... I say every part in the series is amazing. While WC 1+2 introduced innovative aspects like a branching storyline, depending on a success or failure of a mission, the third installment of the series amazed us with a new feature: FMV cutscenes. It was brilliant to see Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamill as the player's character Christopher Blair, ace pilot of the Confed, Tom "Biff Tannen" Wilson as the hilarious Maniac and many other top-notch hollywood actors. The live-action cutscenes made us feel like to be in an awesome Hollywood Sci-Fi movie. Moreover betwen missions you can interact with some of the other pilots or crewmen aboard the ship (not always though). This can even be important, as by deciding which answer to choose, you can raise or either decrease the morale of your wingmen.This affects their behaviour/obedience in the battlefield and at some times it even has an effect on some cutscenes. This game is from 1994! Imagine that! WCIII definitely was ahead of its time! But what about the gameplay? It is fun, fast-paced and always exciting, like you can expect from a great space-shooter. Plus you got control of one wingman, who you can pick out after the briefing. Oh, and you can pick your ship and weapons before a mission. That's also a new thing they introduced in WCIII. But if you're too lazy to do that, well let Rachel do her job, and take the preset configuration. ;) It's a pretty simple game mechanics, but sometimes it can be really challenging though. I admit I'm not the best Wing Commander-player, I really suck at the later levels. You can't save in the middle of a mission, and some of them are relatively long, so it can be frustrating if you have to restart the whole mission. You have to be patient if you want to master this game! But that's no problem at all. If it's too hard you can always set the difficulty, IIRC there are 6(!) difficulty levels. And if it's still too hard to accomplish, there are even preset cheats, e.g. invulnerability, available in the option menu. :D And the best thing is: if you successfully finish a mission, you can look forward to a "rewarding" cutscene and a continuation of the exciting story. ;) And what if you fail? Well you can expect a cutscene too, and mostly you're even "allowed" to continue the game. But that shouldn't become a routine, as at the end you will see the "bad ending". But technically that's an ending too, right? :-P Thanks GOG for releasing this great title! If you never played this game, and you're a fan of this genre: Buy it! I can't recommend it enough. And if you aleady know this game and didn't buy this game on GOG yet: well, you know what to do! ;)
