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Buk · 10-23-2003, 11:58 AM

Just picked it up today, I had been waiting for weeks to play this.

It really is an awesome air shooter, essentially its like a FPS with planes, the controls are good but its not a simulator.

The best part is the Xbox Live support, this is easily the best Xbox live game so far. Mechassault has been put on the shelf, here comes Dogfight, Team Dogfight and Catch the Chicken!

All of the reviews have been good as well, if you have Xbox live I highly reccomend this title.

Anyone else pick this up and wanna share some thoughts?

The Chicago and Arixa maps are wicked!

Here is a link to some reviews:
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/559078.asp

omega2K4 · 10-23-2003, 12:38 PM

Eh, I'm not into "Twisted Metal" type games. I prefer a flight sim, rather than a arcadey type flying game. I might rent it and try it on Xbox Live, but I'm not going to buy it, unless it is really good. I'm waiting for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, ESPN NBA Basketball, and maybe Counter-Strike.

JimmyTheHutt · 10-23-2003, 01:00 PM

I've been salavating for this bad boy for quite some time. I loved the PC version, despite its quirks and the near impossible nature of some of the missions, and this one looks like its more fun.

Veritas en Lux!
Jimmy The Hutt

diergray · 10-24-2003, 04:19 AM

Is this one different then the PC version?

wondash · 10-24-2003, 04:31 AM

The PC version was a great game. Hopefully there will be a Crimson Skies II !

Dibbler · 10-24-2003, 04:58 AM

I've been playing the game for the last couple of days since it came out. My headset snapped in two so haven't played online yet. The single player part is fun but the autosave function pisses me off sometimes, especially since you can't go back and run through a mission again if you did badly but survived the first time.

I don't think it looks as good as the 3 year old computer game unless you count all the great CGI movies.

All in all, I think it is slightly over-rated. I'd give it an 85%. I may change my mind once I get online with it.

Dibbler · 10-24-2003, 08:03 AM

I'm currently on the mission to take out the huge tesla blimp that swallows up ships and uses huge saw blades to cut the other blimps up. I've been through it like ten times and failed. When the mission starts my plane is in the red and I can't seem to take the thing out. I think I'll try to jump on my home blimp and use the AA gun and see if that's the way to do it. I know you're supposed to take out the power cells on the front but by the time I get my plane lined up and fire I'm getting fried by the tesla fire.

Also, XBox Live has been taken over by obnoxious a-holes in most of the games anymore so if any of you guys want to play me live in this game send an invite. My gametag is the same as my name here - Dibbler

Buk · 10-24-2003, 08:57 AM

I'll look you up Dibbler

I hear you on Xbox live, most of the time I have my headset off anyway...

sadistikdreams · 02-14-2004, 12:38 AM

Hey. I absolutely LOVE THIS GAME! My pop turned me on to it, we were trying it out at Toys R Us. I am just at the part where you get out of the lost city in the South American-y map.

Chicago map is damn fun!

ratbastid · 02-14-2004, 03:56 PM

This may very well be the title I finally get XBox Live for. I understand the online dogfighting is brilliant.

sadistikdreams · 02-15-2004, 01:35 PM

YES! I just finished the game! ONE WEEK!

Damn, it ends nice.

Panopticon · 02-15-2004, 07:57 PM

I liked it for the first few days, but for whatever reason, I just stopped liking it one day. I can't really explain it, but I ended up selling it on eBay for $45.

bellzboy · 02-15-2004, 09:02 PM

I love this game. I played it non-stop for about a month. Then I picked up a couple new games and since I had Crimson beat, I been playing those. But for multiplayer, Crimson is better than HALO for my money. Then again, I was never all that high on HALO in the first place.

Redjake · 02-16-2004, 08:11 AM

I played Crimson Skies a LONG time ago when it first came out for PC. It was fun as hell with the multiplayer (hell, and single player). The engine was very solid, that lead to a great ability to have awesome dog fights. The "capture the flag" mode was awesome too, you have to fly through airplane hangers to get the flag

I wouldn't compare it to Halo, they are two completely different games. I personally have always had more fun playing CTF Halo. I'm not a big fan of the deathmatch though.

nukeu666 · 02-16-2004, 09:03 AM

its fun tho i havent played it MP
got boring after 20 missions

TerraFORM · 02-16-2004, 06:00 PM

I remember downloading the PC version demo a year or two ago; it was pretty damn fun as I recall! Very fun. Although as you say it's arcadish and not a sim. Still, great fun.

digme · 02-16-2004, 07:02 PM

This is another game on my "buy" list. Just have to wait till it goes to the platinum hits. I have a moral problem with spending more than $40 on a game.

