Microsoft Flight Simulator

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1379 Ratings

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  1. Valpen
    Aug 20, 2020
    1
    I bought the Premium Deluxe Bundle because I have always been a fan of this game series. The installation process was terrible to say the least - beware as the download counts as "gametime" and you therefore lose the option to refund the game on steam as this download takes lots of time. Once past that, the game keeps on crashing! The fps is extremely low considering what this game looksI bought the Premium Deluxe Bundle because I have always been a fan of this game series. The installation process was terrible to say the least - beware as the download counts as "gametime" and you therefore lose the option to refund the game on steam as this download takes lots of time. Once past that, the game keeps on crashing! The fps is extremely low considering what this game looks like and the hardware people play with today. This is what killed this experience for me. It's unplayable. Will update this review if all of this is resolved. As it stands now: DON'T BUY THIS GAME!

    I have been playing MSFS since the 1998 version so I think I know what to expect of this game series. To be honest, optimisation has always been bad with these games. Here is the truth: if you have played any AAA title the last 5 years you probably won't be blown away by the graphics of this game. It does NOT look amazing or even "2020 worthy". Flight simulator nerds probably thinks the graphics and optimisation is amazing since they don't know what to expect of a game in this time and age. So I expect hate from saying this. It basically looks like a bad port of google maps that you can fly with a plane with some thrown in bloom effects and clouds. That's it. Only some of the major cities in the world is somewhat detailed, all others look like ♥♥♥♥. Optimisation is really bad. Even with a 2080ti this game is struggling to keep the frames up. Forget constant 60 fps with anything bigger than 1080p - and that's not even at ultra settings.

    Youtubers promoting this game as "amazing", "reforming gaming" and "10/10" are either biased or do not know what they are talking about. If you swallow that rhetoric then I want you to take a step back and ask you this: will you be playing this for more than 10 hours? I just passed my 10 hour mark and most of you who won't agree with my review will never surpass 10 hours. And, if you do, that's because of reloading the game from the constant crashes and waiting-screens.

    This game is said to be updated during the coming 10 years and to be fair - they really need 10 years if they are to polish this game. GL.

    I got ryzen 3900x with 32 gbs of OCed ram and a 1080ti - this game should NOT be crashing as often as it does and it should not give me 40 fps on medium settings with a 3440x1440 resolution. Lot's of people are having issues with low fps so this is not a fault on my end. All drivers for OS, GPU and CPU are updated, including the latest gpu version.

