Microsoft Flight Simulator

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1379 Ratings

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  1. Balazsarpad
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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  2. max2021
    Jan 2, 2021
    0
    This game can't even get its download to work properly. When you forgot to remove community folder contents, the download would stuck in a loop forever.
  3. Outrospective
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    How is this game topping CK3 on The Game Awards? That's a disgrace that they are even in one category.
  4. ershovdan
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
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  5. d25bev
    Mar 15, 2021
    3
    As someone that grew up playing & loving FSX, I've become increasingly angry & annoyed with MSFS since it's launch unfortunately. We all bought this game/sim, knowing it would be an improving product, knowing the core sim was (supposedly) in place with more content/features/improvements to be added in future. But 7 months after launching, barely any meaningful progress has occurred, fewAs someone that grew up playing & loving FSX, I've become increasingly angry & annoyed with MSFS since it's launch unfortunately. We all bought this game/sim, knowing it would be an improving product, knowing the core sim was (supposedly) in place with more content/features/improvements to be added in future. But 7 months after launching, barely any meaningful progress has occurred, few fixes have been implemented, future outlined progress is incredibly slow, constantly being pushed back & with each update the sim get's broken & downgraded in some way further delaying updates whilst they try to fix it. It's just not good enough.… Expand
  6. based_peppep
    Mar 23, 2021
    0
    This game is a buggy mess. Each update adds more and more issues and the game has been unplayable with sub-10fps for a majority of users (myself included) due to a bug that was included in the latest World/Sim update. Complaints about this bug are censored on their official forums, and the developers have hardly acknowledged it, mostly blaming the users configuration.
  7. supernafamacho
    Aug 21, 2020
    2
    Muy mal optimizado y con los mapas de bing el modelado de muchas ciudades es pesimo.
  8. Ericmr12
    Aug 20, 2020
    1
    Juego mal optimizado lleno de bugs y se crashea todo el tiempo no puedo jugar 10 minutos seguidos
  9. Gareque
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Please wait...

    That's the entire game for me so far. I can't even get it to install, so the game is totally non-functioning, I'll change it if I can ever get it to work. I've tried following the fixes people have put online, none of it works. Does the exact same thing. I get to 30Mb of the download, it sticks on one file and nothing else. Been trying to fix this for nearly 2    Please wait...

    That's the entire game for me so far. I can't even get it to install, so the game is totally non-functioning, I'll change it if I can ever get it to work.

    I've tried following the fixes people have put online, none of it works. Does the exact same thing. I get to 30Mb of the download, it sticks on one file and nothing else. Been trying to fix this for nearly 2 hours now which should never be a thing, just to get a game to actually install...    … Expand
  10. Fair_Player_PL
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Why MFS is good? Nice graphic
    Why MFS is bad?
    - ATC still can not support SID STARS hodlings, emergency procedures, FSSs, rules, and many more. - Planes are far away of quality A2A or PMDG known form P3D and MFSX - You can fly C172 up side down and engine will not die, you can not flood spark plugs and many more. - There is no any penalty system for flying wrong or using for example    Why MFS is good? Nice graphic
    Why MFS is bad?
    - ATC still can not support SID STARS hodlings, emergency procedures, FSSs, rules, and many more.
    - Planes are far away of quality A2A or PMDG known form P3D and MFSX
    - You can fly C172 up side down and engine will not die, you can not flood spark plugs and many more.
    - There is no any penalty system for flying wrong or using for example exterior lights wrong.
    - What happened with licenses and exams?
    - Why there is no built in FS airlines/FSpassengers economy?
    - Why this game is sooooooo simple?
    - Again they did world where to get this game on real we will have to spend $$$ for third party addons to correct/add many things and fight with those addons to get it working insted have it build in into the game in standard deluxe and ultra pro turbo premium version.
    - Again is MFS is the machine for making the money: simpe nice graphic world exists, procedures and rest sucks but ok we will focus on making new planes and sceneries.
    - Probably development of ASOBO will stop here where MFS is now in context of making simulator more real (read above) and they will focus now on making new sceneries and making ths MFS just looking more nice.

    I would find many more when I go into details. It is interesting if ATC supports transition altitudes for example or how icing works or how the plane will behave without anty icing system ON in icing conditions. How AI aircraft behave who have to first way or RVSM....

