Crimson Skies (video game)
The game Crimson Skies is an action flight simulation, which was produced by the game developers Zipper Interactive and published in 2000.
- 5.1 English
- 5.2 German
Development
The fictitious Crimson Skies universe, on which the game is based, was created by the U.S. developers Jordan Weisman and Dave McCoy. This alternative reality is inspired by the 20s and 30s of the twentieth century. Weisman and McCoy also created an eponymous tabletop and a series of books in this universe.
Jordan Weisman took over the role of creative director for the development of the computer game. Target was a sort of Errol Flynn pirate adventure to create in the air. The development originally started for Virtual World Entertainment under the name " Corsair ", whose development has been set, however. When the FASA Corporation later part of Microsoft was revealed in Weisman chance for a new project; his choice was to reboot the Crimson Skies PC game.
The first shipping version of the game had numerous technical problems, including deleted the infamous bug of the player's game savegames. The patch released shortly after 1:01 remedied this problem. Microsoft later released version 1.02 which further problems such as instabilities in multiplayer games and the delays decreased by loading times.
Current ATI Technologies and Nvidia graphics driver types support the game any more, so the game could be operated only in software rendering mode. Some members of the gaming community were trying to identify the cause and NVIDIA to move to fix the problem. Finally was able to corrections that were created by the community itself, so-called fan - patches, again a playability on modern platforms are reached.
Game mechanics
In Game Three different modes are available:
Action
In the first part it comes at the end of the 1930s to earn money through air piracy in the decayed to banana republics America. This air battles between mercenaries and hijackers are discharged. You take the role of Nathan Zachary ( the leader of the buccaneers Fortune Hunters gang ) and have to try a different group of hijackers extinguish. In the various missions you have to, for example, scientists rid steal technologies, zeppelins shoot or simply just pick as many enemy planes from the sky. This access in addition to the armed forces of the ex - American States, inter alia, the English and Germans.
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
The sequel appeared in 2003 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge is available for the Xbox and the Xbox 360 as a download. Although the sequel was examined primarily with positive reviews, it did not sell as well in Europe as its predecessor.
Soundtrack
The eponymous soundtrack for the game was released in June 2005. Composer was Stan LePard, label megaphone Import Service.
Novel reactions
English
- Crimson Skies. Collection of short stories by Eric Nylund, Nancy Berman and Eric S. Trautmann, October 2002, Del Ray Publishing, ISBN 0345458745
German
- Crimson Skies: The Great Helium War. Collection of short stories by Michael A. Stackpole, Robert E. Vardeman and Loren L. Coleman, September 2001 Fantasy Productions, ISBN 3890645631
- Crimson Skies: pirate gold. ( Wings Of Fortune Vol 1) The official prequel to the game by Stephen Kenson, Heyne Verlag, July 2002, ISBN 3453187768
- Crimson Skies: Ghosts flyer. ( Wings Of Fortune Vol 2) by Jason Hardy, Heyne Verlag, 2001 ISBN 3453187865
Others
- Also in 2003, a further TableTop variant, the Klix system of WizKids was developed.