The Origin of Cinematic Games - Wing Commander II

A longform review/analysis of Wing Commander II.

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0:00 Intro
0:03:25 First Impressions
0:11:06 Controls
0:20:20 Early Game
0:35:03 Bombers
0:41:59 Early Game II
0:52:39 Artificial Intelligence
1:03:42 Torpedoes
1:12:35 Midgame
1:36:05 Difficulty & Missiles
1:48:50 The Story
2:01:43 Presentation
2:06:17 Music
2:10:52 Wing Commander II (DOS)
2:13:59 Wing Commander II (FM Towns)
2:15:47 Unreleased SNES Port
2:17:32 The Kilrathi Saga
2:23:36 Conclusion
2:26:40 Afterword

Credits

Wing commander 1&2 Strategy guide
quotation about AI - page 264
WC1 & 2 Mission trees - page 49, 216
Various behind the scenes info about WC2

WC2 Manual
Ship specs - page 15

WC1 Manual
Radar image

VGMPF
Sound Blaster Box Art - https://vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php/Soun...

The Elder Scrolls Fandom Wiki
Horse Armor image - https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/...

Mobygames
Box art for the various versions of the game and assorted expansions

Hideo Kojima's Twitter
Ludens image

Halopedia
Halo Assault Rifle specs - https://www.halopedia.org/

WCNews.com / Wing Commander wiki
Ship images
Old scripts / character docs

Wikipedia
Man-Kziniti Wars images

Music titles are a combination of the ones found here: http://vgmrips.net/packs/pack/wing-co... and the ones used by    / @mt32vault  

Haxmega
Footage of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Batman: Return to Arkham and Project 06

Special Thanks
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