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Originally Posted by maxwellbest
To reiterate, folk are making valid points. They are not just whining for the sake of whining. But, we have bought it, its a dog. I guess it all comes under the heading TBU, "True, but useless". Hardware is not going to make a difference as it stands. Fingers crossed the developers will come to the party.
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The developers have to come to the party or the party will be over before it has even started. We're at the beginning of a new series. If they can't optimize the game to run properly at mid settings on a top of the line computer it's over. No aditional theatres or long term support. It's that simple.
Joe sixpack that buys this at BestBuy after looking at the screenshots on the box is going to be very angry and bring the game back to the store. If there was a demo right now 99% would not buy it. Just like RoF when it came out. I tried that demo and liked the way things looked but it was unplayable on my machine. Most folks here are dedicated fans and more than a few guys have said they we're pissed they could not get their money back from Steam. We equate Oleg's name with a quality product. For a lot of first time buyers his name will now stand for unfinnished, unplayable, $50 down the drain.
When the game reviewers get their hands on CoD it'll get massacred in it's current state. Not Sim HQ mind you, they'll take the time to fiddle with it untill it runs the best it can be on their machines. The regular reviewers are just going to expect that it runs on a recommended machine right out of the box. It took RoF a year or so to get things working right before I bought it. I hope the CoD team has made the basic code so it can use the latest and greatest hardware.
All the car and other analogies don't compare to CoD. There is no other choice than this game. You can buy another car, toaster or whatever the hell people have come up with on the forum. There is no other WWII sim out right now, or in developement that is pusshing the envelope and has as much potential as CoD has. For the casual gamer it's just a matter of getting their money back. For me it would be a major disappointment. Ending on a positive note, I'm convinced the developement team will make this the simulator it should've been right at release.