When comparing Angband vs FlightGear, the Slant community recommends FlightGear for most people. In the question“What are the best open-source games?” FlightGear is ranked 4th while Angband is ranked 51st. The most important reason people chose FlightGear is:
FlightGear has scenery that contains environments to fly in from the whole globe.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Active development
Angband contributors are still improving the core gameplay almost 30 years later.
Pro Classic Roguelike that has inspired many variants
Throughout the years many people have created their own variants on the game. Making for a wide selection of choices in gameplay and themes while still holding to the core design of the game.
Pro Challenging
Angband is a very difficult roguelike game with permadeath, meaning that all your progress is destroyed when you die. Most Angband players don't fully beat the game until months or years later (if at all). However, the game still tracks your progress and scores even if you don't win, so it's fun and challenging regardless.
Pro Crossplatform
Linux / Mac / Windows support.
Pro Addicting
Pro High replay value
Each play through has the potential to be a different experience.
Pro Simple character creation
Pro Vast community of players
You can easily find tips and help online, about monsters, items, gameplay, etc...
Pro Deep gameplay
Pro Worldwide scenery
FlightGear has scenery that contains environments to fly in from the whole globe.
Pro Free and Open Source
All code written for FlightGear is opensource and available for anyone to use.
Pro Crash animations in some aircrafts
Pro It has world-wide multiplayer
Pro Live cockpit
Pro A lot of aircrafts to add
Pro It has amazing graphics
Pro You can almost recreate real incidents
Pro No bugs
Cons
Con Text or tile-based interface can be offputting for some
Con Steep learning curve
Con Not as graphically advanced as commercial competition
Con Getting stuck upside down
After a crash a pilot may be stuck in an upside down position with no way to recover.