MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR
| | | RELEASE 2020 DEV Asobo Studio1 PUB Xbox Game Studios LINK flightsimulator.com
When a Microsoft rep told us the whole world was in this reboot of its flagship flight simulator, we didn’t believe them. Then they let us play it, and we realised we could drop a pin anywhere on the planet and fly there, from the Grand Canyon to your own home town. And then there’s the dynamic weather and volumetric clouds, which combine to create some stunning scenery. Flying through a thunderstorm, rain streaking across your windshield, is genuinely terrifying. While previous Microsoft Flight
Simulator games have mostly been about the cold, functional reality of flight, this new game is much more atmospheric, with the production values you’d expect from a AAA blockbuster.
And thanks to a variety of assists, if you want to play it with an Xbox controller while slumped on the sofa, you can.
FLYING THROUGH A STORM, RAIN STREAKING ACROSS YOUR WINDSHIELD, IS TERRIFYING