So I am both amazed and disappointed. My amazement is way higher than my disappointment however, because compared to any previous FS I've used, this is freaking amazing. We all know why it is amazing, so I'll focus mostly on my disappointments.
Perhaps I should say disappointment (singular), since it's all about the autogen algorithm and satellite imaging. This game does an amazing job at placing buildings where they belong, but these buildings often do not match what should be there. For example, there are apartments where a shopping mall should be, and buildings in general are of the wrong type and architecture and even color, which kinda ruins the "I'm flying over my home town!" feel of the simulator. Now ironically it nailed my own home surprisingly well, but then it put this huge industrial complex in the woods down the road from me where no such complex exists. Maybe they know something I don't?
And then there's the swapping of dirt roads for paved road, and paved roads for dirt roads... So my town is full of dirt roads, but the back dirt roads are busy highways? Huh. And everything is way too green - including the roads. I think I know why things are too green. Apparently the satellite imagery was taking in early spring when everything is still dead, so they must have false colored everything to make it look green. This kinda works, except for the SNOW still in the fields and woods! We've had the hottest summer on record, and I can promise you there is no snow, anywhere... Oh, and my airport is pretty crappy, too.
I look forward to scenery editing tools, because I can fix a lot of these problems myself. I also expect things to only get better over time, so I'm not salty about this, just a wee bit disappointed. All in all, however, this is an AMAZING flight simulator and I think I'll be enjoying myself greatly for a long time to come!