    + added to the review-score for somewhat fun missions

    I managed to get by some of the crashes by dowloading the latest windows version. Give that a try if the game crashes for you. My game still crashes often but now maybe just once every half an hour.    … Expand
  2. Coquito16
    Aug 20, 2020
    2
    Es un juego interesante pero no creo que cualquiera pueda disfrútalo porque las características del juego son bastante exigentes tengo una pc de gama media alta y me cuesta jugarlo en alto pero aparte de eso creo que el juego está dirigido más a un público que les guste los simuladores y cosas así tiene tiempos de carga muy largos y bueno de momento no tiene muchas cosas que hacer esEs un juego interesante pero no creo que cualquiera pueda disfrútalo porque las características del juego son bastante exigentes tengo una pc de gama media alta y me cuesta jugarlo en alto pero aparte de eso creo que el juego está dirigido más a un público que les guste los simuladores y cosas así tiene tiempos de carga muy largos y bueno de momento no tiene muchas cosas que hacer es bonito viajar por el mundo desde tu hogar pero para un video juego llega a ser un poco tedioso y aburrido en conclusión es un juego que necesita mejorar pero es muy interesante probarlo almenos… Expand
  3. Pilasboxer
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    Pesimo juego, cantidad de bugs, gráficos que caen hasta 15 FPS, simulación básica y aburrida, y en steam no dan reembolso
  4. Pipechile1844
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Lamentablemente es un juego que no podemos hacer nada mas que volar en esos aviones jajaja
  5. MadBert91
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Llevaba muchísimo esperando el retorno del rey y menudo retorno. El juego/simulador ha dado un paso gigantesco en todos los apartados, tanto en control como en utilidad de los instrumentos y paneles. El contacto con torre es mucho más realista y por supuesto los gráficos. Es de esperar que las grandes ciudades estén muy bien representadas y el resto de pueblos y ciudades logran un acabadoLlevaba muchísimo esperando el retorno del rey y menudo retorno. El juego/simulador ha dado un paso gigantesco en todos los apartados, tanto en control como en utilidad de los instrumentos y paneles. El contacto con torre es mucho más realista y por supuesto los gráficos. Es de esperar que las grandes ciudades estén muy bien representadas y el resto de pueblos y ciudades logran un acabado que aunque no fiel a la realidad dan el pego muy bien, es un gustazo observar los paisajes. Como todo flight simulator cuando sale es un sumidero de recursos, apenas los hardware más altos pueden con él con todo a ultra, aún así cualquier PC de gama media puede ajustar los gráficos del juego y hacerlo estable por encima de 30fps. Si bien hay puntos que no me agradan como la fragmentación de aviones según versiones o algunos aeropuertos que solo están en versiones más caras, como primer contacto incluso en el game pass tienes mucho contenido. Con el tiempo y a medida que salgan DLCs una compra completa sería mejor opción para acceder a todo el contenido. Bienvenido sea de vuelta el rey. 10… Expand
  6. ShenmueGoonie
    Aug 22, 2020
    0
    Basura, lo compre por la calificación de la Prensa, el juego es super aburrido, se siente igual que los simuladores viejos
  7. mrCh3p
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    The game perfoms very well even on GTX 1050, it looks and plays awesome. People be aware this is a simulator. Even though you can use the Xbox One controller, keep in mind this is to enjoy a ride that could take even an hour to go from a to b. Be patient and enjoy the ride, thats whats this game and the previous ones were about.
  8. GuiFarias
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    It's just revolutionary! A masterpiece of Asobo and Microsoft, that sure has a lot to improve, but for a day one product it's just amazing.
  9. commandercool
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Well, where do I start from, this is just unbeliveable. Microsoft flight simulator takes it to a whole new level of gameplay, I just cant stop flying around :D
  10. DSAxMAVERICK
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Increíble, hermoso y muy realista sin más que decir es el mejor simulador. El The last of Us 2 es asquerosa mente el peor juego feminista y lésbico de la historia. Viva Microsoft por crear juegos de verdad y no kk como las de gaystation.
  11. Jhonuru
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Un simulador increíble, la tecnología implementada por parte de Microsoft y ponerla a disposición en el Gamepast desde su primer día es fantástico para los jugadores. Sigan así.
  12. Dida73
    Aug 23, 2020
    0
    Why Micro$oft make this game... we must wait for good simulator. This simulator has so many bugs and "real" graphic is not good as we all thinking.
  13. winorp00p
    Aug 23, 2020
    0
    Tons of problems, 0 fixes. Devs should've delayed this game for sure. Spent 5 hours trying to find fixes. 0 for now.
  14. Jonnq
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Le pongo un 10 no solo por que el juego lo merezca, para también contrarrestar a los limitados que ponen un cero por ser aburrido, que es un " SIMULADOR" juego complejo para gente con neuronas en la cabeza, este juego consigue que tengas la sensación de volar, sientes que estas pilotando un Boeing y si no tienes ni idea, tiene facilidades para que puedas pilotar con sencillez, hasta el masLe pongo un 10 no solo por que el juego lo merezca, para también contrarrestar a los limitados que ponen un cero por ser aburrido, que es un " SIMULADOR" juego complejo para gente con neuronas en la cabeza, este juego consigue que tengas la sensación de volar, sientes que estas pilotando un Boeing y si no tienes ni idea, tiene facilidades para que puedas pilotar con sencillez, hasta el mas limitado puede volar. Para los expertos en el tema, es un juego muy complejo y completo, enhorabuena para los que sabéis sacarle todo el jugo, yo no soy uno de ellos, uso ayudas y es una gozada pilotar, ademas tienes cosas diferentes para hacer,pruebas,eventos,desafios etc. Por no hablar de que es un portento técnico, evidentemente necesitas un buen pc para moverlo y es cierto que se puede optimizar mas, en sucesivos parches meterán mas contenido aún y mejoraran el rendimiento, este juego es un maldito logro en la historia de los videojuegos y es una pena que se lapide por fanáticos que aman una marca u otra, muy triste.… Expand
  15. Kaikyu
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Gran simulador, mantiene la tradición de la franquicia. Creo que deja de ser un "juego de nicho" para convertirse en algo que todos deben jugar. Si pueden, denle una oportunidad, una buena PC de hoy en día como la mía lo corre sin problemas.
  16. Corvomortal
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Realmente una delicia visual,relajante y muy bien hecho,si no te apasionan los aviones probablemente no te gusta ya que no es un ace combat para dispararles a todo mundo,pero es el mejor simulador de vuelo que haya jugado hasta la fecha
  17. BelakhorGaming
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    Genial, justo lo que queremos los amantes de la simulación aérea. Solo falta pulir el rendimiento y perfecto.
  18. Xavier16
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Un juego que jamas en la vida podria correr en la ps4. A seguir mamando lloronyers
  19. LFG
    Aug 20, 2020
    8
    La vd es un juego entretenido, con tremendos gráficos que a mi opinión son el techo de la generación
  20. Rubinator360
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Excelente juego, todavía en la fase tutorial practicando con el cesna, ansioso por aprender a manejar los aviones comerciales. Mi PC de gama media lo corre perfectamente y lo estoy jugando gratis con mi Xbox Game Pass 100% recomendado
  21. himarxuky
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    la gente que vota negativo se nota que no lo ha jugado xD
    hay cada comentario que parece hecho por un cani o un niño pequeño xD
  22. SiriusX
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Simplemente espectacular,grandisimo el trabajado que se ha hecho con este juego.
  23. doughdark
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    best simulator ever, need a PC master race to play it like deserve, graphic of other level
  24. 44race299
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Juegaso, poder viajar por todo el mundo con tu avión eso se merece un millón Microsoft debe comprar asobo studio
  25. Diegogames900
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Bueno, el mejor juego de simulación buena gráfica, jugable. Y será genial jugarlo con la Xbox serie X.
  26. Ivanofters
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    El juego es genial, una maravilla, el verdadero salto de generación, y a los de PS4 que andan ardidos poniéndole 0 al juego cuando ni lo han jugado jajaja, el juego representa increíblemente el mundo, puedes ir y venir a donde tú quieras con una simulación demasiado apegada a la realidad, te enamoras del juego la primera ves que vuelas, cada avión se maneja distinto y eso le da un toque deEl juego es genial, una maravilla, el verdadero salto de generación, y a los de PS4 que andan ardidos poniéndole 0 al juego cuando ni lo han jugado jajaja, el juego representa increíblemente el mundo, puedes ir y venir a donde tú quieras con una simulación demasiado apegada a la realidad, te enamoras del juego la primera ves que vuelas, cada avión se maneja distinto y eso le da un toque de aprendizaje y disfrute muy bien y adictivo… Expand
