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Demanding

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

As a PC flight simulator pilot, I initially found Sky Odessy to be too simple, too easy. I was wrong. The controls are indeed simple and easy to acquire, but the skills and manuevers needed to complete just the first adventure mission demand the upmost concentration. The gameplay is exhilarating, accompanied by an intense soundtrack that only adds to the intensity of flight. I have completed just two missions as of yet, but know that I will continue my unrelenting conquest of these airplanes and the mystical island of Arcadia.

The most fun you'll ever have without blowing something up!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Any fan of aircraft should like this game. It has a good mix of flight simulator characteristics and arcade action. Sky Odyssey is by no means perfect, but it's pretty darn fun and the anticipation of unlocking new aircraft as you play is intoxicating. The customization features available for your airplanes (customizable color schemes, custom insignia, etc.) are pretty cool. Being able to control your aircraft from engine start up to engine shut down is nice. It's not every flying game that gives you the option to set her down wherever you darn well please, so long as your ship can take the brunt of some rough landings. The different styles of gameplay (free flight, adventure mode, target mode) make replay value higher than average.

In the cons column: I like blowing stuff up from the air. A few weapons based missions would've been awesome, but I guess the developers were trying to get away from that and they did a good job of making the game entertaining even if you can't cause damage to anything but your own aircraft. Also, the camera angles make the gameplay a little difficult at times. It's as if your little pilot has had is noggin glued to the head-rest in the cockpit. An option to look out the side of the cockpit over the wing a la Ace Combat 4 would have been very helpful at times.

If you're looking for a game to fly around and blow stuff up, try Ace Combat 4. But if you're just in the mood to experience the joy of flying in some vintage WWII aircraft (along with a few enjoyable figments of the imagination), through a graphically intense world, this if for you.

Great Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Really beautiful and fun to fly. I'm terrible at it, but I still play it all the time because I love to fly that biplane through the ravine. If you can't pick up on the standard controls (roll right and pull up to go right, like Star Wars), you can switch to easy-mode (push right to go right, like Star Fox).

The music and sound effects are nice, the only problems I have is that it seems that the game determines a stall not by the wind-speed (which is how I'm pretty sure it works), but by the speed of your plane relative to the ground (ie, full throttle into a wind storm will stall you out)

Not a high-thrill action game, but great for a lazy afternoon of flying (until you hit the harder levels, that is)

Walks All Over Pilot Wings

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Isn't it a wonder ho[w] fast computer games can evolve. I remember buying Pilot Wings on the nintendo 64 and being amazed, but now things have moved on we now hace Sky Odyssey. The concept is pretty much the same as Pilot Wings but with more modes of play. You can just fly around for ages for amusment which is something that i have been doing for a long time as i cant believe how good the graphics are. This is a good game to have as its so different to what is around at the moment

I'm flying...oh no, I'm crashing now....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ha, I bought this after reading all the reviews and having this vision of myself piloting a plane through exotic lands. Well, if I got good at this game, I might be able to do all that. Getting through mission 1 has already driven me batty. Took me awhile to figure out that I need to use a slower plane, and that helped. It is a cool game, I have no doubt about that. I think I lack patience perhaps, but after crashing 10 times in a row and having to start the mission over, I said a few choice words and put it away for awhile. Don't let that stop you. If it was too easy , I would be complaining. If you have time to master this, go for it. I know I will come back to it as it is now my mission to complete Mission 1. I can get through 90% of the boulders, but then it all goes downhill. Plus landing is not an easy feat. There is a tutorial to teach you all these cool things, and I tried it. I made it up to landing on the aircraft carrier. I just know that aircraft carrier moved around while I was trying to land on it. Don't pay full price though, it can be had for much cheaper.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have owned this game for about 6 months and I really enjoy it. I saw this game on sale at (...) for less than ($$$)!! What a deal.

(...) It is a really good flight simulator. There are a number of missions that you have to go through that teach you how to fly the various planes. You can save your good flights to your memory card. Well worth the money.

great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have recently purchased the game from here and was so exited. I had read reviews about it but it blew me away. missions can be frustratig be hey any good game is. target made is fun. and free flight is very amusing. I mean pulling off stunts flying from island to island. if you have a gameshark this is a game to get the codes give you all planes. stealth, ufo,gyrocopter,jets and others. this is a definit game to get for your collection. as far as graphics many people say there bad. I can agree ps2 could have done a little better but there still pretty good this is a must have!!!!

This is the best Flight Simulator I have ever Played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game, I thought, would be really bad! I was wrong! So far, this game has been so cool, flying planes, customizing them, beating levels, winning flight medals, and I haven't even beaten the game. I would say that this game is fairly hard. I would reccomend it for good gamers or 10 year olds and above. Of course, that is because I am a ten year old! So, BUY THIS GAME!

Just great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

After reading a couple of reviews I traded in another game for this one and it was definetely worth it. Sky Odyssey presents a great deal of natural scenes and it's just so entertaining to fly under different kinds of weather and through challenging riefs, waterfalls, over desserts, water and under falling rocks. You can also win planes (which I haven't yet). But this is only the adventure part, you can also train or draw in the sky. It's pretty fun. It's not boring at all.

Be a Pilot!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am not a pilot, but Sky Odyssey makes me feel like one. This game gives the most realistic flying experience I have ever had via the Playstation2 or any other non-PC video game. The environment is very realistic and the boundaries are distant enough to keep the game exciting for weeks!

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