It's not fair - it's great!
The game is really cool - I've just finished the single player campaign and I find it very fun and involving. If you like doing things the hard way play with the simulation control scheme - With or without motion sensitive. To add some more immersion you should try play it in the cockpit view - it's really cool. Can you imagine they reproduced ALL the cockpits of the planes featured in the game? I really liked the graphics too. The cities are truly impressive and the planes look awesome and very real. Actually I didn't play such a good air combat game since Crimson Skies and that's quite a while...