Wing Commander™ 4: The Price of Freedom

I am a complete newbie to the Wing Commander universe. I purchased this game due to that fact that I thought 6GB sounded like a good amount of game for $5.99. Not knowing exactly what to expect at the time, I will now tell you this is one of the best games I have purchased from GOG.com! It stood the test of time and has a ton of replayability. But this is more than just a "game". Wing Commander IV borderlines between a "Video Game" and an "Interactive Movie". With compelling story telling and fun gameplay, WCIV is hard to overlook. The gameplay is not revolutionary by any means but you wouldn't find anything like it in the modern market. Made me feel like a real Wing Commander! I had good ol' fun flying around my own ship and blowing up enemy space crafts. All your choices have consequences in this game and... Mark Hamill. Nuff said!

I cut my teeth on Wing Commanders 1 and 2. Wing Commander was one of the best space combat sims ever made. Wing Commander 4 - The Price of Freedom was a very excellent follow-up to the groundbreaking Wing Commander 3 - The Heart of the Tiger. Mark Hamill did an excellent job in the three games he played in for Origin Systems. This game was an excellent blend of cinematics and gameplay. Your decisions affected the ships and NPCs that would be available as allies (or enemies) in future missions. In short, this game is excellent. More than worth the asking price on GOG. If you do purchase it, do yourself a favor and get a decent USB Logitech or Thrustmaster joystick. Not only does it make the game easier to play, but helps make it a wonderfully immersive experience.

I loved this game as a kid, but sadly the gog version needs major work. For instance, the DVD version the movies ignore all settings that you set, I had subtitles on and didn't see a single subtitle in this game. Also the movies are super soft but the rest of the game is loud as can be! There's also no way to exit the game short of ALT+TAB then x the window, as ALT+X (the intended key to exit) just crashes the game. And to top it off, the DOS version which they include as a bonus has corrupted files and doesn't work past mission 5. Sadly I have to give it two stars due to all of these issues. You can make the DVD version work, but the DOS version, where, oddly enough, the movies and sound are properly synched so one isn't so loud it wakes the dead, cannot be played unless you got an old copy still sitting around and can provide fix the corrupted files yourself.

从来没有想过有生之年还能玩到这个， One of first games I ever played, on an intel 80386 like 20 years age, feels like just yesterday.....

I loved all Wing Commander games. But this set a new bar with the use of very well done FMV. You felt emerged in the game story. I'm very glad that Chris Roberts the creator of the Wing Commander series and Freelancer is comming back to the industry to yet again build a very ambicious AAA space sim. Can't wait to play Star Citizen.