In Secret Missions 1, the TCS TigerвЂ™s Claw goes deep into Kilrathi space to track down the superweapon responsible for wiping out a human colony. That said, the writing quality is improved in the addons. ItвЂ™s not so much the quality of the writing, which is a bit hokey and not exactly Shakespeare throughout the series, but itвЂ™sВ the little touches that allow you to forget youвЂ™re nerd sitting in front of a monitor staring at pixels. So, when I say that the addon packs are more immersive than the vanilla game, itвЂ™s saying something. Not bad for 256-colour VGA graphics and some text captions. I carried on through that game, a more cautious pilot because of that вЂKIAвЂ™ on the pilot roster. YouвЂ™re going to carry on, and youвЂ™re going to own that mistake.

Mariko canвЂ™t just reload her life from a save. You donвЂ™t get to just walk away from that. Just going to reload from a save? A woman is DEAD, Pilgrim. What are you doing? asked a little voice in the back of my head. Then, rather than going back to the barracks, the game took me to a platform outside the TigerвЂ™s Claw. SheвЂ™ll be right back in a sec when I reload. Colonel Halcyon meets me for the debriefing and offers some words of condolence. So I come round again and land, fully expecting to just reload and try it again. First mission in the game,В you wantВ to get off to a good start. Okay, I guess itвЂ™s fair to mulligan that mission, I thought. My hand twitched, and my Hornet violently yawed to the left вЂ“ straight into SpiritвЂ™s already-damaged ship.В It exploded, a yellow-orange fireball blossoming as the cockpit atmosphere went up. I contacted the Claw and got clearance to land, and was just coming in on final approach when the unthinkable happened. Okay, no worries, we iced them and got back to the TigerвЂ™s Claw вЂ“ Spirit had taken damage but we could still fly. IвЂ™d gone out onВ the firstВ mission with Mariko вЂњSpiritвЂќ Tanaka on my wing, and weвЂ™d run into some kat fighters.

To explain a bit more about the immersion in this game, let me tell you a story about the first time I played. The basic gameplay is unchanged from the main game, but it kinda seems like they got new writers onboard. IвЂ™ve not actually played the addons, I only had the vanilla game as a kid, so this is terra incognita for me. Sooo, IвЂ™ve been continuing my playthrough of the addon packs for Wing Commander.

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