After a couple weeks of playtime & even ignoring the disastrous launch issues (which still aren't fully sorted), this definitely isn't a 9/10. Most of the new features are half baked, there's a long list of promised pre-launch features missing & it's bugged galore, especially in career mode. Maybe a 9/10 in 6-12 months if they sort these issues but currently I'd give it a generous 7/10.
I'm now stuck before the commercial license, game won't load the exam. This game is litterally unplayable for many of us, and this review barely mention it
@@navpreetsingh8156 it is a bug, one of many still present in the game. It's pretty easy to know that bugs exists even if you don't encounter them because the web is full of people having the same issues and sharing them like i did 🤯
@@aussiecoffeebean to be honest. I’ve actually had less issues with 2024 than 2020. 2020 would crash like every few boot ups, but 2024, now, is basically never crashing or lagging, which is so much better than how it was before, and how 2020 was for me.
Well, I 'm playing on steam and I'm not having any problems. people just don't have a strong enough PC to run this game and they want to blame the game, not their cheap PC 😂 @@quantum5369
Did this guy play the game, or watch other videos for feature lists? It literally crashes in menus. It crashes at startup. It freezes in free flight. Textures don’t load in. It stutters worse than a kid in speech therapy. The frame rate tanks for no reason. This isn’t a list of problems, it’s everything that happened in my play session 20 minutes ago. Not to mention there’s no marketplace and flying the big planes on series X causes, you guessed it, game freezes. This game was not ready for alpha, let alone full release. If this game’s a 9, I’m a 10.
@@leprotto89 Even the basic Xbox Controller layout has changed to the point whereby retracting your gear is now much more complex. Its evident there was ZERO QA testing done on this game
Sounds like your internet connection isn't up to snuff, or maybe your hardware. You need a steady 250mbps connection, 64gb ram, and ideally at least a gtx 3070. Career mode is still riddled with bugs, and commercial jets have issues. But activities, challenges, world photographer mode, and most of free flight should work fine. The sim definitely needs a lot of work. But there's still a lot that works and is enjoyable.
@@saiyannegi It is true though that MSFS2020 came out on Xbox nearly a year after its PC release. Maybe they should've done the same here, to have time to smooth out those rough edges (and I'm saying that as a console player!)
I really didn't expect to enjoy playing as much as I do. All I play is career mode. But problem is it's extremely buggy still. I haven't been able to complete a flight since I started my company. It also forced me to crash and caused me to lose my only plane. Fun when it works. But too inconsistent in career mode at the moment.
Reviewed by a 3 year old. This score is egregious at best. It's not a 9/10 right now, the previous game IS, but this new one has way too many kinks and drawbacks to be scored in that realm yet.
This score can't be real. This game is utterly broken in dozens of ways. This review is a fluff piece and it is obvious. I can't trust your integrity anymore.
I am very new to flight simulator but it looks very fun. Is this game playable with a gaming controller on PC? or would someone recommend spending a little more for a joystick/yoke & pedals.
Stop. Do not waste your money with this slop. I was gungho for this sim, but since it released, I am left disgusted and frustrated. Can't even load in because it tells me I am not connected to the internet, which is untrue. It gaslights. They failed and deserve absolutely no money for their terrible product. Buy MSFS 2020 if you want a sim that works. Avoid 2024. It is not worth a penny
Basically anyone who's not overweight/obese will walk at least a little bit faster. The in-game speed feels like when you deliberately slow yourself down to take in the sights.
For me as a newbie in Flight Simulator - i think this game is awesome! Just flew over my home city vienna and am stunned about the massivenes this game has to offer... sure - there are few things that made me giggle, like ships floating in the air or being somewhere in the middle of the river standing vertically... lol.. but i still enjoy it and am amazed about being able to fly around the whole god damn world! 🤩
When I fly the taxi ribbon stays at 2000 feet even if I am flying across the country. If I go higher it says please come down to 2000 feet. Does this happen to anyone else?
