Final Approach: Pilot Edition

The thing to remember first about Pilot Edition, it exists to capture VR players without motion controlls. The reason I bring that up is you will find a lot of the same tricks\modes of the original Final Approach. Stuff like Bird Clearing, queing planes for takeoff, fire duty. But the real core of this game is all about flying. The first ouple campaign/tutorial levels will seem awfully familiar to FA owners. But this is saved by how cool flying is. Even from 3rd person its really great to be controlling this 3d model, and it deals with aero dynamics pretty well, so don't start a straight down dive figuring you can pull up at the last second, you will die.Same goes for slowing down too much . I was reaching for a ballon on a really steep climb in plane not designed for that and the engine started to stall . Just stuff like that makes it a completely new dimension to the game. Its one of the best put togather VR games around right now. If I was a rift owner I'd buy this for sure, I...

[h1]Overall[/h1] I really enjoyed this one, but can't recommend it due to a couple of very big flaws. If it weren't for the camera tracking issues and the fact that the game was left unfinished, this would have been one of my favorite VR titles. Fixing just one of those would probably be enough to bump it up to a "recommended" rating. Another big reason to not recommend this title is that it is a near duplicate of the original, Final Approach. It comes down to this: [list] [*]Do you need to buy this game if you already have Final Approach? No. [*]Should you buy this instead of Final Approach if you have neither? I would lean towards the original Final Approach, but it depends on the gameplay style you want to experience. (more on that below) [*]Is it worth playing if you got it bundled for free with Final Approach? Sure [/list] On paper, the game is just about landing planes, but it's made quite broad with the unique locations, mini-games, mission variety, quality visuals and live...

Seeing other reviews I see I'm an exception, but honestly I liked the Pilot Edition more than the standard one. I bought Final Approach just when launched, at the very early days of Vive avaliability, and yes it was cool but wasn't very impressed of the gameplay itself. The game suffered also of awful performances with lot of missed frames, and I refunded. I'm back today after more than a year, with the Pilot Edition (than include also the standard, if you buy this one you'll get both). I tried the classic version again, the graphics is way more detailed and super smooth, they made an exceptional work in optimizations but still I don't find particulary fun or compelling the gameplay. With my surprise, the Pilot Edition instead fit way more my taste. Where those games are almost identical in contents, the classic version use full roomscale, handtracking and is based on drawing paths in the air: let's say than is closer to play with toys on a tabletop airport. The Pilot Edition instead...

Tried to land 5 planes in the tutorial.. crashed them all. Got dizzy and wobbly.. Cursed... Wrote this review This game is unplayable . The biggest issue being that the camera doesnt track with the plane... I dont know whats going on with that. But you press the bumper and it will put your view behind the pkane again, but as soon as you turn, the camera stop tracking.. This game got me crazy dizzy. I think the only other game to get me feeling ill was Minecraft on Occulus VR

HTC Vive owner... I kept meaning to get the original Final Approach. I finally got FA: Pilot Edition so I'll have both versions. I've just played Pilot Edition so far. It's fun and very pretty. It's got that "I just want to land a few more planes before I turn it off feel". Definitely a really good VR game. Now I want to go play with the original standing HTC Vive version. Pay attention to "controller support" part--it really does want a game controller (my PS4 one worked fine through USB). There are many different kinds of planes, plus helicopters. (My only complaint is that it's challenging to try to stay lined up with the planes as I land. As a result I get a just a tiny bit of motion sickness there--nothing that forced me to stop and I'm pretty sensitve to that kind of thing.)

Wow. I have to say I've only played a little bit but it is alot of fun. It's such a great perspective to play an already great game. I can't wait to finish this mode. Very great job team. Can't wait to see what else you come up with.

I thought this game would be like a flight sim, with you in the cockpit flying the plane. But you actually are flying behind the plane. It is very nauseating. I wouldn't recommend this game, I would suggest playing the other version of final approach instead.

Long story short, this is Final Approach: The "Seated Controller Edition" (aka any VR user without tracked motion controllers). It's basically the original game remade for a seated / xbox controller experiance (or at this point in time, the Oculus Rift). I much preffer the roomscale version but this version is just as engaging and just as much fun to play. Since you currently get both versions for the price of one, you lose nothing and gain everything. Since I already highly recommened the original Final Approach I'll just jump to the pro's and cons of this version since whilst they are the same game storywise, gameplay differs a lot. Pros: Acctually piloting the planes and choppers makes for fun gameplay. Very diffrent to simply drawing out a guideline and in some respects more fun, Cons: Losing the motion controllers detracts in certain elements and is a lot less fun, especially when you go down into the gameworld to perform certain tasks. There's also the the whole camera trac...

get the standard edition. Pilot edition is very disappointing, no cockpit or first person view, makes you feel quite sick. The main game is worth getting though

As too often mentioned: The weird camera paths make it unplayable. Why can't the camera just lock on the plane?! It even sometimes feels a bit nauseating when the camera "loses tracking" and everything moves in an unexpected way. Flying (""""landing"""") the barely controllable arcade planes is no fun at all. I got the game for free since I bought Final Approach (which is A LOT better). If I had bought it for the asked price of 23€ o_O, I'd just ask for a refund. This whole thing has just quickly been made to serve the Rift users with their Xbox controllers... Had the game installed for a while now, but never launched it, I knew from the beginning I wasn't going to like it... I wonder if mouse&keyboard is possible, perhaps going to try it one day.