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Flight Simulator 2002 review by Habeel Ahmed

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 28
Date: July 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I would say if you want to buy a kind of Aiplane game, then you should by the Flight Simulator 2002 or any other Flight Simulator product.Because if you have Flight Simulator.There are lots of utilites avalible. Like lots of free program's by which you can add new seneries in your Flight Simulator.Lots of programs to make Aircrafts. I have never seen a game in which you can edit something.And another thing because lots of people have bought Flight Simulator you wil find more people on the multiplayer sections of Flight Simulator 98,2000,2002.

New planes.... New game....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: August 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The new planes are distinct. The Boeing 747 is making its appearence for the first time. Other fav's like the 777 and learjet will be back also. The new auto-gen system configurates the surrounding areas so that they appear when you can see it (i.e. If you can only see past the horizon, then the computer knows not to generate any un-needed information) This will be a great game- But! .... Don't miss this Flight-Sim! -GodzillaJ25

Based on screenshots

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 22
Date: October 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the most realistic simulator out there. They are finaly using satelite photos to do the landscape, very impressive.

It looks Cool!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 18
Date: October 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This Game Looks Cool, the Graphics look good, but it still remains to be seen if it runs good and if the Graghics are really as good as they look? The Requirements are a bit much. But besides that I think it is probably a great Game!

This looks amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 27
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Hey, im only 10 and ive been on the internet since I was 6 but anyway. Ive never played a flight simulator but this looks great.
I was also wondering if you could fly across the whole state and see everything like in ga see the stone mountain and kennesaw moutain. And can you fly around the whole world?

The mother of all flight sims has finally arrived!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 33
Date: October 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

What the giants at Microsoft have managed to accomplish with Flight Simulator 2002 is simply astounding! Gone are the resource eating and maddening slide shows offered in FS 2000, which for the record, I loathed (hate is such a strong word isn't it?). What we get in turn is a highly and richly detailed virutal world (from the planes to the terrain) that is guaranteed to make even the hardened heart of the most jaded flightsimer soar!
Straight out the gate FS 2002 pulls away from the pack with an untouchable collection of options and tweaks and it's in these tweaks that we find what truly makes it shine. The system requirements (as stated on the box) are a PII 300mhz machine, with 64mb of RAM and a 8mb video card, now that may get you flying but it's fair to say that to take full advantage of every beautiful pixel FS 2002 has to offer, you'd better be packing a mighty big stick indeed, like say a P4, 1.8 ghz machine with a truck load of ram (256 plus) and a 64mb video card. That said however the endless options FS 2002 offers, makes it quite friendly to middle of the road machines. My PII 450mhz system for instance with 256 Mb of RAM and a 32mb ATI Rage 2000 Xpert Pro video board gets me into the air nicely thank you with an average rate of 14 frames per second on the low end to over 30 on the high end. And although the graphics options for my system need to sit toward the lower end of the spectrum FS 2002 is still nothing short of breathtaking! From it's use of satellite ground imagery (roads and landmarks are accurately rendered), auto generated scenery, textures, shadows, lighting and finely detailed airports, buildings and even trees (which intensify the sensation of speed near the ground) to it's amazing AI and voice commands from airtraffic control calling out directions and commands from any of 20,000 airports, everything stitches tightly together for a simulated flying experience that simply makes you forget your sitting at your desk top. The cabins of the aircraft are now virtual 3D environments, sinking you deeper into the sensation of actually commanding some of the worlds most famous and powerful aircraft. Nice additions to the FS series are a floatplane and the mother of all commercial work horses the 747-400, Microsoft also threw in an F4U-1A Corsair, which is not listed on the box, nice bonus.
If there are in fact down sides to FS 2002, I've missed them (or over looked them) while exploring the heights of this remarkable simulation. No I take that back, it would be even better if I had a more powerful machine!
Now if you've got the system speed and hard drive space (at over 700mb it took nearly 20 minutes to load) prepare yourself for the ride of your life (but be sure to upgrade your drivers first). FS 2002 is a winner, making you wonder if they could manage such amazing visual miracles with this one, what can we look forward to 5 or 10 years down the road, wow!