HAH! This review is so biased, it's comical. No mentions of the long, long list of game-breaking bugs, CTDs, features that don't work (like the auto pilot) and many missing features (Marketplace, Bush Trips, and AI CoPilot). Many of the sim's objectives don't trigger even when you accomplish the goal (World Photographer Mode). At best, this garbage deserves a 3 out of 10. This same reviewer gave MSFS2020 a 10 out of 10 - although it was innovative, it was also not without its bugs and flaws as well. I would give it a 7 or 8 out of 10, at best. Clearly, either the reviewer hasn't tried using many of the game's basic features, or is simply a Microsoft / Asobo boot licker. One of the worst and least honest reviews I've ever seen come out of IGN.
What a joke this review is. Flight Simulator 2024 is buggy as hell and nearly no fun to play. At least Gamestar (and many others) is honest...75% is more than this game deserve. Just like IGNs "opinion" "Forza Motorsport looks better than GT7" (if you like cars with edges perhaps and know nothing about graphics). IGN is REALLY nice to MICROSOFT. 🙈
IGN I’m afraid you no longer have any credibility. Yes the game can be stunning at times however it all feels like we are in this bug filled ever crashing BETA TEST(at best) and that’s UNACCEPTABLE!!! 70-120$+??? You all should be ashamed of yourselves.
Yeah, all my electrical equipment went out on a flight last night so I was in a dark cockpit and had to land without a landing gear. Between that and the game bricking when a certain plane is selected I'm not sure how this warrants a 9.
"It's more than just simulating the experience of flying. You can use it to learn the technical side of how pilots actually fly planes" ....which is simulating the experience of flying planes. Right? Not more than it. What? Who decided this guy was smart enough to do this review?
“Progress through career mode is.. slow. You don’t earn much as a new pilot and have to take on quite a lot of work before taking the later exams.” Almost as if the game is attempting to simulate a career in aviation..
It doesnt run well on xbox. Someone should do performance review of the game for xbox also. MSFS2020 ran without much issue on my series x but 24 runs very poor especially with bigger airliners it is very choppy. Unplayable at times
I'm guessing 'Seth Macy' is the only dude at IGN who was prepared to lie through gritted teeth to appease Microsoft and give this game such a high review score.
Seth, this is the most half baked review I've ever seen on IGN. No talk of the continuing problems with this game, especially draw distance and graphical problems with streaming. EXTREMELY disssapointed in you.
Dude I want to get into DCS world so bad but I am having trouble setting up the controller mappings. Flight Sim is awesome for simplifying the controls.
@KillswitchRobie828 that's half the problem; it's too simplified. I do appreciate that it's also probably the reason for it's success. It strikes that balance. What's the issue with the mappings exactly?
I feel this review is biased... not only the reviewer (Seth) is known to be a pilot (don't get me wrong, nothing bad about that, but I found many roadblocks/bugs while trying it) and he is known to be a fan boy of 2020 FS. (10/10 review, which is NOT) Also, I don't believe they have been using a set-up that the average gamer would have at their disposal. From internet speed to not using a console (Xbox Series)/mid-range PC as their review unit. Believe me when I say this because I was really looking forward to this game, and it's a technical mess that doesn't hold up to a "9".
@@brandonchappell1535look at the comments and user reviews dude, its not my system nor internet speed, this is happening to the majority of players this software is basically in beta state, worst if you go to Xbox.
Great to see that IGN is back to its old ways. Fluffing up the big game producers not matter what. This game will be great once the bugs and crashes get fixed and we move beyond the beta phase of this game. Shame on IGN. Shame.
Yeah, it's pretty obvious he barely played the career mode.
Yeah they literally just used footage from the trailer lol
I always thought IGN is trustworthy... Oh, well...
Didn’t even discuss career mode when it came to airliners which was disappointing…
After a couple weeks of playtime & even ignoring the disastrous launch issues (which still aren't fully sorted), this definitely isn't a 9/10. Most of the new features are half baked, there's a long list of promised pre-launch features missing & it's bugged galore, especially in career mode.
