History of Crimson Skies

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @Apocalypse_Later
    @Apocalypse_Later 10 лет назад +155

    God damn it.
    This series's universe has SO much potential that it kills me to see it lying dead in the dirt. Absolutely stupid letting it go to waste like this.

    • @PredatoryQQmber
      @PredatoryQQmber 9 лет назад +6

      Apocalypse_Later That's partnership with Microsoft for ya... nothing survives, except The Gala^WM$.

    • @Leon_der_Luftige
      @Leon_der_Luftige 7 лет назад +1

      PredatoryQQmber This is not Microsoft's fault. Any big publisher reacts that way if the profit's not what they expected. Stop bashing Microsoft for stupid reasons. Pick on them for their actual bads.

    • @PredatoryQQmber
      @PredatoryQQmber 7 лет назад +5

      +Dreidecker And that's why any "big publisher" is full of shit. Same with Hollywood: when big money come, so do formulaic hacks to appeal to "the common denominator" while being run by talentless suits. On top of that, Microsoft is world-knows for bleeding dry any fool that is stupid enough to take their poisoned deal. Look at what's left from Novell and Nokia.

    • @lornbaker1083
      @lornbaker1083 11 месяцев назад

      Like the parade of infamy said. All that seems to await skypirates is a metal coffin. And crimson skies sadly ended up in one

    • @SidneyBroadshead
      @SidneyBroadshead 7 месяцев назад

      I think a game set in a seceeding America following a virus plague would be too on the nose nowadays.

  • @provato8
    @provato8 9 лет назад +61

    The original Crimson Skies (2000) for PC is the only game I've played that exceeds all standards. It has EVERYTHING. You feel the airplane in the air (perfect sim), it has an amazing and convincing storyline through many nations and plane building (RPG feeling), it has perfectly balanced dogfights (best of the shooter games), it has hundreds of stunts to perform (great feeling of dexterity games), its missions feel like you are on rails and you accomplish a big variety of different achievements, not just shooting (adventure feeling), the game even has a race!!! (Racing). I pity those who haven't played the PC game and dug into the story and atmosphear yet...

    • @dakinoytc986
      @dakinoytc986 2 года назад

      I love this game and i still have it. In general this version it's just exelent.

  • @LordMattoo93
    @LordMattoo93 11 лет назад +27

    RIP Crimson Skies, and RIP Fasa. The gaming world really needs people like you today :(

  • @Redem10
    @Redem10 10 лет назад +79

    History of Crimson Skies - A documentary by Ken Burns
    I miss Crimson Skies

    • @marcojaimejardina7526
      @marcojaimejardina7526 4 года назад

      Crimson Skies is my favorite.

    • @Bangcat
      @Bangcat 4 года назад

      @@marcojaimejardina7526 When it was re released digitally on xbox and it sold like hot cakes, there was some buzz that we might get a new one. Sadly even with all those new studios that Microsoft has, it's still lead by an entity that doesn't seem to listen to what's wanted to return. I would've pre ordered the new xbox, even though the XBOX ONE took four tries to get a console that actually worked at the beginning of last generation, if there was a new Crimson Skies. But there's not, so I probably won't. I'll more likely buy a used xbox one S when the new unites come out just so I can play the digital re release.
      It boggles my mind why no one has basically stolen the IP out from under them with a spiritual successor with some co op Sky Jacking options. An open world game with a focus on such and PVE to work together to jack roaming mobs of merchants and take on other missions could be grand. But alas, everyone is all about the Cod of Dookie, Battle Royales on foot, and so much tired, done to death, and not even done reliably well, trash that's more out to scam buyers rather than deliver a worth while game at an honest price. And now they're talking about hiking those costs even higher. They wanna play that game, I won't be playing, or not until their game hits the 10 dollar bargain bin. I'll go play Streets of Rage and other fair priced fun excursions instead.
      Where's our DarkStalkers, Rival Schools, Crimson Skies, MOTORSTORM, Bloody Roar, and the actual games with major imaginative twists? Instead it's a bunch of high license, like sports licenses, as bad as ye ol movie license, games that have the audacity to declare themselves realistic, and yet fail at that, and forget they were meant to be fun games. I think PSO2 has shown in part that even older out of date games have so much more life and imagination than what the west has been pumping out, not to mention showing less actual game play in supposed game play trailers.
      Aside from some interesting bits from the east, it's pretty sad to see where the industry has gone.Actual fun attention to details have been confused for visual fidelity over all and much of the time we're paying companies to test their game for them, when supposed betas are used as demos instead as players treat it as such because they have no paid obligation, nor reward, for reporting breaking bugs, and then by the time things get fixed, or told they will be, they've already grabbed the money and run. You know, like ANTHEM they then said they would fix and it's not been making much noise what so ever.
      As fast as many games hit those bargin bin prices now, I think I'll wait for those. I shouldn't have but reserved the new Gundam Vs game because at least I know how many suits are going to be in that, a LOT, and it's had it's paces run well in the arcades, something many games don't pay their dues in anymore either.
      Until I see something new really tickle my fancy, or the IP's we've chanted we wanted back for now multiple generations, I think many of these companies can take a flying leap. If you're not going to use the IP several are asking for, stop holding onto it and sell it to someone who will at a fair price.