    FS Airlines, FS passengers FS Captain and GSXv2 - those all features should be included into versions of flight simulator instead of sceneries and additional planes. Asobo first off all should focus on gameplay instead of making simple things like sceneries of airports for deluxe versions.
    New MFS should have ATC SID STARS etc included + emergency procedures. We should have in deluxe versions possibility to crate airline, employ pilots, fly with them in multi crew aircraft, work together to obtain succes for an airline, do competition with other airlines, buy/sell/lease aircrafts, repair them and every flight should save the state of plane. We should have pilot ratings, licensing, penalting system and exams built in.
    Insted of this we have ♥♥♥♥ half finished product where MS can now make to money on sceneries and airports insted of focusing on things heavy to program. Third party addon NEVER will be soo good as made by authors therefore MS should make the most difficult things like phisics, failure system, economy and servers for it, airline system and all what I described above. Simple things like sceneries should be left for third party studios.

    Moreover about multiplayer:
    Multiplayer should be hybrid of multiplayer and single player mode. Where we can fly with friend in multicrew aircraft in multiplayer world but EVERY EMPTY tower (no palyer ON - like on VATSIM) should be controlled by AI ATC, the same with planes, if the are is empty it should be filed in AI planes like in GTA online to make the world more dynamic.    … Expand
  11. RodriLoure
    Aug 21, 2020
    4
    Me imaginaba algo más revolucionario, todo el apartado de simulación en la conducción de los aviones está bien realizado, pero se vuelve muy aburrido a la hora de viajar, está echo para gente muy específica no para cualquier jugador que busca diversión en un juego, hay algunos aeropuertos que no están tan cuidados como otros, hay momentos que si te acercas al nivel de del mar tiene muyMe imaginaba algo más revolucionario, todo el apartado de simulación en la conducción de los aviones está bien realizado, pero se vuelve muy aburrido a la hora de viajar, está echo para gente muy específica no para cualquier jugador que busca diversión en un juego, hay algunos aeropuertos que no están tan cuidados como otros, hay momentos que si te acercas al nivel de del mar tiene muy malos gráficos hasta se ven algunas edificaciones en 2D, en fin me desilucionó… Expand
  12. AlainLai
    Aug 21, 2020
    2
    2 points for the incredible weather engine and the AI modeling for the entire world, the devs responsible for those two, a big thanks to you. For the "game" itself, one the biggest disappointments of this year for fxxk sak, totally unrealistic, don't even talk about being a study level sim, this can not be regarded as a sim without any 3rd-party developers like PMDG making payware2 points for the incredible weather engine and the AI modeling for the entire world, the devs responsible for those two, a big thanks to you. For the "game" itself, one the biggest disappointments of this year for fxxk sak, totally unrealistic, don't even talk about being a study level sim, this can not be regarded as a sim without any 3rd-party developers like PMDG making payware aircrafts, or mods that improves the avionics, BLA BLA BLA. Most importantly, the devs can't even get some basic things done right-- like flight dynamics-- you can actually fly a 787-10 in full thrust with vertical speed of +8000ft/min and accelerate at the same time; plus all those exaggerated physical effects (e.g torque effect), what a garbage, even FSX is more realistic flight dynamics than this shxt. Also have to mention that this poorly done garbage is full of bugs, like the control assignment sometimes can't function properly, and the gauges go dead during flight, which is just like an Alpha-testing-stuff. Honestly, for those fly simmers, never do simming with MFS 2020, stick with P3D/XP11 for now, until PMDG releases their NG3; for new plyers by the way, just don't expect the tutorial will teach you much (because there are just a few courses, HA!), unless you don't expect to learn any deeper aviation knowledge, then the tutorials would be fine for you. To briefly sum up, this should not be called as SIMULATOR, as it's just a unrealistic/ unprofessional buggy garbage.… Expand
  13. ANDERN55
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Doesn’t bring nothing to the table ! So incredible sad. Sad and sad and sad
  14. slain_phantom
    Aug 20, 2020
    1
    Really laggy for me, the game keeps freezing and there’s a 2-5 seconds delay when I move my flight stick and when the plane moves. Certain landmarks keep shaking around and lagging. The game keeps crashing whenever I change something in settings or go to the menu.
  15. Mikireq
    Aug 21, 2020
    4
    Juego de nicho para los amantes de la aviación. Problemas para descargarlo en steam y los requisitos mínimos recomendados son falsos. Te encuentras que para moverlo dignamente necesitas un equipo muy muy potente y repito, dignamente es 1080p y 50 fps. Texturas y gráficos a nivel de suelo horribles si bien ds el pego volandoy.acon los aviones bien recreados. Solo para fanáticos de la aviación
  16. christhebest
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    juego con muchos bugs,el avion cuesta de despegar y las pantallas de cargas son terribles.
  17. uli030
    Aug 20, 2020
    4
    el juego es decente, el simulador en si es de los peores. no se compara en otros que no mencionaré, pero lo peor de todo es que no hay mucho que hacer, lo mejor es jugar simuladores de combate porque esto duerme ZZZZZZZZZZ
  18. mssfox
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Hey all I agree with many players here, especially with "Fair Player PL". Thank you for your time tests and patience with describing ideas and bad sides of the microsoft flight simulator 2020. Microsoft and Asobo focused tooo much on graphic, they completely abandoned the gameplay features like FS Airlines, FS Captain, FS Passengers which should be build in into simulator deluxe or otherHey all I agree with many players here, especially with "Fair Player PL". Thank you for your time tests and patience with describing ideas and bad sides of the microsoft flight simulator 2020. Microsoft and Asobo focused tooo much on graphic, they completely abandoned the gameplay features like FS Airlines, FS Captain, FS Passengers which should be build in into simulator deluxe or other versions of new product.
    REALISM?: Here is the most important aspect because it is the simulator - nit the GTA!!!
    To be honest it sucks hard. I will not go into details because I would have to write a book, but in comparable the A2A, PMDG or even FlightOne or Carenado, those defaults planes are a joke.