Maybe a 9/10 in 6-12 months if they sort these issues but currently I'd give it a generous 7/10.
Worst premiere of the year: this or STALKER 2?
@@D25Bev IGN probably got a big fat check. I feel it's a biased review...
@@jameslast4420 MSFS 24 by far was more of a disaster
They also removed the AI pilot
I'm now stuck before the commercial license, game won't load the exam. This game is litterally unplayable for many of us, and this review barely mention it
You just have to wait. i had to wait really long for it to load
Mine works, must be a bug, they can only mention bugs they encounter and not bugs YOU encounter
@@navpreetsingh8156 it is a bug, one of many still present in the game. It's pretty easy to know that bugs exists even if you don't encounter them because the web is full of people having the same issues and sharing them like i did 🤯
@@snowylama had to reinstall the game after 7 hours of waiting, now it works 🙄
Why have Tom read out Seth's review? Feels a bit odd, should have let the guy who reviewed it narrate
"Soaring through smooth skies"? Really????
@@aussiecoffeebean to be honest. I’ve actually had less issues with 2024 than 2020. 2020 would crash like every few boot ups, but 2024, now, is basically never crashing or lagging, which is so much better than how it was before, and how 2020 was for me.
Hahahaha chefs kiss. Nevermind the game doesn’t actually work.
@@bshaut it works better than 2020 for me
@@flyin_with_ryan agree, my pc also run smoother on 2024 than 2020
@@aussiecoffeebean I’ve had almost no issues but I downloaded it 1 week after launch - loving this sim
"Unexpectedly high server load"........... yeah its called launch week. It should not be unexpected
higher than they expected. They underestimated the popularity maybe.
It is a Sim Game... they never really had a HELLUVA lot of players..
No, the game is still straight up broken. Career mode is unplayable for a lot of people. This is much more than just launch week issues.
The score is 9
It’s mixed reviews on steam. Did they fix the issues?
Well, I 'm playing on steam and I'm not having any problems. people just don't have a strong enough PC to run this game and they want to blame the game, not their cheap PC 😂
@@quantum5369
The fact that this has a higher score than dragon ball sparring zero is crazy 😂
@CarsonBone-i6q 3d fighters are never good enough for 9s and above, 8s are a miracle for them
@@CarsonBone-i6q because you say so, and its ur world, we're just all npc's.
Did this guy play the game, or watch other videos for feature lists? It literally crashes in menus. It crashes at startup. It freezes in free flight. Textures don’t load in. It stutters worse than a kid in speech therapy. The frame rate tanks for no reason.
This isn’t a list of problems, it’s everything that happened in my play session 20 minutes ago.
Not to mention there’s no marketplace and flying the big planes on series X causes, you guessed it, game freezes.
This game was not ready for alpha, let alone full release. If this game’s a 9, I’m a 10.
You're definitely a 0 don't worry about that.
And many joysticks that were working fine in msfs2020 dont have presets no more, you have to set every command yourself
@@leprotto89 Even the basic Xbox Controller layout has changed to the point whereby retracting your gear is now much more complex. Its evident there was ZERO QA testing done on this game
Zero problems here.
Sounds like your internet connection isn't up to snuff, or maybe your hardware. You need a steady 250mbps connection, 64gb ram, and ideally at least a gtx 3070. Career mode is still riddled with bugs, and commercial jets have issues. But activities, challenges, world photographer mode, and most of free flight should work fine. The sim definitely needs a lot of work. But there's still a lot that works and is enjoyable.
Just to give a tip, you can run by pressing the RT Button with a xbox controller👍🏼
Lots of screen tearing on the series x inside the aircraft.
Same experience, they pay attention more to PC
NO VR, NO GYRO, NO ADAPTIVE TRIGGERS, NOT EVEN HAPTICS = DEADBOX
@@robertpiccinino5612 can u turn on vsync? Or does it tear with it on still?
Freesync.. no fear for any tear..
