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There's dozens of current free-to-play games out there with that sort of technology, plus others like Elite Dangerous that even do it in VR.

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But has any of them really captured the feeling of the originals, in your opinion? Not to mention not being set in the Star Wars universe... I have a similar problem with FPS, after playing Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, I haven't been able to enjoy any other FPS :( They're good, they're OK, but they're not quite ET.

None of them ever will if you've already played a Wing Commander-style game. You can only have that "first" moment once.

There's good news though. Hopefully none of them will force me to change CDs every few minutes.

Wing Commander was great because it was one of the first of its kind and it worked on very modest hardware, it didn't have extravagant system demands.

I've played recent games that follow the Wing Commander template almost exactly but they feel dull and repetitive because the original was dull and repetitive.

One adaptation that actually adds on the original is the new X-Com series. They took out a lot of the fussy useless work, like allocating ammunition per soldier (even per pocket!) and refocused the game on the good elements from the original, like the turn-based combat system.

I'm sure you could do the same with Wing Commander but you'd have to throw out a lot of garbage and work hard to polish, refine, and improve on the original flight mechanics.

W:ET was great. Real teamwork emerged in multiplayer, which is hard to find. Is anyone still running servers?

edit: yes!

https://www.gametracker.com/search/et/3000/?

Client download here (Win/Mac/Linux!):

https://www.splashdamage.com/content/download-wolfenstein-en...

Maybe it'll feel dated. But it was really a wonderful online multiplayer game. I thought I was done with gaming as I was bored of single player. This game turned me on to online.

I absolutely loved it, especially the vast array of maps. To once again defend Minas Tirith from the Nazis...

There is also ET: Legacy, an open source implementation of the game: https://www.etlegacy.com/

But I don't really know if it's any good.

Edit: looking at it I now realise that the game already was released as open source, the ET Legacy project is based on it and fixes bugs and stuff :)

The only modern game I’ve played that has strong teamwork elements is Battlefield 1. When you’re on a squad that works together it makes all the difference. If your team has multiple such squads you’re unstoppable. Great game.

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