![]() ![]() Our first scene is of the triumph of series baddies the Kilrathi, and not merely over a group of nameless mooks, but Angel, both lead character Col. ![]() The opening chords in the soundtrack are powerful and bombastic. It had a then-insane budget of four million dollars, a cast headed up by Mark “Luke Skywalker” Hamill, an epic branching storyline, and - this definitely helped a little - jaw-dropping space combat.Įven now, with the ropey-effects, chunky FMV, and the realization that said combat really hasn't aged well, Wing Commander 3 holds onto a surprising amount of majesty. The series had always had a cinematic flair, with a huge cast of characters, animated sequences for everything from taking off from your fleet carrier to being awarded a medal of bravery for surviving ejecting into space. Wing Commander 3 is one of the very, very few examples where it worked. ![]() Fueled by the power to fill CDs with video, and filled with the same starry-eyed dreams of Hollywood that typically end with a naive starlet desperately trying to scour the shame away with a wire brush, the industry set out to not merely make games, but interactive movies! "Wing Commander 3 holds onto a surprising amount of majesty." During the 90s, PC gaming caught a disease, and its name was FMV. ![]()
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