  • @Irondrone4
    @Irondrone4 8 лет назад +18

    I got to meet Weisman at last year's GenCon, and being a big fan of Battletech, Shadowrun, and RI's Crimson Skies walkthrough, it was an absolute joy to meet him. I knew it was futile, but I asked him about Crimson Skies anyway, and he said that Microsoft still has the rights to making video games in the franchise. I knew he'd say that, but I could tell he was really excited to one day get another crack at it, and I sure would be, too.

    • @nintendozilla9843
      @nintendozilla9843 8 лет назад

      +Irondrone4 You're one lucky guy.

    • @Kissamiess
      @Kissamiess 7 лет назад

      Well, he already managed to get back to Shadowrun and Battletech so the track record is good at least.

    • @funghazi
      @funghazi 6 лет назад

      Let's hope that'll be the next kickstarter now that he's got Shadowrun and Battletech under his belt!

  • @OdeeOz
    @OdeeOz Год назад +2

    I have all the books, and Clix models from Crimson Skies, as well as the original PC version.
    5:15 Best background music ever for a Flight Sim game of old. 👍👍& 10⭐

  • @bloodrunsclear
    @bloodrunsclear 12 лет назад +7

    The Rocketeer theme was PERFECT for this

  • @steelcage001
    @steelcage001 8 лет назад +24

    This was the original Firefly! Bring it back!

    • @rooneyfire9901
      @rooneyfire9901 8 лет назад +1

      +Steven Wright i was gonna say it definitely has that firefly feel to it

    • @hellacoorinna9995
      @hellacoorinna9995 2 года назад

      @@rooneyfire9901 Tru'nuff.

  • @elijahevenson
    @elijahevenson Год назад +2

    I was on the crimson skies 2 team. I made the desert fox airplane showed here. It was really sad when they canned Crimsons Skies 3 to focus on Shadowrun.

    • @ResearchIndicates
      @ResearchIndicates  Год назад +2

      Thanks for your hard work, Crimson Skies 2 is a beloved game to this day. I hope you're working on something fulfilling today.

  • @Quadrenaro
    @Quadrenaro 6 лет назад +5

    I love that the quotes are even read like the one's in 'The Civil War'.

  • @GmanTheTank
    @GmanTheTank 12 лет назад +14

    The alternate history sounds really awesome.

  • @xxVampirePenguinxx
    @xxVampirePenguinxx 14 лет назад +9

    For some reason, I keep waiting to hear something like "after the end of the war, Wiseman returned to his rural Alabama homestead to be with his wife and now grown kids. He worked the farm for 40 years until his death in 1985. During his time he kept in touch with his old unit, and as time went on, they all met their final calling. He continued to make regular trips to honor the men who gave the greatest sacrifice a man could give to his country, and visited the Captains tomb."
    Or something.

  • @CgPallaeon
    @CgPallaeon 15 лет назад +1

    Oh RI, never stop doing voice overs such as these, your voice is perfect.

  • @covanentsbane
    @covanentsbane 11 лет назад +1

    I do hope that this LP returns for its conclusion someday. I always enjoy your videos RI; thanks for your fascinating insight into the production of both this game series and Trespasser before it, as well as the wonderful commentary.