  27. Jesus_Bertel
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    De las mejores compras que hice
  28. Exodiusrx
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    El mejor simulador base de la historia hasta ahora, el nivel de detalle es impresionante y recibe actualizaciones gigantescas constantemente para mejorarse aun mas
    10/10
  29. Emanuelska09
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    Excelente juego, lo recomiendo, aparte está en el gamepass de pc
    Eso sí necesitas tener una buena pc
  30. Brayancodova
    Aug 23, 2020
    10
    Es un excelente simulador para pasar un buen rato viajando por varios lugares del mundo sin google maps x,D. Ok es un simulador excelente! Buen trabajo!.
  31. iso0707
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    That was really really disappointment. Microsoft released this GAME for money. They didn't complete this GAME. This GAME needs to 1 more year to become real simulator. Oh wait not 1 year it's 2-3 years!!
  32. Freddy-rca
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    A total mess of a game. First there is the installer. I bought it on Steam. Steam downloads a 500mb package which loads you into the game for it to download about 100gb of content. This installer took hours and hours and kept crashing and needing to be restarted. Sometimes it would restart and try to load the game which wouldn't work, other times it would go back to the installer. ThenA total mess of a game. First there is the installer. I bought it on Steam. Steam downloads a 500mb package which loads you into the game for it to download about 100gb of content. This installer took hours and hours and kept crashing and needing to be restarted. Sometimes it would restart and try to load the game which wouldn't work, other times it would go back to the installer. Then there is the game itself when it finally did finish downloading. The planes feel really weird. Everything feels so light and twitchy and overly sensitive. FSX had more realistic handling than this. The UI is clunky and awkward. Many of the aircraft controls do nothing and aren't implemented and the ATC is ripped straight from FSX. The scenery in the UK looked awful. Generic buildings that look completely out of place. London looks absolutely nothing like the real city. Really quite bad considering they have the gall to charge you £60 extra for Heathrow airport. They could at least make the city it's connected to vaguely resemble the real thing. The worst part though, is that the game would randomly crash. I didn't get further than 5 minutes on any flight without it just freezing and exiting to desktop for no reason. This is on a reasonably high end machine with updated drivers, Windows updated, and using Nvidia's optimal settings for the game. To me it just felt overall like this game was nowhere near ready for release and was just rushed out the door to make a quick buck. It's really quite confusing why critics have scored this game so highly and seem to have ignored it's many faults.… Expand
  33. Antares_87
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    This videogame is Beautiful !!!! It`s the best flight simulator that I have ever tried !!! I totally recommend it for everyone !! don't believe the bad reviews, they are from people who have never played it
  34. Sokube
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Excelente juego lo recomiendo, buen simulador de vuelo así puedes conocer el un modo diferente de jugar.
  35. Stainki83
    Aug 22, 2020
    0
    Horiveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel! O q está acontecendo com os jogos?!
    C isso e jogo bom me diz o q e ruim então Tá loko
  36. Gabotm93
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Un muy buen simulador. Histórico por donde se lo mire. Sobre todos los que crecimos en los 90 es un sueño. Recomendado
  37. Mrmaleki234
    Aug 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was supposed to be the greatest game ever that would have the exact things on the earth but it had a lot of bugs for example there was a super long apartment that is not in real life , and milad tower in Iran was awful and it wasn't as exact as it should be… Expand
  38. tan0000
    Aug 23, 2020
    0
    I don't see the Spratly Islands and the Spratly Islands on the map of Vietnam, which shows that the issuer has no respect for my island sovereignty. I'm boycotting this game until they fix it.
  39. Ruudv23
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    El juego es una maravilla, el primer lugar que visite fue el parque nacional de Yellowstone, les recomiendo pasarse por los países nordicos, este juego debe ser GOTY si o si. Saludos Jefe Sasel aqui reportandome al servicio.
  40. XpertGamer
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Tried playing on my 5700xt + 3700x + 24GB of ram + Samsung 970 Evo and would not play properly. Textures are horrible, stutters are rampant, and horrid frame drops.
  41. LuigiCuau
    Aug 21, 2020
    9
    Simplemente un juegaso, el mejor sumador de aviones, no apto para gente meca que piensa que The last of us 2 es un gran juego, gracias por este juegazo :)
  42. sidcom
    Aug 20, 2020
    6
    You are basically paying for beta version at this moment, very buggy, nightmarish installation scamming you for game time, so you are denied refund on Steam, but even if you get through all of this, game itself feels kind of meh, graphics are ugly closer to the ground , 99% of the world cities are missing any recognizable landmarks, flight model feels more like an arcade than sim, cockpitsYou are basically paying for beta version at this moment, very buggy, nightmarish installation scamming you for game time, so you are denied refund on Steam, but even if you get through all of this, game itself feels kind of meh, graphics are ugly closer to the ground , 99% of the world cities are missing any recognizable landmarks, flight model feels more like an arcade than sim, cockpits are missing half of the functions, if you want to turn this into proper sim, you have to churn hundreds of dollars on top of basic game for addon aircraft and custom landscapes, those could turn it into a really good sim, but basic package as offered by Microsoft feels very sub par by itself. On a positive side, it has really nice happy little clouds… Expand
  43. Viciousblue
    Aug 20, 2020
    9
    Verdaderamente espectacular en cuanto a gráficos y todo lo visual. Nunca había visto nada parecido.
    Además, por lo que he podido ver es bastante entretenido, y aunque tardes un poco en hacerte a todos los controles, vale la pena.
  44. Kratosftwpawa
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Simply one of the best sim and one of the most graphically impressive games ever made.
  45. Obama6969
    Aug 24, 2020
    0
    The graphics, visuals, textures look amazing, however there are multiple issues within this game, xbox Exclusives suck lmao, go buy a PlayStation and quit wasting your time on this awful game made by untalented individuals
  46. manul
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    Very long downloads. Very bad optimization, the frequency jumps very much. The graphics are only good if you don't look down.
  47. Cuckman
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    You've crashed... Lol ... Best flight simulator I've ever played. Thank you Microsoft for all these mediocre games ... At least is free on gamepass... Imagine paying for this game.
  48. Tugfa
    Aug 22, 2020
    0
    Falta de realismo....................................................................
  49. kn1ght_Ripper7
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    It's a really boring game :( No fun, and to top that its a micro-transaction shi* which requires you to pay extra for extra quality ground textures/architectures. Graphics are really good but need real good data streaming + those high-quality priced packs.
  50. Logan_Pipero
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un juego aburrido, solo despegado, vuelas y aterrizas, dónde están los tiros? Yo me quedo con mi Play 4… Expand
  51. AlienXenomorph
    Aug 25, 2020
    0
    This is not a game is a SIMULATOR, dont know why is in this page as if it was a game, so boring after 2 Flights, awesome skies **** grounds..... this is the next Gen??
  52. MetalGearBaguet
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Impossible à jouer, le jeu crash SANS CESSE ! J'ai beau avoir formaté et reinstallé windows 10 complétement, impossible de jouer plus de 10min sans que ça ne plante
  53. Cyber_Angel
    Aug 26, 2020
    6
    So far it's a pretty buggy mess. Some things do not work, sometimes the game crashes, sometimes it crashes when the controller is disconnected... we'll just have to wait for Asobo to patch the game a few times and then give it another go. It has huge potential and the flight itself is marvelous.
  54. Sourc
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    I just tested it a bit, but as far as I can see, its promising.

