Realism is great, but let's face it, so is arcade blasting action. Even HIND offers that. This is the first game NovaLogic has designed with their new, proprietary VoxelSpace 2 graphics engine, and I must say it is quite impressive. Just look at the screenshots. These are NOT cut screens.
Structures are just as impressive as ground and sky textures.
In one mission, I hovered over a house that was as detailed as the town buildings found in Diablo . Everything is in true 3D as well. The clouds in the sky are transparent and actually glide by realistically. Lens flare is well done and the transition between the cloud layer has to be seen to be believed. The downfall, though, is that the game is pretty demanding on your system.