From the minute the file copying starts, you are immediately thrown into the story. You get audio from a Pirate raid in progress, with all the radio chatter, machinegun fire, and background noise you would expect. While the scene isn't thick with plot, it does clue you in on a conflict that will need resolving in-game. Then the intro. Rendered in choppy black and white with all the degradation a film historian could have ever dreamed of and narration that would have made Stan Lee's Dad proud, the intro gives us a peek into the world of Crimson Skies.
Zeppelins rule the shipping industry.
Private security organizations provide the only real protection for the airborne behemoths, and air pirates are abound. Normallly, this sounds like a great opportunity for you to play the good guy, knocking down air pirates and saving the new airborne economy. In this game you play famed Air Pirate Nathan Zachary, and by the time the intro wrapped up. I was ready. At this point, I was already pretty certain that the game was going to be a class act job throughout, although, I really wanted to pee.