B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

I remember finding this game as a child in the attic of my house. I played it on a laptop back then but had no idea what to do (English wasn't even my first language). So I resorted to just shooting the other B 17s as a gunner for fun lol. A few years later, I started to understand it and let me tell you, it's a great game. It's not only a very deep simulation, it's also really fun and addictive. You can play as a squadron commander and manage your aircraft and plan your bombing missions, or you can focus on being the commander of one bomber. You can play historical missions and scenarios and you can even play as the Little Friends (escorting fighters) or enemy Luftwaffe pilots! The great thing about this game is that you can play it however you want, focusing on the aspects of gameplay that you find more appealing. Playing it on modern systems isn't hard, there is a simple guide on steam to follow. It's important to rebind the keys as the original keybinds are a bit awkward. Also, it is essential to have a joystick to experience this game to the fullest.

Is it just me or are those first 4 screenshots on the store page showing a different game? Either way in this game you get to command a B-17 over Europe. You have some minimal crew management like telling one guy to go somewhere else, telling them to put out fires or help their wounded friends. You can take manual control of essentially everything in the plane or you can sit back and watch as the AI does its thing. It is a very old game so the controls kinda suck. Like you have to press the tilde key, the one below ESC, you gotta press that to shoot. The first time I tried that it didn't work. Then I pressed either right control or right alt which made the turret turn slower but now I could fire then I pressed one of those two buttons again and the turret started turning faster again and I could still fire. I pressed one of those two again to make the turret turn slower so I could aim better and nothing happened. The keys are a bit janky. Fortunately unlike most of these older games you can easily access the settings menu and change both graphic settings and your keybinds very easily. +Even though its an old game it still looks very nice. +The AI isn't bad at doing its job and you can take over manual control to have some fun yourself. (Don't do this for the pilots seat, on the ground the AI did nothing but on the AI when I took control from it all my engines suddenly went to 0% power so be careful.) +I really like the sound effects. +Its a very old game but its more modern then some of the much older stuff. You can easily access the settings menus and change your graphic settings or your keybindings easily. +I really like how the fighter escorts and enemy interceptors look. You can see P-51s, P-38s especially the German fighters look great. You can even find some 262s which is very fun to see. -Because its an old game it is still hard to get into. The controls are messy at first, not a lot of things are clear and even the training missions just put you in a safe environment and let you do whatever training you're supposed to do they don't actually say "now press this button, now do this" they just assume you know the buttons already. Compared to a lot of the older games I played this one is definitely easier to get into and its very fun when you get things working. They are making an updated version so you might wanna wait for that one.

Game doesn't respond to any mouse or keyboard input once it hits the main screen. Guess i'm done.

i like the perfect mix comic sans and blowing up civilian structures and residencies. this game is also based because it only counts time in the launcher

makes me miss microprose. still play my copy once in a while.

What can I say? This game is a classic. I've played hours upon hours, fighting off the German Luftwaffe and bombing targets into oblivion, I've watched my fellow airmen fall to shrapnel or flak, I've had to make the quick second choice of having to bail out or risk landing without landing gear. Don't let this game's age fool you, it's loads of fun once you get past the aged graphics and unwieldly crew management system. As one of my first flight sims it will always hold a special place in my heart.

Flew the plane, and died in spectacular fashion.

Don't pay attention to my playtime, it only counts time in the launcher i love this game i really do but the ai bombardier is brain dead half the time they dont even drop over land the amount of 500ib bombs the ai drop on water you would think its a jaws game in ww2 however you can play as anyone in the bomber from radio operator to copilot

Love it, heaps of fun trying to get your crew home.

Game is very complex and learning curve is through the roof just to fly a basic mission. While I say good job to the developers for understanding the complex nature of the war and this aircraft I just dont feel the graphics are good enough and learning curve is too great for me to spend the time to master this game. Thats just me.