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Simon Forrester thinks he's a Stealth bomber, but then they did have a very odd careers officer in his village.

Stealth planes - the ultimate in sneaky. The beauty of a stealth plane is that it's undetectable by radar, even the pilot doesn't even know whether he's in the damned thing or not, and air traffic control are completely clueless (but if you've ever flown out of Greece, that won't be much of a new concept). So, when Hutch told me I was going to fly one, I kept an extra special eye out for several tonnes of nothing landing in the car park.

First things first, I'm not going to sit here and tell you what a fight sim is, because we haven't got much space.

Suffice to say that this particular fight sim is a very straightforward "fly round and destroy lots of stuff" kind of thang. So much for the plot.

Stealth bombers, as well as not being there, have one other property. They are laden down with huge amounts of weaponry. Therefore, this is a military flight sim, as opposed to Airbus, which is a dull you-don't-get-to-shoot-anybody affair.

Anyway - I'd better get on with the game, really, and attempt to get on with a notoriously difficult control system. Stealth, as it happens, is one of the easier games in the 'my God, it's full of keys' stakes, but you won't find a flight sim which is wonderfully easy to control.

What more can be said about a flight sim? It simulates you flying - I'm sure you can imagine the rest for yourself. You fly around shooting things that still manage to find you even though they've no idea you're there in the first place. Sorry, but after the main feature, I'm getting a sick of flight sims. It's a good game, but I'm not sure I want to talk about flight sims any more for at least a couple of months.

Graphics 68%
It moves well enough, and you can tell what's going on quite clearly.

Control System 68%
Loads of grunty, groany, growly effects and tolerable music, too.

Playability 56%
The on-screen joystick prompts make swift gaming easy.

Lastability 66%
Start playing though and you'll keep going for a while- flight sims are fun!

Overall 75%