Revenge of the Persian: Let's play Wing Commander special missions!

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

There was not much of a plot in the first game, which makes sense for a war game. For SM 1 it's pretty disconnected, too. For the second one it makes more of a plot and relates more to the main character. However I didn't really like how they had simply 'view storyline' in WC 2 it seemed pretty artificial. There was more content but a lot more of it was kind of boring.

Just some krants guarding a ralari. However something unexpected happens.

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

So we kill off the escorts for the ralari, and guess what? Knight decides to head home! I couldn't even believe it. How could he even have gotten damaged?

I got to the Sivar and it was guarded by krants as well. I took a few out and then concentrated on the sivar.

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

I learn to my dismay that the Sivar can launch missiles and has some kind of powerful forward facing guns. It's also incredibly tough. However it's just a matter of time. I simply keep darting in and out until eventually it goes down in a huge explosion.

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

On the way back I find the Tiger's Claw under attack by fighters, but it's nothing I can't easily handle alone. Overall, this mission is a big anti-climax. It's not even as hard as the average mission let alone some of the very tough ones.

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

Finally I get that gold star!

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

The End...for now.

I realized I don't actually have the secret missions 2 any more so it may be a while before I get to it.

I may skip to WC 2. I dislike how they make you fly in the broadswords and the whole mega shields + mega torpedoes nonsense but I know I got through it before so maybe I'll go again.

For Secret Missions I give an 8/10. It's more linear, and the missions are rather uneven and sometimes don't make any sense. Still very nice, though.

Hope you guys enjoyed it. If I get bored maybe I will do the escape sequence, death of tiger's claw sequence, and take down the gwynhyvar.

 

[Infinitron]

Don't have SM2? It's all in the GOG version, man. Where are you playing this from?

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

It was the first thing I installed when I learned of dosbox. Wait, second thing. I did U7 first.

I don't have GOG account but maybe I can download SM 2 and add it to DosBox.

 

[Saduj]

Thanks for the LP.

FYI - You can get SM2 as a standalone on abandonware sites. Example: http://www.myabandonware.com/game/wing-commander-the-secret-missions-2-crusade-1be (I have not vetted this site though)

Not that I'm pushing for another LP. Its got to be a pain in the ass.

The original was definitely my favorite but WC2 was a close 2nd. The rest of the series was meh with 4 being the worst, IMO.

 

[LusciousPear]

I think, comparatively, they're great works of storytelling. You can't hate on 4, it's got Malcom McDowell! Prophecy was a shitbag, however.

Someone needs to do an LP of Privateer 2. That game was ambitious.

 

[Neckbeard Shitlord]

Privateer 2. Now there's one I never played.

I tried an LP of WC 2 but somehow it got jacked up. I can't seem to make it go into full screen.

I will try another of these for sure, though. Maybe Privateer 2 unless someone has one they really want.

I could do SM 2, WC 3, WC 4, or try and get WC 2 going. Probably be a while before I go into it because it takes a decent effort to post all those pics for each post.

WC 3 was my favorite for story. WC 4 was ok, too. However, those were pretty bad on game mechanics. Especially 4. Basically you could not kill anything without missiles, and missiles were almost a guaranteed kill. It was just very stupid. The mondo bossman in WC 4 I took out in one pass by firing all my missiles at once!

I might do a video LP for the next one if I can figure things out.

 

[Saduj]

The best part of WC4 was that the admiral who was such a shit towards you in WC2 (McDowell's character) finally got his.

I didn't think Privateer 2 was well received but I kind of liked it. Although it was a weird choice to keep the franchise name and set it in a different universe. Never did get through the main story on that one.....