Wing Commander Saga (Freespace 2 Mod) Prologue Released!

BrynS · 1 Jan 2007 at 03:09

"The long-awaited introductory chapter of WC Saga was finally released this morning. At 282 megs, the Prologue includes extensive voice-overs for a handful of missions and a long cutscene to kick things off. The story begins with 2nd Lt. David "Sandman" Markham arriving aboard the TCS Wellington around the time of Wing Commander 3. As the tutorial missions explain how to play the game, events occur that set the stage for the main WC Saga game. Between the plot missions, players can access additional text fiction, training simulations and technical information about the included ships. A 700 MHz processor, 256 megs of RAM and T&L graphics card are the minimum requirements, but better systems will deliver improved performance and enhanced special effects."

Check out the readme notes here for more details. The mod is a standalone package, developed using the Freespace 2 engine and should be playable even on very old systems.

Some more screenshots here.

Mod Download (282MB) Links

Scifi3d.org
WCNews

Videos

- Confed Cruiser Battle (1024x768 Xvid / 15MB / December 2006)
- Torpedo Run (1024x768 Xvid / 14MB / December 2006)
- Fighter Launch (512x384 DivX / 2.95MB / April 2006)
- Kilrathi Capship Engagement (512x384 DivX / 2.16MB / April 2006)
- Kilrathi Capship Explosion (512x384 DivX / 1.65MB / April 2006)
- Dralthi Takedown (512x384 DivX / 0.93MB / April 2006)
- Live-action CGI Trailer (720x576 DivX / 70MB / October 2005)
- WC Saga Teaser Trailer (640x480 DivX / 31MB / August 2004)

Cheers & Happy New Year!

BrynS

RevBillyG · 1 Jan 2007 at 08:51

Wow! Great find! This brings back memories. I loved the WC series.

Thanks

Bolerus · 1 Jan 2007 at 12:21

thanks, downloading now

BrynS · 1 Jan 2007 at 20:33

If you've played through the prologue or want to jump into to some instant action against the Kilrathi, don't forget to check out the Simulator missions: Select "Tech Data" from the main menu and then "Mission Simulator" to cycle through the fleet defence mission, bombing run and various gauntlets.

Cheers,

BrynS

BrynS · 6 Jan 2007 at 23:31

The US PCGamer discusses the mod in their latest podcast (12.5MB) here from 22m:05s - 28m:33s, although there are a few inaccuracies in the discussion: the mod isn't a remake, but rather a "new" game based on the Open Source Freespace 2 engine -- over 40 planned missions with new characters that compliment the games and established literature are in development and while the mod is set just before the events of Wing Commander 3 and will include most of the ships from WC3, some ships from WC1-2 will also be included.

Cheers,

BrynS