Drama at 20,000 feet with The Sky Crawlers

by Alisha Karabinus { Oct 17th 2008 at 4:30PM }

We've been in love with The Sky Crawlers since we first caught a glimpse of the upcoming game's gorgeous art style, but since we've started seeing bits of the gameplay, we've grown even more excited. Not only is the game a real visual gem, but it looks exhilarating. The latest trailer, courtesy of TGS, has a few tantalizing moments of action, but most of it is focused on the story ... which would probably be a lot more interesting if we could understand what was going on. As it is, we've got dramatic music, some emphatic expressions, and saluting. Oh, and bad-ass airplanes. Sold!

Gallery: The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces

Tags: flight-simulator, hiroshi-mori, mamoru-oshii, namco-bandai, sky-crawlers

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

meist3r @ Oct 17th 2008 4:39PM

I'll buy this game just because I love the Anime style and I think I could really enjoy a nicely told story with awesome flight gameplay in between. Any info on a release date yet?

Ng0zT @ Oct 18th 2008 7:11PM

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Matisyahu Serious @ Oct 17th 2008 6:05PM

...and they said the wii couldn't handle complex saluting.

JimmyB @ Oct 17th 2008 7:18PM

Story looks interesting (what I could deduce), though I find the cutscene vs gameplay visual styles jarringly different from each other.

I wonder what the controls will be like?

...and please, make the collision control and physics better than Wing Island!