Neckbeard Shitlord
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Clearrrr...w.w......
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In Progress Screaming Tabby: Let's Play Wing Commander 1 and special missions!
- Thread starter Neckbeard Shitlord
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Neckbeard Shitlord
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Here we go, final mission.
Even the save and load screen is cool. Awaken SCREAMING TABBY? YES PLEASE!
155 kills before my final mission. I think I usually get in the 160s, so I didn't do that great this time.
Oh yes! All their aces are gone. In retrospect, I should have let all their aces escape. If you do, then I believe you face ALL their aces in the final mission. Or is it the final system? not sure. I know I had to face some at very inoncenient times when I played through a few times.
OMG racis a blond person!
I like paladin. Too bad there is no speech in WC 1. WC 2 has speech but everything else is done more poorly.
I like the bartender, too. The way he mops up the bar is even kind of 'tough'. Every character has something they do to give them a little personality.
I'll split this one up into several posts, which I should have been doing all along to keep pages from getting too clogged with images.
Even the save and load screen is cool. Awaken SCREAMING TABBY? YES PLEASE!
155 kills before my final mission. I think I usually get in the 160s, so I didn't do that great this time.
Oh yes! All their aces are gone. In retrospect, I should have let all their aces escape. If you do, then I believe you face ALL their aces in the final mission. Or is it the final system? not sure. I know I had to face some at very inoncenient times when I played through a few times.
OMG racis a blond person!
I like paladin. Too bad there is no speech in WC 1. WC 2 has speech but everything else is done more poorly.
I like the bartender, too. The way he mops up the bar is even kind of 'tough'. Every character has something they do to give them a little personality.
I'll split this one up into several posts, which I should have been doing all along to keep pages from getting too clogged with images.
Neckbeard Shitlord
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An army would never make it through, and half a dozen reinforcements would just get in the way. What's needed here is a hero. Preferably with blue hair.
Neckbeard Shitlord
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What time is it? It's GO TIME!
Neckbeard Shitlord
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We were supposed to slip by a fralthi and some krants, but this is the end game. NO WAY. We took that badboy down on the way to the base.
Unfortunately, at the fight for the base I rammed into an enemy and died.
Death is always around the corner in Wing Commader (in WC 1 anyway).
Neckbeard Shitlord
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One last try. If I blow it I will just head on to secret missions.
This time the Fralthi cruiser goes down without a hitch.
Now it's graltha everywhere. These guys shoot a lot of missiles and if you accidentally ram them you are toast. I change up and just use my neutron cannosn this time as it's mathematically more efficient at least. Seems to work fairly well.
This time I take the coward's way out and leave a single damaged graltha hanging around and go after the base. Otherwise as soon as you clear one wave, the next is right there.
The base goes up quickly since Hunter and I are both hammering it.
I take down the graltha and YET ANOTHER BIG WAVE comes in, this time Salthi. I take those down and next up it's Jalthi.
I take the coward's way out again, and flee. I've got a bunch of damage. So does Hunter and there's too much risk of being one-shotted by these guys.
Victory!!!
This time the Fralthi cruiser goes down without a hitch.
Now it's graltha everywhere. These guys shoot a lot of missiles and if you accidentally ram them you are toast. I change up and just use my neutron cannosn this time as it's mathematically more efficient at least. Seems to work fairly well.
This time I take the coward's way out and leave a single damaged graltha hanging around and go after the base. Otherwise as soon as you clear one wave, the next is right there.
The base goes up quickly since Hunter and I are both hammering it.
I take down the graltha and YET ANOTHER BIG WAVE comes in, this time Salthi. I take those down and next up it's Jalthi.
I take the coward's way out again, and flee. I've got a bunch of damage. So does Hunter and there's too much risk of being one-shotted by these guys.
Victory!!!
Neckbeard Shitlord
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He is a master of understatement.
Of course. I am possibly the greatest hero in human history. Can't let it go to my head, though. Good thing I have the magic power of save scumming, or earth would be doomed.
I was really hoping for Major Devaureax.
Neckbeard Shitlord
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Thanks for reading along. One of my favorite games and I am not sure a let's play does it justice but I wanted to do one anyway since I think it deserves one and it's been a while since I played.
Like Gozma pointed out the graphics are really much better than most of what came after it for a super long time. Trying to play a lot of flight sims that quickly went to 3d was a pretty bland exercise. Even the hyper real ones of today don't have all that much flavor.
I really like cartoon style like this, where it is hand painted and not all japanized or weird. I wish games like that would make a comeback. Talented artists are better than tech any day of the week.
And the music. No need to even mention that. It blows almost everything today out of the water with amazing ease.
The difficulty is also difficult without being arbitrary or punishing. Very well balanced. 10/10 game, really. Everything about it led to an immensely satisfying game.
Hope you guys enjoyed it. I will do the secret missions as well, in a separate thread.
I enjoyed it. 
Too bad the later Wing Commander games were not as good.
Too bad the later Wing Commander games were not as good.
Neckbeard Shitlord
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Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I wish they would remake WC 1 with zero changes but I know it won't ever happen.
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