    Reasuming this product is nice graphic simulator game and to abtain status of real simulator like x-plane or P3D, users again will have to spent hundreds or thousands $$$ for addons to make it REAL!!!    … Expand
  19. deathstramding
    Feb 23, 2021
    0
    This game is **** This game is ****This game is ****This game is ****This game is ****This game is ****
  20. CarlosLima
    Aug 25, 2020
    0
    Ruim, podre, nojento, mal otimizado e o pior de tudo, não terá para o Xbox One.
  21. glerobinson
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    I purchased this for $119 and am extremely disappointed. The aircraft are not maneuverable at all. Do not waste your money on FS2020. What a piece of garbage.
  22. eastriverG3
    Oct 2, 2020
    3
    On the surface, this is an incredible achievement and a glorious experience. Graphically, an immense step up from previous simulators, using Bing Maps and Azure technology to stream in near-photo realistic surrounds in the game, with live weather, live aircraft, etc. Although the game takes quite a beefy rig to play, when you do find yourself in the thick of things you will be consistentlyOn the surface, this is an incredible achievement and a glorious experience. Graphically, an immense step up from previous simulators, using Bing Maps and Azure technology to stream in near-photo realistic surrounds in the game, with live weather, live aircraft, etc. Although the game takes quite a beefy rig to play, when you do find yourself in the thick of things you will be consistently taken aback by how beautiful the game can be. Your first flight and first few experiences will be breathtaking, whimsical, and exhilarating.

    Then, the honeymoon phase will wear off. The more you learn about the aircrafts provided in game, the more you learn the avionics systems and how to actually pilot these planes, the more frustrated you will become. Glitches are rampant. It can be from something annoying, like having to press a button 20 times in a row to get it to turn on, to something game breaking, like engine failures, autopilot crashing you to the ground, or autopilot not letting you follow your course. I haven't even scratched the surface, but the two main planes I personally enjoy flying are just disastrous. They hardly work in their current state and I think it would be fair that most people would deserve a full refund.

    That coupled with the fact that Asobo is knowingly and admittedly rushing out patches and continuing to break more and more things in the game with each patch, your frustration will just increase that much more. The phrase, "one step forward, two steps back" certainly applies here. When I find a workaround for a bug in game, I'm only met with another. I'm not a game developer, and while like most people I realize that modern-day publishers force developers to rush development, it's just not acceptable in the realm of reality to push broken patches and break the game in such a manner, especially when said company doesn't really do hotfixes.

    So while this is a technically impressive game, beautiful, serene at times when it works, I cannot give this a good score. I can't even give it a 5, a mediocre. I want to say it's fantastic, but it just doesn't **** work. That's a damn shame. I know they will eventually fix it, but given the way things are going, it's going to be a long time. I'd prefer to actually fly my planes properly on the product I purchased sooner than later. It would be unrealistic for a game of this complexity and scope to be perfect right out of the gate, but I shouldn't have to wait what's seeming to be at least six months or so to actually have things in a flyable order. I'd like to fly planes in a flight simulator. It's not okay, it will never be okay, and we need to stop telling ourselves that these kinds of things are all right.

    Not everybody shares this "zero-criticism" mindset of course, but I see it run quite rampant on the official user forums, which the company frequently directs you to for help. I'd liken it to if you bought, say, a refrigerator, and when you brought it home, the freezer didn't work. People berated you for complaining, and you had to wait four months for the company to get it in working order. But when they fixed the freezer, now the fridge portion didn't work. It's not okay in this case, and it's not okay with video games. This is not a small indie company, this is a $60 title from a major publisher. Respectfully, but firmly demand your products function they way they were intended and promoted.