  • @cheesepwnage
    @cheesepwnage 8 лет назад +6

    the alternate history is so cool love it

  • @RonaldMacK
    @RonaldMacK 15 лет назад

    The amount of research and effort you put into your videos is amazing. I can already tell these will be a joy to watch and eagerly await the next episode.

  • @TsucasaElkGSI
    @TsucasaElkGSI 13 лет назад +14

    "and the pirate territories of free colorado" oh, gee, thanks Crimson Skies. YAR-HAR FIDDLE DEE I AM A PIRATE, apparently. :P

    • @RetroFrito
      @RetroFrito 4 года назад

      Hey.. you know... being a pirate is alright to be.

    • @hellacoorinna9995
      @hellacoorinna9995 3 года назад

      That's the way it is...
      ...that's the way it is.

    • @hellacoorinna9995
      @hellacoorinna9995 3 года назад

      Also wouldn't their battlecry be "Nanoo Nanoo?"

    • @RGBtheRhinoOverwatcher
      @RGBtheRhinoOverwatcher 2 года назад +1

      @@hellacoorinna9995 The March 2000 pre-release "Pre-Beta" screenshots had Devastator and Brigand in Red Skull Legion scheme from the board game and the game's cover (complete with black checkers on engine cover) as a placeholder for the Fortune Hunters, with Firebrand having different Hollywood Knights scheme and firing multiple guns instead of single in the release.

  • @GarlicPudding
    @GarlicPudding 12 лет назад +1

    Been watching the LP, and loving it! Though I keep rewatching this intro--the craftsmanship here is amazing, and I LOVE the documentary aesthetics.

  • @argottobob
    @argottobob 13 лет назад +3

    Back when creative minds competed for the best quality, rather than quantity.

  • @phermida421
    @phermida421 15 лет назад +2

    I've only heard the name Crimson Skies, a game that I don't know too much about, and you make this intro so well that it I'm compelled to watch the whole LP good job RI hats off to you. Oh, any chance this LP will show up on youtube?

  • @angrystreaming2624
    @angrystreaming2624 2 года назад

    nearly 20 years later and High Road to Revenge still never gets old, hopefully microsoft can look into bringing it back

  • @bentraplay6754
    @bentraplay6754 9 месяцев назад

    I just recently first played CS: High Road to Revenge with the backwards compatibility, just wanna say I love the “PBS Documentary” feel and vibe. Sad I missed this series 20 years ago

  • @andrewluchsinger
    @andrewluchsinger 5 лет назад

    From the time I unpacked my copy of Crimson Skies I was hooked. I wanted more when I was finished with the game. I miss Crimson Skies

  • @Li9uidMang0
    @Li9uidMang0 14 лет назад +2

    Wow... This is AMAZING.
    It's like if Ken Burns were a hardcore gamer.

  • @itswholewheat
    @itswholewheat 13 лет назад +1

    god i miss crimson skies so much

  • @heroteen16
    @heroteen16 15 лет назад +1

    Best subscription ive ever gotten.

  • @lknanml
    @lknanml 5 лет назад

    Loved this one way back when on PC. Really wish someone would push out another one.

  • @SidneyBroadshead
    @SidneyBroadshead 7 месяцев назад

    *FASA* stands for _Freedonian Air & Space Administration_ . It was founded to make third-party materials for Game Design Workshop's _Traveller_ rpg. _Battletech_ , originally a tabletop wargame, was its first IP, followed by _Shadowrun_ and _Earthdawn_ . The games industry crash of the 1990s led to them collapsing. Microsoft bought out FASA to gain control of their IPs.

  • @doogle212
    @doogle212 13 лет назад

    Crimson Skies was in an era of great PC games, I miss it.

  • @Munjan007
    @Munjan007 13 лет назад

    OMG! TB dint lie when he said that contributors from somethingawful held their content to a much higher standard. I mean I lost myself in your narrative and almost forgot that you where telling the story of a game. If Trespasser showed me anything is that this LP is gonna be insane!
    You sir have showed me what "quality" looks and feels like, I thank you.

  • @TinRoofTed
    @TinRoofTed 15 лет назад

    Great job so far on the LP. I have a suggestion for the Plane of the Day for when you start interacting with The Protectorate of Ontario: the Avro Arrow: The Cold War Interceptor that never came to full fruition. It's a good tie-in with the territory and an interesting story all together. Can't wait to see more from both the LP and yourself.

