Il-2 Sturmovik Battle over Britain very close to release

[merlin1]

Originally Posted by Dano

Good for you, still doesn't prove that the OP is right in his comment and he seems to agree by the fact that he edited it to a far better turn of phrase.

I am not an English. Soo my English language is poor sory for that.
rgr.

[Skarphol]

We all know that the game:
a) will be released when it is finished, and
b) will be finished when it is finished.

So, the game definitively is'nt finished yet.

Even so, Oleg has time and recourses to spend on minor details like the color of the exhaust flames, a detail that is allmost never visible, and 99.98% of the time has absolutely no impact on how the game is experienced.

This tells me that
a) the game must be very close to finished, or else Oleg would have used his resources on more important problems
b) the game is probably in a testing phase where most of his resources are spent on trial and bugfixing.

How long such a task as ironing out the last bugs of a such a complex game can take is very hard to predict. Just think of 4.10. No wonder Oleg wont give us any releasedate.

But the updates could be more interesting, though..

Skarphol

[Wutz]

Gosh, I'm so tired of divisive exchange,
And I've got one or two things to say about change.
Like the change we must change and the change we hold dear,
I really like change. Have I made myself clear?

[Feathered_IV]

To me the game looks about five to eight months away from release. Based on what we've seen in the updates. Single player and online optimisation haven't even been mentioned yet and I would doubt that they are anywhere near being ready with that.

[Neil Lowe]

Some things are worth waiting for, this is definately the case for SOW.

Carry on Oleg, what you have shown us more than feeds my appetite.

Cheers, Neil

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

To me the game looks about five to eight months away from release. Based on what we've seen in the updates. Single player and online optimisation haven't even been mentioned yet and I would doubt that they are anywhere near being ready with that.

Actually he has mentioned that the British Campaign is finished and they are working on the German Campaign.

I think a good indication to be close to the finished product is when we start to see the marketing campaign go up a gear, once we get the dedicated website the game will follow some 3-6 months after.

[Chivas]

I doubt we will see a dedicated website until the sim is about to be released. It doesn't look like the developer is interested in showing any more videos until the sim is further optimized and major bugs fixed.

[philip.ed]

It'll be ready when it's ready. Just exhale and stop holding your breath, I did a few years ago
I can't wait for release, but whining about it won't really achieve anything.

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

To me the game looks about five to eight months away from release. Based on what we've seen in the updates. Single player and online optimisation haven't even been mentioned yet and I would doubt that they are anywhere near being ready with that.

I'm actually fed up with the lack of release date info.

Is this game like the ordinary dross we're fed? No it isn't. It's so far beyond the mundane FPS junk that's rattled out, it's not worth trying to compare them.
Are we lucky to have the updates we get? Yes, very lucky. It's amazing that Oleg listens to us at all, and we are privileged.
Are we lucky that Oleg is making this game in the first place? Yes, very lucky. He’s a fan like us, and capable of producing something far better than anyone else.
Is Oleg in a position to give an accurate release date? I doubt it. You don’t know how long it takes to fix bugs, and whether fixing them will create new bugs.
But…
Does Oleg have a better idea of when this will be released than us? Of course. Now I don’t blame Oleg for the decision to keep us in the dark, I don’t know what he’s agreed with publishers, but someone should be giving us some more details. Like where they’re currently at, and general time frames, which won’t be set in stone. Then if there’s a set-back, simply tell us. It’s the lack of any information that’s irritating. It’s not that we’re all impatient children, but we have to spend serious money on PC upgrades, and an idea of whether it’s wise to make these upgrades would be helpful. We aren’t all in the position to just wait before upgrading, some of us have old machines that are desperate for an upgrade. Should we upgrade (inc new OS) but use our old graphics cards for a few months, as the game is still a long way from being finished? I don’t see the harm in the developer giving us a little more info.