Wing Commander™ 3 Heart of the Tiger™

I still love this game today, I loved the FMV, sadly no gaming company does this anymore. The gameplay was fun and challenging, the acting was fun and tacky, yet the storyline itself was just top notch. I had this game on my 3DO, and would play it until my eyes would bleed,(no not really, although....). I played this game on the original playstation, and now the PC......awesome. I have been gaming for 38 years, if the younger generation ever wants to know what made a game great, play this game. Oh by the way I still play modern games as well, it is just not the same as when gaming was in it's golden age.

An amazing FMV game that I was too young to play at it's release. My DOS box is a little choppy on audio though not that noticeable once you get into the groove.

This game actually has quite a few improvements over its predecessor. Let me start with the in-flight graphics. I wasn't really sure how much I'd like the jump from sprite based to polygonal based graphics, but it's actually quite good even without any 3D acceleration. It took some adjustments to the more precise weaponry for me, but nothing too major. The general midi musical score is only a slight improvement over the MT-32 music in previous installments, but that's not a bad thing as the music was really good in those games. I don't want to paint everything in glowing terms though. The planet side graphics which you only saw a few times were actually really bland like something from the EGA era of graphics. Many people have probably mentioned this before, but yes the CGI cutscenes haven't actually aged all that gracefully. The story is adequate, but nothing to write home about. Like Wing Commander II, there is a big plot hole again revolving around a traitor. It's not as ridiculous as that game, but it still is a bit dumb. The mission design can be quite uneven, but thankfully the options menu to adjust the difficulty is easily accessible. In fact, just having different difficulty levels is a nice touch. It's just a shame that some of the missions are so over the top that you have to resort to changing the difficulty to beat them. Overall I'd say there's a noticeable improvement in regards to space combat and performance overall. The mission design can be uneven and the story just above average, but definitely a fun time that you should give a chance. At this price, that's really not that hard of a sell either.

Been having a lot of fun with this one! There are a few frusrating missions(stealth missle cheap deaths), but difficulty can be adjusted on the fly. Having a flight stick controller (even an el-cheapo one) adds a lot to the experience.

This game finished the KIlrathi war. First interactive movie with real actors. Well acted and great game design. This is also one of the early games with romance options. This game is amazing for its time.