[mkd1964]

I hope it's not too "video-gamey". That was the downfall of "MS Flight". It was highly disappointing to hard-core simmers who had come to expect realistic flight conditions, routes, ATC, physics and a world-wide map.

I was part of a survey from MS about what I'd like to see in the next version of the simulator (this was after FSX went away but before "Flight). The survey asked a lot of questions about my thoughts on making the sim more goal/mission oriented (essentially, more of a game).

I made it really clear that I thought that was fine as an addition but should not replace the current real-world functionality. Give people the option.

I can't imagine my answers were that different from most long-time users - basically it needed to have all the features I mentioned above, plus an open SDK for 3rd party developers.

MS didn't listen and "Flight" was a huge disappointment - at which point I moved to X-Plane.

Hopefully, they've gone back to their roots with this new version because it looks absolutely amazing.