Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
An in-game marketplace sells optional add-on aircraft, airports, and scenery packs for real money; no loot boxes and no gameplay is gated behind purchases.
Add-on purchases are entirely optional and not required to fly the included content.
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What it is
Microsoft Flight Simulator is a highly realistic aviation simulator that lets players fly a wide range of aircraft, from small gliders and light propeller planes to helicopters and commercial wide-body jets, over a detailed recreation of the entire planet built from real-world map and weather data. Gameplay centers on operating an interactive cockpit, learning flight instruments, following air-traffic and navigation procedures, and completing activities like landing challenges and bush trips. There is no combat, story conflict, or mature subject matter; the experience is aircraft operation and scenery. An optional online mode lets you share the skies with other players' aircraft, but the base game has no built-in text or voice chat. An in-game Marketplace offers optional real-money add-on planes, airports, and scenery.
How it's framed
The game frames its content purely as technical aviation practice, emphasizing accuracy, physics, and real-world procedures rather than any narrative or value-laden themes. Nothing in it rewards or depicts conflict, risk-taking, or wrongdoing; the only ongoing incentive is skill mastery and the optional purchase of additional aircraft and locations.
Details
- Developer
- Asobo Studio
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Released
- Aug 17, 2020
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