B-17 Flying Fortress : The Mighty 8th Redux

They've supposedly sorted the AI pathing issues in the most recent update, namely reducing the risk of fighters crashing into your squadron, and more importantly the landing AI (though I am yet to test this) Prior to the update, the landing AI was abysmal, to the point our entire squadron followed the same pathing, snapped their landing gear off on touching down, skidded and crashed, then subsequent planes did the same. Resulting in us losing the entire squadron, despite a successful mission with no losses. That being said, the game is still difficult to tolerate. The biggest offenders being the texture loading, which seems to only load the textures within your cone of vision, which results in stuttering and off-putting pop-in when looking around the exterior of the plane. The other issue which is more frustrating for me is the audio issues, for some reason or another this game does not play nicely when encountering flak, it seems like it tries to play too many sounds at once. Which either results in endless flak sound effects long outlasting the flak itself, or lots of overlapping sounds to the point the audio stutters, it seems as if it starts cutting sound effects short in order to start playing the next sound effect, which results in a very awkward experience. To be fair, I have never played the original version, so am unsure if these are legacy issues or are more prominent as part of the redux version. Either way, it needs a few major fixes to be playable, let alone enjoyable. I do hope that their new entry, The Bloody 100th, may be better. Though communication on that has been few and far between.

By 2025 standards there's a learning curve with all the keyboard commands. If you grew up in the 1990's you remember this kind of detailed no handholdy setup. Take the time to learn it though and it's rewarding. GRAPHICAL IMPROVEMENTS Remember it's not a modern game but REDUX is better than the original in many ways. UI has been upgraded with photo-quality images and text. The flight models look a lot better as well. A few quality of life improvements such as mouse control of the Norden Bombsight. TACTICAL PAUSE STRATEGY Janky? Sure but I like the strategic control you have in this game. Control one position or let the AI do everything. The game includes a type of tactical pause (with time controls) which is a welcome sight. You decide how deep or basic you want to play the sim. KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AND YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED Worth it on sale if you're into these types of vintage games or the B-17.

Game was always awesome to watch people play on YT, but I genuinely cannot bother even attempting to play it anymore. Completely obliterate your target? NOPE! You magically completely missed and did zero damage despite the entire harbor being wiped off the map! flying home safely over the channel or over britain with no flak or enemy fighters? NOPE! Your crew will magically obtain injuries from literally nothing! These MAJOR game breaking issues, along with the truly horrific controls that DESPERATELY need fixed, I cannot bother trying to play this game, nor could I ever recommend it. Seriously, it's more enjoyable watching people play it

Loved the original not a fan of the "Redux". Have hundreds of hours playing the original. I have 1 mission on the redux and cant end the mission. Was really hoping to relive my time in the original only to be disappointed by this poor attempt at reviving a classic

Hab nach 8 Stunden kopfschüttelnd die Rückerstattung beantragt. Mir ist schon klar, Early Access usw. und ich habe mit 17-18 hunderte Stunden ins Original damals gesteckt... aber da die Redux-Version nun bereits eine gewisse Zeit aufm Markt als EA vermarktet wird, sind die Verbesserung auf ein bisschen UI und Bombermodell echt nicht erwähnenswert. Texturen laden immernoch nach "Sichtbereich", was bei schnellen Richtungswechseln zu kurzen, aber extrem störenden Rucklern führt. Der Sound ist eine Katastrophe. Die AI würfelt immernoch planlos die Besatzungen durch die Positionen. IMMERNOCH ist das AI-Triebwerksmanagment buggy, wenn man mal in den Pilotensitz springt und selbst die Kontrolle übernehmen muss. Bei jedem Spielstart darf man erstmal seine gesamte Joystick-Konfi neu machen, weil das Game es nicht schafft die Bindings zu speichern... echt jetzt?!?!?! Was soll das!? Nach 25 Jahren hilft da auch keine rosarote Nostalgiebrille mehr, um den Zustand zu rechtfertigen. Da warte ich lieber auf The Bloody Hundred. Micropose hat im Sim-Bereich echt mal für was gestanden, aber wenn B-17 The Mighty Eight Redux das ist was abgeliefert werden kann, dann motte ich Micropose allgemein besser wieder ein.

Although a fair number of updates in 2024 since November patch '24 had updates spaced at 78 days, 4 days, 55 days, 171 days and now 95 days (15/12/25) very infrequent and feels very much like game finished with, otherwise why 13.5 weeks to get a new update out? Its hardly 2020's technology for a 20 odd year + old game. Now 110 days since last update this is very slow in 2026 nearly 2.5 years since release.

I'd recommend this to anyone that enjoys an authentic simulation of aircraft of this era. I've always wondered what it would be like on one of these bombers. There's a sharp learning curve, though... there wasn't enough easily-followed tutorials and it requires some documentation research. I'm passing on all that so if you don't like reading guides and you'd rather just play a fun game, this might not be for you.

Bought this SAME GAME on GOG. Don't waste your time there. They don't update the game at all - last I checked they're still on "Ain't It Gruesome?" update. This is soooo much more better than the OG B-17! The tension is incredible and the game is beautiful. Give this a shot, you won't regret it.

1 update per year. Not much has changed from the original game and the progress are next to non-existent and the company does not talk about the plan whatsoever concerning what's going on with the game. Better off with the old original game at this point.

I haven't played the original version and even didn't know this game exists until recently. But the movie Memphis Belle (1990) makes me instantly buying this series. In current state its very buggy. I saw one of our squadron suddenly does sharp drop to ground during orbit phase. Sometimes they bumped into each other in midair and make them suicide. Nevertheless, after 22 hours of play, it was unique experience and had great satisfaction. Plus the game price is cheap. I hope devs update more often.