Phantom88 Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 To be honest,I really don't see myself wasting my time even downloading it.If I want mindless entertainment I have "Angry Birds" on my iphone.;) Patrick
MTFDarkEagle Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 I signed up for the beta, with a little (read very little) bit of hope about this. After flying it for a while I actually thought it was "ok" (i.e. I knew it wasn't a sim to start with). Now though I'm going to uninstall it as soon as I get home and cancel my membership for this. Microsoft is making jokes now. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Boberro Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Well, I had hoped this would have been great successor of FSX... :( Reminder: Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make... HISTORY! :D | Also to be remembered: FRENCH TANKS HAVE ONE GEAR FORWARD AND FIVE BACKWARD :D ಠ_ಠ ツ
element1108 Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Well, I had hoped this would have been great successor of FSX... :( Hope is lost clearly :(. Fsx died for me when the studio was axed (indication work was ot being done on fax 2012). The only memorable Fsx content now (and since 2 days after launch) is third party developers, without them the sim would be long gone by now.:pilotfly: I hadn't any expectations for MS Flight, not that I am turning my nose up to it per say I'm just not interested in a simplified civil flight sim. Not worth my download or install time, I already have too many sims (yes I said too many hehe) that I can't find time to play. If it's not going to break any ground, not interested. Even at the "free" price point. Much rather play dcs :joystick: Perhaps it will help launch the flight sim back into the mainstream?! Perhaps not.
PlainSight Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 that's hilarious and is unfortunately how video game industry goes. sad to see such practices extend to once untouchable genres like sims. oh well. Yeah, i hate how they sound worried and underestimate people "we want every player to be able to play this". God forbid people should learn a bit how to handle certain things. I guess their main market are still console children 10-15. Best example was Shift 2. SMS first made it a sim, but EA got scared that it's too hard for kids to manage, so they had to dumb down the handling :mad: Lucky for us there are still devs out there who create the real thing :thumbup: [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
PeterP Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) My opinion: Just close this thread or move it to the chit-chat(=things that still relate but doesn't fit). Microsoft Flight just doesn't fit in the "Other Sims" section! Edited February 7, 2012 by PeterP
Shaman Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Hi, I have a more constructive opinion regarding MS FLIGHT. First of all it is free to play! Second since it is free to play some kids (even poor ones without parents giving cash for expensive sims/hardware) may get interested in aviation more and pursue later flight sims and aviation careers. Please stop this hate campaign against MS FLIGHT. My very first "flight games" were based on ZX SPECTRUM when I was like 7-8 years old. I wish I had something like MS FLIGHT back then. My true experience began when I got MS FS 4.0 on first PC that dad brought home, everything else before were games. This includes even SOLO FLIGHT I played on my cousins ATARI. 51PVO Founding member (DEC2007-) 100KIAP Founding member (DEC2018-) :: Shaman aka [100☭] Shamansky tail# 44 or 444 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 100KIAP Regiment Early Warning & Control officer
PeterP Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) Sorry - I don't wanted to be non-constructive - (BTW my roots are the same as yours ;)) ... I just wanted to name it as it is - Its a game - not a sim! So the whole debate about "what did MS did to our sim?!" is absolute unnecessary and obsolete. Just treat MS-Flight like what it is. ...and everything will be OK. EDIT:...maybe it will turn into a Sim one day - who know?! - but it is much too early to think about this... We will see... - but right now its a GAME. :) Edited February 7, 2012 by PeterP
213 Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 the above two posts are rather naive. the occurrence of people "converting" as it were from game type sims to true sims is greatly exaggerated. people gravitate towards what they like. as for why people are disappointed. you have to remember, ms flight is in fact the successor to the sim series. so they're right in lamenting what ms did to their "sim". your only valid point is that there may be a chance for improvements. but i suspect that would comes in the form of payware.
PeterP Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 but i suspect that would comes in the form of payware. - expecting that this improvements would come for free is naive. ..and MS is releasing "MS-Flight". not "MS Flight :that is a prequel/addon to MS FX"... the only thing that the PR department is saying in the advertisement is that MS Flight is a successor - not a prequel to MSFX.