    Some people might not experience said glitches, those that aren't flight sim enthusiasts at all and have just jumped on the hype train and want to fly a Cessna 172 around with no experience. I have no doubt they'll enjoy their time thoroughly. But for me, I'm not enjoying myself at all. I'm frustrated with all aspects of this game.

    Again, a damn shame.    … Expand
  23. Fatbaby
    Dec 9, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love airplanes more than anyone. I have 1034 hours in an airplane as of this post and over 400 hours as a flight instructor. I hate this game. I spend my whole week looking forward to drinkining a pint and flying around on fs 2020. But its so buggy and has so many updates and screwes up so much im almost never able too. F this game… Expand
  24. saad2
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. its toooo much laggy and where’s the fun flying with airbus i think this is for ho want to practice for flying i dont under stand who some gamers enjoying… Expand
  25. friturito
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Ete juego eta feo, pork no está optimizado bien para mi PC, tengo un grtx 1080 ti i una i9 i 16 de RAM i fonciona mal no se instala la play es mejor
  26. bryank75
    Aug 19, 2020
    1
    An okay game with little to do but decent plane models but a very bad flight sim, nothing like flying an actual plane and if you think you are going to get that realism here....do not fool yourself.

    This is a shallow 'simulator' for dads to live out their dreams of flying an airplane without any of the nuance or challenge of the real thing. You'd be better off saving up and getting    An okay game with little to do but decent plane models but a very bad flight sim, nothing like flying an actual plane and if you think you are going to get that realism here....do not fool yourself.

    This is a shallow 'simulator' for dads to live out their dreams of flying an airplane without any of the nuance or challenge of the real thing. You'd be better off saving up and getting yourself some lessons in a cessna, it's far more exhilarating and a real skill.    … Expand
  27. Alejandrua
    Aug 19, 2020
    2
    No es divertido, el control es pésimo, las físicas dejan mucho que desear, es como un Google Earth pero manejando mal un avión, y encima no sale para Xbox.... El chiste se cuenta sólo.
  28. Supernova08
    Aug 20, 2020
    2
    Comment simulator de vol excellent!!! Le problème c'est que il est vendu comment un jeuxvidéo et pour être considéré comme game il manque quelques détails. Aussi le temps de changer c'est énorme même si j'ai un gros ordinateur !!
  29. Jscrt
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Quieres en screensaver interactivo? Este es tu juego! Más de ahí no te dará, supondré que a los amantes de los aviones les gusta. fin… Expand
  30. TheWiitcher91
    Aug 19, 2020
    2
    Es un navegador como lo es Google Map. - Los aviones están muy bien cuidando gráficamente.9/10
    - El sonido no es algo de otro mundo pero es Aceptable 8/10.
    - la jugabilidad 3/10 es un mundo de pintura y vacío no tienes nada que hacer, 3 horas después de ver tu ciudad sin darte cuenta ya lo has desinstalado. - Innovación 2/10 "Literalmente es una versión mejorada de Google Map" pero no es    Es un navegador como lo es Google Map. - Los aviones están muy bien cuidando gráficamente.9/10
    - El sonido no es algo de otro mundo pero es Aceptable 8/10.

    - la jugabilidad 3/10 es un mundo de pintura y vacío no tienes nada que hacer, 3 horas después de ver tu ciudad sin darte cuenta ya lo has desinstalado.

    - Innovación 2/10 "Literalmente es una versión mejorada de Google Map" pero no es la primera en dar uso del mapa de google (este meditó es de la aplicaciones Ingress y Pokemon Go).

    - Le iba a dar un 5 pero, ahora le doy un 2 por lo sucios MICROPAGOS 30 dólares por una jodida avioneta    … Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 66 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 66
  3. Negative: 0 out of 66
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 18, 2020
    91
    Microsoft Flight Simulator features some really impressive, even groundbreaking technologies that allow it to procedurally create entire Earth. [Issue#249, p.74]
  2. CD-Action
    Nov 16, 2020
    90
    It’s not just a game, it’s a phenomenon. It lets you explore literally the whole planet – cities, mountains, lakes, rivers, even my house was there – from the cockpits of 20-30 (depends on the version of the game) airplanes. Flying experiences are also great and vary from machine to machine. I’m sure I’ll be returning to MFS for years to come. [11/2020, p.38]
  3. Worth Playing
    Oct 19, 2020
    60
    When all is said and done, Microsoft Flight Simulator in its current state reminds me a lot of Sea of Thieves shortly after launch. The game has a lot of promise and a lot of potential, but it is marred by a number of issues that keep it from really shining. Once the issues have been worked out in six months or a year from now, I fully expect Microsoft Flight Simulator to be a must-have title. Right now, unless you are a hardcore flight sim fanatic, I would pass on buying the premium version and just stick to playing the basic version that's included with GamePass.
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