Pilot!

Good fun. Very addictive. BUT it still has glitches. Example: the Kalispell destination does let u land... U just keep descending into negative altitude and fly into oblivion or crash. Also, the altimeter is illegible; would be nice to be able to read the altitude. STILL NO RESPONSE FROM THESE FOLKS. WHY DON'T THEY FIX THE PROBLEMS? -- and more: instead of having to scroll through all the locked planes, how about showing my unlocked planes on the first screen. Also, why not show the price of each plane on its icon so we don't have to click on all the icons to see the prices?

The variety of aircraft and their relative performance is very good once you get the hang of the control sensitivity. I think it even provides enough positive transfer to be useful in refreshing some piloting skills (e.g. point to point navigation using TACAN or VOR/DME.) I do wish the altimeter, and airspeed indicator was more representative and a VVI would be nice for better practicing instrument skills (in the weather, with winds!) well enough to feel more proficient afterwards. The aerobatics possible with the fighters is kloogy but fun. It’s cool landing on the carrier with some of the slower aircraft including the Harrier! I wish you had enabled the hook function on the F/A-18, and the F-,15, and F-16 too for that matter. For a game it exceeds my expectations.

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I’m revising my old 3-star review. Even back then, developer greed was front & center with the use of micro-transactions to purchase new planes. Now it looks like they’ve added the ability to purchase planes using in-game coins (in addition to the ability to use real money) but the planes still cost a crazy amount of coins. C’mon dev, they’re VIRTUAL planes, for crying out loud. We’re given two crappy planes to start. And some of the best ones can be unlocked by what looks like having to create an account with this company. That’s so they can sell your info to rip us off more. No thanks. I’d like to make a comment on the new gameplay after the big update, but it crashes EVERY time I tap Play. Garbage.

I like the fact that this feels somewhat realistic and all that, but the problems are mostly with the controls. They’re a little ugly, and the physics aren’t very accurate. Also, this GPS is not very easy to navigate with, since it points you to the middle of the runway. The problem with this is that you don’t know what direction the runway is pointing, until you actually see it, so sometimes you have to go around a second time, which is a pain. But the game is super addictive, since you get coins for flights, and those coins allow you to get super cool planes.

Overall, it’s not hard. And I love the gear down and flaps and brake buttons. And nice aircrafts. More or Less. But I would like it if there was a on screen radar. Anyway, when I landed, I went through the ground and I couldn’t get back up. I just was wondering if anyone else had this problem or if it was just me. And if it is some glitch, I just hope that it gets fixed up or i don’t think that I will play it anymore but otherwise, the game is great and I really think you should play it. Pilot!