"Micorsoft has really taken off with its new Flight Simulator X. Will you be on board?"
This game is just like a big giant confabulation of every other flight simulator Microsoft has ever made, and it is the best. It has a great list of pre-made aircraft including the Airbus A321, multiple Cessna’s, the CRJ700 and many more, and has lots of high detail cities, and high detail airports too, like New York, Los Angles, Tokyo, and many more. Compared to the number of those in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 they are much higher.
The aircraft in this game are awesome to look at as well to fly, if you have the machine to run it. Smooth and realistic handling, as well as crisp clear sound, they really came through in showing off these aircraft. Microsoft perfected the tiniest details such as wing flex, aircraft light and shadows, all around views, and realistic looking gear and engines. They also made many new features in the failures option in the failures menu if you have ever wondered what it would be like to have dual engine fires in you aircraft, or just plain crappy conditions.
Weather in this game is great too, it still offers the same old weather themes, and real world weather provided by Jeppesen as well. Flying through high winds and rain, or landing in a heavy winter storm really feel like it would in a real aircraft and you just get a great experience. Sunny weather is great too, don’t get me wrong, the sun graphics provide you with the chance to see the aircraft glint and shadows I described earlier and it gives you a much better look at the dynamic living world this game gives you to explore. With live animals in the outback, to trees blowing in the wind, to cars driving on the interstate near your town it’s all there. Your town is likely to be in this game too, unless you live in some hick town like me and it might not be, but mine is so yeah. You’ll probably see your town is my point.
Multiplayer features in this game currently only feature free flight and fake missions people put together and stuff. However Microsoft is coming out with an expansion pack with new multiplayer racing, but this is beside the point. My whole point is that multiplayer will give you some fun online flying action with your buddies, or people who you don’t know at all you’re just in the air with. You can also play as Air Traffic Control with the new multiplayer setup and boss around those people you don’t know. The multiplayer is powered by Gamespy so you’ll need to get a free account to play but it’s not that big of a deal. The online community for this game has already taken off and there are several virtual airlines you can fly with and many many many downloadable aircraft for you to get if the 21 provided aircraft just aren’t enough to scratch your itch for a great flying experience. If you really want to get the full experience form this game you will have to have a pretty monster machine to run it, I run it on an Optliplex 745 with a great top of the line graphics card, and it runs nearly maximum graphics on everything. If you have a laptop it just won’t cut it for this game, or at least it didn’t for me. However it is playable on most every desktop with system requirements. This game also has less than good frame rates even if you have a huge monster machine to run it. As I said earlier don’t get me wrong with this, it’s still playable on most any desktop, and it’s sure to be a blast no matter what.
That’s pretty much all I have to say about Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator X, with its awesome new aircraft, high detail cities, and immersive amazing alive world. It is great for the beginner, flight simulator fanatic, or experienced pilot. You will be spending good money for a great time if you get this game, give it a try, and if you don’t like it take it to EBgames and trade it in for Mortal Kombat or something. Just kidding, you won’t want to. Thanks for reading my review of Microsoft Flight Simulator X.