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Better than I expected

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I had another B-17 game some years ago. This one is significantly different. This is a real challenge! First, the instrumentation and interior graphics are very good. They could be improved by allowing the flyer to operate the flight deck controls with the mouse, but that is nitpicking. The exterior graphics are not state-of-the-art, but they are plenty good enough to really experience the game. The sound is good and realistic.

I had better identify my equipment so that you can judge my viewpoint. I have a 1.8 MHz Pentium 4 with a half-gig of RAM and my OS is Microsoft Windows ME. Video is ATI. I use a CH Flightstick Pro USB and CH Pro Pedals USB with Control Manager. (The brakes do not work with this simulation.

Everything else works fine and the loading was easy.

As to my experience, I'm in my mid-seventies and made my first solo in the mid '40s. I've flown a variety of single engine aircraft over the years, but have little multi-engine experience, and that only as air crew, except on the computer. I've also built and flown a variety of radio-controlled aircraft. I have flown just about every decent simulator on the market since 1989, but my specialty is WWII aircraft since that is my generation. I'm partial to the Pacific Theater, and particularly love the F6F "Hellcat" as a fighter plane--it accounted for nearly 80 percent of all the Japanese aircraft shot down in air-to-air combat in the Pacific, and had a 19-1 kill ratio. Not bad. It also made more aces than any other allied single-engine fighter plane.

I mostly fly fighters. I think the best combat flight sim (for graphics and flight characteristics) currently on the market is IL-2 Sturmovik. Jane's WWII Fighters and and Microsoft's Combat Flight Sim 2 are neck-and-neck for second place, and I'm looking at MS Combat Flight Sim 3 with high hopes.

This is a good sim. It is very realistic in the flight characteristics of a large multi-engine prop driven aircraft. The sounds are very realistic as well, and for those who think it is a difficult game--it is! But then, so is actually flying such an aircraft, but it can be learned. Practice, practice, practice!

The ability to move from one crew position to the next easily is not realistic, but it is great fun! One thing I appreciate is the very thing that bugs many; the fact that you can spend hours on a single mission--in fact, you can spend several minutes stacked up, orbiting your own airfield just waiting to land after a mission. Oh, you can avoid it by speeding things up to 8X time, but of course the actual aircrews were simply stuck with it. That's just the way it was!

In real life, it was hours, weeks, sometimes months of boredom interspersed with moments of sheer terror. "Hurry up and wait" was as typical of WWII as "Kilroy was here."

But, do you want to get a feel for how it really was (without the gut-wrenching fear, of course) or do you just want to play another game? One thing about the boredom of hours of droning engines--it lulled the crew, so that when the action suddenly started when a Bf-109 or FW-190 or (God help us!) an ME-162 suddenly bounced you out of the sun, it was all the more unexpected.

This is of course not like being at war. Not even close. The people who really flew in these ships actually died, as you know. More than 50,000 men from the 8th died over Europe. That's the entire crew of 5,000 different aircraft. Losses were high. It was hard to get through the 25 missions required, alive. For the Luftwaffe, it was, if anything, worse! There was no limit to the number of their missions. They flew until they were killed or the war ended, whichever came first.

I recommend this game if you have the patience and the equipment tofly it properly. If you are simply looking for something that will allow you to shoot down lots of "enemy" quickly, this is probably not for you.

Joe Pierre, USN (Ret)

I love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. But I'm sorry to say to those at Amazon.com, a great web site, mind you, that I got mine at a local store for the unbeliveble price... , althogh the box was creased and riped in a few places. But the game was in perfect condition. I probably learned more about the B-17 and P-38J in the manual than at Google. And let me say to those wimpy gamers out their, IT IS A PRETTY HARD GAME, BUT FUN. That's all.

HELLO!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: May 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

As I sit here and read over these terrible reviews I wonder if half these people even know whats in there computer, let alone do something with it. I think maybe something is bugged up in there comp or they have so much ... on there comp it doesn't work right. I think it pretty sad that people say games... and lead people who like air simulations away from a good game just because they can't figure out something. USE UR BRAIN THAT WHAT ITS THERE FOR! GO TO A COMPUTER TECH CLASS IF U DON'T KNOW WHAT UR DOING! Its pretty funny how everyone elses worked except for u select few "special" people. This is why i brought a copy and i expect it today, i will write a review after i play it to show that this is a great game and there ARE stupid people who just don't know how to work a computer. Thx

This game stinks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I can't believe they could make this game. I have more then the requirements. I spent [money] on the game and it won't work! I did everything that the one ... guy who said it was the users fault to do. Nothing worked. I think that guy is [mistaken]. All the game does is freeze my computer and I have to reboot it. This game ... has way too many bugs. We have downloaded every patch off the website and none of them have worked. If I were you I wouldn't buy this game

B-17 Flying Frustration

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Oh,if only I had read some of these reviews before buying this game and wasting $44.00. I actually purchased a new computer with tons of memory to run this game and I still wasen't satisfied with the game's performance. Yes the graphics are great, but the purpose of the simulation (the dropping of bombs on a target) is impossible. In many cases the key commands simply don't work and the instruction manual is grossly inadequate. For example: During the bomb run, in order to adjust the Norden bombsight the keyboard command "shift+K" is to be pressed. Unfortunately the command has no effect and the player after flying all accross Europe ends up dropping his bombs in a cornfield.The absence of accuracy means the player can never hit the target or advance in the game. Another manuver involving the bombsight refers to the joystick, yet there is no instruction given as to calibrating or energizing the joystick. I will never again buy software without checking reviews first.

Cool factor wore off after 15 minutes.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you like well simulated flight and controls, Do not plan on enjoying this game. This game was obviously aimed at the arcade style gamers and has little to offer real simmer's that spend time with FS2000 or the like. The graphics were great, and the depth of the mission were superb. However, you are funneled into predesigned sets of activities and don't have the control you are used to if you enjoy pure flight simulation. In short...IF YOU'RE A GAMER/FLYER - BUY IT. IF YOU'RE A SIMMER/FLYER - SAVE YOUR MONEY.

b-17 has some serious faults; not worth buying

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game B-17 Flying Fortress has some very serious game play faults. First of all, the game can suddenly stop installing in the middle of the installation process. A more serious problem is one that i encountered when trying to play the game for the first time. It is that the game has the tendency to not run when you open the games. The game opens for a second or two, but then it just goes away with no trace at all. The manufacturer is aware of these problems and addresses them in the Hasbro tech. support site. Unfortunately, if the support web site doesn't fix your problem, its safe to say that you probably wont be able to fix the problem on your own. This is because the e-mail and telephone support options do not offer any different kind of help than the web site. While on the topic of telephone tech. support, you won't ever talk to an actual human when calling the support number, and its not an "800" number so you will be billed long distance for the call.

WOW

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: April 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was by far the very worst game that i have ever seen. it was unbelieveable how stupid it looked. graphics were horrible, it was boring, all of the enemy planes and attack tactics were the same, and i cant stand how slow it ran, even though my computer is fully loaded with speed, graphics cards, sound cards, and lots of ram, memory, and free space. HORRIBLE dont WASTE you MONEY

Flying Fortress II

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: October 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I believe this release is for Flying Fortress II which is totally revamped from the original released about 5 years ago with outstanding new Graphics.

DONT BUY IT!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 18
Date: May 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Is as simple as this it DOESN'T WORK. Don't waste your money the game doesn't crash but it could take around 30 miutes just to start flying. and don't said to me that I dont know how to fly I'm an C-130 pilot.

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