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* ''[[Steel Battalion]]'' for the [[X Box]], which features hour long missions [[Bladder of Steel|with no pause or reset]] [[Artificial Stupidity|and useless allies.]] Did we forget to mention that your save game gets deleted if you don't use the [[Ejection Seat]] in time or not have enough supply points for a replacement [[A Mech By Any Other Name|Vertical Tank]]?
** To elaborate: This is a game with a [http://i.imgur.com/4t1hW.jpg 30+ button controller] with multiple joysticks, pedals, and switches. You're liable to get killed just trying to work the controls.
* ''[[Il-2 Sturmovik]]'', still regarded as the most [[Hard Core]] of WWII combat flight simulators. [[Some Dexterity Required|Flying in a hamfisted manner]] WILL get you into a stall or spin that will likely end in your demise either by crashing or getting shot up in such a helpless state, and hitting the target with your guns is much more difficult than it looks [[Lead the Target|when you have to compensate for ballistics in three dimensions at high speeds.]] It's even harder [[Crack
* Modern air combat simulators like ''Falcon 4.0'' and ''DCS: Black Shark'' are a different kind of difficult; generally easier to fly thanks to computerized Flight Control Systems, but much more difficult to fight in due to the complicated weapons systems. Ramp starting the aircraft from a cold state in either sim also makes the aforementioned ''[[Steel Battalion]]'''s startup procedure look as easy as turning a key in comparison. They don't call them "study sims" for nothing-especially when they used to come with [[Doorstopper|gigantic manuals]], one of which (in ''Falcon 4.0'' 's case) was a binder that doubled as the game's packaging!
** It gets worse for ''DCS''. The developers were actually contracted to make a sim to train actual A-10 pilots into converting to the newer "C" variant, and were allowed to release a slightly modified commercial version. They've boasted that if you can learn to play their game, you can hijack *ahem* fly the actual A-10 Thunderbolt. (Similar boasts have been made for ''Falcon 4.0''.)
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