Legendary Pilots

This is a wonderful game that brilliantly mixes a gentle flight simulation with career progression. Everything is very atmospheric and relaxing, from the colour schemes, to the music and the heartwarming graphics. Plus developers are really honest and committed. First, the game is free and there are no in-game maps. No pay to win. The game loop is intuitive: you are a pilot in charge with your own air company. You start off with one aircraft and complete flying missions to get promoted, gain money and expand and maintain your fleet. The flying model is simple but effective and it includes some serious elements of simulation. Flying is satisfying and can be challenging in some circumstances. Missions include passengers flights (longer flights to major airports), aerial firefighting (short and very exciting) and cargo flights (short hauls to minor airfields). I love that the game includes these different kinds of missions, and I especially welcome the inclusion of aerial firefighting, which is rarely seen in flying games. There are different randomised weather conditions. There are training missions and free flight too. There is a good selection of aircraft, including some classic planes. Progression seems fair and balanced. No in-game purchases are required to progress. You just need to fly. You can dip in and out in your own time, as different types of missions require different playtime (firefighting can be done in a few mins). The retro graphics are charming and mean that the game runs very smoothly. The free game is set in the Pacific Northwest, but you can buy extra maps for the Alps and Brasil. I recommend buying them as they are cheap and increase variety and replayability. There’s also an extra planes pack, but it’s pretty useless as you can’t use those planes in normal missions, but only in training and free flight, which is a shame as they are quite expensive compared to the benefits they offer. So far the game has been regularly updated, so I hope we will see more developments: especially new maps, aircrafts and types of missions. Some feedback for improvement: 1. The game should be linked to the Game Center to save progress across devices; 2. At present, in flight, you can only press one command at the time (e.g. you can either move the throttle or lower the flaps). This impairs the ability to control the plane and should be changed. 3. The flaps/gears/brake menu is cumbersome and covers other controls when open. This should be replaced with on-screen buttons (perhaps at the bottom of the navigation/map/camera buttons on the top right corner of the screen); 4. Any extra planes available for purchase with real money should be available for use in normal missions (passenger/firefighting/cargo), not just free flight/training. I hope the devs will keep this game on top and I will revise my feedback with the next updates. So far, well done to the developers for releasing such a unique and heartwarming game.

My only problem being the ticket functions. Would be much better if you could alter the ticket price for each individual route.- and slightly lower the tax to ~ 30% ish.