Tom Clancy should retire

I always say you should go out at the top of your game, and videogames are no exception. Having played the demo just now, I'm somewhat relieved to conclude that I won't be buying this one. I'm not a huge fan of flight sims, but figured that this would have a more arcadey slant, and it does. But what on earth would possess them to use a third-person camera system? I spent most of the time looking back at my own plane, from a distance, which looks surprisingly the same right side up as it does upside down. I guess the matching top/bottom stripe package is the instructor's idea of a joke.

Let me give you an idea of what it's like to play: fire up your copy of Call of Duty 4, remove all buildings, cover and terrain from a map, throw in half a dozen enemy players shaped like tiny yellow diamonds with unlimited sprint, and have someone stand behind you with a buzzer, shouting the following:

- There's a missile locked onto you!
- If this wasn't an exercise, you'd be dead!
- You're about to stall!
- You're leaving the training area!
- If those missiles were real, you'd be dead!
- Pull up, you're about to crash!
- YOU'RE DOING GREAT!
(repeat)

All while running backwards.

There, I just saved you the time and hassle of downloading this.