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My imagination is in the sky with this game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome!

First off, the missions are pretty hard! Now I am on the Mid-air Rendezvous (if you don't have this game you have no idea what I just said) and it is really hard!

I don't like that you only have a choice of 3 aircraft: a bi-plane, an experimental, jet, and a military plane. Also, you have limited choice of customizations.

The graphics on this game are horrible-there is no other way to say it! They aren't 3D at all like that package says, and, they use the same "pattern" over and over again, IE: using the same stones for the landing strip.

A good thing is that you have many play options- missions (from landing on an aircraft carrier to re-fueling on a train, and soooo many more), free flight (fly freely, unlimited fuel, over areas you have already completed), target (hit the "bulls-eye" so to speak), training (learn how to do it), and options (change options).

The planes fly pretty good, with good control and speed. My favorite plane is the BF-109 Custom (military jet) beacause it is easily controlled with out comprimising speed. My least favorite is the experimental jet, beacuse it is very hard to control. In the middle is the bi-plane, with slow speed but very easy control.

A way that this game can be improved is more plane choices, more custimization features, and better graphics.

Last Word:
This game WILL NOT teach you how to be a pilot, will not. Have a nice day.

Sky Odyssey Interview

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Sky Odyssey shows you through firious missions with a lot of fun and action.

this is so cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: August 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i like this game really! its my favourite! i wanted to borrow this from my friend but broke it :(

Sky Oddyssey

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Really fun game! Great graphics, fun missions, it's like you're in the plane! You can unlock planes, do over 40 missions, draw sky pictures, fly through targets for powerups, and training to get skilled at this fantastic game. Rated E so its great for all ages. your family will be intertained for a long time. Have fun!

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.

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.

Very highly reccomended game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is extremely fun. There are many challenges to try, and the game has a great tutorial. This game has real flight situations that makes the game challenging and exciting. If you like flight games you will like this game. This game is not a combat game but more of a skillful game of flying.

A joy, once you pass the learning curve.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Sky Odyssey, by Activision,for Playstation 2, first attracted me with the box art. I am an airplane "nut", and I thought I recognized a World War II vintage Japanese Experimental fighter plane "strafing" a ralroad train. I was wrong about the strafing, but correct on the type of aircraft. As I read the back of the box, I realized that I hadn't seen a game exactly like this before. I own another "flight-sim" Playstation game called "Bravo Air Races", but this seemed different...Activision came through again. This game had everything to start you out as the pilot of any of three airplanes,(a vintage bi-plane, a World War II bf-109 Messersschmitt fighter, or an experimental prop-jet hybrid twin tail),trying to discover a lost island. You had to take off, fly realistically, and land safely. You can crash,(sometimes often), and start the level over, but you are always learning. There are also wind gusts, rain, snow, etc. to contend with. The planes can be up-graded by successfully completing a level with a high enough score. You can opt for a faster wing, or more powerful engine, or streamlined canopy, etc. While there are the three planes to try out at first, certain rewards open up eight new ones including a stealth fighter and even two UFO's. Planes can be painted in your favorite colors and you even have the option of creating your own "logo" to adorn them. It was well worth the money, and I am waiting to see if a sequel is about to land on my store shelves in the near future. It would be a dream come true. ( If Activision IS envisioning a second "Fly-By", I am volunteering to be a "Test Pilot" for them). The only downside of the game, to me, is the choice of flying into underground caverns, it's not very true-to-life. One other point of note; Sky Odyssey is totally non-violent. The planes have no guns or bombs, the only explosions are when you crash. The pilots in the game are actually life savers by dropping supplies to stranded people on a mountain, or taking a package out to land on an aircraft carrier in the middle of a thunderstorm, or by helping a run-away hot air balloon by taking weights to it in mid-air. I only crashed into them once, (I felt so bad). At one point you must fly with pontoons on your plane so you can land on water, and you can actually feel the extra drag they cause the plane and the flight restictions they impose by their weight. You may be able to perform a roll with them on, but you will not get any aerobatic points by doing so like you can without them on. By the way, never forget to retract, (or extend), your landing gear on planes that can do so. Forgetting to retract them will slow you down, and they might get caught on an obstacle. Forgetting to extend them is self-explanitory. Thank you for the opportunity to express myself on a subject that I love. We need more simulation games like this. Thank you for creating it, Activision. And Thank you Playstation for having the graphics to bring this game to life.

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.

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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