Impresion- The first thing I thought when I got this game was how huge it was... the first time id ever seen a 2 dvd game and had a 45 min installation. When I finally got it up and running i found out the game has alot of content that id never imagined, Missions leading from tutorials to jet airliner flights with virtual co pilots, engine failures and red bull air races. As ive played and enjoyed fs2004 whitch i only stopped playing when i got this game 2 days ago the thing that I liked the most is still here in flight sim X at new levels, the world, the aeroplanes and the flight planner. you can fly anywere in the world from ur hometown airport to ur dream airport flying threw this new immersive and realistic world with cars, ferrys, other aeroplanes, animals and of course the airports. The airports are now the way they should be in real life with airport vehicles like luggage carts, airwalks, buses and pushback vehicles. The graphics in this game is really just unbeliveable ive not seen a game look this good and not even being on high settings. there is one thing to really take notice of before buying this game.... the steep hardware requirements if you dont have a decent pc with atleast a 3.2gh processor, 256mb graphics card and about 2-3gb of memory or you will really struggle to play this game. My pc is pretty decent and i can only run this game on low-medium settings. With the release of Vista and directx 10 coming up I really cant think of anyone other than Microsoft having the hardware to play this game with dx10. Good- Realistic and emersive world, just about every airport in the world, missions are an awesome addition and give flight sim a much better feel, good variety of highly detailed aeroplanes, Multiplayer capabillites including being a air traffic controller will take ur flight sim experience to a new level.
Bad- very very very very steep hardware requirements, Steep learning curve for newbies.
Overall- flight sim x is defenatley the next gen of the series weve been waiting for and will satisfy any fans. real world pilots will also feel right at home with this game and anyone with a passing instrest or wannabe pilot like me will love this game and will last for years to come.
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