    The help assistant can guide you trought basics, but didn't read lol, trusters full on and boom, the plane exploded. I also tried putting the weather at night for the first try, big mistake crashed while not seeing anything. 2nd try with the weather was setting the weather to snowy, full snow. 3rd try was with wind    I just tested it a bit, but as far as I can see, its promising.

    The help assistant can guide you trought basics, but didn't read lol, trusters full on and boom, the plane exploded.

    I also tried putting the weather at night for the first try, big mistake crashed while not seeing anything.

    2nd try with the weather was setting the weather to snowy, full snow.

    3rd try was with wind at max, the plane was like fluuu flyyy, like a drunk on the road at 3AM

    Waiting to play more, and see what the world really looks like.

    BTW **** 0 scores, like you dont have something to play? Seems like you have no pc/console to play, ask your parents for a xbox/pc next time, and you would be playing instead of wasting everybody time with your **** scores.
    … Expand
  55. micic00
    Sep 25, 2020
    0
    Dunno about the US, but the cities in my country look nothing like that in real life, whole blocks missing, buildings look horrible, roads are underwater, bridges are horrible looking, etc. The fps in this game is alright but the constant downloading takes a million years even if I select low and medium only. And don't get me started with the bug of fps dropping when downloading multipleDunno about the US, but the cities in my country look nothing like that in real life, whole blocks missing, buildings look horrible, roads are underwater, bridges are horrible looking, etc. The fps in this game is alright but the constant downloading takes a million years even if I select low and medium only. And don't get me started with the bug of fps dropping when downloading multiple regions (I got 3fps). Even when I download medium it still looks lame in many regions of the world I've tried. Not impressed.… Expand
  56. SoulSeekerUSA
    Aug 26, 2020
    1
    I was looking forward to MFS2020 but I have been very disappointing I have a really good rig not top but up there but the game runs pretty bad and when I say bad I mean by my standards, I have heard that even top rigs are lucky to get 50-60 fps but I was lucky to get 40 and this is supposed to be acceptable. No thank you, now if it was a consistent 40+ then that would not be so bad butI was looking forward to MFS2020 but I have been very disappointing I have a really good rig not top but up there but the game runs pretty bad and when I say bad I mean by my standards, I have heard that even top rigs are lucky to get 50-60 fps but I was lucky to get 40 and this is supposed to be acceptable. No thank you, now if it was a consistent 40+ then that would not be so bad but this game as far as performance goes is literally at the bottom. This game was and is not ready for release and just has way to many issues and I won't even talk about how the download was a complete and still is a mess. Not sure who's bright idea it was to download individual files and then unpack them while halting the next download, very poor. Stay away of this game for now and maybe revisit it in a couple of years.… Expand
  57. udjinlu
    Aug 6, 2021
    10
    Отличная игра. Обязательно стоит попробовать.
  58. IsaacWeed
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Awesome game, great graphics and flight simulator. I've flight all over my country and even found my house, can't believe how great and real looks compared to real life, a must have if you like flight Sim games, weather is another great feature as it gets real life weather.… Expand
  59. DRITZZ_ZARCON
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    I very rarely write reviews but thought i really must on this occasion due to the worst launcher for a game i've ever seen. Tried to install, countless times it would lock after the ''press any key'' page, so annoying, even tried running as admin to no avail. Im now left with reinstalling all 90gb worth which im not sure i can be bothered. MICROSOFT THIS IS BLOODY TERRIBLE.
  60. Edsfelps
    Aug 24, 2020
    10
    excelente video juego de aviones que podria tener mejores graficos para los requisitos que pide, pero igual emula muy bien la realidad de los mando de los aviones.
  61. tomeh
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    Great and looks amazing when it works, but it crashes (the pc not the plane) about 30% of the time. 2080ti 16GB ddr4 8700k
  62. Guero02
    Oct 15, 2020
    4
    English: The simulation game, it is not very perfect physics. Also download online map, real photo could happen some bad ping. Also some aircraft is not complete to handle the cockpits panes and it is bad.

    Português-BR: O jogo de simulação, ele não está muito perfeito física. Também baixar online mapa foto, real poderia acontecer alguns ping ruim. Também algum aeronave não está completo    English: The simulation game, it is not very perfect physics. Also download online map, real photo could happen some bad ping. Also some aircraft is not complete to handle the cockpits panes and it is bad.

