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Microsoft Flight |OT| Let's Fly Away
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That's pretty cheap compared to the good add-on planes out there for FSX. Of course I doubt the planes are even in the same realm of quality.
kitschykitty
Member
I'm curious about this, I love screwing around flying in stuff like GTA but thought actual flight simulators looked way to crazy to actually have some casual fun with.
I enjoyed my short time with the beta, didn't play it as much as I would have liked to.Not even 1/1000th the quality.
I like the fact they have redone a lot in FS structure cause was old and messy but there is no point in a game like that.
They should have done a Flight Simulator with game modes, settings,missions for casuals and a market where to buy official planes models or mods.
But I don't need a free to play where I can't flight anywhere and I can't use a 747.
They should have done a Flight Simulator with game modes, settings,missions for casuals and a market where to buy official planes models or mods.
But I don't need a free to play where I can't flight anywhere and I can't use a 747.
Good to hear. I know you could map the 360 controller to 2k4, but it was god awful to play it that way. Do you know how well it plays with keyboard/mouse?
Damn, missed the download link for it. I've been wanting to try this for a long time but it's getting pretty clear that it won't be the same game, especially charging those prices for single planes. I wish Bohemia would tackle a full flight sim instead of just helos after Take On Helicopters.
Yeah. I keep trying to log in, but keeps saying this isn't a Live site.
What the heck does it think it is then?
Globehopper
Member
The download link is active again, if anyone was unable to grab it before.
bigtroyjon
Member
Thanks!
bigtroyjon
Member
No retail, only free to play online.
AliceInJam
Member
Downloading now! I thought this wasn't coming out till tomorrow??
bigtroyjon
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AliceInJam
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TelemachusD
Member
I played around with for a while. It's simple fun. The DLC model is pretty crappy though. The majority of jobs available (basically fly cargo, passengers, etc from A to B) on the free Big Island REQUIRE the 15 dollar DLC plane.
I played it for about an hour in free flight mode and I think it's decent. Even with all the aides turned off the planes are easy to fly and land, but that's not a big deal in my book since it isn't trying to be ultra realistic. I didn't try out any of the missions, but I thought the intro was pretty fun. The two planes included are fun to fly around with and I think they did a good job with the cockpit view on the two planes included. No trackir support is ridiculous, they have the sdk and everything I've read from devs that have implemented it has indicated that support is easy to add. I assume kinect support will eventually be added, but I have no interest in purchasing another peripheral when there is already a standard head tracking solution for sims in general.
I also wasn't impressed at all with the scenery. Set to max, it looks pretty good in general, but unless the last flight sim you've played is vanilla FSX you've probably seen better (although performance is good). Maybe it was just the area I was in (I just picked a random airport and flew in that general area), but the two populated areas nearby looked like they had just stamped a city there. At the edges the cities were just cut off. It was especially noticeable at low altitudes, but even at high altitudes it was just as jarring. With the small amount of area included I expected it to be a lot more detailed. I know Hawaii is a large amount of territory and they can't be realistically expected to model it 1:1, but they should have been able to do a much better job of making the various bits of scenery flow together. It's possible it was just the area I was in so I'll be interested to fly around in some different spots.
All that said I still enjoyed my time with it. I think people who like Pilotwings or just a laid back flying experience will like it quite a bit. If you get tired of flying it even lets you hop out of the plane and run around. Not sure if there is an actual purpose to that since I didn't discover it until right before I quit, but it's there if you want to.
I also wasn't impressed at all with the scenery. Set to max, it looks pretty good in general, but unless the last flight sim you've played is vanilla FSX you've probably seen better (although performance is good). Maybe it was just the area I was in (I just picked a random airport and flew in that general area), but the two populated areas nearby looked like they had just stamped a city there. At the edges the cities were just cut off. It was especially noticeable at low altitudes, but even at high altitudes it was just as jarring. With the small amount of area included I expected it to be a lot more detailed. I know Hawaii is a large amount of territory and they can't be realistically expected to model it 1:1, but they should have been able to do a much better job of making the various bits of scenery flow together. It's possible it was just the area I was in so I'll be interested to fly around in some different spots.
All that said I still enjoyed my time with it. I think people who like Pilotwings or just a laid back flying experience will like it quite a bit. If you get tired of flying it even lets you hop out of the plane and run around. Not sure if there is an actual purpose to that since I didn't discover it until right before I quit, but it's there if you want to.
Same here. I'm worried that they'll nickel and dime us for the shit we actually want to see similar to how the P-51 (my favorite prop plane ever) is 8 bucks. The thing that made MS FS games so great was the absolute variety in planes and missions and being able to fly anywhere including your hometown airport.
I get that they want to focus on one area at a time to maximize detail (or nickel and dime us again) but the scenery isn't breathtaking enough to convince me that it's worth it. They should have at least had the free flight world from FSX and add detailed worlds like Hawaii on top of that.
