Warning: This game is on the edge. Support it or watch it die.

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

I love the counter-whinning whinning. In the end its a buisness, they fail all the time. Does that suck for flight sim fans? Yes. Does it mean we should throw money away in droves at a non functioning product that is missing important features and has obviously been mismanaged? No it doesnt.

If COD fails (I hope not, and if they improve it I will fully support it) eventually someone else will fill the niche. Even if its the WOP team or something, considering WOP looks better then COD and its running on the IL2 engine...

WOP isn't using the old IL-2 engine, it uses its own gaming and graphics engine but Gaijen did borrowed aspects of the original IL-2 FM from Oleg.

There is no one filling the niche, unless Gaijen changes direction in its next sim, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that to happen. There is more money in doing sim light projects that require far less man hours to create. What most of us expect today out of a WW2 air combat sim is far to expensive and takes too long to create for very little profit margin. Thats why we've lost Microsoft, Micropose, Rowan etc. Hopefully Maddox Games survives or the future is very bleak for WW2 air combat simmers.

[reflected]

Oh come on....the devs got what they deserved, didn't they?

Now here we are, a community eager to play this game as it was meant to be, and willing to support the dev team.

They MUST keep us up to date about what they're doing in order to fix this mess. THEN we'll support them.

See the example of Rise of Flight. At first it was a buggy game with not much content to offer. However the devs kept tellnig us what they're working on, what their future plan is, and kep listening to the community. Today, we have no bugs, but a fantastic simulator. With the new patch due in May we'll get a new superbly complex career mode (something we've been whining for), optional field modifications (ditto), and many many other things, that will enable RoF to raise to an unprecedented level of awesomeness.

success is spelled C.O.M.M.U.N.I.C.A.T.I.O.N.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Communication, or lack thereof, can make a huge difference.

[O_Smiladon]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

Communication, or lack thereof, can make a huge difference.

Just keep us informed and we will be there...say nothing and its bye bye

[PVT_Shepperd]

Originally Posted by O_Smiladon

Just keep us informed and we will be there...say nothing and its bye bye

Yes, information even bad one would give anyone a better feeling bout the game. They did communicate but it seems that they have stopped. But maybe they are in easter holidays. I hope that they stick to the information policy they did the weaks after release.

[the Dutchman]

I've been following the development of this sim from the beginning and i'm still reading this forum everyday but only if there are enough positive posts i'm buying it,not before.
I'm saving myself from a greater frustration,i rather read about it ,than experience it myself...
And yes the SH5 scenario is not unthinkable...

ah well, for one its not our fault, its the fault of whom ever forced the early release.
We can have no direct effect the game speaks for itself, do you think all the reviewers read this forum? no they test then review. So untill the game improves the reviews will be bad, and when it does improve which i believe it will the trust will be won back for all the people that feel they have been told untruths about what this game contains, check the digital sites right now and tell me why they "removals" from the game are still listed as in the game. That is just asking for it surely?

This type of thread is really boring tbh, it doesnt even promote honest discussion, you want honesty? how about this release was to generate funds to make the full game next time, i've heard that a few times here and that seems to be the most logical business angle i have heard.
Not sure what i believe but all i know is times have changed since IL2 the early days and this would never have happened them.

[iceblink_luck]

I supported the devs by buying the game. It is the devs that let me down - the reviews unbiasly reflect this fact