A quick blurb from the November 1995 British PC Gamer about the soon-to-be released Wing Commander 4. It's overwhelming positive, but I share Pix's confusion over what they mean about making docking "more fun". The article seems to be alluding that it is a change to the landing procedure, but this is the first we've heard of it, and the end result in WC4 is the same as its predecessor.
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