Microsoft’s Flight Simulator has always been a series of games that I aspired to play but never got around to. When I did buy a copy of Flight Simulator X, in 2006 (the most last full version released, my computer did not have the chops to play it.
Now, 14 years later, with just a small side game released in between, Microsoft is bringing back the series in just a few days as a PC exclusive. Interesting it was developed by Asobo Studios which made A Plague Tale: Innocence which Tom reviewed in episode 126. Given their prior games they are not exactly the studio you would expect to handle one of the crown jewel’s of Microsoft’s library.
Judging from the trailer above, which is an interesting retrospective of the series, Asobo has done well, though we’ll soon find out if they can measure up to the high expectations from followers of the franchise.
Phil Fogg