Break my bank? Nope.
But I’m not going to spend money on something that doesn’t interest me. Want my money? Put out a product that interests me. It’s really that simple.
I don’t want nor need an intro to serious flight sim and frankly won’t really be interested in their follow on sim until PMDG/VRS/Carenado level aircraft start appearing for it. Though, at least with the latter sim, I do intend on purchasing it when it releases.
$15.00 for a Super Cub, a Cherokee, and 15 missions covering basic flying (plus nine “challenging” missions) may be worth it for some, but I think I’d spend more time downing those couple beers than I would in FS. Then there’s the fact that they’re asking people to pre-order a game for which, to this date, all we have seen is a couple pretty screenshots, a pre-rendered trailer, and some handheld footage from a gaming show.
Maybe devs can start developing for Flight School and the free flight mode could become worth it… but I doubt it. Until then I see this as a preview of their tech to come and will hopefully give third parties a head start on integrating their products into Dovetail’s new engine.