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SkySim's Mirage

Really?

I can see where you're coming from, and it's very reasonable priced, but I think there are better jets in the sky. Personally, I prefer their excellent Hawk package :ernae:

Anyway, thanks for the feedback!
 
A nice review, although I would suggest taking your screenshots of the aircraft from a closer viewpoint. You can't really get a good look at the model with a combination of low light and a distant camera.
 
I agree with that, the hawk is a much better aircraft but remember it was developed with help from the Red Arrows, so it had to be perfect for those guys to endorse it!
 
Ok, I'll bite:icon_lol:. Please note that, just like your review, this is my personal opinion and I'm a bit biased towards the Mirage III (she was the first big plastic scale model I built).

One thing that I missed was any mention of the interchangeable payload. Now that feature is not unique to this developer or aircraft, but e.g. the Aerosoft F-16 (so often tauted as the Holy Grail of FSX-jets) doesn't include such a feature. I also missed any mention of framerates and system and/or settings used, which I think any reader/potential buyer would be interested in. And lastly, I think a lot of the screenshots don't do the aircraft justice.

There's one thing that struck me, but before I go any further, I just have to ask you if you chose to do this review or if you were "ordered to"? The reason I ask because your review does not seem to be very "enthousiastic", almost as if you didn't really care about the subject matter. And by that I don't mean that you have to comment favourably to anything you review, but there's something in the "tone" of your review that almost sounds to me like you weren't enjoying the experience.

Mind you, I realise I'm getting to the "personal opinion" aspect here (like I said at the beginning, I'm biased towards the Mirage). Yes, to the casual onlooker she may not be as "pretty" as the AS F-16 (and believe me, I'm a sucker for eye candy). The AS F-16 may also be more technically advanced simwise, but I find that my opulent French mistress has bags more character than that curvacious but shallow American hussy (I have a real love-hate relationship with the Falcon. Doctor says it's terminal:gameoff:).
But besides being a beautiful aircraft I love, I think what endears me even more to it is the willingness of Mark Harper and the Skysim-team to think outside the box and not do the same aircraft over and over again:ernae:.

Just my two cents.

Edit: I was typing this as the others were already responding.
 
Thanks for the comments, gents :ernae:

I have to apologize on two of those points- yes, I need closer screenshots and yes I need to discuss performance, but my rig crashed and I'm afraid I can't get that info right now otherwise I would have put in the sections. I didn't want to delay this review any further. The screenshots you see here are just the ones that I took for fun- note how just about every one is of a sunset and some other scenery that I'm reviewing. Otherwise, I always include the basic closeups of the internal and external aspects.

I have to admit, I wasn't as enthusiastic for this aircraft as some of my other reviews. Recently I have been taught a good lesson about being picky about what I review because otherwise things become somewhat laborious to write about. This is my fault, but I have learned and therefore my future reviews will benefit from this, I hope. In the future I will be much pickier- for the next several weeks I will only have the A2A Cub and the FTX SP3 DVD.

I will add a discussion to performance, but I'm afraid it won't be much :(
 
I don't think it is necessary for a reviewer to (always) like the product under review, otherwise it just turns into another "Glory hallelujah, this is so wonderful" kind of review you see on the major flightsim-sites:monkies:. But in general, if a reviewer reviews a product with a certain reluctance or prejudice, he should let his readers know. Just MHO and I hope we (I) haven't put you off reviewing stuff. Keep up the good work:guinness:.
 
Thanks mate :)

I appreciate how polite you are with your comments- normally when I receive complaints it's with curses and death threats :monkies:
 
VFR Reviews said:
Thanks mate :)

I appreciate how polite you are with your comments- normally when I receive complaints it's with curses and death threats :monkies:
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Why ? You bought it fair and square and your entitled to your opinion.Sry I didn,t read it cause I have the model and my opinion it,s already formed .
One thing i dont get it though..why do you do this reviews ? It,s a hooby, or someone is paying you ? I don,t get the waist of time and energy to put into a fancy review unless you get something out of it..
On top of that,it,s a pretty old release,simmers interested in Mirage aircrafts we kinda have it already,so is the opinion on it..Who are you trying to rich with this reviews ? Future buyers ?
 
Yes, you're right, it is an old release. Naturally, some interest has faded, and I always try to avoid this.

Anyway, to answer your main question, reviewers get the product which they are writing about for free. That's why there are so few freeware reviews and that's why I started VFR Reviews' support of freeware- simply because reviewers are often too lazy to write about something they could get free anyways.

For me, though, it's largely a hobby. I enjoy reviewing a lot, normally, but recently I've had less and less time for it- thus, that's why I need to be pickier about what I review.
 
