Would you pre-purchase SOW now to be a part of the Beta team?

[infirebaptize]

i voted 1, although i don't have much time to play but i like the idea of playing the game prior to release date. I did that with Men Of war Assault Squad and i had lots of fun, i didn't do it with ED because they dropped the ball on FC2.0 and i don't trust them anymore.

[philip.ed]

I love the idea of playing before release. For me, a demo/BETA has always put me off or on to the game I'm testing. BETA testing the new Medal of Honor game, I hated it and will definately need to test the demo in single-player before I try the real game. The same went for Il-2; the demo put me onto the game. I doubt I'd have bought the game if I hadn't tried the demo, as I had seen the game in shops and thought it would be some really bad Russian version of CFS1 How wrong I was.
Anyway, going back to the idea of a BETA, I have always liked the idea, but then again I only buy a game once I've read some reviews, seen in-game pics (of the released game) and maybe watched videos on youtube. I've been stung buying games before seeing videos and reading reviews, and I don't want to be stung again.
In this case, I wouldn't buy the game online to just test the BETA.

[Qpassa]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

The same went for Il-2; the demo put me onto the game. I doubt I'd have bought the game if I hadn't tried the demo, as I had seen the game in shops and thought it would be some really bad Russian version of CFS1 How wrong I was.

I agree with you, I tried the demo of IL-2 and I loved it!!

[nearmiss]

Developers can't stop leaks of their games when they send the final release to the distributor. We've all seen download releases available on the web, before they were in the stores.

Oleg has probably had enough...Piracy of his IL2 code.

It isn't a bad idea. It's just that we all know you can't trust people to do the right thing.