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Published
by Sold Out Software
Developed by Wayward Design
Release Date: Out Now
Price: £4.99
B-17
Flying Fortress – The Mighty 8th is our second flight
game in this month's Sold Out range. This time the focus
is on World War II and you'll get to fly such aircraft as
the B-17, the P-51 'Mustang' and the P-47 'Thunderbolt'.
It's not just about flying the aircraft though and you'll
get the chance to assume a variety of roles on the B-17.
The
game offers plenty of action with a 25 mission campaign
and historical battles. You can fly both Allied and Axis
aircraft and the game allows you to plan your missions as
well as take up one of ten crew positions in the B-17. The
flight model doesn't seem as realistic as in more recent
flight simulations (which you would expect) but on the whole
it's enjoyable stuff. What I would say though is that I
found the game menus ridiculously tedious to navigate as
it requires two clicks of the mouse to change screen. Thank
goodness this style of presenting game menus hasn't been
used again.
Graphically
the game is surprisingly good given that it's around 4½
years old. On our PC the frame rate was gloriously smooth
and I suspect it would be on any modern day PC. There appears
to be no problems for deaf gamers with all information being
given in text. Stability is often a problem with flight
simulations though and the game gave us a few problems.
It could be the result of playing the game on modern hardware
so it's difficult to be too critical about this. All in
all it's a good flight simulator.
Overall
Game Rating: 3.5/5
Deaf
Gamers Classification:
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It may be getting on for being
5 years old but it still looks good and there hasn't been
a flight game quite like it since.
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