Thank you for your answer.So hobby it is.I would steer clear away of reviewing a freeware unless your 120% positive on comments.Saying something bad about a freeware it totally uncool in my opinion.
 
I know what you mean ;)

Still, some people feel that they should be judged by the same standard as payware- it's all individual opinion. Either way, I'll be reviewing Dino's F-14D and we'll see what happens there :ernae:
 
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I know what you mean ;)

Still, some people feel that they should be judged by the same standard as payware- :ernae:
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Those people are a tinny ungrateful minority and will be crucified by the community on doing so, every single time.Such unsolicited judgment may upset the author and have him understandable, stop sharing.Take that risk with Dino and than talk about threats.I would strongly advise you to keep any thoughts about freeware to yourself and let us decide quietly if it,s a keeper or not.
 
I don't see how the reviewer was hard on the product at all...

Even if he was, as a reviewer, he had the right to do so.

As for freeware or any review for that matter, if you are afraid to write negative comments about it, it would be best to not even bother. Good reviews are objective and point out the positives and negatives of the aircraft. It is the reason I never read flightsim.com's reviews... :mixedsmi:
 
Hi;

I'am Gilles french simmer and apologize for my english.

First let me introduce me to you. I am 51 years old. So you can understand that the Mirage III or SMB2 should be my favorit French jet fighters....

For FS communauty duty I have done a few paints. I was a FsFrance member and collaborate to a few HJG projects as painter.

Now I am enjoying with Restauravia team working on a Mystère IV project.

Well... Somewhere very far from the Captsim' F104 or the Draken freeware , I am maybe not objective but I think that it is for the moment the skysim Mirage is the best representation of this marvellous fighter.

Let me tell you that inside the French free FS communauty we are a few to espect to realize a Mirage III as cptsim standart.... Or Draken...

For the moment our designers prefer to work on Mirage 2000 or Rafale projects.... I have in my hangar a terrific beta test of the Mirage 2000 from Rollus....

We are working on a Mystere IV for fsx and Fs9 and I think it would be very good as all the Restauravia product

Mabe one day we will initiate a Mirage III project, but for the moment be cool whit the skysim one's it is really good one for me.

A+
Gilles
 
I was involved in this project (as a beta tester) from an early stage, so I will try not to be biased.
I wrote quite a lot of reviews (and tried to include freeware too, but nobody else there could be bothered to join me) when I was a staffer at Avsim.com and it took a great deal of effort to remove any 'personal feelings' when you are reviewing a project. On some reviews, I hated the subject matter, but could still see what brighter points the project had and what others (who will pay hard earned cash to buy it) will be looking for. I guess it took quite a few reviews to be happy finding positive and negative aspects without letting my own feelings take over.

I do not have the final issue Mirage, but from what I see on the screenshots and from posts here, those that bought it are a happy bunch. That said, I think I read somewhere that reviews have very little effect on sales:pop4:
 
Freeware is a gift.You don,t review a gift unless you are the most ungrateful and ill-mannered pearson wich walked the face of the earth. I,m shocked that even crossed your mind to do so.Who made this nonsense post a sticky one and why ? There is no benefit attached to it , Mirage III it,s old news .
 
yago9 said:
Freeware is a gift.You don,t review a gift unless you are the most ungrateful and ill-mannered pearson wich walked the face of the earth. I,m shocked that even crossed your mind to do so.Who made this nonsense post a sticky one and why ? There is no benefit attached to it , Mirage III it,s old news .
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Yago, I think you're thinking in the wrong mindset. First of all, please keep in mind that the admins were kind enough to pin this for me before the discussion of freeware reviews started (and I regret mentioning it).

Also, who says our reviews of freeware are going to be negative? OZx and Dino, to name just two, have released payware quality aircraft which I feel deserve critical coverage. If we point out flaws then we point out flaws- that's all there is to it, and it will help the creators better their work. It is, in this manner of thinking, no different then beta testing.

I do not wish to argue further on this subject and I hope that you will read this post candidly. I normally keep myself out of any of the FS world's arguments for the sake of my reviewing group, but since this directly involves me I will speak up.

PS- if nothing else, wait for some of my freeware reviews before you set your opinion in stone- please do this.
 
My freeware reviews at Avsim (The Treasure Chest) and a longer series by 'The Bear' were to highlight the great work of the freeware community and to let users know just how good they were.

Both Steve and I only picked the 'Cream of the Crop' to write about. I agree that if you dod not like freeware, just delete it, without making a fuss, it did not cost you anything.
 
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