    Português-BR: O jogo de simulação, ele não está muito perfeito física. Também baixar online mapa foto, real poderia acontecer alguns ping ruim. Também algum aeronave não está completo mexer no cockpits paneis e é ruim.    … Expand
  63. pokegod11
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Amazing game, you can literally go anywhere in the world with pretty good accuracy
  64. michdb
    Aug 22, 2020
    3
    a terrible performance especially on CPU usage this is same as fsx or p3d with better graphics and whether visuals you have to have a top-end computer to use airliners and even them you cpu and GPU usage gonna be low i have a 5700xt and 6700k at 4.5 32 ram and gpu and cpu usage rarely go over 70% and in new york get less than 25 fps, and when i was on the alpha the game performance mucha terrible performance especially on CPU usage this is same as fsx or p3d with better graphics and whether visuals you have to have a top-end computer to use airliners and even them you cpu and GPU usage gonna be low i have a 5700xt and 6700k at 4.5 32 ram and gpu and cpu usage rarely go over 70% and in new york get less than 25 fps, and when i was on the alpha the game performance much better with better visuals but for some really they turn down the visuals and even the perfomance of the game got worst very strage.
    AI traffic is worse than fsx and p3d the logic is the same but with more bugs, after 14 years same logic on the sim sorry but not acceptable, well same with atc is the same in fsx with a few imruves but too many bugs than at the and you turn off cause is useless, ai traffic atc was one of the wors part on older simulators cause broke the immersion i expected a new and more immersive system but at the moment is the same,
    and default planes are ok I prefer that they made less quantity and more details and fewer bugs, so until 3rd party is gonna be a long way,
    the conclusion is a very good graphics and wheather visuals game with too many bugs and so many areas where they have to move from older sim code and improve places like performance ai traffic atc and game modes otherwise people gonna get bore until good addons come, the game is on beta cause this is not a finish products    … Expand
  65. testedd
    Aug 27, 2020
    6
    I'm giving this game the benefit of the doubt since it just came out and experiments with new game-changing technology. The game introduces amazing features such as satellite data that maps out every building and gives accurate weather settings which truly is a breakthrough for simulation games, and since this technology is new if you get close to any of the actual buildings you realiseI'm giving this game the benefit of the doubt since it just came out and experiments with new game-changing technology. The game introduces amazing features such as satellite data that maps out every building and gives accurate weather settings which truly is a breakthrough for simulation games, and since this technology is new if you get close to any of the actual buildings you realise that they look nothing like they do with real life, however, Microsoft Flight Sim devs have said they have plans to fully model buildings in certain areas. This is really good news but that isn't the biggest problem as playing the game on an RTX 2080 ti the game struggles to get 20 fps in dense areas on low end settings, and from what i have seen i am not the only one who experiences this issue. The game is £60 on steam which is pretty steep and could make you particularly disappointed to finally finish downloading this game and trying it out just to realise it was pointless as it barely runs. Luckily, this game is out on the xbox game pass so you can try it out for £1 for the first month so you can see if the game is for you.… Expand
  66. frazzefraz
    Aug 24, 2020
    5
    I don't get it how people can give it 10/10. I think the game are in beta, because of all bugs and lack of features like replay function. I hope they fix all the bugs anyway in the game soon. I play this game from Game Pass.
  67. Feaner
    Aug 23, 2020
    3
    Frozen Loading Screen Simulator 2020. If you want an infinite loading screen, this is your game. You only have to pay $60 for an inmersive loading screen with an amazing blue line at the bottom. The most funny part is when you try to get it work uninstalling the game and downloading it again, but at the 4th time you'll get bored, so please take that in mind. I recommend the deluxe edition,Frozen Loading Screen Simulator 2020. If you want an infinite loading screen, this is your game. You only have to pay $60 for an inmersive loading screen with an amazing blue line at the bottom. The most funny part is when you try to get it work uninstalling the game and downloading it again, but at the 4th time you'll get bored, so please take that in mind. I recommend the deluxe edition, it is more expensive, but that extra bucks makes the loading screen a little bit more funny.… Expand
  68. Rooster47
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Amazing visually stunning Next-generation truly starts with Microsoft Flight Simulator
  69. pmausmr
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    5h download
    failed
    another 5h download
    failed
    3rd 5h download
    installed
    doesnt launch
    3h looking for errors. My problem? Microsoft Username contains "Ü"
    Uninstall
    another download
    failed

    worst launch ever. 70€ for nothing.
  70. LucaCritics
    Aug 20, 2020
    6
    Microsoft Flight Simulator Review: 6/10
    This simulator does very well what is supposed to offer in flight but lacks in polish and in the way it delivers extra content.
  71. DevFrodicia
    Aug 24, 2020
    9
    Un logro técnico sin precedentes. Tráfico aéreo en tiempo real, multiplayer, clima en tiempo real, mapeo por IA, fotogrametría... de verdad cuesta creer todo lo que pasa en este juego, sobretodo en aeropuertos concurridos. Gráficamente una pasada, claramente adelantado a su época, por eso su rendimiento. Como simulador excelente, incluso sirve para hacer turismo y conocer nuevos lugares,Un logro técnico sin precedentes. Tráfico aéreo en tiempo real, multiplayer, clima en tiempo real, mapeo por IA, fotogrametría... de verdad cuesta creer todo lo que pasa en este juego, sobretodo en aeropuertos concurridos. Gráficamente una pasada, claramente adelantado a su época, por eso su rendimiento. Como simulador excelente, incluso sirve para hacer turismo y conocer nuevos lugares, puedes usarlo como simulador o como juego. Los "bush trips" son tremendos, recomiendo el trip: El Cerro - Cochrane, un viaje de 8 horas por paisajes increíbles.