Guys can I play this or stream it some how on my Mac or side load to the tv
IGN “Making google a constant companion”
Microsoft “Ouch”
Bing is the end of all jokes
It’s gonna get there with time but I’m still playing 2020 cuz it ain’t as jumpy
@datsapaddlin the environments are completely different , way better on 2024
@@leonardoconstantino1540 I don’t play flight sims to look at elephants and pieces of rock.
@@michaeldob3874 so flight sim x is well suited for you
The game is still terrible on Xbox / x man, I wish they fixed all the audio glitches and lag, or not being able to have a mouse to click :/
Literally... I am surprised how internet is silent on xbox version. It is so bad. MSFS2020 ran much better
@@saiyannegi It is true though that MSFS2020 came out on Xbox nearly a year after its PC release. Maybe they should've done the same here, to have time to smooth out those rough edges (and I'm saying that as a console player!)
Runs better on my system than FS2020 - especially in VR. I got mine a week after launch and am very impressed with this sim
I really didn't expect to enjoy playing as much as I do. All I play is career mode. But problem is it's extremely buggy still. I haven't been able to complete a flight since I started my company. It also forced me to crash and caused me to lose my only plane. Fun when it works. But too inconsistent in career mode at the moment.
Have you tried helos in career mode? That's where the bugs "fun" gets really crazy. :D
Score when the game is actually working ideally and as intended: 9. Score when taking all the bugs and glitches into account: 7 at best
Reviewed by a 3 year old. This score is egregious at best. It's not a 9/10 right now, the previous game IS, but this new one has way too many kinks and drawbacks to be scored in that realm yet.
This score can't be real. This game is utterly broken in dozens of ways. This review is a fluff piece and it is obvious. I can't trust your integrity anymore.
Or you’re just salty
The game will be fixed and patched as always, in a few weeks it will run fine so they have reviewed the game and not glitches
You can run in game, the video made it sound as though you have to go everywhere at walking speed only.
I am very new to flight simulator but it looks very fun. Is this game playable with a gaming controller on PC? or would someone recommend spending a little more for a joystick/yoke & pedals.
Stop. Do not waste your money with this slop. I was gungho for this sim, but since it released, I am left disgusted and frustrated. Can't even load in because it tells me I am not connected to the internet, which is untrue. It gaslights. They failed and deserve absolutely no money for their terrible product.
Buy MSFS 2020 if you want a sim that works. Avoid 2024. It is not worth a penny
Nah bro, I'm built different - the walking speed would not match up with how I walk in real life, because I am always marching 😂
okay tism
Basically anyone who's not overweight/obese will walk at least a little bit faster. The in-game speed feels like when you deliberately slow yourself down to take in the sights.
You can run (hold R trigger), there's even a third person perspective option.
For me as a newbie in Flight Simulator - i think this game is awesome! Just flew over my home city vienna and am stunned about the massivenes this game has to offer... sure - there are few things that made me giggle, like ships floating in the air or being somewhere in the middle of the river standing vertically... lol.. but i still enjoy it and am amazed about being able to fly around the whole god damn world! 🤩
It's awesome that they've fixed it. Buying it now!
4:40 You can run in the game…
You should try to play the game on the Series X version and see how it is and make a review for the console versions 😭😭😭
@@hamzayousuf8927 if you play flight sim on console then it’s on you.
@@dbdshorts2490 why? 2020 runs smoothly and I can use all the peripherals I want.
dude it runs so bad on my series x. Unplayable at times
@@saiyannegi same bro. 2020 runs, looks and feels 5x better
What version should I purchase?
is this an update or a new version, eg new engine etc
@@JogBird The developers claimed it is a new engine a while back.
mark it as an advertisement!
When I fly the taxi ribbon stays at 2000 feet even if I am flying across the country. If I go higher it says please come down to 2000 feet. Does this happen to anyone else?
HAH! This review is so biased, it's comical.
