PC User Reviews

The game is unplayable,stuck so many times in loading screen, I can not even egt my money back becasue of loading screen after loading screen more than 2 hours. DO NOT BUY

If you are in this for the realism and simulator parts, then you are in the right place. Unfortunately, that's not quite what I am looking for. I know that's a little unfair when trying to play a game literally called "Flight Simulator", but I feel they really do limit the amount of fun you can have with this game. If there was a more arcade like mode with some quests or objectives, that would be much more fun, but taking 2 hour flights across the country is just not fun. But if its your thing, then it really is the best at what it sets out to do, just not my thing.

To this day in 2012, I still use MSFS2004. In my opinion, the best and most stable release Microsoft has ever produced for flight simulation. Its diversity as far as accepting addon aircraft and scenery, including high resolution mesh is incredible. Flight dynamics and simulation quality are 100% depending on the hardware configuration you have set up. While this software can in theory be played as a game, it truly is a flight simulator in the sense that you do need to know a small amount of flying skills to be able to startup, take of, fly around and land. This software is used to assist in training professional pilots, so that should say enough about its technical potential. A kid looking to have fun flying an arcade-style video game will be seriously disapointed with this software, but experienced flight enthusiasts will love it!

By far the best flight simulation software I have experienced. In the time this was programmed, I had very little knowledge that this would be the "game" (using the term very loosely) that made me want to become a pilot. However, despite it's gleaming report from me, there are some downsides. Due to its age, many super-realistic add-ons for the MSFS series only work on FSX which is a shame. But, even then, the add-ons that have been produced are of superb quality, significantly adding to the overall flight simulation experience. In spite of that, the lack of proper surround sound (without modifications) does slightly ruin it but the simulator gets a respectable and deserving 10.