If anyone wants to fly around, add DemoUSAF on GFWL.
Downloading now. The first time I've used Games for Windows Marketplace... it is god damn pathetic. It's a mess and freaks out every time you want to download something. (Stop, reload, stop, reload, stop reload beeps) and the window that pops up isn't sized correctly so the download button as well as the X to close the window are obscured. What the hell is microsoft thinking?
Couple of points...
-The P-51, the only possible redeaming feature of that game is a paid DLC. It's 8$ (haha wtf) and doesn't include a cockcpit. It's external views only....
-The "Icon" is the worst plane ever. Not only is it a blatant promotional tie-in (the plane is going on sale soon I think so they want publicity) but a 15 years old car dashboard has more buttons and gauges. Seriously, how the FUCK can you make a plane without an attitude indicator (artificial horizon). It's like releasing a car now without a speedometer.
I am so sad to see how that game turned out. I had some hope when it was first announced even if there was just small prop planes in the trailers/screenshots. This is kind of a slap to the face to all the fans of the Flight Simulator franchise that's been running for what now, 20 years?
Ugh... It's like if they announced that the next Gran Turismo or the next Forza will be a kart racer with battle mode.
-The P-51, the only possible redeaming feature of that game is a paid DLC. It's 8$ (haha wtf) and doesn't include a cockcpit. It's external views only....
-The "Icon" is the worst plane ever. Not only is it a blatant promotional tie-in (the plane is going on sale soon I think so they want publicity) but a 15 years old car dashboard has more buttons and gauges. Seriously, how the FUCK can you make a plane without an attitude indicator (artificial horizon). It's like releasing a car now without a speedometer.
I am so sad to see how that game turned out. I had some hope when it was first announced even if there was just small prop planes in the trailers/screenshots. This is kind of a slap to the face to all the fans of the Flight Simulator franchise that's been running for what now, 20 years?
Ugh... It's like if they announced that the next Gran Turismo or the next Forza will be a kart racer with battle mode.
It basically feels like a Microsoft-branded Pilotwings.
Pilotwings sans charm.
I do hope that add-on developers are able to mimic the technique of the scratched windscreens that pick up neat little sunlight refractions and bring that art asset to a legit flight simulator like X-plane 10.
I won't be deleting this quite yet, but I doubt it will get much more than a quick playthrough. No way in hell I'm paying for DLC if I can't use the trackir I purchased.
Think I'll start working on an X-plane 10 OT, or a general flight sim OT if there isn't one.
Pilotwings sans charm.
I do hope that add-on developers are able to mimic the technique of the scratched windscreens that pick up neat little sunlight refractions and bring that art asset to a legit flight simulator like X-plane 10.
I won't be deleting this quite yet, but I doubt it will get much more than a quick playthrough. No way in hell I'm paying for DLC if I can't use the trackir I purchased.
Think I'll start working on an X-plane 10 OT, or a general flight sim OT if there isn't one.
CecilRousso
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GfWL is required? I remember previews saying that it was optional.
wtf
There's Aerochaces that you can only get on foot, but that's about it. You can also walk on water and pretend you're Jesus. (or at least you could in the beta).
Diablohead
Member
lack of a cockpit view in a dlc plane is beyond stupid of microsoft, part of these sims is to immerse yourself into the vehicle and fly like it was real.
What did you find wrong with the controller support? I tried it with the 360 controller and the default mapping seemed pretty good and everything worked well. Still need the keyboard for some things, but it controlled well enough.
I'm going off the top of my head, but if you open the GFW marketplace client and go to downloads, you should be able to view your product key under the MS Flight entry.
In the Microsoft client, on the downloads tab choose the game to see it's description and it should have a drop down menu that says View Game Keys.
Yeah I flew fine with the controler, just had to use G and X on the keyboard.
Darias
Member
Well, I think that may work. I found the Games for Windows Marketplace app. Unfortunately, the app says that my sign in credentials are invalid. However,the same login and password works on the live, and microsoftflight.com. If used on either of those webpages, it tells me the account is blocked, but has a proceed anyway button. If I try to unblock it, it wants to send a code to a phone. I gave it my google voice number, and my cell number, but it never sends the code.
Microsoft's really outdone themselves with this...
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AliceInJam
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Played for about 3 hours or so last night. I am midly impressed. The flying was fun and using a joystick felt good, but I qas pretty underwhelmed by the landscapes and terrain graphics, even with those settings at maximum. The planes themselves look nice, but cities and buildings didn't look nearly as good as I was hoping. But overall I was having a good time doing the landing challenges and some of the missions, I just hope they release more planes soon. I need some more variety!
Fire Walk With Me
Banned
The graphics at maximum settings in this game are nothing short of disgusting. Ace Combat 5 (what 6 years old now?), Blazing Angels and IL-2 all looked better on inferior hardware.