The Official Microsoft Flight Thread

You maybe are very easily amused to fly for 5000 round in circles in an unrealistic environment with no atc, very basic aircraft and little that resembles real life except for the fact that the aircraft have wings and the trees have branches.

I won't be getting Prepar3d either... PMDG won't be developing addons for it. FSX at 30fps is far better than a game at 60fps.
 
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garsands said:
Then that say a lot about you then, the amount you must have tested in the 5 mins. Well done to you.
But you went into the beta not to test but to try it as a demo.

Got to love the bitter FSX fans.
But no need to hate or be bitter as again it was never ment for YOU.

Funny how FSX fans take the time to go out of there way to try & put players off MS Flight.

Why do you feel the need to put players off MS Flight?
Can't be to save them money as it's a free download.
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Without knowing my involvement directly with MS in the past versions of Flight Sim, the time invested and the feedback submitted I suggest it's best to say nothing about what I do or don't contribute to the community.

Something has obviously touched a chord with you and I'm terribly sorry if you haven't got your fix today. I was the person who posted this thread anyway so it shows that there was great interest and enthusiasm before this was released. Proper flight sim fans were taken for a little walk up the path and then the community as a whole was in uproar when the real nature of this product came to light.
 
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Where did I say I am putting anyone off MS Flight? Did I say somewhere that people shouldn't download it?

I did say that nobody is interested in it anymore. That is a sweeping generalization which in my view reflects fairly accurately on the general feeling within the Flight Sim community.
 
I don't know what your issue is. I have stated my own opinion on the game. If people like yourself can get turned on by flying 5000nm around a few islands then maybe it is actually of interest to some section of humanity.
 
garsands said:
I am sure you do know what my issue is as I have pointed it out three times already in everyone of my last three posts.
Here is my issue for a forth time.

Why do you feel the need to put players off MS Flight?
So is it a hate campaign?

And you still feel the need to put players off MS Flight with you last post.
Strange behaviour that FSX hardcore players go out of there way to do this.
Even away from the AVSIM forum & on this general gaming forum.


I will leave you now in peace or to continue your hate campaign with the other FSX Hardcore fans.

I have done what I wanted to do & that is to point out to the general gaming community that for some strange reason, there are many people out there like yourself who refuse to see or answer the two simple questions.

Why do you feel the need to put players off MS Flight?
So is it a hate campaign?

I have never seen such hate for a new game in all of my 30 years that I have been playing computer games.

Over on the AVSIM forum it's like the NVIDIA v ATI graphics card battle.

I myself am not saying MS Flight is good or bad nor am I am fanboy but nor am I a hater.
I will leave the last word for your good self.
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Let's try this again. It isn't difficult. I have said already that this is my own opinion. I am forcing nobody to accept my opinion. I work with MS products all day every day so I am not a MS hater. The new game isn't for me or any other hard core simmer. I don't know where this hater nonsense comes from. It's a game for any sake.
 
Just it all. Did you not get on the beta for Flight mate? I'd have imagined you'd be too deeply engrossed in your island hopping adventure to be posting on here again!
 
garsands said:
And it's a simple Flight sim for people with little spare time to learn how to fly a big jet.
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No it isn't a sim at all it's a game.

I would also say that for someone interested in learning to fly properly then FSX is better. Why the need to change from a game to a sim? I fail to see how anyone can learn anything from a game where some of the aircraft don't even have cockpit views.

I have done a few hours real world stuff and I don't remember the instructor telling me "today we are going up in the plane with no dials or buttons so that it is easier to learn". Nonsense. You learn the basics in the same environment and then build up knowledge.

I can imagine the kids flying mostly on the external views. How this game will teach people about anything other than the very basic principles of flight is beyond me.
 
If this platform is a good base for MS to develop into a full simulator then I'm happy enough. I am not even going to bother installing it. Maybe some day!
 
Garsands clearly has some sort of hidden agenda with respect to MS Flight. Either that or he is a member of the < 15 age group who have the right hormone balance to get a kick out of this.

Either way the stuff he spouts as if he speaks as an aviation know-it-all is just laughable.
 
garsands said:
Good evening ringo747 nice to see you on this thread about a game that you dislike.
And the Irony of it, the very thread that you started ;)

What possable hidden agenda can there be?

Other then stopping you from posting stuff like now what was it.... learning to fly in a plane with no cockpit I think it was.


You sure your not getting yourself mixed up here.
learning to fly in a plane with no cockpit :D:D:D:D oh that was a laughable one.
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Yes I started it as I have a passion for aviation and I genuinely hoped there was something worth seeing here. When 90%+ of all the comments/articles/blogs I have read have expressed disappointment with this release you still seem to be ever present with your praise and approval of this drivel.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of course but you are just coming across like a bit of a tool with twisting everything around to make this seem like the best thing since sliced bread.

Please remind me on the plane with no cockpit issue?
 
garsands said:
I am sorry Ringo747 that this game did not end up good for you.
But......
It ended up good for a lot of other people.
You come across as a bitter person who has a big problem with flight & have a problem with anyone that likes it.
You have called me a < 15 age group who have the right hormone balance.... & now a tool, also a kid, For what? for liking flight? for stopping you posting lies about flight?

I have not stopped anyone from posting there own opinion.
I reply with facts, I have said that yes the clouds are in rows & have posted that MS have just said there is no plans for ATC I am not sat here just posting good things.

Do you have a problem with me or anyone thinking this is the best thing since sliced bread?

I have not posted personel insults about anyone on here have I?

But thanks for the name calling all the same, all for what?
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You have constantly been babbling like a 3 year old about the haters and all those who are out to destroy the name of the game. The thread was started by someone who loves aviation. The end result is disappointment for so many. This is a forum for opinion. You may like it, I may not. All this bickering about people out to derail the thread etc blah blah.
 
To me flight is just like playing with google earth, very little functionality, you can move around and see new things and soon you get bored. O yes and limited to just Hawaii.
 
From facebook:

We're excited to announce some upcoming DLC: the Journey to Alaska Pack, with over 1.2 million miles of captivating scenery, new aircraft and additional missions! Check out our photos for some teaser screenshots.

I wonder how much that will cost?
 
So MS have released the Zero aircraft and it has no cockpit. What on earth are these numpties thinking? That is like releasing a new version of McRae Dirt with the only view being the rear-view mirror. Absolute rubbish.
 
The above is mostly rubbish but that was all explained when I spotted the username.

The hardcore simming market is a small one? Seriously? Hundreds of thousands of people is a small market? Right.

MS most likely had already started work on the second no cockpit plane before the first was released. It is utterly pathetic no matter how you want to look at it. Fair enough if Flight is meant to be simple with no complex controls but at least give the people a cockpit view so that the thing half looks like a game related to the concept of Flight.

Forums everywhere have comments from users who do like the concept of Flight and enjoy Hawaii but they are dumbfounded by the stupidity of MS releasing a cockpit-less plane.

Maybe racing game developers should just ditch in car views, or FPS games being released without a crosshair for aiming weapons.

JH is obviously just talking the talk as they know rightly that their product has been a flop. In a year from now it will be dead. They naturally will want to pump it all up to justify their existence. It is interesting that no stats are ever quoted about how many downloads etc (maybe there has and I've missed it though).
 
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