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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

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4.1/5

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4.1

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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
Description
Feel the power of flying a real B-17! See what it was like to be part of a 10-man crew on dangerous bombing missions over occupied Europe. Realistic graphics, animations, and sounds convincingly recreate every aspect of the strategic air battles in WWII. Twenty five scenarios, in which you must mana...
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4.1/5

( 37 Reviews )

4.1

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2000, Wayward Design Limited, ...
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Windows 7, 1.0 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM, 100% DirectX compatible graphics, Version 6.0, 600 MB avai...
Description
Feel the power of flying a real B-17! See what it was like to be part of a 10-man crew on dangerous bombing missions over occupied Europe. Realistic graphics, animations, and sounds convincingly recreate every aspect of the strategic air battles in WWII. Twenty five scenarios, in which you must manage your crew’s strengths and weaknesses, test your pilot and leadership skills. This is your team, they are under your command, and it is your job as a captain to complete the mission and take them home in one piece.

This game is a real gem amongst other simulators. With impressive attention to detail and historically accurate missions you can really feel like you are fighting in WWII. Control any of ten different crew positions, seeing the combat as a pilot, one of the gunners, or a communications officer. You can also fly one of the escort planes like P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mustang, and P-47 Thunderbolt. In addition, you are able to switch sides and fight against “The Mighty Eighth” taking the role of a German Luftwaffe pilot and find out first hand why the B-17 bomber codename was the “Flying Fortress”.
  • Become a crew member, in any of ten crew positions, of one of the most powerful and deadly machines of WWII – the B-17 Flying Fortress.
  • Over 25 realistic missions, based on real historical events, in which you must lead your crew to victory.
  • Impressive attention to detail, terrific flight and damage modeling, and historical accuracy give this game a really high educational value.

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Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

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Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2000-12-13T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
440 MB

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Posted on: February 15, 2018

sfenwick

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Games: 63 Reviews: 6

Insanely complex

This is not the game for casual players. Seriously, "fine trim tab adjust" is just one of the many, many key settings. It's probably fine if you've got a great joystick with lots of buttons and a maybe a sim panel with a throttle and rudder pedals, but if you're trying to play with a keyboard and mouse, just don't bother.


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Posted on: September 23, 2012

thebes

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Games: 579 Reviews: 11

Hard Controls

I got this when it came out and all I did was crash and crash (the bomber). I prefer the B-17 in Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe. I thought about this on sale but I just don't have the patience anymore to read through the complicated controls again.


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Posted on: March 25, 2012

HappyVargr

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Games: 327 Reviews: 2

controls are terrible

having played sims for many years, I can honestly say that the controls for this game are absolutely stupid. I realize this came out before the days of WASD, but jeezus... they have you using one hand for pitch and another for roll. Stupid. Yeah... I guess you could waste several hours fixing that via remapping... but I would rather spend my time PLAYING the game. The manual isn't very good either.


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Posted on: September 29, 2011

nikki191

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Games: Reviews: 6

an amazing game

ive been looking for this game for so long since my cd version was scratched. there is nothing on the market like it currently to be honest, and nothing beat the hectic atmosphere of manging your crew, and having no choice but to fly through it.. excellent game


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Posted on: September 29, 2011

Krangass

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Games: 105 Reviews: 1

Sweet !!!!

I just love this game :) now for Aod then all will be good


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