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Wing Commander: Secret Ops

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Post Wed Nov 19, 2003 6:51 am

Wing Commander: Secret Ops

Oh man, finally got this game... I had it long ago, but never installed it, and my harddrive crashed and I lost it. It was a pain to find all the episodes, since Origin discontinued distribution of em for no reason... Really great game for being free, though.

Unlike Prophecy, it runs nearly perfect on WindowsXP.


This game has some really brutal and fast-paced dog fights, it's really a blast to play!

The Wing Commander games have always had the best AI...

Freelancer is the only game that can rival WC's AI.



"The fog comes up through the sewers and glows... in... the dark..."

Post Wed Nov 19, 2003 9:57 am

advertising, and wares? *click" sorry, thought i was FF for a sec

Post Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:41 am

@mole WC Prophecy doesn't work on XP?? what happens? goddamn - I just upgraded my machine and I was looking forward to trying out prophecy on a decent system...

Post Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:10 pm

Actually mole not hard at all Origin released Wing Comander Prophecy Gold that contained all the secret ops.
@ff click? not warez I believe they were freely distributed at least until Gold came out but of course I could be wrong as to advertising? *shrugs* dunno already have both ver of WCP standard and gold so this is not gonna make go out and buy it (if you even can anymore)

Edited by - ssjgarretjax on 19-11-2003 15:11:49

Post Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:15 pm

'course it works on XP, i was blasting away on it this weekend. take no notice grom. if u have probs just use the compatibility tab on ur shortcut icon to change it to 95/98/Me compatibilty always trust ur Uncle Taw!

@The Mole, played many space sims have u? WC ai was never good, what drove WC games was the visceral combat and the engrossing storyline. FL's ai isn't that much better, but again it's a funky game and gives u a captivating universe to live in. Freespace & Freespace 2's ai was a lot better, as was Homeworld's (ok thats space RTS but it suits my purpose)



Edited by - Tawakalna on 19-11-2003 22:43:14

Post Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:41 pm

lol thanks unc! always the bringer of good news, good man.

Post Wed Nov 19, 2003 9:58 pm

grom have u got Secret Ops? me is presuming uv got Prophecy Gold, but if u haven't don't bother with warez crud, u can borrow mine.

Post Wed Nov 19, 2003 10:30 pm

Oh, rivals only Freelancer? What about SOCOM II? You kill one, they all kill you.



I agree with arcon!

Post Fri Nov 21, 2003 2:35 pm

@taw yeah its prophecy gold. I had a go with it yesterday...all of the movies ran at 4 times the speed (therefore unwatchable), but the game played pretty well. it was weird though, when I first played it I was amazed by the graphics, and when I loaded it up yesterday I was gutted with the low res cockpit and enemy. i suppose it just goes to show how good freelancer is because it still amazes me when I play it...

Post Fri Nov 21, 2003 3:03 pm

the graphics engine and the flight dynamics were always a bit primitive on Prophecy, Freespace p*st all over it in those respects. Gameplay stood up well, story was q.good although not the best WC instalment, great intro though! FMV usual WC high standards (I'm amazed ur having probs with them btw) and of course plenty of Maniac's antics.

Post Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:06 pm

Secret Ops was the best action game of the WC franchise, I've downloaded some expansion missions beyong the original Origin SO campaigns. They were made by modders, I don't have the ability to try them yet, but I will soon.

Also, from Mario HCI Brito I have a great resolution enhancer for Secret Ops and Prophecy which increases the graphical detail by a LOT.

Sir Spectre

Post Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:10 pm

that'll be those D3D add-ins, plus the lens flares and stuff, yeh?

Post Mon Nov 24, 2003 12:25 am

@Taw, no, I think the lens flares only worked with 3dfx cards. The enhancements are larger size screen resolutions. Like mine went from 640x800 to 1200x1480 or whatever the numbers are. It's just increasing all that you see on the screen at one time. He had to reconfigure the guages on the screen to fit the larger resolutions.

I fortunately had a 3dfx VooDoo 3000 card and saw all the beautiful lens flares.

Sir Spectre

Edited by - Sir Spectre on 24-11-2003 00:46:24

Post Mon Nov 24, 2003 10:28 am

nopers u can dload a D3d patch that allows u to see the lens flares even if u aint got a 3Dfx chip, and fogging too. I've got it somewhere, pulled it off one of the WC websites

Post Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:16 pm

I'll take your word for it, for my next computer I will have to download that. Was it from WCNews.com? That's where I got mine.

Sir Spectre

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