I always wonder when playing flight games, what exactly the developers think is fun in the game. Manticore: Galaxy on Fire is yet another aerial combat game that for me, misses the fundamental joy of flying.

The freedom that comes with flight is something man has dreamed of since at least Da Vinci. Now we have actual flying machines, but as it turns out, they’re really really complicated. These games are the compromise, they promise the total freedom from the ground we’ve craved for years, but can never quite deliver.