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Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I got the demo for this game I said to myself that I had to get this game. When I got the game I was amazed at the number of levels that are in this game. I still haven't beaten it yet but there are tons of levels and tons of different airplanes you can fly. Another great feature of the game is the ability to customize your airplanes, its so much fun adding missiles to your plane and changing the paint job. Another thing I like about this game is that the game isn't revolved around being a great pilot, the game focuses on the dog fighting aspect. Its almost impossible to stall your plane, and another feature this game has is that if you are diving at the ground and you don't think you will be able to pullout of it, the game engine pushes your plane nose up just enough to keep you from crashing, I'm not saying that you can't crash because believe me you can. But, overall this is a great game and I recommend it to anybody that loves a good dogfight.

Crimson Skies Is Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm running this on a Dell with P3 600mHz, 256 mb RAM, a 32mb Nvidia G-force video card, and Soundblaster Live soundcard.
The game workd superbly. I have all the game settings maxed out and the game runs great: No lock-ups; detailed, smooth video; fast action; great sound.
The graphics and detail is awesome. Takes some liberty with flight dynamics, but this is not a flight sim per se.
An excellent game for those who enjoy arcade-style flight sim shoot-em-ups.
JF

Very Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Excellent graphics, and engaging gameplay. The controlls easilly maneagable, and it is compatible with almost any brand of gamepad or joystick.

An Imaginative Flight Sim

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There's Microsoft CFS, Janes WWII Fighters and various other flight sims. There is one similarity. They all are based off of real planes and happenings. But, this game, Crimsin skies, is totally different. This game is set in an alternate 1930's with different planes that are just mindboggling. Each one of the planes is unique, with it's own payload capacity, gun armament, agility and body. Plus, flying as the daring and handsome ladies man pirate Nathan Zachary, the dialogue between your allies and enemies is exquisite. It was like nothing I had heard when I first climbed into the cockpit. It is quite easy to start and all the better with a joystick. Be careful what you do, as your choices alter your campaign's progress.

Another thing that amazed me is the in-game cutscenes, from hijacking a British Bomber to picking up a dazzling scientist from her stolen train. You also add people to your crew, "The Fortune Hunters." The cutscenes are always different and make you want to continue. As you progress, you add planes to your hangar and can buy planes with your money. Again, the controls are easy and unforgettable. It is such an amazing game you can replay it and not get bored.

Graphics, they are stunning. They take a little to load but it is worth it, because the game does run smoothly. Anything from fire on your wing to explosions on a plane are dazzling and look realistic.

Summing it up, this game is so good, you will not regret buying it. Happy flying!!

awesome game thats tons of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game is So much fun!! this is the first airplane game Ive played and I think ive found a game that can distract me from Unreal and Quake now!! playing on Zone.com is GREAT!! lots and lots of fun It runs great on my system (athlon thunderbird 800, 256 pc133 ram, geforce2 mx) too! all i need is a joystick now.. ive been playing with the keyboard and its not quite as accurate

Excelent Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

You've seen all of those other combat flight sim games, and you've always wondered which to buy. Constantly searching the internet for a cool game. But now you can stop searching.

You might've read the descriptions above, but don't worry, they are minor problems and will not affect the fun factor of the game.

Just imagine yourself soaring in the rich, blue sky in the 1930's. Beautiful scenery, beautiful women, and awesome planes fill the sky. You can explore, fight, or just steal treasure with the awesome missions. The planes are gorgeous, so easy to fly and to hae fun with. When you first play this game you'll love it. The controls and visuals are crisp and clear, so is the sound. Rockets explode and shatter in the sky, sending shrapnel flying all over the place. The chatter of your walkie-talkie tickles your ears, and fun missions are just so much fun to play.

Multiplayer is so much fun, you'll maybe play it (let me guess, you definately will) more than the single player. There are so many friendly people out there who tell you how to skillfully customize your plane into a bullet, a flying fortress, or a stunt machine. Online battles never suffer from slowdown, and it is always fun to have stupid, careless fun in some dogfights.

When I first bought this game I never stopped playing. I just practiced and practiced, and now I'm a ace of a pilot. That just tells you that this game is easy to learn, but hard to master.

Believe me, you're on the right track with Crimson Skies if you want hours of fun, online or off, crisp visuals, excellent sound and easy controls. It is also a mess of fun to just customize your plane infinitely. But I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking for a serious, physics heavy flight sim.

Crimson Skies might just be a flight sim classic.

very good fun while it lasts.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

crimson skies is a fun,fantastic adventure like those old movies that your dad watched. the story is good, the planes are fast, and the girls are cute. the only down side is that the d word is used twice,and some one tells the villen to go to hell. thats about it. if you dont have a problem with that,then get this game NOW!

Great oldie, but not with modern hardware

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

One of my all time favorite PC games. Not fully compatible with modern video subsystems (e.g., drivers, video hardware, etc.) or WinXP. I got it to work intermittently, but the text always displayed as rainbow colored noise. Would frequently crash to desktop, especially during cut-scenes.

Excellent game, except...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: August 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are great, the flight model is a supurb example of how a completely arcade game should play, and all of the options are wonderful. Why then, one star? Every other mission (sometimes I can manage two in a row), after I've completed it, I get crashed back to the desktop w/o an error message. Microsoft support of course, knows nothing of the problem. Perhaps it's my computer (a P4 1500 w/ a Geforce 2), as noone else really mentions this problem, but this has made an otherwise 5 star game unplayable.

Buggy game: good single player; so-so multiplayer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game can be a lot of fun -- as a single player game. The multiplayer game is very buggy, even with the top of the line system. Both the Zone and Gamespy Arcade have failed to adequately address the drop and memory suck issues. Hopefully a patch will come forward, however until that does I suggest you avoid this game as a multiplayer platform.

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