Strategic Retreat wrote on Jun 19
th, 2011 at 2:53pm:
I have actually little to add to Daube's answer, beside pointing out a pair of problems.
What A surprise.
Quote:Are we going to discuss the newness of the sim engine on how things ONLY LOOKING at
static screenshots?
You have a little idea of how preposterous that kind of discussion would sound, right?
You may not know this, but there are a few in-game videos of Flight as well.
Quote:And let's not forget that this is not the first time they promised heaven, only to send everything to hell down the line, in the past.
It becomes increasingly difficult to believe the sometimes bombastic boasts about the greatness of their code, when the results we have under our eyes is something like FSX. Suspicion and distrust is something THEY seeded among the users, not anyone of us.
And let's not forget that Flight is not known as Flight Simulator anymore, so they have a chance to start over and change their past, as they did from Windows Vista to Windows 7. (Vista = bad, 7 = good)
Quote:The quoted statement has left me open mouthed... enough to make me pose you a SERIOUS question: forgive me, are you a M$ shareholder?
I am not part of Microsoft in any way, and I'm sure that if I was, I wouldn't even be able to answer that question. Add-on developers just like to look at things from a realistic point of view. I had read on avsim a while back that when Phil Taylor was still posting on there, he said that FSX was not old as many had thought, but instead had the core files updated and was running on more modern technology. NOT on old code like many think. Wish I could find that original post.
Quote:Answer to your startling claim above: Why do you need to buy a new car, when you can MODERNIZE your old and knackered one?
Not a good analogy. It is a hobby of people to fix/modernize old cars. Doesn't apply to flight sims that well.
Quote:For all the rest, I say this: WE all have but ONE power, and that is to vote with our money.
Let's use this power WELL for once this time, shall we? Let us reward the GOOD and leave the <expletive deleted> to rot, advertisings be damned to everlasting hell. We pay with GOOD MONEY, not the Monopoly cash, so if it's good like our money, let's buy and enjoy it rewarding the good work made. If it's bad, DO NOT buy it and enjoy something else that is as good as our money instead. Doing this, it will send a message, I hope.
Many casual gamers as well as LONG time Microsoft Flight Simulator users will buy Flight no matter what. Gamers because they want to try out new games/simulators, Flight Sim users because they have bought every single version of flight simulator since version 1. I too, will buy it when it's out first thing. It can be good, or it could not be. Either way, I'll give it a try because I'm one of those flight sim fans that looks past the obvious issues. They are something you can get over and don't whine about after a while. FSX is a good flight sim with a few bugs. The problem is usually the person or the computer.
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