you hold down the shoot button it keeps you turning constantly in the last direction you pressed, which makes the game very difficult to control. WCII doesn't let you turn and shoot at the same time, which makes the game far more difficult than it's supposed to be. Don't bother with these releases, if they could have been made to run properly I'm sure they'd be fun games, but as it is it's either the DOSBox settings or DOSBox itself not emulating these properly. Broken release.

Having just tried out both games, I can say I'm less than impressed. The clunky controls (you can't fire while turning, for example), inability to accurately judge distance, lack of lead indicator, frustratingly slow ships, control panels that barely explain anything, the obtuse manual more concerned with world building than explaining how to fly... It's too old, too irritating, and not worth the money I spent on it. I'm sure it was great in 1990, but it hasn't aged well. I was able to finish both the original King's Quest and the original Ultima - but the flight controls in this are so bad that I can't tolerate it another minute. I'm being generous with my score, since I know this game was genre defining, and for that alone do I grant it three stars. Some games are great, even today. This one sadly, is not. Play Freespace 1 & 2 instead.