I don't care that every other game company ships products prematurely, I don't want to plop down my money for a flawed game. Even with the nuisance bugs, the game plays quite well and should please the target audience. Trading Tit for Tat Novalogic has created a convincing game which relies on fun rather than accuracy, practicality over realism, and visuals over flight models. And the results are quite special. But these days, every game sports a fancy 3D interface with enhanced textures, high polygon models and lighting.
Mountains rise smoothly and convey a real sense of geography.
You will find enough ground objects, such as buildings and military units, to at least convince the eye that a real world exists below the clouds. Flying the F-22 isn't much of a task. In fact, the flight model is among the most forgiving I've played. Gamers who would rather concentrate on weapons and navigation are freed from the constraints of stalls, spins and gravity. Because the F-22 touts sophisticated flying aids, one might never encounter a spin in the real aircraft.