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HasselBro - B-17: Software Errors / TERRIBLE Support

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 19 / 27
Date: February 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well I received this title over the weekend, and still have not been able to get it off the ground.

This is what I am having problems with and have encountered getting technical support (a nightmare!!).

Game Problems:

1. Going to 'instant action' from the main game menu, I am presented with a CTD (Crash To Desktop), which means the game crashes, and your back at your desktop.

2. In The game, you need to review crew status, mission briefings ,etc. well so far I can not view these, do to they don't appear while in the game.

Applied the latest patch (v1.06) to correct allot of the bugs and CTD, and still have the above problems.

Now the Nightmare!:

* Web Sites mentioned, do not work - Either receive a blank page, 404 Not Found, or Virtual Directory: Access denied error.

* Phone Support - They have changed their number already from the one in the manual. Called the new number, and was thrown into a loop from a dysfunctional automated phone system. And then finally was told I was in a 60 minute call waiting queue.

* E-Mail support - Received an auto response saying their e-mail address is no longer valid. I was then pointed to a new web site which pointed me back to the original Hasbro Interactive Dysfunctional web site.

So I am preparing to send this piece of junk back for a refund. This is the LAST Hasbro/Micrprose software that I buy.

Great graphics, lousy playability

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: January 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was quite excited to buy this after I read the reviews. After I rushed home, installed it and tried out the difficut training missions it still looked pretty good. Then when I actually began a campaign I discovered the fatal flaw of this game - it is boring. You have two choices, you can micromanage the bomber (too complex for anything but gunnery) or you can sit back and watch as the computer plays for you - although you will have to wait long periods of time for anything to happen even if you 'time skip'. My final verdict is that this was a great idea, but poorly executed. The designers were so excited to try to recreate the experience of crewing a B-17 that they forgot to make the game enjoyable. Also, the realism they try to present through the complexity of anything but shooting the guns is mocked by an extremely unrealistic flight model. My next hope is Europa Universalis...

An opportunity wasted

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: January 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The very premise of this game is one that I have been anxiously awaiting for years. This execution of the concept, however, is simply terrible.

Microprose has not yet learned that simple eye candy is not enough to sustain an interesting, challenging gaming experience. Playability is clumsy at best and interrupts any sense of excitement, challenge, or suspense. My version was also laden with bugs and I found it to be highly unstable, despite my 900mhz processor, ample memory, and video card.

Anyone who has experienced the highly realistic flight dynamics of the MS Flight Sim family, Fly!, or any of the Jane's programs will find the characteristics of this B-17 overly simplified, unrewarding, and childlike.

Buy MS Combat Flight Sim 2 and download one of the many fine handpainted B-17 add-ons available as freeware out there. Better still, if you can't shake the urge to the fly a B-17, put down your computer and pick up some Steven Ambrose -- the images he paints are 1,000 times better than Microprose.

Calling this game B-17 is an insult to a noble aircraft.

Forget it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 18
Date: April 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

My computer exceeds the requirements listed on the package (PII with 500 MHZ, 128 RAM), however the system crashes each time I launch it. Trying to contact customer support in a manner is litterally impossible. Frustration is high with this product and this company. They sell something that they misrepresented (i.e. system requirements) and provide substandard support to assist you. DO NOT PURCHASE!

Could be a 5 star game but......

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 19
Date: April 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

IT DOES NOT WORK. It's a shame that Microprose and other software developers put such a lot of work into the building of the game, then fail to react to customers when the game does not work. My PC is above the recommended requirements but every time the game crashes once the game loads. The help line have proved to be as much use as a chocolate teapot. My advice is to wait until you here that the problem has been resolved through a patch. Is it too much to ask for a game to be released that works when you open the box, without having to log on to the Internet to download a 16mb patch every 6 months to update a program that should of worked in the first place.

Too much machine needed for too little game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: January 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I waited 6 months for this game. Rushed home and started the long road of upgrades. DO YOUR SELF A FAVOUR .. DON'T BUY THIS GAME. Yes I had the min requirements ATI 128 16mb video card. 128 mb of ram and a celeron II 600. It ran < 15 frames per second @ 800x 600 x 32 (16 bit color is way too ugly)

Upgraded to 256 mb of ram NO change in frame rate.

Install new Maxtor Diamond ultra 100 harddrive with fresh install of win 98se NO change in frame rate.

Swap ISA sound blaster 16 for SB live to help the CPU No rate change but sounds great

Overclocked cpu to 750 hz Only 2 fps rate increase.

Overclocked the video card to over 107 hz (from 90) about 4 fps frame rate increase

Moral of story you need at least 32 mb video card to get over 20 fps playablity. These upgrade are beyond the average computer user and I'm not going to speed another $300 on a video card for this mediocre game.

B-17 Flying Fortress Worthless Garbage

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: March 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I feel the need to warn other people out there not to waste their hard earned money on this worthless game. I just purchased a copy of this game and it will not run on my computer even though my system meets or exceeds the manufacturers recommended system requirements. Also there is no tech support for this product so I guess if you are having difficulties with this product, that's just too bad. Tech support is only open from 12 pm to 5 pm Mon. thru Fri. any other times you are just out of luck. Plus the fact that you have to pay long distance charges to get a game running that should have been running in the first place. THANKS MICROPROSE AND HASBRO for such a lovely game. Micrprose delayed this game for 5 months you think that they could have done a better job.

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.

causes problems with computer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: September 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

first off, i liked the game, but after i stopped playing, i could not defrag or scandisk my computer. the game adds a new driver to your computer if you don't already have it. i have a 1.3Ghz computer with 256 Rdram,tnt2 video with 32bit, and 40Gig hard drive, HELLO...........tell me what's wrong with this picture,....... my computer is well over the requirements needed. Also, i am a computer tech, so don't tell me it's my computer, or that i don't know what i'm doing, i have tried everything i could to fix the problem, including restoring my computer to the first day i got it(after i uninstalled the game), and to this day i still have trouble running my scandisk. the product should never have been released with the problems that were very apparent prior to the release date.
Tell me when will all you coputer companies release software that is not bug ridden? i own a ps,n64,ns,sega,and 3 computers.

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

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