Farhad posting an ad?!

Upvote from a pilot and flight sim fan.

I know it's an Ad, but I think it's one of the best game Ads I have ever seen.

Wait, this is supposed to be an ENDORSEMENT of Flight Simulator?

Not really. I thought the ad agency did a great job of conveying how the product would be used. Most video games really too much of in-game cinematics to sell their product across relying on cheap shots as "AWESOME GFX", 10 out of 10 Gamespot (any-other-corporate-sell-my-soul-so-i-can-still-reveiw-your-shite-game-journalist-websites) or ultraviolence.

I think it was a great ad and it looks like a great game.

Games have come a long way. As recently as mid 2000 I was paying US$12.95 per month to play Fighter Ace on the MSN Zone gaming service. There were no texture maps and it was slow, unresponsive, and there was only a single map. Now I can log into Battlefield 2 and get it all for free in near photorealistic detail. It's a great time to be a gamer.

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This does look like fun. But I wonder if anyone is really going to want to play the traffic controller, that could be a bit boring.

Looks a lot better. BF2 flying is smooth as butter watching the runway of operation Clean Sweep fall off below you to the North. Microsoft has got to perform this time.

They needed a hijacking in this infomercial.

Also the multiple monitor support better be built in and not suck eggs. I want my front-left view on my left monitor so I dont have to meld my base and final legs into a dog leg just to see the damn runway.

I really enjoyed that ad when it was first released... i'm now glad I have somewhere to express my satisfaction, with this vote

Don't ever let me fly a plane. I totally suck. Even in Battlefield games.

BF2 flying is absolutely nothing like real flying or even a legitimate flight simulator. Trying to perform maneuvers at your top speed in a real fighter is a good way to overstress your aircraft and get out-turned by your adversary. Real world fighter pilots are taught to dogfight at a sweet spot around 450 knots which gives the plane superior maneuvarability. You're also taught energy management, so you don't end up low, slow, and at the pointy end of the other pilot as well as many other maneuvers and concepts that if you try to use in BF2 get you killed by the teen-age twitch player.

As for the controller issue with MS Flight Simulator. There are already hundreds (if not thousands) of people that do it for fun. Check out Vatsim. There is a relatively small but very very dedicated Flight Simulator community.

right maybe I should summarize that better, I hope Microsoft made it look good enough this time so it can be enjoyable, like BF2, which is extremely fluid, extremely 3D, but agreed, entirely unrealistic flight model..

looks a great game

Stop distracting the tower, Wolfgang!

Haha, finally an ad where your typical german guy actually speaks proper german.

I can't believe this video has more votes than this one about FSX ...

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