Wing Command III really brought the two together. If you played it in VGA instead of SVGA mode, you'd get the smooth/speed and even texture feel of WC2. SVGA mo

Wing Command III really brought the two together. If you played it in VGA instead of SVGA mode, you'd get the smooth/speed and even texture feel of WC2. SVGA mode gave you really cool detail at a lower framerate, unless you had like a DX2/100 PC. WC4 was really the blow out engine .. so much smoother and they removed the cockpit view entirely for a much more functional HUD. The story was also much more complex. Prophecy was the first game with actual 3D acceleration, with extra effects if you used Glide/3Dfx. The story wasn't as good, but the graphics were nice, even though the actual flying/shooting felt a little more arcade like (you could ram and bounce off of ships). I think I still have some of the old CDs .. might need to fire them up in Doxbox or wine.