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InRetroSpect Reviews: Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger

  • Written by Xero
  • on 11 December, 2009
  • Filed under InRetroSpect Reviews

This month Xero reviews Wing Commander III.

Not just one of the first games to use FMV, but one of the first mediums to use full CGI backgrounds. It cast  a full cast of professional characters (although it was not the first game to do so) including Mark Hamill, Malcom Mcdowell, John-Rys-Davies, and Tom Wilson [Who played Biff from Back to the Future fact fans]. Wing Commander III didn’t just pionner with it’s use of CGI, it also had the highest budget of any game made to that date ($4m).

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The movies may have been groundbreaking, but were they any better than other failed attempts at intergrating live-action FMV? More importantly although billed as an interactive movie, was the interactive part any good? Xero Investigates.

 
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