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Better Than Halo

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I originally bought my Xbox to play Halo.... now I can honestly say that I have found an Xbox game that blows Halo away. Crimson Skies has a great story, great multiplayer and just perhaps the best overall gameplay since Myth: The Fallen Lords.

If you buy any one video game this holiday season - make it this one.

The new reason to buy an x-box

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Crimson skies is an EXCELLENT game. I bought an x-box to play halo and mechassault (both of which were great) If you liked those and like arcade style flying (you use combo moves to perform actual manuevers like barrell rolls etc) or just like zepplins and Pulp age planes then this is a great game for you.

Absolutely Perfect Sky Fighting Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Wow! This game is great! I could not believe the first time I put this game in my X Box and set it off. It truly is fantastic. I first noticed the wonderful soundtrack. The music continues on, and is not abrupt, when sinister things happen. It reminds me of the background music you hear during scary movies like "Psycho" etc, when you are watching the protagonist do something he or she is not supposed to be doing.

Flying around is quite natural with the X Box controller. In fact, it reminds me of the ease of most Sim racing games. There is a bit of a learning curve learning about sighting enemies on the map, and flying around them to attack, but once you get the hang of it, you're in like Flint.

Recommended and enjoyed by my whole family, including a 5 year old. This game rocks!

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A Swashbuckling Good Time!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: October 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First of all, let me debunk a couple of rumors here, perpetrated by people who, in all probability, haven't played the game yet. No, Crimson Skies is not MechAssault in a plane. It's not Halo in a plane, either (except for the whole flying part of Halo, which is really a rather insignificant part of a game that is really an FPS). It's not even a flight sim. It is, however, an entertaining, action packed game that is a tremendous departure from the FPS/TPS shooter-heavy line up of available X-Box games.

I'll save the debates of the plausibility of the premise of the game for others; because there is certainly some suspension of disbelief necessary to buy into the game fully...but that's 1/2 the fun, isn't it? Basically, you and your buddies run around a fragmented, post-Depression North America in your sooped-up fighter-planes and your Zeppelin-type air ship; going on missions against rival gangs, avenging a death here and there, and trying to make money. Essentially, you wind up blowing the hell out of pretty much everything that isn't part of the natural environment.

Speaking of the natural environment...this is one place where this game shines. The water, sky, and earth effects jammed into Crimson Skies are nothing short of breathtaking. The water shimmers as the setting sun reflects off in pools of gold, the clouds form and dissipate with eerie realism, and the magnificently detailed spires and pillars of rock scattered throughout the landscape look as if they were designed by an especially vengeful god. All in all, it's a tremendously satisfying environment in which to fly around and blow stuff up. The rest of the graphics mesh (reasonably) seamlessly with the natural environment to make this one of the best looking console games available. The detail of the 11 planes is agonizing in its complexity. The ailerons, rudders, and elevators actually move with each control input and, as your plane gets damaged, it burns and smokes just like you'd expect it to. Explosions are satisfyingly violent, with pieces scattered to the wind and hapless pilots parachuting into the sea/desert/city. The action in the game moves pretty quickly and there are often lots of fast-moving polygons of varying sizes on the screen at once. This makes for a bit of "clipping" and frame-rate glitches that can be annoying, but not entirely unexpected, given the game speed and the level of detail that the developers stuck into the game. All in all, graphically-speaking, it's a beautifully done game.

An especially nice thing about this game is the fact that the developers actually took the time to get the sound right...which is saying something, considering the fact that everything is moving around so rapidly. Hopefully the designers of Project Gotham 2 will take some cues from these guys and not repeat the dismal sound of PG1. Anyhow, some of the dialogue is a bit campy and the fake "tough girl" accent of your flying partner gets annoying, but that's not the point. The point is, the gunfire, explosions, and engine noises are all very well done and sound great in 5.1 surround sound.

Oh, that's right...it's a flying game. That whole flying part is definitely hard to master. If you're used to playing flight sims, you already know the basic premise; but that doesn't make it much easier. In fact, it makes it harder, because you're coming at the game from a "simulation" perspective, as opposed to an "arcade" perspective. You're also locked into a third-person, "above and behind" view of your plane, which is frustrating if you're used to playing sim-type games from the first-person perspective. Anyway, the left analog stick controls the direction your nose is pointed in (you can flip the Y axis if you want), while the right stick controls your roll. The triggers fire your weapons while the "Y" button gives you a speed boost and the "B" button acts as a brake. Click the right stick and pull it and the left stick in various directions to execute "special moves", like Immelmans, snap rolls, and Split "S"s. Strangely, there is no "throttle" per-se. Just point the nose of your plane where you want to go and you'll go there. Speeding up with the boost will get you there faster and using the brake will slow you down, but the designers have conveniently ignored the phenomenon of stalls. Thus, crashing is nearly impossible, as long as you don't smash into something. All in all, putting this stuff together takes you through a somewhat steep learning curve; but it's worth it when you're faced with the prospect of dogfighting enemy fighters.

