EA: Wing Commander Arena on XBLA this week for 800 points
by Christopher Grant 
on Jul 22nd 2007 10:28AM
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Posted: Jul 22nd 2007 10:56AM (Unverified) said
Needs a 3rd dimension. Fighting on only 2 planes really ruins the potential this could have for XBLA. I imagine I'll still pick it up though.
~HotShotX
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~HotShotX
Posted: Jul 22nd 2007 11:21AM hvnlysoldr said
Pfft. Needs 4th dimension and cost 599 MS POINTS!
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Posted: Jul 22nd 2007 12:21PM (Unverified) said
It's a nice hope that this will lead to a new Wing Commander series, but personally, I think all that success will lead to is more cheap top-down games, not a rebirth of that franchise.
Part of me thinks it would be good to see the return of one of the older franchises, another part of me thinks 'So it's not just the Film industry that can't stop digging up the past for the sake of profit.'
Still deciding.
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Part of me thinks it would be good to see the return of one of the older franchises, another part of me thinks 'So it's not just the Film industry that can't stop digging up the past for the sake of profit.'
Still deciding.
Posted: Jul 22nd 2007 1:35PM fidgetwidget said
If it wasnt called wing commander, no one would care... and because it is called wing commander, there is a bunch of huff over it not being a simulator.
Personally, I think its going to be a ton of fun, but with few players to play with... kind of like Shadowrun.
But my xbox 360 finally died, so I wont be able to get it for a while.
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Personally, I think its going to be a ton of fun, but with few players to play with... kind of like Shadowrun.
But my xbox 360 finally died, so I wont be able to get it for a while.
Posted: Jul 22nd 2007 1:29PM Bridget said
Played this on Partnernet. It's awful.
I liken it to a large, flat, Wolfenstein 3-D arena with minimal obstacles and weapons scattered all over the place. It's not very interesting because there is no dimension, save for the canned "dodging" move that makes your ship move up and down beyond your control.
A waste of a great license and a great genre. What, are people too stupid to handle three-dimensional flight controls these days?
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I liken it to a large, flat, Wolfenstein 3-D arena with minimal obstacles and weapons scattered all over the place. It's not very interesting because there is no dimension, save for the canned "dodging" move that makes your ship move up and down beyond your control.
A waste of a great license and a great genre. What, are people too stupid to handle three-dimensional flight controls these days?
Posted: Jul 22nd 2007 3:04PM (Unverified) said
I think I will pick this up when it comes out. Sure, its not the original WC, but it might be fun on its own right.
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Posted: Jul 23rd 2007 5:39PM (Unverified) said
Again, this game and that other XBLA Battlestar game are beaten by fans:
http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/
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http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/
Posted: Jul 22nd 2007 9:52PM (Unverified) said
*sigh* I look at this game and think "What's the reason they couldn't just port the original WC to XBLA?" Is there that many people dying to play crappy watered down versions of titles we love?
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Posted: Jul 23rd 2007 11:51AM (Unverified) said
This has nothing to do with the Wing Commander series.
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