Fresh stuff from sukhoi.ru (Discussion)

[csThor]

Thinking about this all this MMO plan - which I doubt came from Maddox Games but rather the people who sign their pay checks - it seems to be the primary reason why the extremely problematic release hasn't led to 1C abandoning the Il-2 franchise so far. I was wondering why the management backed this franchise after all the troubles ... maybe that's why.

Now, does this coming announcement mean that the 1C management has really gone off the deep end and has thrown itself into yet another erratic and totally illogical development strategy or are they so convinced of Maddox Games' work that they plan to branch out the Il-2 franchise into more than the planned "ordinary" theme-based releases? I don't know but I guess only time will tell. Anyway ... Maddox Games will have to fix the CloD engine before all those grand ideas can be tackled because without a working engine this MMO (as any successive Il-2 release) will be stillborn.

[Volksieg]

Originally Posted by AKA_Tenn

however i don't think 15$ a month is a lot to play a game... it costs that for a movie ticket, and thats only 2 hours...

A fair point.... in theory. Personally, I haven't been to the cinema in years as I just can't afford it.

MMO=Death of franchise.

Sad fact is that this product has a bad reputation.... sure.... I've flown it for awhile now and enjoyed that experience, in spite of all the grumbles and technical difficulties, but I'm not going to don the rose-tinted specs and pretend everything is wonderful! No matter how much fun I may have with CloD, it's not the fun I paid for... I don't spend money to "Make do" or "Try to enjoy what I have" and I sure as hell ain't going to spend money on any monthly fees etc for that "Privilege"...... sad fact is..... nor are the rest of the "Great unwashed" out there. It is all well and good saying that it is the detractors who are to blame for this situation but that is a gross oversimplification! Sure... they could have produced the greatest piece of software known to mankind and there would still be detractors! That's life! The problem is.... they didn't! You can't blame 1C's failings on the victims of their failure simply because they got angry about feeling, rather justifiably, that they had been ripped off, surely?