After seeing so many complains about the quality of a not-yet-releashed product, I make up my mind and join the fun.
First of all, thank you Oleg and Luthier for IL-2, THE great game that remains in my hard drive for over 7 years, and for SOW, the upcoming sim that makes my dream of flying almost true.
Second, for anyone who is still not satisfied with the weekly update pictures: you only see ONE part of the game, and this part is probably on LOWEST settings (sorry for the uppercase here, no intention of yelling, just want to make it clear).
Making game, like making any software, needs to be made in parts. The update pictures show us clearly, which part is being worked on. If today update is about aircraft, it's very likely that the terrain you see is only place holder. I personally bear no ill will against someone who detects the errors and shows them to the developer, in constrast, I believe it's very helpful and needed. Two eyes always see better than one. But any conclusion about the sim's quality is short-sighted and ridiculous if it's just based on analyse of WIP features (which can and must be changed several times), and worst, based on place holder features which will never make themselves to the releashed game.
I know most of you have high-end computer, so the eye candy aspect is probably your only concern. If some new games come to new life, your first quesion would be: "how does it look on highest settings?". Have you ever tried games like Company of heroes in the LOWEST settings? It looks like a completely different games: soldiers with box-like head, rifles like some firewood, tanks like they're made from plastic... But that's all what my stone-aged laptop can handle. And nevertheless I enjoyed every minutes playing this game, even more than some ego shooters who have 2000 Euro gaming laptop but know nothing about WW II. I'm convinced that what we see is on lowest settings:low resolution, level of details minimal, no AA, limited numbers of light sources, even simplified modell... everything that give someone like me the chance to enjoy a 2010 game.
With the current work of DT on IL-2, with their new features that were considered "impossible for 10 years old game engine" not long before, with their beautiful cockpits and modells but no FPS drop, I have complete faith in the ability as well as the qualify standard of any "Oleg games".
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