This is a good realsitic game if you just want to fly or learn the controls .However it may be boring to fans of action.
Realistic, as much depth as you want, you can fly at any skill level but there is lots of potential to be amazing (meaning more hours of play)
The bad
No action, not so fun without a joystick
To begin with I want to tell a story. I first played this game I did training in a Cessna air craft and then a few days later on TV I saw somebody flying a plane, and I understood what the controls did. Now don't get me wrong this game is good if you want to learn about planes but if you just want to fly (acrobatically or passenger airline style) this is a good game. One of the best things is the depth you can just take off and mess about, or radio air control and have permission to taxi, mix the fuel and set up a engine failure and try to land without engines.
There is so much to do you may be slightly overwhelmed but don't worry there is a very useful training section (if a bit restrictive) or you can go it alone making your own flight or flying a preset route testing your skill.
However this game lacks any real danger it might seem to fans of action games a bit well, boring when my friend played this game he just tried to crash the plane and do barrel rolls and got bored in about 10 minutes so if you like action games I suggest you get a combat flight sim.
To sum up this game can be played with any amount of realism if you want to learn to fly it claims that it is used by top test pilots if you just want to relax it may be the game for you but if you want action I would not get this game.