El33tonline writes:
"The new free-to-play flight simulator without guns, Microsoft Flight, has launched!"
Duuro says: "Microsoft Flight: A perfect landing or a grounded take off?"
To understand exactly what went wrong with Flight, one needs to understand the series’ development history. Many aspects of the Flight Simulator engine were gradually improved, seeing advances with every release, being built upon the previous game little by little. Indeed, the last public release of the traditional Flight Simulator engine was a long descendant from the original Microsoft Flight Simulator release in 1982.
MS really screwed up with PC gaming in general. Its fortunate that we don't need them as the platform is open to all.
Microsoft Studios has released a new update for free-to-play simulator Microsoft Flight; game owners can download the update on Steam now. This update fixes a crash and addresses a Windows 8 compatibility issue.
... and was disappointed with it.
Installing and starting up was great. You just clicked download, it all went to work, and when it's done you pressed play and you were up and flying. Couldn't have gone smoother.
However, gameplay is quite boring. it's all pretty slow, environments are quite bland and 'empty', and even though they went very 'casual' with the controls it just isn't any fun, and it isn't challenging, which means you're stuck with something 'meh'.
Also, I wish the flying would have been closer to flying in Battlefield 1943, which IS fun, even when not shooting,
Also, when I tried signing in with my Xbox Live account to get another plane, it said I had to enter a product-key. I guess you have to buy that or something!? I don't know but I didn't care enough to find out.
Very disappointed with this, especially the potential I feel such a game would have if done right.
Why not make a cartoony version that IS fun, using the Microsoft avatars!? In a world that IS gorgeous and has cool stuff and places to explore!?
Think Modnation Racers, in an open HUB online, with planes.