  • @FrostTrollzor
    @FrostTrollzor 9 лет назад +2

    I'll always love that game.

  • @DB-tg9jf
    @DB-tg9jf 11 лет назад +2

    I would like a sequel of Crimson Skies. It has an excellent storyline, an amazing aesthetic, and the most important thing in a game: it has fun. They created a wonderful "world" with air pirates, people living in zeppelins and chaotic air battles with zeppelins, exotic airplanes and fancy weapons.
    A sequel would be an good alternative to the lots of standard existing FPS games. It could even have a simulator mode with more real physics, and an easy game mode.

    • @MrGeocidal
      @MrGeocidal 5 лет назад

      There's already a sequal. It was released on the Xbox.

  • @kirk7528
    @kirk7528 6 лет назад

    Incredible video, well done! Loved the original Crimson Skies.

  • @Sagragoth
    @Sagragoth 15 лет назад +1

    i knew this subscription would pay off some day.

  • @Bangcat
    @Bangcat 7 лет назад +5

    So we have micro shaft to blame. Why am I not F#$%ING surprised? We need another Crimson Skies, or at least a spiritual successor. We need more multi sandbox leveled exploration games again. Especially like this. I wonder who's going to be the bold ones to get the job done well.

    • @ksonsouchou
      @ksonsouchou 5 лет назад +1

      Current MS has been very supportive of FASA IPs licensing them leading to BattleTech and MechWarrior 5.

  • @seek83
    @seek83 11 лет назад +1

    Superb work right here.

  • @2300DY
    @2300DY 13 лет назад +1

    I loved Crimson Skies on my PC years ago, pissed me off that the sequel was only on Xbox. And now there won't be new Crimson Skies games. :(

  • @christianjuhasz2926
    @christianjuhasz2926 2 месяца назад

    This would be a good idea for a movie or Tv show

  • @marcojaimejardina7526
    @marcojaimejardina7526 4 года назад +1

    Crimson Skies is fantastic. 👍

  • @jkruse05
    @jkruse05 15 лет назад

    Just finished watching your Trespasser LP and I'm certainly looking forward to this. Tried playing it once but had some compatibility problems with my hardware. BTW, anyone know what the music in this video is from? It sounds familiar.

  • @AkKazu
    @AkKazu 13 лет назад

    Mech Warrior 2 has some of the best memories for me when I was younger.

  • @The_Tank_Destroyer69420
    @The_Tank_Destroyer69420 4 года назад

    This is the best game I have ever played in my life

  • @JustinMeansRighteous
    @JustinMeansRighteous Год назад

    I would LOVE a crimson skies board game!

  • @SMcCall64
    @SMcCall64 15 лет назад

    The Xbox version of Crimson Skies was the first game I bought for the system and the first game I ever played online. Good times.

  • @Don0rom
    @Don0rom 13 лет назад

    I never thought the collapse of Fasa would be told via a parody of the Sullivan Ballou letter, but there you go.

  • @dakinoytc986
    @dakinoytc986 2 года назад

    This game is very fun even today

  • @Hysteria98
    @Hysteria98 11 лет назад

    Almost rather astounding. Utter quality, is this video.

  • @Atypical-Abbie
    @Atypical-Abbie 15 лет назад

    Awesome. No more words need to be said.

  • @chipius
    @chipius 10 лет назад +5

    Behind You!, bandits at 6´clock Hi!!!, Top 10 game far!!

  • @neo_child
    @neo_child 13 лет назад

    @TotalHalibut Thank You TB who led me to see this awesome game history.

  • @PlasticComplex
    @PlasticComplex 13 лет назад

    Thanks Total Biscuit. Crison Skies T_T I will miss you. So many great lan party tournaments with friends. Shame both my Mechwarior 2 copies won't work on Windows 7. SO MUCH WIN T_T ... all gone.

  • @MichaelSmith-ij2ut
    @MichaelSmith-ij2ut 7 лет назад

    This video came out 6 and a 1/2 years after the Xbox Crimson Skies. It's now been 7 and 1/2 years since this video came out.
    *sigh*

  • @rjc0234
    @rjc0234 12 лет назад

    speechless. really want to make a smart comment but after that intro, i am litteraly speechless! i could show that to people and they would belive it were true. absolutely amazing! thats another game you have made me want to go and get

  • @Mordaedil
    @Mordaedil 15 лет назад

    Well, wow.
    That was some video to find on a Monday morning.

