Recent reviews by CMDRBelan

Congrats on Most Innovative Game. Should have been Game of the Year.

What the MS Scenery Simulator fanbois will tell you is that X Plane's default scenery is nowhere near the other simulator's fidelity, and that maybe true. Of course they have the backing of a coporate giant, and a team ten times the size of Laminar's. Oh, and not to mention Bing. However, X-Plane has it where it counts, flight dynamics, X-Plane is a flight simulator first. With that said, X-Plane 12's graphics are miles better than 11's. The lighting is the best I've seen in a flight simulator, and the weather system is much improved. Just need to work on them clouds. As far as ortho, you'll have to add your own, and there are plenty of free options out there.

Now, those same fanbois will tell you that their sim is getting upgraded flight dynamics, but it still won't reach the level of realism of X-Plane, because...console. They have to strike a balance between gameplay and realism to cater to the console crowd. Laminar doesn't have this limitation.

What it boils down to is, do you want to pay $119 for a Scenery Simulator, or $60 for X-Plane 12 flight simulator?

Simply put, this game is awesome. So awesome that this is my first review of a game, ever...and I've been a Steam user for over 10 years.