10-23-2003, 11:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Buk Addict Location: Seattle, WA	Crimson Skies Just picked it up today, I had been waiting for weeks to play this. It really is an awesome air shooter, essentially its like a FPS with planes, the controls are good but its not a simulator. The best part is the Xbox Live support, this is easily the best Xbox live game so far. Mechassault has been put on the shelf, here comes Dogfight, Team Dogfight and Catch the Chicken! All of the reviews have been good as well, if you have Xbox live I highly reccomend this title. Anyone else pick this up and wanna share some thoughts? The Chicago and Arixa maps are wicked! Here is a link to some reviews: http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/559078.asp

10-23-2003, 12:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	Eh, I'm not into "Twisted Metal" type games. I prefer a flight sim, rather than a arcadey type flying game. I might rent it and try it on Xbox Live, but I'm not going to buy it, unless it is really good. I'm waiting for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, ESPN NBA Basketball, and maybe Counter-Strike. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

10-23-2003, 01:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
JimmyTheHutt Psycho Location: Hell (Phoenix AZ)	I've been salavating for this bad boy for quite some time. I loved the PC version, despite its quirks and the near impossible nature of some of the missions, and this one looks like its more fun. Veritas en Lux! Jimmy The Hutt __________________ Think Jabba, only with more hair and vestigal legs.... "This isn't a nightmare, its real. Nightmare's end." -ShadowDancer

10-24-2003, 04:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
diergray Psycho	Is this one different then the PC version? __________________ "Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” ~ James Bryant Conant

02-14-2004, 12:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	Hey. I absolutely LOVE THIS GAME! My pop turned me on to it, we were trying it out at Toys R Us. I am just at the part where you get out of the lost city in the South American-y map. Chicago map is damn fun! __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

10-24-2003, 04:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
wondash Psycho	The PC version was a great game. Hopefully there will be a Crimson Skies II !

10-24-2003, 04:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dibbler Psycho Location: Initech, Iowa	I've been playing the game for the last couple of days since it came out. My headset snapped in two so haven't played online yet. The single player part is fun but the autosave function pisses me off sometimes, especially since you can't go back and run through a mission again if you did badly but survived the first time. I don't think it looks as good as the 3 year old computer game unless you count all the great CGI movies. All in all, I think it is slightly over-rated. I'd give it an 85%. I may change my mind once I get online with it.

10-24-2003, 08:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dibbler Psycho Location: Initech, Iowa	I'm currently on the mission to take out the huge tesla blimp that swallows up ships and uses huge saw blades to cut the other blimps up. I've been through it like ten times and failed. When the mission starts my plane is in the red and I can't seem to take the thing out. I think I'll try to jump on my home blimp and use the AA gun and see if that's the way to do it. I know you're supposed to take out the power cells on the front but by the time I get my plane lined up and fire I'm getting fried by the tesla fire. Also, XBox Live has been taken over by obnoxious a-holes in most of the games anymore so if any of you guys want to play me live in this game send an invite. My gametag is the same as my name here - Dibbler

10-24-2003, 08:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
Buk Addict Location: Seattle, WA	I'll look you up Dibbler I hear you on Xbox live, most of the time I have my headset off anyway...

02-14-2004, 03:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	This may very well be the title I finally get XBox Live for. I understand the online dogfighting is brilliant.

02-15-2004, 01:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	YES! I just finished the game! ONE WEEK! Damn, it ends nice. __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

02-15-2004, 07:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
Panopticon Psycho	I liked it for the first few days, but for whatever reason, I just stopped liking it one day. I can't really explain it, but I ended up selling it on eBay for $45. __________________ .:Panopticon:.

02-15-2004, 09:02 PM	#13 (permalink)
bellzboy Crazy	I love this game. I played it non-stop for about a month. Then I picked up a couple new games and since I had Crimson beat, I been playing those. But for multiplayer, Crimson is better than HALO for my money. Then again, I was never all that high on HALO in the first place.

02-16-2004, 08:11 AM	#14 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	I played Crimson Skies a LONG time ago when it first came out for PC. It was fun as hell with the multiplayer (hell, and single player). The engine was very solid, that lead to a great ability to have awesome dog fights. The "capture the flag" mode was awesome too, you have to fly through airplane hangers to get the flag I wouldn't compare it to Halo, they are two completely different games. I personally have always had more fun playing CTF Halo. I'm not a big fan of the deathmatch though. __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

02-16-2004, 09:03 AM	#15 (permalink)
nukeu666 Junkie Location: India	its fun tho i havent played it MP got boring after 20 missions __________________ Why did the Comp. Engineer get X-mas and Halloween mixed up? Because Oct(31) == Dec(25)

02-16-2004, 06:00 PM	#16 (permalink)
TerraFORM Crazy Location: Virginia	I remember downloading the PC version demo a year or two ago; it was pretty damn fun as I recall! Very fun. Although as you say it's arcadish and not a sim. Still, great fun.

02-16-2004, 07:02 PM	#17 (permalink)
digme Crazy Location: madison, wi	This is another game on my "buy" list. Just have to wait till it goes to the platinum hits. I have a moral problem with spending more than $40 on a game.