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Re: Wing Commander 6 coming soon

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From: Ineedmoney
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:01
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"Karl Frank" <karl@karl.frank.name> wrote in message
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> Ineedmoney wrote:
>
> >>With that logic you would also name Academy a WC2 addon I suppose?
> > I dont know, I never played it. See my other posts for my reasoning.
>
> Maybe you shouldn't compare WC games as long as you don't know all of
> them...

Why do I have to? Ive played WC2, 3, 4 and Prophecy and Secret Ops... and I
know how Secret Ops made me feel.

> FWIIW - Academy is the same as WC2 when it comes to engine used.
> Graphics are identical. 2 new ships. Gameplay wise, if you can name it
> gameplay that is, Academy is just a mission simulator like the ones in
> WC1, WC3 and WCP. You can either play gauntlet mode or you can load one
> of the defined missions. No storyline besides the little that is in the
> manual. The only inovation is that Academy is the only WC game where you
> can create your own missions as it has a built in (weak) mission editor.
> Academy is considered the worst of all games in the WC univers (besides
> for those people that just need to mod everything ;) )
>
> --
> A politican is a person who divides his or her time between running for
> office and running for cover.
>
> [Delete the karl after the @ to avoid my spam trap]
>
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Subject: Re: Wing Commander 6 coming soon
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:01:58 -0000
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