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 Fun game but needs improvement as far as the way the gauges look and the plane operates, 2007-12-20
Although the learning references are excellent and very informative, the planes and there actual methods of operation suck by reality standards. If you are a true boeing fan and like to fly the "heavies" you will pinch yourself for a reality check when you try out the PMDG lineup of 737s and 747s. You will never want to go back to the microsoft planes after you try PMDG for the first time! Although the jets are very complicated to start up and prepare for flight, they are so worth it! You will very rarely have engine stalls and the actual simulation itself is as authentic as authentic can get. If you're interested check out precisionmanuals.com. This game is necessary as prerequisite for playing PMDG so if you only want to fly the PMDG planes by the way this review sounds, you will still need to install MSFS2004 first. But if you only want to fly the MSFS planes, I say good luck with trying.
To make learning how to operate the gauges and buttons easier be sure to check into the Microsoft flight simulator 2004 strategy guide. That is the only way you will ever learn to get it up and then get it back down successfully time and time again
Instructor, 2007-12-18
Microsoft flight simulator 2004 is an excellant product. I am a teacher at a middle school. We have a module lab in the Technology Education Department. The students love getting this module. The flight simulator is a great way to experience flying. I recommend this product to anyone interested in flying.
2 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
Product is okay...Microsoft is the problem, 2007-11-28
This is a nice product. Trying to get an answer to a simple question from Microsoft is another matter. I am a government employee and I am constantly hearing how government employees are inefficient and government bureaucracy is so terrible. Try calling Microsoft and getting an answer to the most simple of questions. Good luck. You'll have a much better experience calling the State Department and asking about your passport. When I installed this product there was an automatic link for product registration. It didn't work. I have searched the internet, and placed numerous phone calls and sent emails. I get the same runaround from every response. It's like they're trained to pass you off to someone else. They always give me the same phone number. The person at that number gives me another number. That number has nothing to do with registering this product. The problem with this kind of company is that they are so big, they have lost sight of what made them so big in the first place, their customers. They don't give a diddly squat about their customers. They're so big, they figure if you're unhappy, so what, the next guy will buy their product, we don't care. In the future I will certainly do a thorough check of other company's products before I even look at Microsoft. Oh, how I hate them!!!!!
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
MircoSoft Flight Sim 2004 A Century Of Flight, 2007-11-25
At 57 years old I have been a fan of MS flight sim from the beginning. It's as real as real gets. I just wish I had the money to afford a monster computer machine so I could run the new one Flight Sim X. Although Flight Sim 2004 , A Century Of Flight, has a lot of eye candy it still lacks the scenery that makes Flight Sim X the best. Looking for bang for the buck you can't go wrong with MS FS 2004.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
GREAT Simulation!, 2007-11-11
The last flight simulator that I play was the FS98. I love flying, but this game just wasn't enough for me. I played some time, but didn't like it too much.
A few weeks ago I saw some screenshots of FSX and I decide to give it a try. I read the reviews and notice that you would need a high end machine to play it fine. But the 2004 seems nice to me and I add it to my cart. I must say that was one of the best things I have done in a while. This game is awesome.
This game runs ecellent on my Pc with everything on high (Athlon 64 X2 4200+ EE, 1GB RAM, EVGA 7600GT).
Now I'll tell you some greats things about this game.
Weather, the clouds looks soooo real. And the dynamic weather is a great improvement and it gives the game a lot of realism. The weather themes are very nice, light rain, heavy rain, storms, snows, thunderstorms. The weather took my breath away when I played the game for the first time.
ATC, it's feels like you have real people tracking you. They control your flight if you have a flight plan, if you don't have one, you can ask the ATC to keep track on you. You can hear ATC comunicating with other planes, giving clearances, warnings, etc.
In FS98 you were flying alone in the huge sky, now is more real. In your flight you can see a lot of planes. In the airpots I have to wait my turn for takeoff (because other planes are landing or in takeoff). I have Seen planes near the airports waiting for landing.
The planes are great for me. I love flying the boeing 777 and 747. And I have downloades a lot.
The sceneries are good, but I think they could be better. But that's something you can fix. I have downloaded a lot of sceneries. But when you are at a high altittude, the grafics are awesome. The beautiful blue sky with all these "real" clouds. And I love the scenery at nights. The airports are awesome at nights.
Don't even try to play this game without a joystick (I don't know how some people buy this game without one). I have a logitech extreme 3D. But I'm buying a better system now (because I'm going to play this Simulator a lot!)
If you love flying... I don't have to say anything else. And for the price, it's the best buy ever. You need to have this game. This game is not for everyone, some people may find it boring. But that's not my case.
I will be playing this one for a long while. FSX is not on my mind for now.
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