MicroProse

[Amiral_Crapaud]

The official Discord server of Microprose is now live. You can grab it from their twitter account (not sure I am allowed to post it in here). I say official, not the steaming pyle of fake news that can be seen above.

The official Discord makes it clear.

 

So only believe what you see there. Anything seen anywhere else that wouldn't be an official outlet - including that MMO horse manure ting about the B-17 - is to be disregarded.
But don't expect too much from the discord for now, they haven't posted new content yet, it went live last Thursday. For now it sounds like a club for old nostalgic simmers just like it should be

Edited March 10, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud

[sevenless]

Looks like we get some interesting news this week:

 

https://twitter.com/micro_prose/status/1257005249937707009?s=20

 

Edited May 3, 2020 by sevenless

[sevenless]

5th October 1942...Hmmm

 

[sevenless]

There we have it. Very cool.

 

https://www.microprose.com/news/microprose-is-back#

 

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

It seems that we finally got the Pacific after all

[Eisenfaustus]

So no flight sim, huh?

 

and if they are making 3 games at once and plan to announce more I remain sceptical

[LLv34_Flanker]

S! 

 

Looks like Admiral Crapaud & Team is getting their game Task Force Admiral out via MicroProse. Congrats! 

[DD_Arthur]

So......is that it?

 

I am laugh.....

[Amiral_Crapaud]

  

36 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

So......is that it?

 

I am laugh.....

 

Too much kindness to go around. Feels like a French forum. Keep it coming, you never know ?

But no, it's not it. This is just the first wave. But I am all fine if you're not the audience. Feeling all the better, even

 

Thanks Flanker for being quite the gentleman, as always. ?

Edited May 5, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud

[DD_Arthur]

On 5/5/2020 at 11:59 AM, Amiral_Crapaud said:

  Too much kindness to go around. Feels like a French forum. Keep it coming, you never know ?

But no, it's not it. This is just the first wave. But I am all fine if you're not the audience. Feeling all the better, even

 

Hi Admiral.  Let me take this opportunity to say [edited] man!

 

...........and congrats on finding a publisher!   My amusement centers around the hype of the original post

 

Legendary gaming company Microprose has been revived and they’ll be developing and co-publishing iEntertainment Network Inc.’s 

Warbirds 2020 this Fall according to a press release Microprose will be making use of the Unreal Engine 4 for Warbirds 2020 and they have a number of improvements for the game in the works. A high-tech mapping system will be used to get even more accurate depictions of real-world locations in the game. Of course, the devs will be paying special attention to the planes and their cockpits to ensure that they are as accurate to the originals as possible.

Edited June 26, 2020 by SYN_Haashashin

[simfan2015]

I personally don't see anything wrong with publishing these titles !?

The more, the better really !

The industry needs money.

Development studios need money ... to survive (especially these days) and if the new MPS hands it to them then I would say ... thanks.

Now I believe in them (b4 ... not really), even if they use the name Microprose ... so what ?

Now I am sure all other things may still be coming, Warbirds 2020, like B17,  maybe even AH-64D etc (?).

I think they are clever enought *NOT* to get in the (gaming) way of 1C/ED where ... they would be crushed for sure !

BTW, IMHO those 4 titles are very promising.

Not flightsims ... so I don't have to worry about my investments in IL-2 GB and DCS ? ! 

Warbirds 2020 may be a threat to Gajiin MMOs, but I guess much less to IL-2 and DCS.

This good news makes my day.

Edited May 5, 2020 by simfan2015

[Amiral_Crapaud]

Aye thanks Simfan.
Obviously they didn't make that B-17 model to have it sit idle around for long. Things are definitely in motion but they take time. They're a new team, they need to get the stuff going & rolling - the three of us are willing Guinea Pigs in this adventure, but on the other hand we'll get the prime time. Gotta start somewhere, right.
The only thing I can say without crapping on my NDA is that everybody is very aware of the DNA of the brand. I am no stranger to the original deal, its characteristics and the choice of the external dev teams who joined in (and the three of us are just three among others). A few MPS legacy titles some of you might remember fondly such as Grand Prix, UFO or Transport Tycoon were published rather than developed in-house by MPS Labs, so I have no problem with the concept.

We are all very aware of the added pressure working with this name on our game boxes implies, and to the very least you can expect us to do what we can to do right by it - and do right by you. Just gotta give us time - and money only if you find the final result good enough.

Cheers

[simfan2015]

@Amiral_Crapaud.

My personal (!) assessment is that at least 2 (maybe 3) of these titles are an almost instant purchase... because everything 'naval+aviation warfare' is very tempting.