A giant leap from FS2000

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: October 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I just purchased FS2002 standard ed. over the weekend, and I have to say it's incredible compared to FS2000. The scenery is rich and generally authentic, and the virtual cockpit view makes the game much more realistic than the previous version. A note on system requirements: I'm running an Athlon 1.2GHz with a ATI Radeon 32 graphic card and 512mb RAM, and the game runs smoothly at the highest screen resolution and all scenery options enabled. Hats off to the FS Team at Microsoft on this one! Thanks!!!

Noteworthy Improvements but One BIG Problem

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: October 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have to say that this sim is a great deal improved from the 2000 version. It has greater environmental detail, The Air Traffic Control interaction is a worthy improvement, and among many other things, the flight dynamics have been improved. And, even though I have a 450 Mhz Pentium 3 with 192 Mg's of RAM, it still runs very well on my computer...it only becomes the infamous slide show when I set the sound and display to the highest levels.
The big "BUT" is that the skins on the airplanes are all messed up. Sometimes the colors are in the opposite phases, sometimes they are all shuffled up (the faces of the pilots are on the tail and the engine skins are on the sides of the fuselage), and sometimes they are on the wrong planes(the Landmark Airlines skin for the 777 will be on the Cessna Seaplane and it won't even fit).
I'm hoping for all my fellow simmers that this is a problem with my computer, not with the program. I suppose if it is, then MS will make a patch for it.

Awesome game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 40 / 54
Date: November 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Beautifully done and a joy to play. (I wanted to give this item 5 stars but Amazon won't let me change it from 2. Go figure.)

This game has so much to offer: awe inspiring scenary, take off or land at any airport you can think of - no matter how small, and the new floatplane means you can take off and land anywhere there's water.

When I first started playing this game it crashed my system a lot, but it turned out I had a bad memory module. This game really gives your system a workout.

The flight instruction is great, except that the manual is filled with annoying (non)humor that makes reading it a real pain. I just want flight instruction! If I want comedy I'll turn on the comedy channel.

Overall I give this product two thumbs up!

Great Improvement!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 37 / 39
Date: November 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wow! This is my word for this game. If you owned last years FS 2000, you know what I am talking about. Ok, from the start, those of you who are thinking of buying this game, here are the newest things: (ATC, Artificial Intelligence Traffic, Auto Gen Scenery, new planes, improvements in the game)
The ATC too me boosts the game up another hundred notches. This is just smart, the ATC knows where you are, where to go if you filed a flight plan, what to do, and sounds very real! There is no airplane without Air Traffic Control, and this addition just makes this simulator even better! Next is the AI Traffic in this game. Microsoft added other planes to fly with you, so the ATC can also talk to them and you, making it even more real. You now have to hold short of the runway so another aircraft can land. How great is that compared to last years version? OK, this Auto Gen thing is supposed to generate the landscape and make it beautiful, and at first I didnt see a difference from the first version and this one. Then I went to settings, and changed it, and went back flying. Wow! What a difference, it is beautiful. And flying at night is great, I mean the lights (Beacons, NAV, Landing) look so great, even when you land, the lights show up on the runway all of the sudden, it is nice. Oh, and the landscape is nice. Go to a major city, such as San Francisco or Chicago, and see how great the tall skyscrapers look. Las Vegas at night is amazing! The new planes are the Cessna Floater, and the mother of all planes, the Boeing-747. The 747, the mother of all planes is finally here, which I am sure many of you are happy about!

Oh, and a note: When you first start the game, the imaging is good, but could be better (ex- the skins on the plane can be a bit messed), go to settings, and fix it up. Go back to the game, and wow, it is amazing.

One question I have to those that know the answer: How come I see a screenshot online of an airport, and there is a gate (boarding gate from terminal to aircraft) in the picture, but not in the game? Is it only for the professional version?

Those of you who have the love for flying, and the love for planes, this is the simulator, program for you. And if you are a user of FS 2000, what are you waiting for? Get this game! Actually, those who love airplanes, flying, and everything else about aviation, this is your game! WOW!

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