B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th reviews

So far this is the best bomber simulator. At first glance, it seems not too beautiful-no wonder, the game was published before the release of Il-2. But the depth of gameplay and simulation surpasses everything that was ever done on the subject. If there is an interest in the topic of the Second World Bomber Aviation, here it is done better than anywhere at this time. By the Way in the early 2000s, Akella issued a partially russified version.

Bad. A game that could make a lot, and instead..... Never seen a game with such stupid and illogical controls. If you try to change them by pressing the button that you want to assign is not "recognized" and will assign another, you do not understand well why. Result? You will find yourself in press all the possible keys without being able to make that plane respond to the commands. In the taxi's mision and Decolllo once unlocked the rear wheel and increasing the power of the engine the airplane starts to move but does not steer! Pressing the rudder with the joystick you see this move but the aero continues to go straight out off-road, all of a sudden the mission closes for no reason. These are embarrassing bugs for such an old game. A gico that could be very nice is made to be unplayable, the only thing to do is to put in automatically and the plane will fly alone, you just have to use the machine gun. A simulator where the only thing you can do is to use machine guns because commands stupid and unintuitive and that do not respond make the plane stackable. Really a piece of crap.

The Game is certainly not suitable for the flight simulator fan, who is fixated on fast Results, Due to its degree Of complexity. Even the hard-edged handbook freak will take some Time to be able to deal with the possibilities offered to some extent. Manual Operation is quite difficult and requires a relatively long Training Time. Beginners should first have their Bomber-as described in the Tutorial mission of the Manual-initially controlled exclusively by the Computer in other Missions except for the Dropping Of bombs. You can leave the Control completely to the AI and watch the 10 Crew at Work or just do the Things you want to do yourself. In this Way, you can slowly approach the Control and thus have an easy Start! B17 is not just a pure Bomber Simulation from World War II, but a Must for Strategists and Flight Simulator Fans. Each of the individual Positions is started by the Pilot via On-board And Bomb Shooters as well as Navigator can be taken over by the Player. The German Flak and the Interceptors (which you can also sit in) were particularly genuine. By the way, the Playing Time in Steam is only recorded via the Set-up window;)