Wing Commander Saga to release on March 22

Frank · Mar 16, 2012

http://www.wcsaga.com/

Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn, a fan mod for Freespace 2 10 years in the making with the blessing EA/Chris Roberts is set to release in a week.

It features 55 missions, 11,000 lines of dialog from 70 cinematics with 60 voice "actors".

I cannot tell you how excited I am to just learn of and be so close to the release of this. Wing Commander ruled.

Oh yeah, it's completely free.

ThatNickGuy · Mar 17, 2012

So yeah, this is a fan-made game that's been ten years in the making. I'd honestly not even heard about it until today. But it's coming out this week, on the 22nd.

To say I'm stoked would be an understatement. I used to love the old Wing Commander games.

TNM · Mar 17, 2012

Oh man I can't wait to get this. I remember the one that had Mark Hamill and Biff!

Frank · Mar 17, 2012

Like 8 posts down guys.

https://www.halforums.com/threads/wing-commander-saga-to-release-on-march-22.27355/

ThatNickGuy · Mar 17, 2012

Whoops, sorry. If a helpful modly person could merge the threats, that'd be great.

Frank · Mar 17, 2012

I don't think many people care.

TNM said:
Oh man I can't wait to get this. I remember the one that had Mark Hamill and Biff!

Man, I wanted to bang Flint so bad, it drove me nuts that Ginger Lynn was the canon choice.

sixpackshaker · Mar 17, 2012

Frankie Williamson said:
I don't think many people care.

Man, I wanted to bang Flint so bad, it drove me nuts that Ginger Lynn was the canon choice.

She could drive me nut anytime...

Jay · Mar 17, 2012

Free?

ThatNickGuy · Mar 17, 2012

It's gonna be free like my pants on prom night.

Frank · Mar 17, 2012

Yes, free.

Jay · Mar 17, 2012

Frank · Mar 17, 2012

That may be the most hideous happy gif ever.

Jay · Mar 18, 2012

Bowielee · Mar 25, 2012

So, now that this is out, did anyone get it?

Frank · Mar 25, 2012

I forgot about it.

womp womp.

I'm downloading it now.

Bowielee · Mar 25, 2012

Come back with reviews

Jay · Mar 26, 2012

Yes plz, checking this tonight.

Frank · Mar 28, 2012

Alright, here's my preliminary review.

I don't want to bag on this game too much because it was obviously a fucking herculean effort of a small group of people who obviously have a ridiculous amount of passion for the Wing Commander series but the cinematics come off very amateurish. The voice work is Resident Evil bad and the character models are 15 years old trashy.

Now, on the other hand the flying is honestly pretty God damn good. It captures the feel of the old Wing Commander games quite nicely. I was expecting it to be more Freespacey with Wing Commander trappings and while it does feel undeniably like Freespace they've done a fantastic job. I've only done one mission but I will definitely be returning to trash me some cats.

If you have any fondness for Wing Commander, give it a shot but make sure you have a flight stick. I can't imagine this shit without one.

I suggest http://store.gameshark.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=3249&idCategory=173

It's not the lowest priced set (though definitely not the highest), but I use it for everything from Microsoft Flight to IL-2 Sturmovik (the best WW2 flight sim by a thousand miles).