    Expectante a todo lo que se viene en este simulador con las actualizaciones y mods, sin duda es una plataforma donde se podran lograr muchas cosas mas.    … Expand
  72. NEO2236
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    excelente si es muy bueno me gusto mucho ya da posibilidad poder salir de tu país y conocer el mundo por el cielo
  73. Nexux
    Aug 27, 2020
    1
    I'll be honest for 2 weeks, the players did more than the developers probably 3 times to fix the game. For $ 119, it's just Spanish shame, holes still sea, planes liners barely alive. Basic functions fail on failure.and sit and hope that people with even hands will fix the planes and fix the game instead of developers who sell it for such money, $ 60 a bum.package. this is sooo not aI'll be honest for 2 weeks, the players did more than the developers probably 3 times to fix the game. For $ 119, it's just Spanish shame, holes still sea, planes liners barely alive. Basic functions fail on failure.and sit and hope that people with even hands will fix the planes and fix the game instead of developers who sell it for such money, $ 60 a bum.package. this is sooo not a little,and at least they could produce micropatches, edit, show that they work.. and not, Hello, we in short fixed the installer, and a little bit of FPS online corrected, need to check.. aaaaaa, and the table of players optimized.. they still need a week to finish it (waiting for the RAID, MFS2020 is the best game in the world). Hire let still 2 Indians, will 4, and the these 2 only installer fix can, can modicum autopilot fix. Sorry, it's already burned from the revolutionary game.… Expand
  74. Kronos_EVC
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Increíble! Poder ir literal a cualquier parte del mundo es impresionante! Cómo es obvio no todos los sitios serán recreados con detalle más que las ciudades más importantes pero aún así sobrevolar donde sea es una experiencia impresionante!
  75. newonelei
    Oct 25, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is super simple, this game is super boring, i don't understand what the point is to make this kind of game. You cannot do anything but flying....… Expand
  76. Acsorbi
    Aug 24, 2020
    10
    Microsoft flight simulator 2020 es el mejor simulador de toda la historia..
  77. JRLezcano
    Aug 21, 2020
    4
    It's a great game, if you don't get any bugs diminishing your experience. I'm starting to feel some dread if this game that requires a huge install side has issues by any kind of blip on your network connection. How will xcloud work later on, and I'm here with 1gb connection, but somehow the game has some sort of ping issues.
  78. Oz_Momotaro
    Aug 22, 2020
    7
    I will critique this as a game - not a flight simulator. Overall this game has a lot of promise - and will undoubtedly become a GameAsAService - with already landmarks being able to be purchased. The thing that I think it lacks is a drop in mode - where you set up exactly where/how you want to start. And I would suggest a sight-seeing mode that allows you to just 'fly the camera' around -I will critique this as a game - not a flight simulator. Overall this game has a lot of promise - and will undoubtedly become a GameAsAService - with already landmarks being able to be purchased. The thing that I think it lacks is a drop in mode - where you set up exactly where/how you want to start. And I would suggest a sight-seeing mode that allows you to just 'fly the camera' around - and they really need to be able to pin more landmarks from their Bing Map dataset. It is clearly aimed at both the flight sim and more casual users (hence the heavy streaming) but I don't think there's enough content to keep casual gamers interested. Also - for a game that focuses so much attention to "the world" then you have to accept that people will expect a basic level of realism in the places you can travel - and I wonder if such enhancements will be purchase-only (such as with XPlane 11). It's an easy way to spend your time - but I'm not sure that you will feel you have achieved much when you finished. I have a similar experience with Google Earth - great virtual tourism, but in the end, the separation from the places you're virtually visiting makes it feel coldly frustrating. Still it is a game for the times, and it may be popular for what it represents, and not what it is. As a flight simulator, it will undoubtedly be a great sandbox for wonderful (and expensive) add-on experiences.

    Pros: great concept of a 'virtual world' version of a flight sim - ambitious in scope and multiplayer aspects. This can be quite meditative in the right mood. The graphics fidelity is good in general, and it does feel great to watch the planes flying around. Yes - it does capture the magic of flight (though for most of us, it's the arriving rather than the transit that is the fun part of air travel).

    Cons: The launcher is poor - and overall main UI is poor - overly complex and unclear as to how to use. In-game controls are also mixed bag (it may be great for sim-players, but is downright un-intuitive to casual gamers). The ML-based building construction is very limited - making city-tourism downright generic (it's a harsh criticism, but don't play this game at this stage to "see what a city looks like". Also, if I look at my own home cities of Melbourne, Adelaide, or Tokyo - they really don't look that realistic. The landscapes are better. There are unusual LOD issues in the game which gives random quality issues, as well as occasional tile-tearing. The 'live' elements miss obvious things such as radio comms (you know how that would go wrong though). Also there are simple things that would have helped - like being able to adjust settings using mouse when using an external view). Playing in the cockpit is more challenging, and where the flight simmers will want to mess around most. For me however, it was not as enjoyable as a casual experience. I also experienced stutter and frame drops when there are a lot of other players in the sky.    … Expand
  79. Supersam1212
    Aug 25, 2020
    1
    Ur game is terrible. It keeps crashing on my pc. My pc has great specs. Microsoft, fix ur game
  80. KUNMB11
    Sep 27, 2020
    8
    Microsoft Flight Simulator (Custom PC - AMD 3900X/nVIDIA 2080 Ti/x2 16 GB 3200 MHz RAM)

    (+) Photo-realistic graphics and visual fidelity (+) A wonderful balance of simulation without the annoying limitations of reality (+) Impressive A.I. for building the world (-) Poorly optimized - long load times, frame drops, and crashes (-) Limited roster of aircraft and pre-built rendered    Microsoft Flight Simulator (Custom PC - AMD 3900X/nVIDIA 2080 Ti/x2 16 GB 3200 MHz RAM)

