When I see the words 'flight sim' included in the mention of a new game, my eyes glaze over and I suddenly get really tired. Piloting a Harrier sounds like fun, but not on my computer. Crimson Skies draws heavily from the board game and comics of the same name. It's America in the 1930's, though not the version described in the history books. It seems that the country is in turmoil due to economic strife and prohibition.
Transportation systems decay, leaving the skies the only means of profit.
You play the swashbuckling Nathan Zachary, leader of a gang of pirates with intentions to cash in on the chaos. You'll fly 11 ridiculous aircraft over the course of 24 single player missions, each with various goals and objectives. The game plays like a top notch action movie. The planes themselves look more like something out of Twisted Metal than Combat Flight Simulator , with spoilers, wings, flaps and all manner of propeller mishmashed into bizarre yet effective fighting machines. Outfitted with guns and missiles akimbo, you'll be hard pressed to run out of firepower.