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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 134 reviews

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    Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars

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93%would recommend to a friend

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Customers find value in the realistic graphics and immersive flight experience offered by the Flight Simulator. Many appreciate the realism and the option to enhance gameplay with a flight stick for a more immersive experience. Positive feedback also highlights the game's ease of use and engaging live weather features. However, some users experienced challenges with game functionality, particularly regarding offline play and updates.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Graphics

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Amazing flying experience

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Flight Simulator is so realistic! I have it for my Xbox Series X. The graphics are so modern. What I really like about this game is the ability to add a mouse and keyboard to the xbox to get better controls. A cool feature in the game is that it uses realtime weather and time. I remember my first flight after opening the game was night and foggy. In real life it was the same!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    New Game

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This game was not just challenging but also extremely realistic. I felt like I was really in an air flying controlling a plane . The graphics were incredible.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Game

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got for my son for Christmas, there are a ton of plans. Would be better to have flight sim controls but still works with xbox controller

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Flight experience like no other.

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I waited a while for this and it was well worth the wait. I play this on a projector and it's almost as if I am inside the aircraft. I purchased the flight stick and it took the flight experience to a whole different level. I HIGHLY recommend. I play this for hours at a time. One thing I would like to add is it will take some patients to learn. It's not an easy game. It's literally like flying a real aircraft.

    I would recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from MicrosoftOutreachTeam
      Posted .

      Hi Thomas,

      Thank you for recommending Microsoft Flight Simulator. Your display setup sounds awesome--we're jealous! We hope you continue to have a great time flying the friendly skies.

      Happy flying,
      Chuck
      Xbox Customer Care Microsoft

  • Pros mentioned:
    Graphics

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A beautiful relaxing game

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This game is beautiful and relaxing you can go any anywhere you want i was so happy to go back to my old small town i moved away frome like 5 years ago to see it in a game was amazing i highly recommend this if your looking for a relaxing game.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Flight Simulator

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I imagine it's a great game but I returned my Xbox and bought a PS5 so the game got returned as well. From what I have seen about Flight Simulator it's pretty awesome and realistic. That's the one thing I do miss about not keeping my Xbox X. I realize this review is not very helpful but I kept getting notices to review it so here it is.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    love to fly

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    wish I could fly, this will have to do. I see myself getting flight controls in the future

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great game to play with other people around

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great game. Relax time and discover the world. Pilot an airplane not as easy as you might think.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Amazing simulator and graphics.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Doesn’t get any better than this. Amazing simulator and almost like really flying. Playing on the Series X is no issue at all. Flying with the controller is fine but will upgrade to flying equipment later on. Note had a few issues with it not connecting to the servers but it was because a setting was set to no online play. Toggled this setting to on and we were in business. You do not need Xbox online to play this.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Hard to see at night, weird controls. Amazing game

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Nighttime is impossible to see, but that’s because realistically that’s probably how it is to fly at night. Incredible game though, just weird to get used to the controls if you’re used to playing inverted in FPS games.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Xbox

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Good game my boy loved the airplanes plays every day

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Get the standard version !!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    If you don’t have game pass … then get this version. Least expensive but you can purchase upgrades within game for planes & airports. Get a flight stick or yoke as it would make your experience so much better.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Graphics

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Very realistic!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Breathtaking graphics! Decent enough gameplay using an XBOX controller. I'm sure it would be better with a flight stick. Main complaint with this game, it lags and crashes on a faily regular basis. Nothing more frustrating than spending 2+ hours in a flight, and right before landing, the game freezes and crashes. Also, as good as the graphics are, if they had used Google maps instead of Bing to render the landscapes, I think they would have been even better. Some very prominent landmarks (Hoover Dam) look distorted and awful. Despite these gripes, I do highly recommend it!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Flying High

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very good simulator for most mid level flyers. Program has ran smoothly and has a nice variety of different aircraft. Scenery is very realistic and airport selections are also plentiful.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Graphics

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Christmas gift

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My son loves the game, said its pretty realistic and great graphics.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Graphics

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Fun for Future Pilots

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    Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Good game, excellent graphics. Make sure you're ready to spend some time learning how to fly.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great on Xbox

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got this for my 6th grader who has shown an interest in flying. I figure I'd get her this to mess around with to see if it's just a passing phase. The disc gives you basic knowledge of whatever plane you have selected and lets you fly all over the world. It's pretty neat to fly over NYC and sightsee all of the major attractions. She's played it for several hours and really enjoys it a lot. I think I'm going to have to pay for flight lessons when she gets older!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Graphics

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Highly Recommended!!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Amazing Sim! Graphics for the most part are incredible and smooth, my internet isn’t great(10-15mb per sec) so that will affect the game a bit. There are certain features I can’t use like HDR etc due to the slow Internet however in spite of that it’s an amazing experience. I think having a dedicated stick and throttle or yoke and throttle would make the game even better as some aircraft are difficult too control in the advanced modes with the Xbox controller. Aside from wishing for a more realistic controller(which you can purchase) it’s an incredible game/sim!!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Graphics

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Flying on a next level

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Incredible game!! It feels like you are really flying, reat graphics!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Graphics

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    flight sim.. on the xbox

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    flight sim on the console.. and the Xbox series X can handle it.. awesome graphics and easy controls... downloads for extras are a bit pricey tho...

    I would recommend this to a friend
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