![]() ![]() I’m currently above Glasgow and despite a few small errors in building generation, you could be forgiven for thinking this is a video of an airliner flying over the Scottish city. The game itself is amazing and can only get better, let’s take a look! Glasgow in MSFS – Image via DrawyahYT. Hopefully this is not going to be a permanent feature and hopefully it will be sorted out. The approach to community engagement at the launch of one of the most anticipated games in recent years is genuinely astonishing as it appears to be turning players and simmers away from the official community channels. There is even a warning in place right now on the reddit page (originally posted by a Microsoft employee on the discord discussion server that states “What you decide to do with your timezones is your own business, but we don’t allow chatting about it here. It is absolutely astonishing that this has happened, let the gravity of the following sink in and keep in mind this is an official communications channel for Microsoft Flight Simulator. ![]() When this was pointed out by users on the server, the moderation team declared that it was “fake news” but you can see some of what happened for yourself below. The surreal part was watching many users be told by moderators (absolutely incorrectly) that accessing the game earlier could see them facing fines or worse, jail time. If you’re active on social media in anticipation of Microsoft Flight Simulator today, you’ll have noticed scores of people seemingly being warned by community moderators on the official Microsoft Flight Simulator discord server and reddit pages for taking advantage of a harmless workaround that allowed users to access the title they’ve paid for just a few hours earlier than they normally would by changing their home region on Windows to one closer to the international date line. I checked out the official social media pages/servers/subreddit for the game before writing this and I was honestly taken aback. It’s regrettable that this is even part of a game review but I should explain what I mean by “calamitous community engagement”. This is a review, the opinion is soley that of the author. Despite a launch marred by calamitous community engagement, Microsoft Flight Simulator manages to soar above and beyond expectations. ![]()
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