Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Nov 20, 2021

  The graphics may be aged and dated but this is one that stands the test of time for being great. I bought the original when it came out on floppys and I bought this one too, I just need to get back into it again, after all, I still have the original manual and keyboard command sheet.
• Edwards

  May 28, 2022

  flew a mission to some factory in berlin, got intercepted by 4 109 squads with no escort by my side, sat through 20 minutes of non stop flak, came back home with 2 engines dead and 7 crew (pilot included) wounded 10/10 would feather the wrong prop and accidentally shut off engine 3 again
• gamedeal user

  Jun 24, 2022

  What a fantastic game/simulation. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. Want to be the pilot with all the controls and gauges at your disposal? Go for it. Or if you just want to shoot German planes out of the sky, you can do that too. Maybe the bombardier? dropping those lethal payloads. The plane will run itself unless you decide to jump into any of the positions. There's a solo campaign and also a campaign where you can also run a squadron . The graphics are top notch too, although being 22 years old you won't get fullscreen or really high resolutions. Hard to believe this game is 22 years old. Runs like a dream on my pc with Windows 10 and picked up my joystick no problem. I think this game needs to be remade with today technology.. 'Bandits high at 7 o'clock!!' 10/10.
• JD

  Oct 4, 2022

  Awesome Game ! Been playing it for 20 years !
• gamedeal user

  Nov 8, 2014

  I suggest a quick look at the date released and expect it in graphics.....That being said there are just not many games out here even today that seemed to get all the pieces right as this game has. Tough learning curve with an insane attention to historical detail. I do not know how I missed this game all of these years.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 11, 2014

  Not so much a simulator as a crew managerment a la Silent Hunter, though crew progression feels shallow beyond skill improvement and medals. I found it difficult to be attached to them when they're in the hospital all the time.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 8, 2014

  love the game never played it before until now, great to play more of a crew managment game than a actual shooter. can be tricky if you up the realism but well worth the money highly recommend it to anyone
• gamedeal user

  Mar 29, 2015

  Don't pay attention to my playtime, it only counts time in the launcher Great game although old. These sorts of games no longer exist. It resembles Silent Hunter Sub sim with crew managment although if you wish it can also be a hard-core B-17 simulator, down to starting up each individual engine ( the flight physics aren't the most detailed). One problem is that the controls aren''t the least bit intuitive. Imagine trying to start up a B-17 without even having been into one before. Bottom line, I highly recomend this game to anyone that loves Silent Hunter, B-17's or flight sim fans as this will provide for hours of fun.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 30, 2015

  Great game! Controls are hard but guys if you buy the game, you must either be a die hard 8th AF guy or like realism. But either way i wouldn't trade this game for anything! 10/10
• gamedeal user

  Aug 23, 2016

  I expect most people will find this game because they used to own it many years ago and wanted to revisit it. Good news - it still works on modern kit. Mostly. If you're just uncovering this game, it's a bit of a gem but it's a sim, not an arcade game. Don't expect to pick this up in 5 minutes, and for the first few goes have the manual open on your phone or something. You'll need it! There's good tutorials in it but note the tutorials in the game don't tell you what to do. They're supposed to be played alongside the manual. The game itself is big enough to support hundreds of hours of play (note the steam counter only tracks time spent in the launcher dialog). Each mission can consume an hour or so of time, making it quite frustrating when you've fought your way to the target and your bombs miss anyway. It's a sim and that happened in real life too! You can do as much or as little as you like during the missions. Natural instincts are to take over the pilot role (being a flight sim and all), but this is probably one of the harder jobs as you need to manage the engines and the such as well as fly the plane. The co-pilot will assist, but perhaps best left alone until some of the keyboard shortcuts are mastered. I started by just taking over the bomb aiming (go through the tutorials), and a spot of navigation after each time jump. The navigator usually has the plane in slightly the wrong place, so you just have to drag it back once you've worked out where you are. What is currently stopping me from exploring other bits of the game is I'm struggling to get the joystick working. This effectively prevents me from taking up the gunner and pilot positions. Other reviews suggest it could be some conflict with the mouse, so once I've had my fill of navigating and bombing I may investigate this a bit further. In summary, if you like getting involved and want the full sim experience, there's a lot to be had from this game. If you just want to fly around and bomb some stuff for 5 minutes at a time, this isn't the game for you I'm afraid.