No mentions of the long, long list of game-breaking bugs, CTDs, features that don't work (like the auto pilot) and many missing features (Marketplace, Bush Trips, and AI CoPilot). Many of the sim's objectives don't trigger even when you accomplish the goal (World Photographer Mode). At best, this garbage deserves a 3 out of 10.
This same reviewer gave MSFS2020 a 10 out of 10 - although it was innovative, it was also not without its bugs and flaws as well. I would give it a 7 or 8 out of 10, at best.
Clearly, either the reviewer hasn't tried using many of the game's basic features, or is simply a Microsoft / Asobo boot licker. One of the worst and least honest reviews I've ever seen come out of IGN.
They didn't even know you can run in walk mode
does it still need constant internet connection to look good? I remember it being like that with 2020
What a joke this review is. Flight Simulator 2024 is buggy as hell and nearly no fun to play. At least Gamestar (and many others) is honest...75% is more than this game deserve.
Just like IGNs "opinion" "Forza Motorsport looks better than GT7" (if you like cars with edges perhaps and know nothing about graphics). IGN is REALLY nice to MICROSOFT. 🙈
Narrated by Reid from criminal minds
Lol this
IGN I’m afraid you no longer have any credibility. Yes the game can be stunning at times however it all feels like we are in this bug filled ever crashing BETA TEST(at best) and that’s UNACCEPTABLE!!! 70-120$+??? You all should be ashamed of yourselves.
Soaring through the skies.... for 3 seconds before CRASHING to the desktop!
on xbox it's still a question if it starts up after 7 minutes without freezing completely
maby ms have other hw revisions of xbox???
i'm gonna buy a drone and fly it in NJ :D, more fun.
After the update I can't play my game. it bring up the safe mode thing and wont load past 14% it didn't do that before the update.
I was playing last night and my plane randomly glitched out and turned into a Boeing Doodlebob
On Xbox I can’t even open the game anymore. The loading screen gets stuck at “2% vsf registering packages.”
In vr it's breathtaking
So two Xbox games get a 9/10 before 2024
@@eleusinianexport *2025
@@eleusinianexport which is the another one?
@@mangathansdah7177 Indy
@@aynrandom3004yess yes i forgot
Stalker II is amazing too
Yeah, all my electrical equipment went out on a flight last night so I was in a dark cockpit and had to land without a landing gear. Between that and the game bricking when a certain plane is selected I'm not sure how this warrants a 9.
it's a 7/10 at this point. 9 Feels too high.
"It's more than just simulating the experience of flying. You can use it to learn the technical side of how pilots actually fly planes" ....which is simulating the experience of flying planes. Right? Not more than it. What? Who decided this guy was smart enough to do this review?
The new menu alone makes this a 5/10 for me. How can you go from a bad menu design in 2020 to even worse????
The GTA san andreas of flight simulator 🤷🏾♂️💯
How does career mode work? I’m also an Infinite Flight fan, never considered MSFS lol.
Do they have a more simple way to flying? That way you can just enjoy the flights?
This is why I'll never trust an IGN review
“Progress through career mode is.. slow. You don’t earn much as a new pilot and have to take on quite a lot of work before taking the later exams.”
Almost as if the game is attempting to simulate a career in aviation..
"Some lingering issues"?
How come helos have to taxi to a runway? Is the whole game made by AI?
It doesnt run well on xbox. Someone should do performance review of the game for xbox also. MSFS2020 ran without much issue on my series x but 24 runs very poor especially with bigger airliners it is very choppy. Unplayable at times
can you play with just kb and mouse?
Please show the Actual content promised instead of just what was shown off in the trailers.
RTX 3090 @ 4k all settings max. Runs butter.
Sim rate control is awful on console is there a way to see the rate ??
Did you just say you can turn back the clock and witness the solar eclipse?!
I'm guessing 'Seth Macy' is the only dude at IGN who was prepared to lie through gritted teeth to appease Microsoft and give this game such a high review score.
Not everything is a conspiracy.
Braindead take.
