Game:

Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 9:16:30

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So here it is, an under-rated classic game played through on the hardest difficulty. Now I want to stress here that I am not a hard-core gamer in any way. I just really love this game, it's my most favourite game of all time.

If you're a WC fan then you may even look at this and think, this guy sucks. I don't know how he survived all of the missions. That's cool, I hope someone better can post their videos. I think it's a great challenge and I'd love to see other people's techniques.
Unfortunately I'm a mouse user. Which is know is blasphemy amongst a lot of WC fans. It's the only way I can play, I just can't aim properly or move quickly enough with the joystick.
As I'm using a mouse, due to a strange game design it means when I use my afterburners it locks me in the direction I'm facing. I cannot make turns whilst using the afterburners, only perform barrel rolls. This is especially annoying when using the slower ships such as the thunderbolt and longbow.

Regarding wingmen, I tend to stick with those who will still be alive on the later missions. This means they get a decent amount of training. It's still difficult to keep the wingmen alive in the later missions though, especially flash and manic as they ignore orders.
In this play through I did manage to get through all the missions without any wingmen dying (except those that died due to the story rather than in a mission). Some of them did have to eject, but they made it back safely. I even sent them all home on the Kilrah missions as that's the only way they can survive.
I also made sure all enemy cap ships were destroyed, even when not required. Can't risk leaving Kilrathi survivors now!

I used Rachel's default loadout on all the missions to make it even more challenging, except for Loki1. I simply cannot complete that mission with the hellcat.

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