Comments on: Packing Jets: Dark Void

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:03:59 +0000

Samjn – there’s a reason for him not having full armor. If he did, he would not be a Rocketeer.

http://www.mwctoys.com/images/RocketeerLooseSide.jpg

Classy as hell.

By: Sajmn

Sajmn — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:53:25 +0000

In many games where the main character wears a suit of armor, he doesn’t wear a helmet so he would look “friendlier” or cooler or something. Nevermind ofcourse, that not wearing a helmet in a combat situation is extremely exposing and looks stupid in all cases.

But in this game, the character wears a helmet… but fails to protect anything else. But nevermind this. The game has jetpacks so all is forgiven.

By: Grey_Ghost

Grey_Ghost — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:54:52 +0000

Long as it isn’t totally broken on release, I’ve got to have this.

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:56:27 +0000

I hope the twist is that you were Tesla all along.

Because more games should star America’s #1 mad scientist.

By: ...hmm...

...hmm... — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:20:45 +0000

CRIMSON SKIES WAS AWESOME

By: ACESandElGHTS

ACESandElGHTS — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:54:30 +0000

Rossignol, I’ll be using that “OldenXbox” line from now on because I’m not original and you are and that designation is full of awesomeness. I’ll kick a nickel back to you every time I use it, and given the fact the OldenXbox is literally mothballed in my basement, you should see a dollar’s worth of royalties sometime in 2012.

I am rooting for this game. I’m with Fenchurch — even if there’s nothing but endless sky above you, why not USE it?? The fact that Tribes-style games disappeared from the face of the earth until now is somehow criminal.

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:27:07 +0000

The Xbox Crimson Skies was the same setting and atmosphere, but yeah, it was less of a flight sim and more of a straight aerial shooter, with an interesting campaign structure – each campaign area was a freeform region with places to land to repair, rearm, upgrade, and get missions. It also had some surprisingly great boss battles – 1920-50s super-science is always fun to shoot holes in.

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:53:58 +0000

@Chaz, it’s *far* more arcadey, whether that’s a good thing or not is up to you.

By: Mad Doc MacRae

Mad Doc MacRae — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:40:20 +0000

I can’t think of good jetpack mechanics since Armed And Dangerous (which was a-mazing even without jetpacks).

Fark it, someone should just re-do A&D on like Crysis, but keeping all the sounds and dialogue.

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:18:32 +0000

I want a petpack…

By: Chaz

Chaz — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:44:08 +0000

That looks fun, I like jet packs. The Rocketeer meets Crimson Skies meets blasting robots type shenanigans, count me in.

I only ever played the PC version of Crimson Skies, and it was one of the best games I’ve ever played with my force feedback stick, second only to Mech Warrior 3. So is the XBox version any good? As I’ve always wondered whether to bother buying it as an XBox Live Original on my 360.

By: suibhne

suibhne — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:39:19 +0000

The console press has been drooling over this for awhile, but it seems like there’s been relatively little interest on the PC side. Glad to see it getting some attention…I guess. The game certainly has potential, but most bad games had potential at some point. ;)