« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3 4 5   Go Down

Author Topic: MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!  (Read 2161 times)

Offline g00b

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 760
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« on: August 08, 2006, 10:33:56 PM »
http://www.gamespot.com/promos/2006/flightsimulatorx-demo/index.html

Ya know, you can rag on MS all you want but they make a pretty decent sim. Looking forward to the eye-candy :)
Logged

Offline nirvana

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5640
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2006, 12:06:04 AM »
Looking forward to the $50 game, and the stutters of playing the latest and greatest.

Maybe they'll put in some decent terrain this time instead of blurry ground objects that don't even look real.

(Yes i've been waiting for it....for a while)
Logged
Who are you to wave your finger?

Offline Chairboy

  • Probation
  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8221
      • hallert.net
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2006, 12:14:37 AM »
Well, they certainly make PRETTY sims.
Logged
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Offline OOZ662

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7019
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2006, 12:24:17 AM »
$50 game on a brand new OS and three to four times the amount of system you currently have to run it decently.
Logged
A Rook who first flew 09/26/03 at the age of 13, has been a GL in 10+ Scenarios, and was two-time Points and First Annual 68KO Cup winner of the AH Extreme Air Racing League.

Offline nirvana

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5640
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2006, 12:35:26 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by OOZ662
$50 game on a brand new OS and three to four times the amount of system you currently have to run it decently.


Exactamundo,  I can still fly at 1FPS, it's just like a bunch of snapshots and plenty of time to admire the purty ground.


P.S. does it look like they transferred planes from FS2004 to this one in a new engine, and just looked mainly at the ground graphics?
Logged
Who are you to wave your finger?

Offline LePaul

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7988
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2006, 01:01:25 AM »
'04 ran fine for me.  The service pack fixed a lot too

Dunno what kind of system you have, Nirvana...lots of people love the game, judging by the addons and 3rd party makers.

Call me crazy...could be your system...not the game ;)
Logged

Offline nirvana

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5640
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2006, 01:05:05 AM »
Oh I love the game, I just started adding a lot of planes and stuff and it seemed to slow the game down to a crawl.  I was saying that in 2004 the ground was a blurry mass of squares and such for the most part.  Look at the before/after pics in that link, much more detail to the ground.


And my system isn't great, but it gets me by:aok
Logged
Who are you to wave your finger?

Offline Fishu

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3789
Re: MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2006, 09:33:34 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by g00b
Ya know, you can rag on MS all you want but they make a pretty decent sim. Looking forward to the eye-candy :)


Problem is that MSFS has lots of short comings and they actually weakened the flight modelling in FS9 from what it was in the previous FS.
There just isn't any similar flight sims besides X-plane, which has its own short comings, mainly the lack of addon developers.
Hopefully MS improved the flight modelling this time, instead of ripping off more broken features in order to fix a bug.
Logged

Offline FiLtH

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6448
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2006, 10:04:52 AM »
Ive always liked MSFS. I think Ive owned them all. Unfortuately the only changes are the resolution in detail and a few scenario upgrades. The flying feels pretty close as it did in 5.0 to me.

  Plus you cant kill stuff.
Logged

~AoM~

Offline Sandman

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 17620
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2006, 10:21:38 AM »
I'm cheap... MSFS X means that MSFS2004 is going to become a deal. :aok
Logged
sand

Offline g00b

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 760
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2006, 12:20:42 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by Sandman
I'm cheap... MSFS X means that MSFS2004 is going to become a deal. :aok


You mean you actually PAYED for MSFS? I think I've tried every one and never payed a dime ;p
Logged

Offline Sandman

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 17620
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2006, 12:28:18 PM »
I usually lag behind the "new and wonderful" curve. I've got a few copies of MSFS, but I never payed more than $20 for each.
Logged
sand

Offline DiabloTX

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 9592
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #12 on: August 09, 2006, 01:41:44 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by Sandman
I'm cheap... MSFS X means that MSFS2004 is going to become a deal. :aok


Ah-hem..."fiscally conservative".
Logged
"There ain't no revolution, only evolution, but every time I'm in Denmark I eat a danish for peace." - Diablo

Offline Sandman

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 17620
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2006, 02:24:02 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by DiabloTX
Ah-hem..."fiscally conservative".


LOL.

Next you'll be calling me Jewish. ;)
Logged
sand

Offline cav58d

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3985
MS Flight Simulator X demo will be out tomorrow!
« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2006, 03:14:07 PM »
Where can I get a free version?
Logged
<S> Lyme

Sick Puppies II

412th Friday Night Volunteer Group
Pages: [1] 2 3 4 5   Go Up
« previous next »