Is this 'the' successor to Crimson Skies we've been waiting for?

[Mace]

Getting a Crimson Skies vibe from this, which is a good thing :) So is it like it?

[Aubotron]

i was thinking the same thing...did you buy it?..any good?

[Xivios]

It's a lot like Crimson Skies. Probably not as good as Crimson Skies, especially compared to the awesome PC game, but so far it's been very, very good. The flight model is quite similar, arcadey but not like flying a spaceship, they have a good amount of mass and weighty feel to them, they don't turn on a dime, it's very good - and it's set up like a "real plane", left stick rolls left, and vice-versa, not turns left, like HRTR was. AI seems OK for it's part, they don't do too well at low altitude, but that seems to actually help the game, zipping about at treetop level is a good way to loose a stubborn enemy on your six. Graphics look great, the trailer doesn't lie. Story seems to be pretty good so far, with some good humor. Marcel is no Nathan Zachary, I can tell you that - but he's about as good a pilot as ol' Nate.

With the sale on now, I recommend it. This isn't one of those "early access" titles that are little more than buggy tech demo's and empty promises, the game is very playable and fun right now; worth it even if the dev's get hit by a bus tomorrow and what you see is what you get.

[matdiver]

I have been waiting for a new Crimson skies for so long. I'm a (sunday) pilot IRL and I just love the casual flight experience as well as humour of Crimson skies. realistic flight sims are so boring. Now unfortunatly I cannot launch Bomb. It crashes systematically after the "prelude" screen. I just cannot wait to play it.

[Artillery Horse]

Crimson Skies controls were excellent, these are not even close, cumbersome and awkward.

[Ph03nix_h]

so guess what im working with atm ;)

Fortune Hunters

[Fourmyle]

Good call, I loved Crimson Skies. Lots fo fun. I think there was a multiplayer in that as well, no?

Can't wait for this one to be released.

Fourmyle

[Malys]

As someone who played CS for PC more than I care to admit, (MS Zone shoutout!)
I can say it's getting closer! The feel of gravity could be better (esp. when turning off your throttle ie. butch turns.) and controls need adjustments, but as it is, I'm hopeful for this game... Especially since Harebrained schemes apparently skipped CS for yet another Shadowrun game.

[Garry_Murray]

Many games - Blazing Angels, AirConflicts and now Bomb - have tried to emulate Crimson Skies' success and failed miserably! Why?

Because it isn't simply enough to take an arcade aircombat shooter and combine it with a more or less interesting story. Yes, Crimson Skies backstory is pretty interesting, as are the characters and the dialogues are witty. But this is just the glue that holds it all together.

The secret of Crimson Skies success is, it gives you the illusion to be this daredevil fighter pilot who not only kicks his opponent's ass like an ace but who is also a skillful stunt pilot.
The environments in Crimson Skies are interesting and challenging, while in the above mentioned games they are only beautiful window dressing. What a wasted opportunity!

The only game I can think of that uses the environments the same way Crimson Skies did, is DogFighter. But this game is only a multiplayer platform. One moment you fly through the Great Canyon - the next through an Egyptian pyramid... Why? You are shooting at areoplanes! Why?
Everything in this games feels complete arbitrary!

Who knows? If the developers had invested in an interesting story driven campaign... this just might have been the next Crimson Skies!

And finally - Crimson Skies only fault was... it came at least 10 years too early! What an amazing game it would be with today's graphics! I wonder why nobody thought about remastering it!? It would be the license to print money!

Unfortunately Bomb is falling short towards those expectations: the dogfights are tedious and repetitive (one basically cycles endlessly until an enemy plane comes in view and then tries to shoot it down). Worst of all: the saving points are too far apart. One has to fight off wave after wave of opponents (like swarms of mosquitos) and when one fails at the end of the mission one is forced to replay the last 20 minutes of tedious gameplay! This kills the game for me!

[Juris 3D]

I share my sadness with Garry above :( I also desperatedly want a "New Crimson Skies" ...

[Coot]

Same here. I loved Crimson Skies PC. So, so good. When I first saw this game a few years ago I got that vibe from it. I think the game was made in the spirit of but its no where near Crimson Skies level. Admittedly I have not reinstalled the game since early access. So I imagine its better than what I first saw but Crimson Skies is the champ! I read somewhere several years ago, if I'm not mistaken, that either two guys who had worked on the original or some other small group actually got the rights to and/or was intending to make a sequel to Crimson Skies. I hope that come's to fruition! I also really loved Codename Eagle back in the day!

[Juris 3D]

By the way, if someone not aware of this fact: "Crimson Skies" can be played on todays hardware, and in hi-res, with small hacks (search around). Here are my 1920x1080 screenshots from when I played last week:
http://bildites.lv/a/agmq8ymh#5dcw9uht

[Garry_Murray]

Hi Juris 3D,
can you point me in the right direction, please?
I also tried to reinstall 'Crimson Skies' on my new Windows 10 system. It was a huge hassle and the result was rather disappointing... pure pixel snow. One can't even see the enemy planes.

[Juris 3D]

Hello, Garry. It is about using "csfix" unofficial patch, and after that in .INI file manually set what screen resulution you want it to run. Here all stuff:
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Crimson_Skies
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Crimson_Skies#Modern_hardware_support
Menus will look weird, but everything is usable anyway. And, gameplay is fine (well, for me it is - Win7 64bit, Nvidia recent drivers, Thrustmaster flightstick). Contact me if need more help.

[Garry_Murray]

Thanks Juris 3D,
I had already installed all patches... but I didn't figured out to change the resolution in the csfix-file (the resolution in the menu still show 640x480). I changed it to 1920x1080 and it looks much better now. Well - still very low polygon... but I have to wait for a remasted version to see that fixed.;)

[Juris 3D]

Glad you figured it out, Garry. Good we are not kicked for off-topic, i guess :) Yes, low-poly CS is, of course. But for quick instant action shooting i still use it. Remastered version - just a wish to God, or you know something? Or, wider question, maybe some current aerial shooter project that i don't have in this following picture-list? Here:
http://bildites.lv/a/2j255ryq#8kuucq45