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Simulation Review: Microsoft’s Flight a Disappointment

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Key Takeaways:

  • Microsoft's new *Flight* game has received negative feedback from pilots, who consider it a significant step backward from the prior *Flight Simulator* franchise.
  • Critics, including the author, found *Flight* to be more of an "accessible game" than a true simulation, with unrealistically low default realism settings.
  • The game felt like a marketing tool for the Icon A5 aircraft, lacking crucial flight physics and realistic instrumentation, leading the author to conclude it's "not a very good game" despite being free.
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Microsoft made its highly anticipated, new-generation flight simulation game available for free download a day earlier than originally announced, but that only seemed to ensure the negative reaction to Flight, available for the PC, came early as well.

Pilots generally are giving the game a thumbs down for taking a big step backward from the Flight Simulator franchise, which Microsoft produced for more than 30 years before selling to Lockheed Martin a couple years ago. Microsoft developers promised that Flight would be a more “accessible gaming experience,” providing something for pilots and non-pilots alike.

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