History of Crimson Skies

[argottobob]

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

[ResurgamZerg]

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.

[Munjan007]

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.

[VICITVIR]

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. :(

[protogenxl]

The Closest thing we got now is Snoopy Flying Ace

[wvhdogg]

what's the music in this video?

[bsdude010]

@wvhdogg I dont know but it was in the movie, "The Rocketeer"

[AkKazu]

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

[Kilzmon]

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

[doogle212]

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

[Hiigaranwarrior159]

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

[jinxshaddix]

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

[itswholewheat]

god i miss crimson skies so much

[RudeTortuga]

TotalBuscuit liked this vid :D

[StSIZpanX]

i wanna be a pirlot to

[Mrlolsfa]

TB :P

[kaviar101]

My god, this makes me feel so damn sorry for FASA. I want to go and hug each and every member of the company, and cry with them.

[Don0rom]

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

[aquachek3]

that voice man it amazing



[TsucasaElkGSI]

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

[Li9uidMang0]

Wow... This is AMAZING.

It's like if Ken Burns were a hardcore gamer.



[bluesky253649]

It is fitting and proper that RI used the Rocketeer soundtrack for the second part of the video. Both the Rocketeer and Crimson Skies were excellent and brough my fantasies to a near-reality.

Its a shame their are no sequels for the Rocketeer or continuing adventures of Nathan Zachary and the Fortune Hunters in additional games. It's the lukewarm reception of both that put them to rest. I hope, some day, they will be revived.

[IxamxDeceptionxX]

We need a crimson skies 2 :C

[xxVampirePenguinxx]

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.

[Maniac536]

For those of you who wonder what happened to the dev team after this, a lot of them worked on the spacefighter segment of Halo Reach. Great vid, RI.

[GameMiestro]

this guy is a role model for lets players

[Vinzaf]

Shadowrun.. SHADOWRUN! Just hearing that word makes me sigh. I miss you, Shadowrun. Please come back~

[Maniac536]

To the previous poster. That sounds like the theme to The Rocketeer at the end of the video.

[jkruse05]

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.

[TinRoofTed]

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.

[caboose218]

This video made me smile. ReasearchIndicates, you have the voice of a god.

[CgPallaeon]

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

[Ghostpilot]

Wow, they had one of those Battletech centers near an arcade I went to as a kid. I think I still even have the print-out of my battle stats.

Beautiful work as always RI, I'll be watching this LP closely!

[Logical2u]

Is it just me or are the Maritime Provinces missing some members... such as Nova Scotia?

[Mastria2]

Another ReasearchIndicates LP? I'm there!

[NordicOten]

I am so following this LP.

[Mordaedil]

Well, wow.

That was some video to find on a Monday morning.

[Alexandurs]

I highly approve of this.

[SaladMan28]

that ending was rad as hell

[SMcCall64]

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.

[phermida421]

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?

[ResearchIndicates]

@phermida421 Not this time I'm afraid, the levels are usually 20+ minutes long and I don't like splitting videos. Not to worry, it's being hosted on Viddler and Baldurdash.

[GrindThizzleFu]

Damn dude I really can't wait for this man I love the Trespasser LP.

Also Discovery or History should give you your own show man, I would watch that when ever it is on.

[kaviar101]

You're going to LP this? I can't freaking wait.

[RonaldMacK]

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.

[Sagragoth]

i knew this subscription would pay off some day.

[Mast3rFr3aky]

You wouldn't happen to be related to Ken Burns, would you?

[heroteen16]

Best subscription ive ever gotten.

[Mored0ts]

I KNEW it was a good idea to subscribe to RI although Trespasser ended.

Couldn't help keeping my fingers crossed for another awesome LP coming from the man with The Voice.

Gonna check the Forums now, oh man I can't wait.

[comatarmsFTW]

more videos :P

[TamponZerg]

This introduction gave me chills.

Amazing.

[Zaziuma]

Awesome. No more words need to be said.