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I agree, its going to be tough but if they get a few key things done very well, then they have a good chance.

Single player has to be good, most flight simmers are offline, so it has to have a well written campaign that offers varied careers and good replay value.

AI has to be at least as good as IL2, anything less and people wont bother with SP.

The QMB again has to be easy to use, fun and again offer varied missions including ground attack...having played the ROF QMB i have no worries there.

MP has to have COOP's, if they want the IL2 crowd this is a must, one of the top must have features.
It needs to be as easy to use as IL2 but with bells and whistles added.

I think if they get them right and have good enough FM, DM and CEM they will at least on the right track.