WildBillKelsoe Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 from the beta looks of it, I don't savour it... This is a big departure from FSX... I really hate to say this, but I will not buy it.. I don't think its a sim, judging by the stupid Xbox/PS3 tag.. AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
TurboHog Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Long-time fans of the MSFS-franchise will be our priority, they once said. We can accept MS Flight as it is, a game, but they shouldn't have made this promise. Only Hawai with special unlocks (bwleghh!) I think navaids are not even simulated. What would be the point of an ILS/VOR/GPS approach if you don't have a VC in certain overpriced addon planes. 'Frett'
slamraamproductions Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Can someone of the MS Flight Beta testers tell me if that moving camera perspective we see in the trailers, is implemented in the game? It looks very much like Ezdok for FSX, if you know what I mean. Or is it something only the developers have access to, to make some nice shots for trailers? <==DCS Flaming Cliffs 3: Operation Grand Slam <==Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 2 Tribute
SUBS17 Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 From videos that I've seen on the internet it looks rather similar to FSX in alot of ways except the graphics look better than FSX. It has the potential to out do FSX if the devs decide to add more to it at the moment there is not enough information to make any decision as to what sort of sim it will be. [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC]
cichlidfan Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Sorry, when the only view option for the P-51 is 3rd person, that eliminates the product from being considered a 'sim' in my book. Unless we are talking about an RC aircraft sim that is.;) ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
BrumTx Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Everyone who signed up for the beta signed a NDA Remember the 346 Fire Fighters, Medics & Police who died on 9-11....... Selective memory is a wonderful thing, especially when certain posts simply disappear into the ether never to be seen again, unless I have a copy of the original post copied and pasted into word documents and saved .... just in case :) Am I an abusive idiot ? Due to physical incapacity my Wife types my post's for me
KLR Rico Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 Everyone who signed up for the beta signed a NDA :music_whistling: i5-4670K@4.5GHz / 16 GB RAM / SSD / GTX1080 Rift CV1 / G-seat / modded FFB HOTAS
StoOopiD Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 M$ Flight releases 2-29 and its free http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/# Free? its probably just half the game. im sure M$ has worked up some money making skeem. Alright ED, its time to fire back with the DCS P-51 beta. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Crosshair VIII hero wifi, 3800x w/ Enermax 360 AIO cooler (push-pull), 32gigs DDR4 Ripjaws 3600, Win 10 home on a Plextor PCI-E x4 3gb/s HD, EVGA 2070 Super FTW3 ultra+, Soundblaster Z Rift S, M$FFB2, CH Pro throttle, Saitek pedals BS2, A10C, P51D, SPITFIRE, FC3, Uh-1H, F86, Mi-8MTV2, SA342, MIG21-bis, AV8BNA, F14, F16, FA-18C, SUPERCARRIER
StoOopiD Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 big improvment since FSX [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Crosshair VIII hero wifi, 3800x w/ Enermax 360 AIO cooler (push-pull), 32gigs DDR4 Ripjaws 3600, Win 10 home on a Plextor PCI-E x4 3gb/s HD, EVGA 2070 Super FTW3 ultra+, Soundblaster Z Rift S, M$FFB2, CH Pro throttle, Saitek pedals BS2, A10C, P51D, SPITFIRE, FC3, Uh-1H, F86, Mi-8MTV2, SA342, MIG21-bis, AV8BNA, F14, F16, FA-18C, SUPERCARRIER
MTFDarkEagle Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I don't know if you were in the beta or not, but let me tell you: if you want sims: STAY AWAY from flight!!! Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
aaron886 Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Help send a message by not even downloading it.
SimFreak Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 big improvment since FSX That was horrid. ED, PLEASE, release video showing properly how it's done.
cichlidfan Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 "You don't need a joystick or a keyboard, just grab a mouse." Now that makes me want to run right out and buy a flight sim.:cry: Besides, I already have the Ikon A5 for FSX and my (somewhat modded) Hawaii looks pretty damn good too!:P ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
PlainSight Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 "You don't need a joystick or a keyboard, just grab a mouse." Now that makes me want to run right out and buy a flight sim.:cry: Besides, I already have the Ikon A5 for FSX and my (somewhat modded) Hawaii looks pretty damn good too!:P That's microsoft, making sure that anyone with a computer(child, grandmother) can pick it up and play. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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