Its almost free now..

[Stealth_Eagle]

Originally Posted by flyingblind

Personally I can't really see the problem.

We all know what the situation is.The sim has been under developement under Oleg for five or six years. For whatever reason he has left and Luthier has taken over. Again, for whatever reason, the sim seems to have been rushed out in a less than happy condition. Luthier has been steadily improving the sim and has stated that large chunks of code are having to be rewritten from scratch. No small feat considering the time already spent on the code pre-release. The next release is expected to give 50% performance increase.

Already it is all looking pretty good visually and the positive posts are overtaking the negatives. My own opinion, and it is only an opinion but as valid as anyones, is that although the developers are working on the models and maps for the next theatre to be released, Luthier will get the CloD code fully sorted first with good reviews.

Luthier said in his last post: "And here’s where we are in terms of plans. We obviously remain hard at work on the series. We will continue to improve the game up until the eventual release of its sequel."

From this I take it that Luthiers intention is to remove all the bugs from the game and have the engine working properly using CloD as the working version that everyone has. We will all continue to recieve our free upgrades and fixes via Steam. Untile CloD is properly fixed there is no point in releasing a sequel to disatisfied customers but once CloD owners find it working as it should then they are very likely to want to buy the sequel.

It seems to me then that the more people owning CloD and getting thier updates the better for the developers even if they bought it for peanuts. It also seems pretty clear that the quicker CloD can be fixed the quicker the sequel will be released and the quicker IC will get thier revenue stream flowing again which means Luthier will not be sleeping on the job.

The negative people's assumption that the engine will never be fixed is just that - an assumption. We will just have to wait and see.

+1 May this sim prosper and live a long life.

[AKA_Tenn]

Originally Posted by TheGrunch

Only because your comparison is invalid. If you sold 5 for $6 each to make $30 overall, you make less money than selling one for $30 because it still cost you the same amount to manufacture each copy of the game.

It's just desperation, presumably sales have been so low on the US release (because everyone knew that the game was a turkey) that they're just hoping to attract bargain-bucket sales. "How bad could it be?"

assuming you even sold 1 copy for 30$.... and most copies are digital... cost nothing...

[swiss]

Originally Posted by AKA_Tenn

assuming you even sold 1 copy for 30$.... and most copies are digital... cost nothing...

Not entirely true.
-500% raise in suport request
-higher commissions (they are not linear)
-(500% raise in moaning lol)
- plus bandwith, power etcpp.

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

12.5 $

http://www.getgamesgo.com/product/il...liffs-of-dover

Why Im not suprised...

Now I feel like a real donkey...

pfftt

Yes, I know what you mean but I look at it differently.

I remember when Oleg was having a hard time financially several years back. I bought extra copies of IL2. There really wasn't any way to get money to him that we knew of then. I've still got the unopened boxes.
There is no way I could ever afford to pay Oleg for the many hours of enjoyment I've received from the IL2 series.

So, supporting the developers to me is important and I think that is as it should be for many of us. I say that, because I don't give a flip for any other genre of game, nor do I have anything besides IL2 and COD on my HDD.

[Trumper]

Well i bought it yesterday even though i know my computer isn't up to it.
Even with alot of the settings low, poodling about in a Tigermoth is lovely,well worth the price of a litre of fuel and a bar of chocolate.
Whether it should be called a combat sim or not is possibly a step too far but seems nice at the moment.