B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
Wayward Design · 2014 · Simulation, Flight, World War II, Singleplayer, Strategy
PC
Mostly Positive77% · 8482Metacritic
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About B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
The missions undertaken by the crews of B-17 bombers during World War II are the stuff of legend. What was it to fly through relentless anti-aircraft fire over Nazi-occupied Europe? What was it to have a thin layer of steel between life and death at 15,000 feet? Furiously fend off enemy fighters zipping around your plane and then precisely deliver your cargo of bombs over enemy targets?
Find out for yourself as you lead a 10-men crew to victory... or defeat... against squadrons of Nazi warplanes in the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress!
Carry out a realistic 25-missions tour of duty based on historically accurate scenarios and targets, or Take to the skies in "Quick Start" assignments with available Instant Action mode. Plan real missions, select authentic flying formations, and manage both crews and bombers. Assess your crew's strengths and skills to effectively re-position members and cope with wounded personnel and casualties.
Take to the skies in any one of ten B-17 Flying fortress crew positions: Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator, Bombadier/Chin Turret Gunner, Radio Operator, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Port Waist Gunner, Starboard Waist Gunner, Ball Gunner, and Tail Gunner! Take total control: Take-off, land, shoot from various crew positions, navigate across a realistically mapped Europe, operate the radio, line up the bomb run, release the bombs and bail out if necessary.
Fly a variety of aircraft from the legendary B-17 to the rugged escort fighters - Choose between the American B-17G bomber, P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, and the German Bf 109, Fw 190, and ME 262 fighters. Yes, you can even fight "The Mighty Eight" in the role of a German Luftwaffe pilot!
This is the original MicroProse B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th, the legendary sequel to B-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action. Fly the B-17 Flying Fortress and become a legend before your own time!
Find out for yourself as you lead a 10-men crew to victory... or defeat... against squadrons of Nazi warplanes in the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress!
A WWII Campaign to fight and survive through
Carry out a realistic 25-missions tour of duty based on historically accurate scenarios and targets, or Take to the skies in "Quick Start" assignments with available Instant Action mode. Plan real missions, select authentic flying formations, and manage both crews and bombers. Assess your crew's strengths and skills to effectively re-position members and cope with wounded personnel and casualties.
It’s a 10-men job
Take to the skies in any one of ten B-17 Flying fortress crew positions: Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator, Bombadier/Chin Turret Gunner, Radio Operator, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Port Waist Gunner, Starboard Waist Gunner, Ball Gunner, and Tail Gunner! Take total control: Take-off, land, shoot from various crew positions, navigate across a realistically mapped Europe, operate the radio, line up the bomb run, release the bombs and bail out if necessary.
Choose your plane, choose your allegiance
Fly a variety of aircraft from the legendary B-17 to the rugged escort fighters - Choose between the American B-17G bomber, P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, and the German Bf 109, Fw 190, and ME 262 fighters. Yes, you can even fight "The Mighty Eight" in the role of a German Luftwaffe pilot!
Back from 2000!
This is the original MicroProse B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th, the legendary sequel to B-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action. Fly the B-17 Flying Fortress and become a legend before your own time!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
GET THE REDUX VERSION if you want the UI photo graphical upgrades, Steam playtime tracking and some small but helpful quality of life upgrades. Example: You can use a mouse to control the Norden Bombsight in the Redux version but NOT in this version. MADE FOR DOS It looks like a DOS game (1990's) which means it should be free IMHO. REDOING THE SCREEN SETUP Steam isn't tracking actual playtime (just the setup screen) and you have to do the setup for screen size (modern windows systems) each time you start the game. It might be worth it for nostalgia reasons on sale.1 found this helpful
Doesn't work on Valves's Steam Deck handheld console.1 found this helpful
This product has now been completely made outmoded by its [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2000800/B17_Flying_Fortress__The_Mighty_8th_Redux/]redux[/url] edition. With that said, players can expect to immediately face the torturous control scheme, where it is a feat in its own to lift off the ground and an almost Sisyphean task to land without crashing. Not even the tutorial missions can alleviate this fact, as they lack guidance and expect players to have read the 100+ page manual first. As someone familiar with programs like Microsoft [i]Flight Simulator[/i], there are better ways to program simple and elaborate flight controls without requiring a thick manual. This game may as well require players to have 1,500 total flight hours in real life as well if they want to go the extra mile in being as technical and burdensome as possible.
Was pretty fun back in the day for the short time I was able to play, seemed pretty realistic too. Steep learning curve I never totally conquered but I was learning it as I played. This still seems pretty much the same, I just haven't had the patience to relearn as of yet though, impressed it's playable! Very immersive and nice atmosphere too.
The worst game I own. I SOOoooo wanted this to work. I'm out...
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