    (+) Photo-realistic graphics and visual fidelity
    (+) A wonderful balance of simulation without the annoying limitations of reality
    (+) Impressive A.I. for building the world

    (-) Poorly optimized - long load times, frame drops, and crashes
    (-) Limited roster of aircraft and pre-built rendered airports for any version at their respective price

    (4/5) - Good - Recommended at $49.99 or with Xbox Game Pass    … Expand
  81. aes23
    Aug 24, 2020
    6
    Mixbag review :

    PROS : The game is beautiful CONS: There are some things that should not have passed the beta, I don't understand how they come through but some things are at the edge of the unaceptable : - For the B350, the nav panel is unusable, it's "tactil" and completly annoying, plus the normal buttons are inactive so there is only the tactil way to operate the G1000    Mixbag review :

    PROS :

    The game is beautiful

    CONS:

    There are some things that should not have passed the beta, I don't understand how they come through but some things are at the edge of the unaceptable :

    - For the B350, the nav panel is unusable, it's "tactil" and completly annoying, plus the normal buttons are inactive so there is only the tactil way to operate the G1000 and it just can't be done, the airplane is therefore unusable.

    - The flight model can be strange sometimes, some airplanes are too reactive, other not that much.
    The TBM900 for instance, in order to taxi, you almost need to keep the torque at more than 50% otherwise the thing won't move, I had also a drop in engine torque during take off for no reason whatsoever.

    - It seems there are similar navigation problems with the A320neo, I did not try it for the moment.

    - For VATSIM, IVAO or PILOTEDGE there is a bug that causes stutter and drop frames in the game, it seems it's on microsoft / asobo end.

    There is a LOT of general aviation aircraft, I like them but they could have find perhaps a better balance, I miss some planes like the 737 or another jet aircraft like the Learjet 45.

    I've noticed with the Cessna Citation CJ4 that sometimes the auto-pilot would do his life on its own sometimes, for instance, arriving at a VOR, it has not passed the first VOR that it already goes to the next waypoint way too early, like 5 minutes before it should have, I had to get back on manual in order to prevent the plane to completly miss a standard arrival procedure.

    The logbook and the achievements are completly bugged, my logbook does not count any take off that I have done but it counts the landings.

    For the achievements, I have unlocked achievements that I should not have, at strange moment, for instance I've unlocked the achievement for a long taxi road when I was FL200........
    I've unlocked the achievement for landing without any engine after a landing where my engines were working perfectly fine.
    Some timestamps and duration of flights are not correct with a quite large margin of error like more than 30 minutes.

    The general interface of the airplane is quite hard to deal with especially during flight when the camera and therefore the mouse move. I miss a 2D view of the cockpit like in previous FS in order to operate some systems with ease with the mouse during flight operations.

    This type of things should have come out during the alpha and beta and should have finished in the final game, especially the problems with the navigation panel of the B350 or the strange flight model of some planes sometimes.

    12/20 for the moment with all the little problems here.    … Expand
  82. Willmar
    Aug 20, 2020
    9
    Una gran diversión al momento de jugar, un combate muy entretenido y un humor que te hace sacar grandes carcajadas, además la variedad de niveles y mini juegos permiten que no sea repetitivo, un juego muy bonito y esta en el gamepass así que tenemos muchas facilidades para jugar.
  83. veramendiariza1
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Increíbles paisajes y gráficos, ost tranquilizador para relajarse después de un día de trabajo , alfin un juego para disfrutar
  84. AbDuLlAh122
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    The king of sims is back.
    The visuals, graphics, physics,and the whole world to explore is like a dream come true
  85. 7y7
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    I love the level of detail of the planes, it looks beautiful graphically, if a bit demanding, anyway it looks great 9.5 / 10
  86. isra335m
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    muy buen juego, yo no entiendo por que mierda lo critican tan bajo, si ni si quiera lo han probado putas ratas de sony
  87. RobertoB14
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    It's boring! Not entertaining and poorly optimized it has fps drops and crashes
  88. daplon
    Aug 21, 2020
    4
    The game is not bad at all, maybe repetitive if you dont like very much that type of games. But the bad part, are the crashes, and the requisites for playing. With a very good machine, it doesnt get 60fps. The official requisites are a joke, liars. There are so many bugs, but i expect patchs to solve them.
  89. Lewthedrummer
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    The content manager which you use to download the rest of the game is completely broken for me. Download either is painfully slow then just stops mid way through after 30-40hours downloading (i have a high speed connection), or it gets stuck in a loop at the start. Tried all troubleshooting options available online and i’v persisted for days now trying to solve the issue to no avail. HadThe content manager which you use to download the rest of the game is completely broken for me. Download either is painfully slow then just stops mid way through after 30-40hours downloading (i have a high speed connection), or it gets stuck in a loop at the start. Tried all troubleshooting options available online and i’v persisted for days now trying to solve the issue to no avail. Had to get a steam refund. No support to contact about issues. Complete disgrace of a game, wasted many hours of my life needlessly trying to fix the issue.… Expand
  90. Jonaver
    Aug 24, 2020
    10
    es el mejor simulador de juegos que e visto es una pasada..es una obra maestra
  91. TheWeakerOne
    Aug 26, 2020
    0
    I had a lot of bugs and glitches in the game, frame rates droping and the price isnt that great, im disapointed.
  92. Sprixy
    Sep 8, 2020
    4
    I will give this game some points as it does look beautiful and amazing. That is only if you can get this to actually work. I had to restart download 2 times for this game and didn't even get to experience it when it was downloaded. Every time I chose a takeoff and arrival, It did not load, and could not experience the game. I tried every tutorial to fix it and restart the game (includingI will give this game some points as it does look beautiful and amazing. That is only if you can get this to actually work. I had to restart download 2 times for this game and didn't even get to experience it when it was downloaded. Every time I chose a takeoff and arrival, It did not load, and could not experience the game. I tried every tutorial to fix it and restart the game (including doing it in admin mode) but still nothing. The problem is this game is too linear, so much that I don't think PC's (except if its a NASA computer) were ready for this. Microsoft had an amazing idea in mind that I fully support but the technology standards right now aren't there. This is too advanced for most PC's and Microsoft made something that was too much for basic technology to process. Its the entire world that's being downloaded, something that doesn't come at an easy cost. Along with that, textures, planes, everything else, that's just too much for basic systems to handle. For those with a NASA computer for say, you may enjoy this game but for the common gamer, they will not even get the chance. In other words, to put this game, it's like Back To The Future where Marty plays 80's metal in the 1950s. The people weren't ready for that yet and neither weren't we to experience Flight Sim. If this were to come out a few years later, I may be able to give this game a higher review but as of now, this game isn't ready yet.… Expand
  93. Filar
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    It has been 3 days and I am still trying to install the game: the installation freeze and crash multiple times and still can't play the game (i have 1 To free on my hard disk)... It is ironic that Microsoft can't manage to create a proper installer on Windows.
  94. place-holder
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    This simulator reminds me of Games for Windows Live.

