Flight Deck 5
by Abacus
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Product Summary
Brand: AbacusPrimary Contributor: Windows
Format: CD
Release Date: 2007-10-23
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: S760
Publisher: Abacus
Product features:
- Expansion pack for FSX and FS2004 flight simulators
- Choose from 7 new aircraft to fly - F/A-18C Hornet, F/A-18E Super Hornet, E-2C Hawkeye, S-3B Viking, SH-60 Seahawk, C-2A Greyhound and the EA-6B Prowler.
- Takeoff and land from a moving carrier surface
- Super-accurate launch and recovery using 3WireX technology
- Five great missions and 60+ mini training missions
Video Game Reviews of Flight Deck 5
Customer Review: False Advertisement
Summary: 1 Stars
Box states that the game is "enhanced for FSX". However many "important" features do not exist for FSX.
While Abacus brags that the carrier moves in FSX, they DON'T have the following for FSX:
1) Abacus had to eliminate IFLOS (Improved Fresnel Lens Optical System - carrier landing guidance by instrumentation on HUD). Dev was unable to program the instruments to work with a moving carrier. In other words, you will have to land on the moving carrier by sight (without the guidance system)...so much for realism.
2) There are NO LAUNCHING MISSIONS and you cannot INITIALLY LAUNCH FROM THE CARRIER IN FREE FLIGHT in FSX. Abacus had to eliminate this ability because they can't place your plane on the moving carrier. You have to land first and then launch.
Basically, you have to "start" every mission in the air, then land (without a working IFLOS) and then launch. SO if you can't land (which I couldn't by sight, go figure), then you can never launch. Does this sound like fun?
Tech support was very willing to defend this decision with "that's just the way it is" as a response to my concern.
I will never understand why Abacus released this game with such disdain for FSX users and then used false advertisement to solicit sales. On top of all of this, they continue to ignore the FSX deficiencies by producing a new game, "Strike Force", with the same lame launching protocol.
Unfortunately, one star is the lowest score I can give for this game. Fortunately, I was able to get my money back. For FSX users, look elsewhere; don't waste your time believing the lame advertising ploy from Abacus.
Description of Flight Deck 5
In the tradition of four previous versions, the new Flight Deck 5 keeps the excitement in aircraft carrier operations. The USS Gerald R Ford is your new base where you'll perform launch and recovery until you're blue in the face. The powerful catapult gets you airborne in just a few hundred feet. And during recovery, you'll want your tailhook to catch the steel cable to bring your muscular aircraft to a screeching halt. From the flight deck of the new USS Gerald R Ford, you'll fly 7 exciting aircraft and take advantage of Flight Deck 5's brand new technology featuring an aircraft carrier that moves and a super accurate catapult launch and recovery system. You'll experience the thrill of authentic deck operations with AI traffic on and above the carrier. You'll see why cable recovery on the short flight deck is both thrilling and nerve-wracking.Maverick missile Fly from the new USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier ESRB Rated RP for Rating Pending
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