Miracle on the Hudson is what it was called...until the Discovery Channel web site pulled it. Flight sims sometimes suck anyway, but ones based on the real-life experiences of the passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 would have to be bad for different reasons.
Starr Report actually previewed it before it was pulled:
One screen features "options" including these announcements: "Our flight is going to crash!" "Time to panic, we may not survive!" "Put your head down. Brace for impact." I kid you not.
In the game it seems that you'll either succeed by hitting the water, or lose by crashing. Discovery posted the video game as part of its special, "Hudson Plane Crash: What Really Happened," which aired last Wednesday.
Not cool, Discovery. Not cool
[Via Joystiq]
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10:00 AM on 03.11.2009
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Did you personally see or play the game prior to it getting pulled? NYPost often sensationalizes things. If handled like a simulation I don't understand why there should be any problem with it as it would be hugely valuable simulation for pilots (and wannabes). However, given that it *was* pulled it was probably more like landing the Tomcat in NES Top Gun instead of Microsoft Flight Sim.
But yeah...the pulling of the game could have been due to the crapiness of the game, or the fact that they didn't want people to get the wrong idea and think they were mocking the event.
http://www.games2win.com/en/adventure/play-miracle_on_the_hudson.asp
I have no idea what I'm doing...too lazy to read the instructions. I managed to crash in the Hudson and killed everyone on board.
Yeah...glad they pulled it.
you guys are lame - it is cool IMO - its called free speech & noone here died so who are offending?
I should censor myself for the fear of upsetting someone else's precious feelings and sensitivity - come on - I thought this was an open public forum for video gamers - guess what - thats a video game, and an expression of communication constitutionally protected
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does that offend you? - it should cause its my ass
With a strong crosswind
and ice
on Friday the 13th
after a glass of scotch
with food poisoning from a bad fish meal
while talking on a cell phone
It's pretty terrible as a game, so grats to them for pulling it... but suggesting that there's something morally reprehensible about it here on Destructoid is either the height of ignorance or hypocrisy. Take your pick. (Bonus points if you're right.)
Also, if you're going to scold something for its irreverence, don't illustrate it with Raccoon Mario.