Friday 2010-09-24 Dev. update and Discussion

[swiss]

Sorry, but I don't think you could resist - unless you are a pure recreational flyer.
Most of us are like crack heads who would kill to get their shot.

Talking of SH5; I never played it but heard about all the DRM BS - I thought UBI was forced to change something with the drm, no?

[caprera]

Originally Posted by swiss

Talking of SH5; I never played it but heard about all the DRM BS - I thought UBI was forced to change something with the drm, no?

A brief look days ago was very disappointing as i supposed to see some interesting mods being at least on advanced run, but nothing serious has been done.

They killed the game at the start with the DRM and buried it with no updates, support or modding tools; and along with the limits and poor variety of the vanilla SH5 remained on the shelves of those poor bastards that bought it as myself...

[robtek]

Why "poor Bastards"???
There were enough people in every related forum which warned potential buyers not to support this DRM-Cr*p!!!

[Richie]

I remember they did a test on that 109 E in Flight Journal. I think it was Oct 2007 or 2008. They liked it very much.

[caprera]

Originally Posted by robtek

Why "poor Bastards"???
There were enough people in every related forum which warned potential buyers not to support this DRM-Cr*p!!!

You always try to trust the publisher when you a devoted fan of a certain game...

I did the same with Rainbow6 until it became unbearable and so with Total War series. SH was the last of these mistakes caused by too much confidence in humanity; or should i say it's lowest sub-species: managers.

[tomandre81]

Oleg, you had me hooked since the first Il2 Sturmovik came out. It has been so many years now and I am really looking forward yet again to another high quality product from you and your team.
I will buy 3 copies; One for playing, one for my future son (if I ever get one) and one will just stand in my gaming shelf un-opened.
This will be the best christmas in a long time

[Thunderbolt56]

Originally Posted by tomandre81

...This will be the best christmas in a long time

A bit optimistic eh? Not to be a downer, but there's been no indication it will be out by THIS Christmas.

[tomandre81]

Originally Posted by Thunderbolt56

A bit optimistic eh? Not to be a downer, but there's been no indication it will be out by THIS Christmas.

Wanna bet?

[MD_Titus]

Originally Posted by tourmaline

The problem will be, how many people will still play this game in two years time, probably i will, but alot of people buy new games every month or so...2 years in gaming industry is a very long time.

Also, not everybody is willing to buy a new computer just to play a game...

If you make it work on computers that run today, and Mr maddox and team will do, then you ensure that you'll have enough audience to sell to...

There aren't that many real die hard flight simmers like us.

how many people are still playing il2? how many have only gotten into it in the past few years?
combat flight sims are a tiny niche, and there is little in the way of serious alternatives. captive market and all that.

and i would bet there's a lot of simmers that have held back upgrading, or have already upgraded their computer for SoW. me? i bought this computer so that i could play il2 in a decent fashion. i needed an upgrade but i have to admit, i went overboard.

Originally Posted by Romanator21

And yet, IL-2 has a 10 year history, and has a way to go still.

amen

Originally Posted by Thunderbolt56

A bit optimistic eh? Not to be a downer, but there's been no indication it will be out by THIS Christmas.

tbh i wouldn't be so sure. within 6 months, at a complete guess.