Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1996) (VG)

Director:

Chris Roberts

Writers:

Terry Borst (writer)
Frank De Palma (writer)

Release Date:

February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

It is several years after the end of mankind's war against the Kilrathi. Col. Christopher Blair is called...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Sequel To Cult Favorite | Outer Space | Captain | Interactive

Cast

Mark Hamill	...	Col. Christopher Blair
Malcolm McDowell	...	Adm. Geoffrey Tolwyn
John Rhys-Davies	...	Sen. James Paladin Taggart / Con
Jason Bernard	...	Capt. William Eisen
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Maj. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall (as Tom Wilson)
Robert Rusler	...	Seether
Mark Dacascos	...	2nd Lt. Troy 'Catscratch' Carter
Holly Gagnier	...	1st Lt. Velina Sosa
François Chau	...	Lt. Winston 'Vagabond' Chang
Chris Mulkey	...	Col. Jacob 'Hawk' Manley
Elizabeth Barondes	...	Col. Tamara 'Panther' Farnsworth
Jeremy Roberts	...	Lt. Col. Gash Dekker
Richard Riehle	...	Chief Technician Robert 'Pliers' Sykes
Peter Jason	...	Vice-Adm. Daniel Wilford
John Spencer	...	Capt. Hugh Paulsen

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Ren-Mar Studios - 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Origin Systems Inc.

Trivia:

Two of the testifiers in the end sequence are minor characters from the game. The man who says "You saw the results," was the doctor from Telemon, and the man who says "The honorable Admiral Towlyn" is the ex-pilot you meet in the bar at the beginning.

Quotes:

[Blair and Maniac have just defected from Confed and Blair is trying to cheer Maniac up]
Colonel Blair: Hey, look on the bright side - now you don't have to deal with that Confed promotion that finally came through!
Maniac: My promotion came through? My promotion came through! (beat) Confed, wait, that's not... right...

Movie Connections:

Followed by Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) (VG)

One of the best FMV Simulation games in PC Gaming history.

I while ago, I wasnt really into PC Gaming, I'd sit down and play solitare once and a while, but not really much anything else, it was all for work. I went to Fry's Electronics once, and started brousing around the computer game section, and I saw "Wing Commander IV" I glanced at the back, to get some general ideas as to what it looked like. "Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, John-Rhys Davies, Malcom McDowell" These were (at the time) all big Hollywood names. I said "ahhh, hell with it." and I spent 39.99 on what I found out was one of the most well directed and produced games I'd ever play. These days, we have much more advanced games, with their 3d surround sound, and their OpenGL 3d accelleration drivers.... but this, this had a STORY. Not just "your mission. Go and kill those things" It had an immersive story line, and rather incredable graphics for it's time. I found it amazing that you could actually choose your path, you could make Colonel Blair (played by Mark Hamill) say "this" or "that" and other characters in the game would respond however he acted. The bottom line is, if you've never played this game. Get it now. Hell, it's probably 9.99 in some places. So go ahead, go out to your local store, and BUY IT! It's worth the money.