I am glad Microprose is not gone for good ... I still have those Microprose boxes/boxart from days long gone but don't mind collecting some more  ! :-)

[Trooper117]

I don't care who is the publisher... If a game is good I will buy it!

[Feathered_IV]

3 hours ago, Eisenfaustus said:

and if they are making 3 games at once and plan to announce more I remain sceptical

I think they are only publishing 3 games at once.  It is the Il-2 series that makes three games at once and plan to announce more.  ?

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

I've checked out the web and the games and the graphics are .... very retro to say the least. The Pacific Admiral looks like the old IL2 1946.

I just don't know.... I have my doubts ...

To kill my appetite for PTO I am playing the Order of Battle. I love it!

[Amiral_Crapaud]

1 hour ago, =gRiJ=Roman- said:

I've checked out the web and the games and the graphics are .... very retro to say the least. The Pacific Admiral looks like the old IL2 1946.

I just don't know.... I have my doubts ...

To kill my appetite for PTO I am playing the Order of Battle. I love it!

You seem to have a pretty fond memory of 1946, because I can assure it didn't look like that. Even modded.

But you probably know better - fine by us. Enjoy Order of Battle

[SCG_OpticFlow]

I couldn't resist...

 

 

[simfan2015]

Talking about... Graphics... We have seen some incredibly detailed cockpits. These seem to at least challenge anything il-2 or dcs offers!? I wonder whether these are from the new warbirds 2020, whether those are in fact 3d in-game and/or art renders !? But graphics alone is not everything, is it? I am really looking forward to all future announcement of the new Microprose as well. 

[LLv34_Flanker]

S! 

 

Can't understand the negativity and slander on TFA and MicroProse. Getting 3 good titles out on a new start of MicroProse sure helps to keep up the good image of the company. That they want to publish quality products. 

 

I am delighted to add more MicroProse on my shelf, no doubt. 

[simfan2015]

indeed LLv34_Flanker ... there is nothing wrong building on legacy, be it name and/or previous programming code-bases.

Sometimes simply re-using a good kernel can be even better than writing everything from scratch (I write this ... from personal experience in my company).

Clod TFS 5.0 is #1 on my list to get ... no one is going to beat me to it on steam ?

Many have all been asking for a pacific theatre and now we will get it ... in some way.

Together with the new IL-2 GB BoN, FS 2020 etc we flightsim fans better not complain ! 

 

Edited May 6, 2020 by simfan2015

[simfan2015]

What might be the differences between "Task Force Admiral" and 
"War on the Sea" by Killerfish Games (studio that also made "Cold Water") ? 
Bit strange that Microprose opted for "Task Force Admiral" ?
Are there many differences in approach ... games look a bit similar to me !

Anyway OTOH "Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age" looks really amazing !

[2nd_TAF/602Sqn_Puff]

More info on B17, VR mainly with nine others in MP, can also use B24. It’s all here https://microprose.com/games/the-mighty-eighth

[simfan2015]

Indeed, great to have the Mighty Eight return !

I do wonder who is the Development studio and of course how far in development it is.

Looking at the screen shots I would think it may take quite some time before it can get published !?

IMHO if they want to catch up with IL-2 GB ... they better hurry :-)

But I wish them the best of luck and am always looking forward to yet another WWII flightsim option !

[sevenless]

Well I admit, I´m hyped.

 

https://microprose.com/games/the-mighty-eighth#

 

But wait. There's more.

The Mighty Eighth didn’t just use the B-17. They also used the B-24 Liberator! Shouldn’t we be able to fly that bomber as well, then?

Well, yes.

And you will.

The B-24 Liberator will also be added, and you will be able to fly missions in both the legendary bombers, each recreated with meticulous attention to detail.

 

[Feathered_IV]

Sounds promising.  Don't forget the Lancaster!

[Lusekofte]

Oh please, please, pleaaaseeeeee don’t mess this up

[310_cibule]

It looks fantastic, B 17 II was my favourite sim. I spent tons of hours with it. But there is a sentence from an inteview with developer lately published that sounds a bit alarming to me:

 

 

"We won't have a cockpit with over 500 switches where it takes you ten minutes just to get off the tarmac," he says. "We want to get people quickly into the game, be part of it, and be entertained."

 

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-06-the-resurrection-of-microprose-and-return-of-wild-bill-stealey

 

I hope at least some switches will work : (  

 

 

 

 

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

On 6/19/2019 at 6:22 AM, [N.O.G.F]Leon_Portier said:

Judging by the screenshots that could be a mobile phone game.