  • @aquachek3
    @aquachek3 13 лет назад

    that voice man it amazing

  • @Mastria2
    @Mastria2 15 лет назад

    Another ReasearchIndicates LP? I'm there!

  • @dahamby9590
    @dahamby9590 4 года назад

    Background music is too loud and makes trying to listen to the narrative hard to do. Time for a new reboot of this game, high-end graphics/sound and choice of gameplay or accurate physics.

  • @wvhdogg
    @wvhdogg 13 лет назад

    what's the music in this video?

  • @corakanproductions
    @corakanproductions 11 лет назад

    i used to play the first crimson skies when i was a kid

  • @Aceyface
    @Aceyface 3 года назад

    Such a good universe - transport via planes but at the same time not feeling stupidly old fashioned :(

  • @jinxshaddix
    @jinxshaddix 13 лет назад

    Go get that RUclips Partnership and get longer vids mate! Im hopeing for you. Love your vids.

  • @GameMiestro
    @GameMiestro 14 лет назад

    this guy is a role model for lets players

  • @StinkyPeteThePirate
    @StinkyPeteThePirate 6 лет назад +1

    Ken Burns wants his music back.

    • @ResearchIndicates
      @ResearchIndicates  4 года назад

      He'll have to fight me for it

    • @RGBtheRhinoOverwatcher
      @RGBtheRhinoOverwatcher 2 года назад +1

      @@ResearchIndicates
      Crimson Skies pre-release differences:
      Fortune Hunters' P21-J Devastator and Brigand uses Red Skull Legion's vinyl.
      Hollywood Knights' Firebrand uses different Hollywood vinyl.
      All guns fires instead of optional.
      High Road to Revenge pre-release differences:
      Linear gameplay instead of open-world.
      More cutscenes.
      Earlier versions of the pre-release (as shown on E3 2001's Xbox reel) had Devastator uses the first game's Fortune Hunters vinyl.
      Originally had Star Fox-like auto lock-on sight.
      Cut enemies like the German ones.
      Cut German final-boss.
      Cut additional weapons like the lightning gun.
      Cut danger zone from the first game.
      Cut levels like a floating casino.

  • @Gingerbreadley
    @Gingerbreadley Год назад

    Wow just amazingly done. It truly is one of the worst gaming casualties

  • @TalkernateHistory
    @TalkernateHistory 12 лет назад

    Shadowrun Returns is happening. Mechwarrior Online is pretty popular. Why not a new Crimson Skies?

  • @GLaDOSisbackagain
    @GLaDOSisbackagain 12 лет назад

    @ResurgamZerg It Does. Just Search Sir MMPD Radick

  • @Alexandurs
    @Alexandurs 15 лет назад

    I highly approve of this.

  • @ElessarZure
    @ElessarZure 9 лет назад +21

    Reboot Crimson Skies! For PC only! don't limit it because of the consoles!

    • @hyperx72
      @hyperx72 7 лет назад +3

      Consoles aren't necessarily a limit, as we've seen complex games on them before...

    • @Merlaut715
      @Merlaut715 7 лет назад +1

      Nope, a console-player like myself wants it too

    • @nintendozilla9843
      @nintendozilla9843 6 лет назад

      There's no reason to reboot it. Just make a new Crimson Skies game with a story that takes place some time after High Road to Revenge.

  • @Blitzkrieg_Wolf
    @Blitzkrieg_Wolf 4 месяца назад

    FASA Corp. is the perfect example why you should never sing a contract with a mega corporation (Microsoft) unless everything is signed on YOUR terms, not theirs.

  • @misterscienceguy
    @misterscienceguy 11 лет назад

    Battletech is also picking up popularity in tabletop wargaming again.

  • @arinamiruna3621
    @arinamiruna3621 8 лет назад +2

    why i loved crimson skies thank you microsoft all your fault

    • @Leon_der_Luftige
      @Leon_der_Luftige 7 лет назад

      Yang Xiao Long This is not Microsoft's fault. Any big publisher reacts that way if the profit's not what they expected. Stop bashing Microsoft for stupid reasons. Pick on them for their actual bads.

