Video game companies are constantly innovating, creating, and pursuing the limits of imagination; and no company does that better than Microsoft, who have made some of the largest games and franchises ever created, with games like “Minecraft”, “Call of Duty”, “Fallout”, “Halo”, “Doom”, and “Forza”. But with their latest release of “Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024”, they may have created another sensation.
Microsoft has pulled out all the stops in the new generation of flight simulators. Players and reviewers alike can easily notice that this game isn’t just a copy of previous games before it. This game is a nearly perfect successor to its predecessors. Within the game are many new and exciting features such as improved ground and terrain modeling. Yet the game continues to balance these new additions while still feeling like a high-quality, realistic, simulator.
Easily the most anticipated change in the new game is the variety of aircraft available. With 70 planes available in the standard edition, and 55 more in the alternate versions, this new generation brings planes for any user, including additions like balloons, helicopters, and even gliders. This is a major improvement that hasn’t gone unnoticed. “Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020”, for example, only came with 29 aircraft in the standard edition.
Even with these new features, Microsoft has been able to drastically lower the game’s storage, using a new feature of online cloud saving.
The game currently has a 77% rating on PC and 68% on Xbox. Many users blame the lackluster start of this game on its need for a powerful and stronger computer, and without such resources, players report long loading times, lag, and increased glitching.
The very first “Microsoft Flight Simulator” was released in November 1982 and since then, Microsoft has finding ways to better the game. With this latest creation, they aren’t just innovating, they are powering the imagination of the next pilots, the next astronauts, the next engineers, and the next innovators, honoring Microsoft’s legacy in their success.
As spoken by Leonardo DaVinci, “When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
