Why did they make a The Mighty Eight "Redux" that is actually worse then the original?

[oscar19681]

Has anybody tried B-17 The mighty Eight redux? Its been out since Januari and was slated to be a complete remaster of the original Mighty Eight, but it seems they failed miserably and is worse then the original with the same bugs and many more? Why did they even bother when the original is much more stable en much better to play?

And i know its Early acces but Redux should never even be released in Early acces its that bad. Also the game has been released in January, and on launch day the dev blog showed new B-17 models that according to themselves were "very close" to being finished in the "first big update". after almost six months (with a 6 to 12 months release deadline) both are yet to be seen. In face there was a whole list of promissed improvements (bigger formations, updated terrain , updated fighter models etc etc) and apart from updated interior graphics (that is not even complete) not a single of the improvements has been implemented.

And, well after a month the devs seem to have abandoned it entirely, no more "patches" (which were just minor 10 minute changes anyone can do in the R&R files sweetened with some wikipedia copy and paste text about real B-17s) and to make matters worse they have fallen back into their old ways of completly ignoring the community with their cloak & dagger PR department (i doubst they even have a PR)

And if you raise concerns they just ban people from discord and the Steam forums without warning.

All in all DONT buy the Redux version, its a pathetic mess and is nothing but a quick money grab from 2 or 3 people and devs who but the name MIcroprose, but the real spirit of Microprose is loooong gone..

[G_K_RAR]

I played for about 8 hours. The blurry graphics, the sound, and the difficult strategy of not being able to return home break my heart.　If the Outera game engine had been optimized sooner, I'm sure B 100th could have been released.

[oscar19681]

Originally posted by G_K_RAR:

I played for about 8 hours. The blurry graphics, the sound, and the difficult strategy of not being able to return home break my heart.　If the Outera game engine had been optimized sooner, I'm sure B 100th could have been released.

Still more playable then Redux which they were quickly to abandon instead of keeping their promise to paying customers to “upgrade” it to modern standards.

That being said I’m pretty confident The Bloody 100th hasn’t been under development for some time now I’m affraid.

[G_K_RAR]

The praise of the ancient microprose is the greatest criticism of the current system.
How did this happen

[oscar19681]

Originally posted by G_K_RAR:

The praise of the ancient microprose is the greatest criticism of the current system.
How did this happen

Because they bought the Microprose name in an effort to profit of the name & reputation, but completely lacking the foundation of the company Microprose once was that made it so legendarily.

[evilernie]

a graphics update was all that was ever asked for or promised. i still have the original mighty eighth on disk.

[evilernie]

if there are any updated graphics at all (just going by what im reading here and other forums) they should just stick with the graphics update and then leave it alone, (which is all i really hoped for in the first place) also (microprose) died a long time ago.

[Mike Sholo]

About Redux. It still needs improvements, but the textures are here.

https://youtu.be/ccm0MwyFdys
https://youtu.be/7t1g1Z37Iew

[A_P_Hill]

They had to make it something while they work on improvements. Who knows if it will retain the name "Redux" after it is finished?

[headholo]

"Early access" What does it mean ? I will ponder this...