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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
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Description

The war against the Kilrathi is going badly for the Confederation. Its flagship, the Concordia, has been destroyed, battles are lost on all fronts. War hero Colonel Christopher Blair is transferred to the old carrier Victory. Take the role of Blair and ensure the success of the Confederation's last-ditch attempt for victory: the destruction of the Kilrathi homeworld . .

Wing Commander III has the usual mix of space battles and cinematic storytelling. Changes from the first two games include SVGA graphics, the use of texture-mapped polygons instead of bitmaps for spaceflight sequences and real Hollywood actors appearing in the cinematic scenes.

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User Reviews

Proved that interactive movies could also be kickass games. Zovni (9205) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
A worthy successor to the Wing Commander franchise MojoHelperMonkey (39) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
Bigger, but not that much better. Kasey Chang (3690) unrated
A technical feast, but slightly tedious gameplay. mobster_lobster (26) unrated
Yet another masterpeice - three in a row! Rick Jones (108) 4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars
This game is the best of the series... Richard Carrington (4) 4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars4.67 Stars
We sure waited a long time for this... WizardX (118) unrated

The Press Says

Privat Computer PC 1995 5 out of 5 100
Entertainment Weekly Feb 10, 1995 A 100
High Score Feb, 1995 5 out of 5 100
PC Games (Germany) Jan, 1995 96 out of 100 96
MikroBitti Feb, 1995 96 out of 100 96
Coming Soon Magazine Mar, 1995 94 out of 100 94
Pelit Jan, 1995 90 out of 100 90
PC Player (Germany) Apr, 1995 89 out of 100 89
Power Play Feb, 1995 82 out of 100 82
GameStar (Germany) Sep, 1997 80 out of 100 80

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
A question about EA Classics release. 14 St. Martyne Bronze Star Contributing Member (3563)
Jan 02, 2008

Trivia

Roughly shot FMV test sequences were hidden on the 3DO systems "Super Wing Commander", a remake of the very first game. These scenes depicted the drive room and a silent clip of an actress (different from the one who actually appeared in the game) speaking to the camera.


This entry was contributed by Quapil Bronze Star Contributing Member (4782), Terok Nor (10803) and quizzley7 (21314)
 

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