This is a paid review right?
my first thought
I learned 64 GB of RAM is not enough as 96 GB of RAM is the sweet spot.
This game is like an undercooked chicken that just makes me sick, but mentally
Anyone knows how to replay or activate replay mode?
Pardon my ignorance,I’m 73. Is the Dune Ornithropter
You are NOT 73.
@ I wish I wash,t😫👍🏿🤣is the Dune flyer in the game?Ill be74 inJanuary
@@ashleycampbell8380what a weird and pointless thing to say.
No i havent seen it, and i have premium deluxe. It may come when they release the market place but cant be sure
You know you can run in the game, right? Right trigger.
Short answer: 07:54
no way theres aerial firefighting
heavily padded review
Should I buy a real Cesna for $30 000, or a a $30 000 gaming pc so that I could run this on at least 30fps
IGN will never give a 10 to a xbox game.
Flight Simulator is the best simulator in history.
ign kisses up yet again.
Can we inside the plane?
Thanks for this
Still has a bunch of issues on Xbox series X 😢😢😢😢
Walk anywhere in the world, it is a 10 from me even with the issues.
still crashes on loading screen without any warning
So much love for Xbox now days can’t digest …
Still buggy on Xbox Series X. I can't play with such low frame rate and pop in graphics.
Love the NaN XP 🤫
Jet Life til da next life! Pilot talk.
People need to calm down with bad launches. Get over it.
9/10
Can you fly helicopter?
Its got pretty much every aircraft type. Heli's, gliders, fighter jets, quadcopters, hot air balloons, blimps, experimental aircraft.
Of course you can.
Seth, this is the most half baked review I've ever seen on IGN. No talk of the continuing problems with this game, especially draw distance and graphical problems with streaming. EXTREMELY disssapointed in you.
Another xbox game hits a 9 😳 ? Xbox is on fire !!!
It's 73 on metacritic lol
You can run when on foot.
Access media gonna access media.
last one i played was the early 90s
Yeah, it's great and everything, but... it simply doesn't hold my attention like DCS World does. It's good looking enough though...
That said, some of the civi missions look good, though.
Dude I want to get into DCS world so bad but I am having trouble setting up the controller mappings. Flight Sim is awesome for simplifying the controls.
@KillswitchRobie828 that's half the problem; it's too simplified. I do appreciate that it's also probably the reason for it's success. It strikes that balance.
What's the issue with the mappings exactly?
All the bugs though????
MSFS is so mutch better in VR.
Better VR performance with MSFS 2024 too.
I feel this review is biased... not only the reviewer (Seth) is known to be a pilot (don't get me wrong, nothing bad about that, but I found many roadblocks/bugs while trying it) and he is known to be a fan boy of 2020 FS. (10/10 review, which is NOT) Also, I don't believe they have been using a set-up that the average gamer would have at their disposal. From internet speed to not using a console (Xbox Series)/mid-range PC as their review unit. Believe me when I say this because I was really looking forward to this game, and it's a technical mess that doesn't hold up to a "9".
NANxp? 😂
So the game itself is fine, but aren't the servers and wait times the biggest problems with the game?
Nah its all fixed now, still very buggy though
Not for me - those seem to be resolved
@@brandonchappell1535 not fixed at all
@@agutierrez20 what speed connection u on? Wifi or wired? Also try making ur rolling cache bigger, mines on 100gb.
@@brandonchappell1535look at the comments and user reviews dude, its not my system nor internet speed, this is happening to the majority of players this software is basically in beta state, worst if you go to Xbox.
Nope. Didn't play the career mode if that's the review
I respect your scoring but find it a bit disingenuous that you didn't address the extensive use of often poorly executed AI voices.
Great to see that IGN is back to its old ways. Fluffing up the big game producers not matter what.
This game will be great once the bugs and crashes get fixed and we move beyond the beta phase of this game. Shame on IGN. Shame.
To me I prefer going back to 2020 because the game is more stable and the 2024 game is buggy and graphics is not that big of an improvement