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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:16:29 GMT, "Shot" <Shot97@prodigy.net> wrote:

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>"Kevin Scholl" <kscholl@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> > Small but key point here is the title itself. WCP Gold. Wing Commander
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>> The name of the compilation is largely irrelevant. We're talking about
>> the game itself, not the compilation package that came later.
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>Well I know you are talking about SO, but it sure doesn't help your case
>knowing that they packaged the two together as Prophecy Gold. In order to

I don't see how there's even a case.  The name of the game is Wing
Commander Secret Ops.  Play the game.  There's no "Prophecy: Secret
Ops," it's just Secret Ops.  Also, play the game.  You don't need
Prophecy to play, so it's not an addon.  There's just no case as to
whether it's a separate game or not.  
What else would they call Prophecy and Secret Ops packaged together?
Prophecy Gold is as good a name as any.

>WingCommander4 in "The Kilrathi Saga". You just sum it up, and here the
>summery of the compilation is Wing Commander Prophecy Gold Edition. I really
>don't think that's an irrelevant point. I can't see why Origin would name
>the compilation that if they thought SO was a completely separate game. Its
>Wing Commander Prophecy, GOLD. Gold. Yes, you may have been talking about

   It's simply because Secret Ops wasn't a regular retail product and
Prophecy was.  They package is Prophecy and more, so they called it
Prophecy Gold.  Doesn't change how Secret Ops is a separate game.

>game). I bought Prophecy and downloaded SO, so I can't speak of the Gold
>manual. Though on a side-note I'm not sure that's a good enough reason to
>pay $40 for a game you already have.

It's definitely worth $40 for me.. though I ultimately saw it as low as
$15 in stores.

>> WCP Gold came about well after Origin decided to halt the series. It was
>> really nothign more than an attempt to squeeze a bit more from the
>> franchise. I'd bet that if there had been concrete plans to develop
>> another CD-based, FMV game a la Prophecy, we never would have seen WCP
>> Gold. Instead, we would have waited until the arc was complete and
>> likely seen a Nephilim Saga or something of that nature.
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>This could be true. I do remember reading at one time that there were plans
>for at least 3 more games in the series. However I don't remember when I
>read this. It was either right after Prophecy was released or when I saw the
>review for SO (which by the way was indeed titled Wing Commander Prophecy SO
>in the review and WCPSO or just SO for short). I know WCP Gold came out
>after they halted the series but I'm not sure SO itself came out after
>Origin axed it. Wasn't it made just a year after the game? If it was then it
>was probably in production the same year Prophecy was released. I don't
>believe Origin planned to cut the series off THAT soon after it was

   Prophecy came out in December 1997.  Secret Ops in August 1998.
Prophecy Gold in October 1998.  Work on multiple Wing Commander games
continued through March 2000.  

>Its just a little advertising trick. They knew they couldn't get in troubled
>for it so why market it as just an add on? But you have to ask yourself,
>what did the game designers and people in charge think? Especially the
>people in charge. I believe that they thought of this as an add on.
>Technically you are right, its different enough to be called a new game...
>but come on, that doesn't mean concretely in the "spirit" of things it is.

   Compare Secret Ops to the other addons.. It is MUCH bigger than any
Secret Missions or Special Operations..