Another pointless poll...

[[URU]AkeR]

Why do you keep comparing with ROF. I played the game for 1 week and never touched it again. Yes it performs better than COD. But the "feel" didnt seem right. I prefer COD with graphics to medium and low, and no trees, but with a better feel of flight and air combat.

COD platform will keep improving, removing its flaws, and eventually I will be able to buy better hardware. But ROF should be done all over again to change how it feels.

Dont get me wrong it is a beautifull game, and probably use it if i had more time, but right now most of my time goes to IL21946, and the rest to COD

[von Pilsner]

Originally Posted by [URU]AkeR

Why do you keep comparing with ROF. I played the game for 1 week and never touched it again.

Agreed, the RoF engine can not handle many ground objects, it would not be better for CloD to use that old DX9 engine.

[Seeker]

Furbs, you missed the salient point:

Would I pay £100 for a WWII Sim that lived up to Clod's declared design goals? Hell yes!

Would I give this company any more money for any thing at all? Hell No!

[JG52Krupi]

@simast

Yes the current il2 model is suicide... I mean its totally untested and is following on from 1946 which was successful!!! Looks like someone is in denial...

[simast]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

@simast

Yes the current il2 model is suicide... I mean its totally untested and is following on from 1946 which was successful!!! Looks like someone is in denial...

Welcome to 2012, the age of digital distribution and downloadable content.

[JG52Krupi]

Hate to burst your denial bubble mate but DLC has been around for a few years now and as the poll above suggest not everyone supports it.

Now go back and play on your Xbox mmkay!

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Hate to burst your denial bubble mate but DLC has been around for a few years now and as the poll above suggest not everyone supports it.

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+1 yep, look at what it did to MSFS...

[arthursmedley]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Furbs, you missed the salient point:

Would I pay £100 for a WWII Sim that lived up to Clod's declared design goals? Hell yes!

Would I give this company any more money for any thing at all? Hell No!

This, for the purposes of CLoD, is surely the salient point. I pre-ordered RoF's channel map and 'planes because I have confidence in 777 Studios. I have confidence in the RoF business model because they communicate with their community and of course, they deliver. I even know that the channel map is in early alpha testing and is looking good. I know this because the owner of 777 Studios took time off from his honeymoon to post on the RoF forums!

Is RoF's business model the way to go? I don't know, no one does but it seems to provide a constant revenue stream to a small studio producing a very complex but very niche product. Maddox Games is also a small studio also producing a complex, niche product but must still pay it's way. Is a game that takes five to six years to produce and sells a relatively small amount of copies for 50-60 bucks a go still a viable business model? Perhaps we're about to find out.