Don't you feel ripped off as a console gamer?

[Houndstone Hawk]

Ah right, so BoP was never meant to try & mimmick a fantasic experience as 2001's IL-2 STURMOVIK! I get it now! The name kinda suggests to me that it's going to be a slight representation of the series ... IL-2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY. (Bit of a hint in the title

Hey I'm all for the arcade mode to attract different ppl, I was led into thinking that I was to be catered for also!!!

I bought this title on multi platforms because I was told by the devs in its build up that I, the so-called PC SIM hardcore would be more than at home & that it was a faithful console experience worthy of the series so if you're sick of the whining Inf States, stop reading this thread!!!!
It's an Il-2 with most of the cockpits missing, a belly achingly laughable bomber experience straight out of Blazing Angels; it's an IL-2 where t/o & landing is seen as UNIMPORTANT, where a simple skirmish modes omit next to any form of diversity, a game that fails on every level other than looks IMO.
And back to the point of the post & just like OFP: Dragon Rising released this week, if there was a PC version of BoP, you wouldn't atall bet against it having most of the above criteria.
The point of the post, OFPragon Rising ships to all 3 major platforms & unlike the last gen offering, guess what? the console version is stripped of any form of replayability & is blessed with a price ticket more than double the price in places!!!

[Ancient Seraph]

Originally Posted by Houndstone Hawk

Ah right, so BoP was never meant to try & mimmick a fantasic experience as 2001's IL-2 STURMOVIK! I get it now! The name kinda suggests to me that it's going to be a slight representation of the series ... IL-2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY. It's an Il-2 with most of the cockpits missing, a belly achingly laughable bomber experience straight out of Blazing Angels; it's an IL-2 where t/o & landing is seen as UNIMPORTANT, where a simple skirmish modes omit next to any form of diversity, that fails on every level other than looks.
And back to the point of the post & just like OFP: Dragon Rising released this week, if there was a PC version of BoP, you wouldn't atall bet against it having most of the above criteria.
The point of the post, OFPragon Rising ships to all 3 major platforms & unlike the last gen offering, guess what? the console version is stripped of any form of replayability & is blessed with a price ticket more than double the price in places!!!

OK, we get it, you're pissed at the games publishing world. As you might've noticed complaining like this only leads to unnecessary discussions and an overall negative vibe. You want to vent your anger, mail to the publishers of OFP: DR.

[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by Houndstone Hawk

I bought this title on multi platforms because I was told by the devs in its build up that I, the so-called PC SIM hardcore would be more than at home & that it was a faithful console experience worthy of the series so if you're sick of the whining Inf States, stop reading this thread!!!!

No you weren't, you were told by the publisher's marketing department, and you are exactly the person they dream of - someone who blindly buys the product based on what they tell you. It's not like there wasn't a demo to try before you spent money on it. And the full game delivers exactly what the demo promised.

So it's your own fault at the end of the day, and you really don't have a valid basis to complain.

And I wasn't referring to this thread specifically.

[Flying Coffin]

Best thing about this thread is it concerns itself with whether console gamers feel ripped off but nobody seems to want to mention the 360 DLC "download" clocking in at only 140kb ... which indicates an unlock code for content that's already on the disc.

Why is everybody being so coy about mentioning the holding back of game content so the publisher can charge for it later? It's the biggest rip off on the 360 no matter what company is doing it.

What else is on the disc that people will have to pony up for I wonder?

And when publishers complain about modded consoles and pirated games that have all content cracked and open for use I really don't feel any sympathy when I see mercenary shit like this going down.

[JG27CaptStubing]

You get what you pay for... If the numbers are there that support this type of behavior then the best bet is not to buy anymore games...

[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by Flying Coffin

Why is everybody being so coy about mentioning the holding back of game content so the publisher can charge for it later? It's the biggest rip off on the 360 no matter what company is doing it.

Because that is covered in other threads. And it's on the disk because it was rewarded early to people who pre-ordered.

Originally Posted by Flying Coffin

And when publishers complain about modded consoles and pirated games that have all content cracked and open for use I really don't feel any sympathy when I see mercenary shit like this going down.

And it's exactly this attitude that forces publishers to charge more for games and devise this "mercenary shit". Games are not cheap to make, and pirates do to the games industry what the a-holes that drive around without car insurance do to your car insurance premium.

[juz1]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

Because that is covered in other threads. And it's on the disk because it was rewarded early to people who pre-ordered.


And it's exactly this attitude that forces publishers to charge more for games and devise this "mercenary shit". Games are not cheap to make, and pirates do to the games industry what the a-holes that drive around without car insurance do to your car insurance premium.

amen to that...
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[Riceball]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

Because that is covered in other threads. And it's on the disk because it was rewarded early to people who pre-ordered.

FYI: Only parts of Europe recieved content as a pre-order bonus.

[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by Riceball

FYI: Only parts of Europe recieved content as a pre-order bonus.

Unlike code, art assets are hard to conditionally add to a build on a build switch (#define), so I wouldn't be surprised if the actual disk contents were the same for all regions, with just the code modified via localisation switches to access different assets. I wonder if all the European language files are on every region's disks also?

[Ancient Seraph]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

Unlike code, art assets are hard to conditionally add to a build on a build switch (#define), so I wouldn't be surprised if the actual disk contents were the same for all regions, with just the code modified via localisation switches to access different assets. I wonder if all the European language files are on every region's disks also?

There was a post about a German guy buying the UK version, and found his BoP was completely german until he switched his PS3 language to english.