Dogfighting is what this game is really about; and is also one of the more frustrating aspects of it the first few times you play. It is maddeningly difficult to actually blow up an enemy fighter until you get the hang of it...which may take a while. Thank the gods of video game design that you've got a seemingly unlimited supply of ammunition...at least primary machine gun ammunition. Secondary missiles...you're not so lucky. The dogfighting is somewhat realistic in one critical respect, though...the faster you go, the less likely you are to get shot; but speed increases your turn radius, so the faster you go, the more difficult it is for you to draw a bead on whatever it is you're trying to shoot at. So, just like in a true-to-life air combat sim, you're stuck balancing your speed with your desire to fill the air with burning airplane wreckage that doesn't belong to your plane. The firepower available to you is satisfyingly devastating and you will definitely grin when that plane you're shooting at finally blows up in a shower of twisted steel and fire.

Anyway, Crimson Skies is most definitely a great game. But, it's not perfect. The minor "clipping" and the somewhat spotty application of gravity to the physics make the game stop short of truly excellent...but not too far short.

Good Single Player, Great Multiplayer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For a game that has been called "The best live title" Crimson Skies has a suprisingly good story, it's set in a 1930's alternate universe, were planes are the choice method of travel, and the United States isn't very united. You play Nathan Zachary, leader of the "Fortune Hunters", a group of air-pilots seeking to gain the fortune they lost from the depression. The game also features some of the best graphics on the box, and the best water effects. Add this to your collection.

The next best game for LIVE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: October 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has been in the making for Xbox for a considerable period of time now, especially after being delayed. However, that does not detract from the fact that this is not a good game, because it will be. Game analysts are predicting this game to be one of Microsofts premier titles this year for the Xbox, and if you don't believe me, go look up some reviews.

The plot is somewhat unrealistic but it works. It takes place after the Great Depression, only after the Depression, America splits up into seperate countries almost, and engage in battle frequently. This leads to the fall of the railroad system, so now traders and other people begin to depend upon aircraft for transportation and commerce. Soon, the skies are so clustered and congested with air traffic that pirates soon begin to surface.

That was the setting for the game, however I do not know what the characters primary conflict will be in the game, but thats the setting and make up of the game. Anyway, the multiplayer is what will really give this game and extra boost. 4 player split screen, system link(up to 16 players), or Xbox Live(16 players). Game modes include Dogfight, Team Dogfight, Flage Heist(cap the flag), and Runaway Chicken. There are also a couple more but I forgot their names.

This game is also made by the same company that produced MechAssault, so you can imagine how unbelievable the graphics, gameplay, and online play will turn out.

Just so cool!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is what Xbox is about shooting in airplanes and asskicking fun.I just can't stop playing it .

As the game begins you statr out with a Devistater plane in training but not really though so Betty tells you to follow her.So she tells you to test you guns then I think some Cajuns come after you then you go to Sea Hanen and then help doc then go to betty kill some fuels then bad guys come then bettys plane starts on fire and now you by yourself with so much to do help someone,kill someone,race your plane.You'll never be bored I mean one time you hane to save Doc from a hoge spider thing,
kill a huge cetipied,a zep bigger than a tower.the levels are in Chicago, Sea Haven.lost city,windy city.I'll give you a head start.

God mode-------Y,A,X,B BLACK BUTTON
ALL planes------Y,X,B,Y BLACK BUTTON
ONE HIT KILLS-----B,X,A,B, BLACK BUTTON
$5,000-----A,Y,A,Y BLACK BUTTON
10 TOKENS----B,X,B,X BLACK BUTTON
(HINT) if you see some zeps just flying around kill it and it dops money

BEST GAME EVER!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER!!!! Well, that may be going a little far, but this is for sure the best game to date on The Box. To start with the gameplay is fantastic. It gives you the sense that you are actually flying the plane. The graphics are also some of the best I have seen on this system, in fact I would consider them great if this was on the PC. The sound and music are also exceptional, they really lend to the player being sucked into the game from the start (the first night I had this game I played if for 8 hours straight) and the plot actually has something to do with that. This is very rare for video games, A LINEAR, GOOD, INTERESTING PLOT!!!!! Usually the stupid cut scenes and whatnot really turn me off with games, but this one could be turned into a movie. As of yet I haven't played it online but I'm sure it will rock.

Good Free Add On To Xbox Live Package

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I thought this was a good game overall but the gameplay did become repetitve in the story mode. The multiplayer is pretty good. Halo 2 is still the better game for Xbox Live.

Good Xbox Live game but not great.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome! It has an awesome story about you starting a gang of pirates (in the future), and getting your loot back. Bandits try to kill you as you defend local people, steal things, or run some erands. America has split up and everyone hates each other.
This is the best game with XBox Live! I give it 6 STARS for XBox Live. You can have a dogfight or team dogfight, where you try to shoot down the enemies, keep away or team keep away, where you try to hold the booty for the winning time, flag heist, where you and your team may either take the other team's flag and take it to your team's base or defend your flag from enemies, or play wild chicken, where you take the chicken to your base for seven points or shoot someone down for one point.
The places in this game are awesome, too! You can go to Lost City, Arixo, Sea Haven, Chicago, Windy City, or you may download the Caverns. Be ready for twists and turns as you fly through these places. Some have secret passages!
This game might sound like any other plane game but it isn't! I mean, one of the planes shoots out lightning bolts. How original can you get? And what about America splitting up, who has put that in their video game's story? This is one of the best games there is. I really recommend buying this game.

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