 

I guess I'm gonna have to update that Motorola flip now.

[Lusekofte]

2 minutes ago, 310_cibule said:

We won't have a cockpit with over 500 switches where it takes you ten minutes just to get off the tarmac," he says. "We want to get people quickly into the game, be part of it, and be entertained."

Sounds like they gonna mess up

[Leon_Portier]

7 minutes ago, II/JG17_HerrMurf said:

 

I guess I'm gonna have to update that Motorola flip now.

But can it run Snake? ?

[Feathered_IV]

15 minutes ago, 216th_LuseKofte said:

Oh please, please, pleaaaseeeeee don’t mess this up

 

"Eugene!  We've got a fuel leak!!  Get back there and tighten that flashing red bolt with your glowing hologram spanner!" 

[Lusekofte]

Just now, Feathered_IV said:

 

"Eugene!  We've got a fuel leak!!  Get back there and tighten that flashing red bolt with your glowing hologram spanner!" 

I am kind of afraid the time I enjoyed this is passed. If they do not up the game to todays standard it will be like, “why did I enjoy this game so much?” 

[Amiral_Crapaud]

2 hours ago, simfan2015 said:

Indeed, great to have the Mighty Eight return !

I do wonder who is the Development studio and of course how far in development it is.

Looking at the screen shots I would think it may take quite some time before it can get published !?

IMHO if they want to catch up with IL-2 GB ... they better hurry ?

But I wish them the best of luck and am always looking forward to yet another WWII flightsim option !

 

- It's internally-developed (unlike our game, or Sea Power, or Second Front)

- Yes it will take time
- They don't plan to catch up with Il-2 GB and they don't plan too. And I would certainly appreciate for the on-going peace of mind of everybody in here that such things, that are unintended on the part of our Publisher, are not alluded to. ? That's a VR-ready multicrew B-17 lite sim that puts crew interaction over actual system reproduction, David the CEO said it so often enough - just like the original was pretty much a management game coated in the guise of an actual combat simulation. It's not a competition, and it's big enough a world.

- Thanks for them And thank you too!

 

2 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

Sounds promising.  Don't forget the Lancaster!

 

I wouldn't worry about the Lancaster - that is being taken care of by people who are very good at it already and deserve much praise too!

 

https://www.valianteffortgame.com/

 

Cheers!

Edited May 26, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud

[Jade_Monkey]

I think it will complement IL2 nicely, giving a whole different perspective of the air war as a crew member of a multicrew bomber in VR.

 

Sounds like a similar approach as Ironwolf VR for subs.

 

 

[simfan2015]

1 hour ago, Amiral_Crapaud said:

That's a VR-ready multicrew B-17 lite sim that puts crew interaction over actual system reproduction

Perfect !

Just like IL-2 is almost perfect regarding authenticity as well as accessibility I guess Microprose is trying a quite similar approach.

2 hours ago, Amiral_Crapaud said:

internally-developed

 So much the better, then Microprose has complete control.

 

From now on I get the Microprose newsletter ... here's hoping to get regular issues on their progress !

 

Good Luck Microprose

[Lusekofte]

My anticipation of this game is sky high and can not possible be fulfilled. 
But I hope fm on landing and takeoffs are sufficient to be believable. 
I hope navigation and bombaimer interface is realistic and not too much simplified. I played this when no sim had top quality. What you do not get compared to other games should give where not given in other games. 

[TheBlackPenguin]

Looking forward to it! A modernised Mighty Eighth will go down a treat, glad its optional VR and you have AI crew's for those times you can't or don't want real people :). I don't mind not having all the switches useable just to get going either to be honest, the originals were great without.

 

I just hope we get to choose which group we join, the aircraft and lots of customization options including nose-art with the possibility of importing your own :).

 

Hope it sales really well, would love an expansion pack with the Halifax MK .III and the Lancaster, even though valiant effort game looks great.

[simfan2015]

It would be great if we were able to fly the bomber or man the guns and our friends could defend us in warbirds. Others could join the axxis and try to blast us out of the sky. Who knows, some may even operate the AA batteries etc!? Now this reminds me of the fact that most of those features are already in IL-2 sturmovik! But microprose may bring its own look and feel to the table as they could in the past. Good times are here! 

[Pharoah]

https://microprose.com/games/the-mighty-eighth

 

Devs, we've been asking for bombers in BoX for a while. I'm assuming you guys are aware of the above as well...just something to consider. Whilst they seem to just be focused on the bombers, atleast with BoX (if we had these babies), it could be incorporated into our gameplay as well. #justsaying