Wing Commander Prophecy: Intro cinematics

Introduction cinematics for Origin's Wing Commander Prophecy space combat simulator. Rachel is back as the chief technician, and Syd Mead was the designer behind the new Nephilim aliens seen in this game. I'm playing Prophecy with Zackenseck's Glide wrapper and HCl's Enhancement patch, and I'll also be playing the Secret Ops expansion once Prophecy is completed.

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[yuvraj01]

....Prophecy would go onto be (till date) the LAST game/big entry in the series......makes you wonder will E.A EVER launch the franchise for the 360/PS3 generation????

[DaveCaspermeyer]

@yuvraj01 Consoles are where the money is at, so there is a higher probability of a relaunch besides Arena for the console market.

[DaveCaspermeyer]

So, $300 million for Star Trek before it's out of theaters? I think it has a shot.

[DaveCaspermeyer]

The upcoming District 9 movie seems to have bug like aliens. But it's just the Romulans in Star Trek and not the Nephilim. I think the turnout for the new Trek will be more than Wolverine. To take a popular line from the aliens for most Trekkers, 'We shall never be stopped'!

[SandsOfTime3]

Wow. I just saw Star Trek, and I thought that the opening scene looked very familiar. Take a look at the footage of the alien attack at 2:42 , then go see the movie and tell me you don't see a similarity.

[DaveCaspermeyer]

Not only is there a resemblance, but that Romulan ship reminds me of the Tiamat dreadnought you encounter towards the end of the game.

[TimeTimer3000]

We want wing commander 6, 7 and 8! now

[Stigmatainmypants]

Eh, this one wasn't AS gripping as II, III and IV but it was still better then 90% of the other games out there.. Too bad Origin bit the big one...

Starlancer was about the last good true Wing Commander-style game that i can remember playing.

[akseli10000]

In 2004 I got my first computer with the Windows 98 of course it was then already an old operating system, and this game I was 10 years old, they were really nice time. Wing Commander Prophecy was a great game, as well as other wingcommanders. just went through the WC3. xD

[StarfireMX]

This was one of my favorite games, and I also though the same thing when I saw Star Trek, looked eerily similar.

[BillyJoeCain]

@SandsOfTime3 I totally agree. I would invite more commentary on this, as it really freaked me out. I was the lead designer on Prophecy, so every bit of Star Trek's alien / wormhole / weapons / weak spot on the alien ship was bizarrely similar. Anyone else?

[picHuLin84]

Always hated those annoying lines crossing the screen

[graph180]

@Stigmatainmypants

Some of the fan games and mods for WC were excellent too (top of that list for me is "WC:Standoff"). Prophecy wasn't one of my favorites either, but the fans were the ones who really understood what made these games great and kept them alive via these fan games. It is unfortunate that so many of the so-called professional developers can't grasp this.

[Gabrielvogel]

@Stigmatainmypants Its freelancer, and yes, its a great game.

[Gabrielvogel]

Im having problems playing this game. The cinematics are speed up. looks like speedy gonzales speaking.

Is there a way to fix it?

[TheDrowWarrior1]

I stil have this game and it WORKS :D

[Wraithbored]

@Stigmatainmypants Well they got bitten by the big one :(. Curse you EA curse you. They destroyed so many good game developers over the last 14 years...

[Wraithbored]

@Hekynn *Drool* That would be so freakign awesome. I really wish they made more games like Wing commander and Freespace. They had this scope of vastness, but it was still YOU doing your best and actually having an impact.