New MS Flight webisode and news.

[notgotaclue]

maybe it is just me, but the videos I have watched did not make me go WOW.
I expected so much more, a sort of FSX, with better graphics and able to take advantage of my quad core computer.
What we got is Super Mario Airline in a plane that I have never heard of. The clouds are awful and I am so disapointed. It smacks of a PS3 or Xbox GAME.
I cannot see who it is marketed at.
Kids will get bored with it after 20 minutes and go back to shooting aliens - adults will think it is a kids game and flight sim enthusiasts such as myself will not ditch what has been amassed over 5 years to start over. For a start there will be no freeware addons. What oh what was microsoft thinking? Way to kill it stone dead.
Each to his own and I truly hope I am proved wrong and this is the best flight sim ever - but I very much doubt it.
Allan.

[mako36]

I am perfectly happy with FS9 with my add on scenery, mind you I have no payware. FSX is way too slow and I have a mediocre system which runs great for my FS9. Scenery is awesome, framerate is limited at 30FPS, however the scenery is not up to par with the latter. I am sticking with FS9 and if I want to go shooting I'll play with my XBOX.

[mpl330]

Interesting post from Orbx....

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/358739-...ut-of-the-bag/

[mpl330]

and another from PMDG....

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/358874-...hts-on-flight/

Looks like Flight isn't going to be the future.....

[blueskydriver]

Saw this video just this morning, it says everything!

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN7tgLh4pfA


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[Airhogg]

I also got an email yesterday saying I had been selected to the Beta testing team. Have not taken an in depth look yet but will do so later today.

Hey Efe Cem Elci... Have you (or anyone else) had a chance to check out the Beta? I've apparently not been selected to test it and am anxious to hear actual thoughts on how it looks/performs. Thanks!

[notgotaclue]

Hey Efe Cem Elci... Have you (or anyone else) had a chance to check out the Beta? I've apparently not been selected to test it and am anxious to hear actual thoughts on how it looks/performs. Thanks!

Does it really matter how it looks or performs?
It can be the best looking, smoothest flight known to man, if I cannot add any of the excellent freeware and payware I have spent 5 years building up, then it is just an arcade game of no interest whatsoever to me.
All microsoft had to do was take FSX, polish it up a bit, solve the frame rate and autogen pop-up issues - job done. I would have gladly paid £40 for that - then again, we would have moaned that all they did was "polish it up a bit, solved the frame rate and autogen pop-up issues".
Allan.

[Airhogg]

Does it really matter how it looks or performs?
It can be the best looking, smoothest flight known to man, if I cannot add any of the excellent freeware and payware I have spent 5 years building up, then it is just an arcade game of no interest whatsoever to me.
All microsoft had to do was take FSX, polish it up a bit, solve the frame rate and autogen pop-up issues - job done. I would have gladly paid £40 for that - then again, we would have moaned that all they did was "polish it up a bit, solved the frame rate and autogen pop-up issues".
Allan.

Again, it's about personal preference. No one is making you change your setup. I would just like to know how the thing looks and feels. Is that o.k. with you?

[notgotaclue]

Again, it's about personal preference. No one is making you change your setup. I would just like to know how the thing looks and feels. Is that o.k. with you?

Perfectly fine by me.
I like flight simulators, I have my PS3 for arcade games.
Allan.

[Efe Cem Elci]

Hey Efe Cem Elci... Have you (or anyone else) had a chance to check out the Beta? I've apparently not been selected to test it and am anxious to hear actual thoughts on how it looks/performs. Thanks!

Well I am contractually bound not to make any assessment publicly. However, you can Google MS Flight for detailed views, experiences and screenshots (even videos)... apparently not everyone is worried about legal action, though mine is more of a principle thing rather than legal.