The gameplay is fantastic, free, and probably the best flight sim on steam, but the expensive price of vechicles within the game economy and grind make anything but the lower tiers a chore to get to. Which, are still fun, but you're only playing the bottom 1/3rd of the game.

Another classic example of a greedy business model driving down player counts in an otherwise perfectly good game, shades of runescape, etc.

Best biplanes simulator 2017. EDIT: They added boats and helicopters, which are all fine and dandy but the price of repairs are still far too high at the top tiers.

TL;DR the game is actually fun, but it is impossible to play without paying if you want to play anything more advanced than vintage warbirds.

The gameplay is fantastic, free, and probably the best flight sim on steam, but the expensive price of vechicles within the game economy and grind make anything but the lower tiers a chore to get to. Which, are still fun, but you're only playing the bottom 1/3rd of the game. Another classic example of a greedy business model driving down player counts in an otherwise perfectly good game, shades of runescape, etc. Best biplanes simulator 2017. EDIT: They added boats and helicopters, which are all fine and dandy but the price of repairs are still far too high at the top tiers. TL;DR the game is actually fun, but it is impossible to play without paying if you want to play anything more advanced than vintage warbirds.