    That score is because I paid for a broken game (YES, GAME, NOT A SIMULATOR). There is no immersion in a "simulator" that has to be paused at all time to save progress, because the "simulator" can crash at any random time, even if your hardware is not close to the limit, and your internet connection is great. The only scenario    This simulator reminds me of Games for Windows Live.

    That score is because I paid for a broken game (YES, GAME, NOT A SIMULATOR).

    There is no immersion in a "simulator" that has to be paused at all time to save progress, because the "simulator" can crash at any random time, even if your hardware is not close to the limit, and your internet connection is great.

    The only scenario that this game was stable was in the training activities with Cesna.
    This game are simulating the stability of Boeing 737 Max MCAS.

    I hope to come back here to change that score when this simulator looks playable.    … Expand
  95. moac12
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Es magnifico que se pueda volar por todo el mundo, hasta mi casa vi!! es hermoso gráficamente y es genial el modo arcade para las personas que no sabemos de pilotaje.
  96. fawaz1234
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    best game sony fanboys are trying to rate the game bad because they are like kids
  97. Herotrap
    Aug 20, 2020
    7
    The game is incredible, amazing, but it has its flaws. I know that for some people this might find this game very boring. Remember, this is a simulator, not a game like Forza. Yes, it may be boring some times, and yes, it's slow. But, that's how it's on real life!!
    Going to more technical details, there's some things that could be fixed. I played it through Game Pass and there are some    The game is incredible, amazing, but it has its flaws. I know that for some people this might find this game very boring. Remember, this is a simulator, not a game like Forza. Yes, it may be boring some times, and yes, it's slow. But, that's how it's on real life!!
    Going to more technical details, there's some things that could be fixed. I played it through Game Pass and there are some things that may bug people that consider paying full 70 dollars, like a very long download at first run. Despite having a good network (600 Mbps) the download took more than 3 hours. This removes the possibility of refunding the game on Steam, because you can't try it long enough (the download is in game and takes game time) to decide of keeping it or refund it if you don't like the game. And then, when the download finishes, it crashes the game, so I have to restart the game on Task Manager cause it's the only way around for me.
    I don't know, if my computer can't run it properly (despite having an RX 580 8GB and 24 gigs of RAM), or it's very bad optimized, but is a nightmare to deal with the game. The MENU take more than 3 minutes to load, and even the menu is slow and tough to control, specially with a controller. Then, when I wanna play the game, it takes another 2-3 minutes to load. Then, I can play the game. At 10 frames per second on high settings, no v-sync, 1080p, on a computer that handles games like Forza Horizon 4, Devil May Cry 5 or Grand Theft Auto Online at least 70 frames per second. Another thing that I've experienced with the game it's some crashes, and mid-game freezes for seconds, making it a very frustrating experience, specially in crucial moments in the ride.
    In conclusion, Microsoft Flight Simulator remains a very good game, that, despite it really needs some optimization, some people with RTX's suffer from crashes and low FPS. Some aspects really need to be fixed, like loading time issues and first run slow downloads.    … Expand
  98. Abbyzilla
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    MS Flight Simulator GOTY so far. ps owners should stay away from it and play thier boring 30fps copy and paste games.
  99. Colodrin
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Lo mejor de lo mejor, esto se puede denominar obra de arte. Muchos tendrían que aprender de este trabajo. Felicidades
  100. Spartan__2077
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Flight simulator es una maravilla de juego, un juego donde tu eres quien decide que hacer , crear tu propia historia. Con una gran cantidad de aeronaves con el juego base, es mas que suficiente para adentrarte a este nuevo mundo de la simulación. Es una gran avance tecnológico lo que la gente de microsoft ha logrado , tener todo el mundo para volar es una locura.
    Desde el punto de vista    Flight simulator es una maravilla de juego, un juego donde tu eres quien decide que hacer , crear tu propia historia. Con una gran cantidad de aeronaves con el juego base, es mas que suficiente para adentrarte a este nuevo mundo de la simulación. Es una gran avance tecnológico lo que la gente de microsoft ha logrado , tener todo el mundo para volar es una locura.
    Desde el punto de vista de la ingeniería el juego muestra detalles únicos , donde se puede ver el arte de crear el moldeado únicos de las aeronaves, desde el sonido de los motores, despegue vuelo aterrizaje todo es muy real, una autentica obra maestra    … Expand
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#3 Best PC Game of 2020
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#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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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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