Aero Elite: Combat Academy
- February 07, 2003 00:00 AM PST
Looking for more �sim� in your flight-sim? Sega�s AM2 team brings you Aero Elite, the toughest and most exacting console flight sim since Pilotwings.
It�s been a while since a console flight sim really demanded that you learn how to fly a plane, but Aero Elite: Combat Academy will do just that. You�ll have to know when to throttle up, when to bank left or right, and just how hard to push the plane in a vertical loop while trying to escape an enemy missile. Aero Elite will put you in the cockpits of over 60 aircraft, including a wide selection of fighters, bombers, and helicopters from the past and present of aviation. You�ll use real-world weapons, and realistic physics will enable you to experience flight like the real pilots do. A two-player split-screen mode will test your skills in a dogfight.Thankfully, a huge part of Aero Elite is its deep training mode, already impressive (and daunting) in the preview version. All of the game�s controls seemed intact and precise in the early build, and let it be known that this game isn�t for the part-time backyard pilot. You�ll have to know pitch from yaw, collective from throttle, and more in order to master this sim-academy.
