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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

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 (9425) 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 (3673) unrated
A technical feast, but slightly tedious gameplay. mobster_lobster (24) 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 (116) unrated

The Press Says

High Score Feb, 1995 5 out of 5 100
Entertainment Weekly Feb 10, 1995 A 100
Privat Computer PC 1995 5 out of 5 100
MikroBitti Feb, 1995 96 out of 100 96
PC Games (Germany) Jan, 1995 96 out of 100 96
Coming Soon Magazine Mar, 1995 94 out of 100 94
Joystick (French) Jan, 1995 92 out of 100 92
PC Player (Germany) Apr, 1995 89 out of 100 89
PC Team Apr, 1995 89 out of 100 89
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 (3562)
Jan 02, 2008

Trivia

SPOILER WARNING

According to the strategy guide towards the end VacQuero will meet with an untimely end. Given this info I made sure to take him as my wingman and send him back to the Victory at the first available opportunity. In my run of the game completed in 1997, Vacquero is still alive at the end of the game. Apparently this is not supposed to be possible.


This entry was contributed by Picard (28431), Quapil Bronze Star Contributing Member (4756), Terok Nor (15629) and quizzley7 (21260)
 

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