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  • Summary: From light planes to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the next generation of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Test your piloting skills against the challenges of night flying, real-time atmospheric simulation and live weather in a dynamic and living world.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 66
  2. Negative: 0 out of 66
  1. Sep 2, 2020
    100
    Thanks to Microsoft Flight Simulator, everybody can now get a taste of the excitement that comes with being a pilot. The game is so remarkably good at this that you don’t even need to use your imagination. Your dreams will come true on the screen.
  2. Aug 17, 2020
    100
    The miracle of flight is something to savour, no matter your seat. Microsoft Flight Simulator not only captures that feeling, it manages to put the entire world in your hands.
  3. Aug 23, 2020
    95
    The latest version of Microsoft's Flight Simulator series is without a doubt the finest work by Asobo Studios yet, one that took full advantage of Microsoft's mapping technology to create one of the best games ever. Flight Simulator 2020 takes a huge leap forward in terms of visual technologies and sets a whole new standard for the Simulation genre, and things get even more exciting after Asobo announced that the 2020 version is going to be a huge 10-year project and the game that we have our hands on right now is just the beginning.
  4. Aug 17, 2020
    90
    If you are an experienced pilot and already have X-Plane with premium paid content, you won't upgrade to Microsoft Flight Simulator. Well, not right away. Because if we can find problems with Asobo's baby, none of them is insolvable and will undoubtedly see improvements to strive even more towards perfection. As it stands, Flight Simulator is already a benchmark platform that will undoubtedly establish itself as the civil flight simulation of the decade. Checkmate.
  5. Aug 21, 2020
    90
    A visionary, landmark release that's built with the long haul in mind. It will take a while for PC hardware to catch up with the game's potential, but despite some early technical turbulence the experience remains dazzling.
  6. Aug 17, 2020
    90
    Hardcore simmers will love it, and for more casual players it is still undeniably fun.
  7. 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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  1. Aug 19, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An absolute masterpiece and technological achievement.

    The download process was a little trying but straight forward for anyone with more than 5 brain cells.

    I'm looking forward to spending many hours flying.
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  2. Aug 20, 2020
    10
    No es un juego cualquiera, tampoco es para todo el mundo, es un simulador, es un gran reto prácticamente renderizar el mundo, si te gusta losNo es un juego cualquiera, tampoco es para todo el mundo, es un simulador, es un gran reto prácticamente renderizar el mundo, si te gusta los juegos de simulador este es el mejor de todos. Expand
  3. Aug 24, 2020
    10
    optimization is not the best. While it's damp,but there will be great future, waiting for updates
  4. Aug 24, 2020
    10
    Absolutely amazing. It looks great and instill cant get over the fact that you can see the entire planet.
  5. Nov 14, 2020
    8
    ESPECTACULAR, los gráficos son fantásticos, el mapa del mundo sensacional y mientras no vueles muy cerca del suelo da el pego completamente,ESPECTACULAR, los gráficos son fantásticos, el mapa del mundo sensacional y mientras no vueles muy cerca del suelo da el pego completamente, visitar el mundo en este juego es una experiencia única.
    Aunque todo esto queda eclipsado por su mediocre optimizacion.
    Un juego genial que te recomiendo si eres amante de la simulación o si quieres disfrutar de las vistas un rato, eso si con un equipo extremadamente potente, ya que su optimizacion no permitirá que lo juegues en ordenadores de gama media-alta.
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  6. Jul 27, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was expecting this to be fun however was disappointed by its controls and lack of things to do. Also the simulator is tied behind a paywall. To enjoy the game at its fullest you will have to pay extra which I was not happy about. Graphics are nice other than that this is a stale simulator that I would not be touching again. I do not recommend this unfortunately. Expand
  7. 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
    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.
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