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Rest In Piece FSX Multiplayer
13 years ago
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new.....ic-Multiplayer
Damn you Glu! Where once I thought you made mediocre iPhone/Android games with decently high production values and were generally ok overall. Now I'm just kinda ticked off! After the laughable attempt that was MS FLIGHT casual fans of FSX are now unable to play multiplayer over the old servers. Sure, Gamespy was shit and it logged you out every 2 minutes or so because it was buggy as hell, but it was something at least! Of course there are still multiplayer services like VATSIM but those are for very hardcore fans only (I.E. you should know all the proper real world procedures before connecting). But what if
skinavish and I just wanna dick around in a Baron 52 and fly down the grand canyon? Well now we can't do that anymore! And of course it isn't just FSX that's been affected, tons of grand old games with dedicated followings have lost their multiplayer service due to this decision. Man, ACES is gone, Microsoft doesn't give a shit about their simulation franchises anymore. These last few years have been just horrible for the fandom in general. If Laminar Research and X-Plane ever go under that'd be the last of the major Flight sim franchises to go down...
Well, simmers are nothing if not resilient, we belong to one of the most obsessive and hard working niche followings in the gaming industry. These are the same people who will pay well over 2 grand in DLC for rail simulator trains, or will build pretend cockpits in their living rooms just to get the ultimate experience. And we shall survive this! *Triumphant trumpets and jets roaring overhead!*
Blah, sillyrant! This is kind of a sad subject for me as I always seem to get into franchises just as they're in their dying breaths. :/
Damn you Glu! Where once I thought you made mediocre iPhone/Android games with decently high production values and were generally ok overall. Now I'm just kinda ticked off! After the laughable attempt that was MS FLIGHT casual fans of FSX are now unable to play multiplayer over the old servers. Sure, Gamespy was shit and it logged you out every 2 minutes or so because it was buggy as hell, but it was something at least! Of course there are still multiplayer services like VATSIM but those are for very hardcore fans only (I.E. you should know all the proper real world procedures before connecting). But what if
skinavish and I just wanna dick around in a Baron 52 and fly down the grand canyon? Well now we can't do that anymore! And of course it isn't just FSX that's been affected, tons of grand old games with dedicated followings have lost their multiplayer service due to this decision. Man, ACES is gone, Microsoft doesn't give a shit about their simulation franchises anymore. These last few years have been just horrible for the fandom in general. If Laminar Research and X-Plane ever go under that'd be the last of the major Flight sim franchises to go down... Well, simmers are nothing if not resilient, we belong to one of the most obsessive and hard working niche followings in the gaming industry. These are the same people who will pay well over 2 grand in DLC for rail simulator trains, or will build pretend cockpits in their living rooms just to get the ultimate experience. And we shall survive this! *Triumphant trumpets and jets roaring overhead!*
Blah, sillyrant! This is kind of a sad subject for me as I always seem to get into franchises just as they're in their dying breaths. :/
Here's hoping that the ones you still can use stay alive!
(Or getting booted from a server for flying a stunt plane and buzzing the tower/narrowly missing planes that were coming in for a landing! >:P)