Yeah, I don't remember the acting at all, which probably says something about it.

I didn't play the earlier ones, but only saw them at friend's houses. The graphics, while more colorful than vector stuff, just didn't move right to me. Even though X-Wing had simpler looking ships, I liked the gameplay a lot better than the first WCs, and to me Prophecy fixed that.

God, I still remember that mission....

Yeah, I beat WC1 a few days ago, sure as hell didn't save that ship. But I lived with it, and I liked that I could continue the campaign having not succeeded in that mission. on WC2 now.

One time, in a fit of frustration, I resorted to cheating like a #%&*$# during the Ralari mission. I used the hotkey that blew up enemy ships and managed to save the Ralari.

I smugly escorted the Ralari back to the Tiger's Claw and...

...

...

...received the mission failure briefing.

Honestly, I don't think it's possible to save the Ralari.

Well, you can save it but only if you skip the asteroids/minefield in-between (I forget which) and manually nav around the earlier waypoints on full burner (110000 clicks I believe) to the Ralari. It's kinda cheating but... kinda not.

What!? Curse that autopilot feature! Curse it!