I'm recommending this game with some reservations. First off, yes, the launch was rocky. I tried to log in on launch day and sat in a queue for about 30 minutes before giving up. Then our power went out and was out for 2 days. When I came back, no more queues. I got in immediately. It took about 20 minutes for the initial game files to download and install, then I was able to play. No problem. The game looks gorgeous, and the flight models are significantly improved. There's definitely a lot of activities to explore and play around with.

That said, there are bugs. As I generally expect of any new game on a scale like this one. I haven't experienced any crashes or major functionality issues but... just as an example, the first time I tried to start career mode, the initial airfield I picked turned out to be remote enough that the terrain was completely glitched. There were big bumps on the runway that made it impossible to take off. And if you can't take off on your first flight, you can't progress to the next part of the career mode. So I had to reset and pick a different airfield. After that, I still get some weird issues. In some missions, the default flight path has way too high a cruise altitude. Also, I get tons of Infractions for speed limits, with no explanation of what speed I should be flying at.

Despite all that, I'm having fun with the game. They've already released a first hotfix, and I expect things to improve significantly. So I'm happy with my purchase.

I'm recommending this game with some reservations. First off, yes, the launch was rocky. I tried to log in on launch day and sat in a queue for about 30 minutes before giving up. Then our power went out and was out for 2 days. When I came back, no more queues. I got in immediately. It took about 20 minutes for the initial game files to download and install, then I was able to play. No problem. The game looks gorgeous, and the flight models are significantly improved. There's definitely a lot of activities to explore and play around with. That said, there are bugs. As I generally expect of any new game on a scale like this one. I haven't experienced any crashes or major functionality issues but... just as an example, the first time I tried to start career mode, the initial airfield I picked turned out to be remote enough that the terrain was completely glitched. There were big bumps on the runway that made it impossible to take off. And if you can't take off on your first flight, you can't progress to the next part of the career mode. So I had to reset and pick a different airfield. After that, I still get some weird issues. In some missions, the default flight path has way too high a cruise altitude. Also, I get tons of Infractions for speed limits, with no explanation of what speed I should be flying at. Despite all that, I'm having fun with the game. They've already released a first hotfix, and I expect things to improve significantly. So I'm happy with my purchase.