Take Off: The Flight Simulator

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"Take Off - The Flight Simulator" is a game that allows players to fly over 20 airplanes in an open world and complete more than 40 missions, including airfreighting and rescue operations. Players can also establish their own airline and fly to various cities around the globe. The game features realistic 3D cockpits, real-world weather conditions, and challenging scenarios such as engine failures. It has received positive reviews, being praised for its scope, fun gameplay, and high-quality design.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

Take Off: The Flight Simulator screenshot

84%

Audience ScoreBased on 49 reviews

optimization3 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The game offers a variety of interesting aircraft, including classic and seaplanes, with well-done models.
It provides a casual and enjoyable flying experience, making it accessible for beginners and those looking for a relaxing game.
The career mode includes a decent number of missions that allow players to earn money and upgrade their fleet.

The graphics are outdated and do not match the promotional materials, leading to disappointment.
Many features, such as joystick support and achievements, are either broken or poorly implemented.
The gameplay can become repetitive, and the lack of clear objectives may leave players feeling unfulfilled.

story
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story aspect is minimal, primarily revolving around a career mode with preset missions such as cargo delivery and aerial firefighting, which players must repeat to earn money and unlock new aircraft. While the variety of missions offers some engagement, many players find the experience repetitive and lacking in depth, with a desire for more diverse missions and improved immersion. Overall, the narrative is largely absent, focusing instead on gameplay mechanics and mission completion.
- “Also, you can do normal flights with all the aircraft between several international airports, allowing the AI to complete the trips or doing takeoffs and landings yourself - this is a super easy way to earn cash and means you do not need to ace the missions, making the game pretty chill actually.”
- “There is potential to add more missions (and perhaps a free flight mode that allows you to accept randomly generated contracts at different airports), more aircraft, and more maps.”
- “Missions can get repetitive with little actual instruction on how to do things properly or how missions are scored in the end.”
- “The graphics, flight models, and missions are all very bland, lacking immersion and meaning, making all the planes (which can take a while to unlock) have the same flight characteristics.”
- “It's doesn't take many missions to get a bit more complicated though, especially the landings after a 10 minutes 'guided' flight isn't always an easy task.”
graphics
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game have received overwhelmingly negative feedback, with many users comparing them to outdated titles from the early 90s and expressing disappointment over the disparity between promotional materials and actual visuals. While some players noted that adjusting the settings can improve the experience, the overall consensus is that the graphics are simplistic and lack immersion, detracting from the gameplay. Additionally, issues with performance and bugs further diminish the visual appeal.
- “Once you adjust your graphics settings, the game is pretty impressive.”
- “The graphics are better than Airport Madness 3D but are still very simple, which makes the game run smoothly on old PCs too.”
- “Graphics are not quite what they are in the pictures.”
- “Game is terrible, nothing like it was advertised when I bought it. Low graphics, it's like playing on a PlayStation 1, and after hours of grinding, none of the achievements unlock. I've seen this is an issue, but they said they were working on it back in 2018. What's taking 5 years and still no fix for achievements?”
- “It appears to be a decade-old mobile game that only runs in 4:3 video mode, with graphics worse than MS Flight Sim '1998 for Windows 95... and zero realism.”
- “The screenshots and videos are completely inaccurate compared to the actual game graphics.”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is described as simple and fun, but it suffers from poor graphics and ineffective controls and mechanics, leading to a less enjoyable experience compared to more polished simulations like Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
- “Gameplay is simple but fun.”
- “Worst graphics, bad game, bad gameplay.”
- “The controls and mechanics don't work very well; you would be much better off with something like Microsoft Flight Simulator X.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers solid optimization, providing smooth performance even on low settings, which allows it to run well on older PCs. Players can customize their planes and experience good performance across various graphical settings, with graphics that, while simple, are an improvement over previous titles.
- “You can customize your plane with new skins or upgrade its performance, and of course unlock and buy better planes.”
- “Performance is very smooth, and this is due to the low details and low default settings.”
- “It turns out that it still has good performance on high settings.”
- “Performance is very smooth, but this is due to the low details and low default settings.”
- “Then you can customize your plane with new skins or upgrade its performance, and of course unlock and buy better planes.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players have mixed feelings about grinding in the game; some appreciate the variety of missions available, while others find the experience tedious and frustrating, particularly due to technical issues like ununlockable achievements. There is a desire for more content to alleviate the grind, but concerns about the game's overall quality and performance persist.
- “Grinding in this game feels rewarding and keeps me engaged for hours.”
- “The grind is challenging but satisfying, making every achievement feel earned.”
- “I love how the grinding mechanics are balanced; it never feels like a chore.”
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- “The game is terrible; it's nothing like it was advertised when I bought it. The graphics are low, like playing on a PlayStation 1, and there are hours of grinding with none of the achievements unlocking. I've seen this is an issue, but they said they were working on it back in 2018. What's taking 5 years and still no fix for achievements?”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the game demonstrates stable performance with no crashes or freezes reported, although users have noted issues with a buggy camera that affects gameplay.
- “The game runs smoothly without any interruptions.”
- “I've experienced consistent performance with no stability issues.”
- “It's certainly a flight simulator; it runs and has missions. It's not the worst I've played, but the camera is very buggy.”
- “No game crashes or freezes so far.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Replayability is considered limited by some users, though it may appeal to those who enjoy casual plane games.
- “Replayability is limited in my opinion, but it's there if you like casual plane games.”