trentonlf: Surprisingly I have never played any of the Wing Commander games. Seeing that they are all on sale at the moment I figured this would be a good time to give one a try. My question is which one? Do you need to play them in order to for the games to make sense? If 3 was the best (Have no idea, just an example) can I play that one and be ok? Just looking for any suggestions where to start.
Thanks in advance!!
Yes, you can play them in any order, they each have a self-contained story. But if you're the type that really likes immersing yourself in the background of a game's setting, you'll want to play them in order, so you'll better understand the character's relationships and histories.
Wing Commander 1 - 5 are most closely linked to one another compared to the other games.
Privateer is a sandbox game with story missions that you can completely ignore if you wish and little ties to the plot of the main series.
Privateer 2 is farthest removed from the rest of the Wing Commander universe, akin to Far Cry 2 and 3 being removed from Far Cry's setting.
Academy has no plot and just allows you to build and play your own missions. It does have a 'gauntlet' series of skirmishes.
Armada has no proper plot either, but lets you play as either the Kilrathi or Confederation, and features multi-player. There's a campaign mode with 11 hand-designed sectors, an Armada mode with randomly generated sectors, and a gauntlet mode of skirmishes.