  • @whitecunt6903
    @whitecunt6903 6 лет назад

    need more especially now there xbox one. i really miss this game ;-;

  • @Bangcat
    @Bangcat 6 лет назад +1

    Lets face it, Microsoft Studios hasn't had well executed creative games like this since Jordan left and they ignored his pleas of making another game. The only games that were looking to be competent to be original since were cancelled as Microsoft demanded more and more changes and then shut it down.
    Microsoft, you didn't need to get all of those new Studios. You needed someone like Jordan, who still talks to your people, being able to push forward IP's again. You need creative competences again and see what greatness you had, and move forward on it.

    • @Nasfelia
      @Nasfelia 6 лет назад +1

      Oh, so he's left Microsoft? I guess what he was saying in August 2017 about trying to get Microsoft to reboot the franchise didn't go as planned. Such a damn, damn shame. It's so far, but... I can only dream that one day, we'll have a great Crimson skies game on its way. I would even be satisfied with a fan-made remake of the first one at this point.

    • @Bangcat
      @Bangcat 6 лет назад +1

      @@Nasfelia He actually left long long ago. But he still talks with them, and often when he has he would bring up the game. Recently the game's re release of the second game on xbox, had a LOT of people playing it again. As such dollar signs danced in their eyes once more, and this can be good at times. There's rumblings of it maybe being a possibility.
      MEANWHILE. A similar game was made some years ago on PC you can find on STEAM. This game is simply called BOMB. A videogame named BOMB, that I have to specify clearly to make sure no one freaks out and thinks I'm making some kind of threat in today's knee jerk world, that has very similar vibes. It's not a perfect game by any means, but it may be a game you wish to check out.

    • @Nasfelia
      @Nasfelia 6 лет назад

      @@Bangcat Well, thanks for the info. I really hope this will lead somewhere. I'm usually reserved toward nostalgia feelings but the PC Crimson Skies was one of my first game and still is one of my favourite nowadays. A reboot would be a dream come true as far as I'm concerned.

  • @dontnormally
    @dontnormally 12 лет назад

    That limit is now gone!

  • @joshuadelgado1286
    @joshuadelgado1286 2 года назад

    I remember mech warrior. Fun time

  • @The_Invisible_Hand
    @The_Invisible_Hand 5 лет назад

    6:29 That looks like a 21st century suburb to me. :)

  • @Bangcat
    @Bangcat 4 года назад +1

    Dear Microsoft. No Crimson Skies or Bloody Roar? No buy. I made my decision I think. I don't think the HALO series is enough to bring me back anymore and sure as hell not Gears of War.
    Without Crimson Skies coming back, using an IP that's been wastefully laid by the way side WELL before it's time, I just don't think I want a new xbox. I'll wait till others get rid of an older one for dirt cheap where I can play the digital copy I bought of the last one, and wait.
    An open map world for sky pirates to fly in co op. That's the dream, that's what we need.

  • @donovannotmyname7306
    @donovannotmyname7306 6 лет назад

    I really wish we could get a new game

  • @Journeyman107
    @Journeyman107 2 года назад

    lmao the ken burns

  • @stuckinthepastproductions4329
    @stuckinthepastproductions4329 5 лет назад

    Jesus. I remember that was the game that came with my first Xbox Live subscription. I played the shit out of it with a friend who moved away over XBL. Good memories.
    It's way uglier than I remember...

  • @RudeTortuga
    @RudeTortuga 13 лет назад

    TotalBuscuit liked this vid :D

  • @Hiigaranwarrior159
    @Hiigaranwarrior159 13 лет назад

    You make research videos interesting, and not just because of the content.

  • @rockstarsupervillain
    @rockstarsupervillain 5 лет назад

    Um... this isn't good? or maybe it's just off? Did you just mean the pc game?

  • @StSIZpanX
    @StSIZpanX 13 лет назад

    i wanna be a pirlot to

  • @AmateurCaptain
    @AmateurCaptain 6 лет назад

    The narrator sounds bored.

  • @michi7141
    @michi7141 4 года назад

    F

  • @Mrlolsfa
    @Mrlolsfa 13 лет назад

    TB :P