Friday Update, Q&A - December 23, 2011

[bongodriver]

I have never seen a blacker bunch of pessemists and doom-sayers in all my days, how you have managed to make it through another day without hanging yourselves in a closet I'll never know....

AHMEN to that!!

[theOden]

There's no reading between the lines in this block:

We’ll work along the model similar to the old Il-2. There’s a single progression line from version to version dotted by sequels.
For example, we never released a patch for Forgotten Battles that contained new code from Pacific Fighters. The way to get it was to buy PF and merge it into FB. That’s exactly how it will be with CoD.

You will never ever be the serious sim-producer Bohemia Interactive is, obviously.
Saddening bad news in the first post. Really sad.
Good to know though so I guess I should say "Thank you" but there is no smile saying it.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by theOden

You will never ever be the serious sim-producer Bohemia Interactive is, obviously.

What? So let me see if I understand you correctly.. I have ARMA2.. And several versions of it.. The several versions due to the sequels Bohemia put out that made it incompatible with the previous version.. But the if I want to play the previous version I still can

Based on that, it sounds like 1C and Bohemia have the same approach to sequels.. Thus IMHO 1C is as serious as Bohemia when it comes to making games

I love this thread. It appears to be a competition to see who can put the most negative spin possible on the latest update from people who are constantly complaining about the lack of updates.

[Pudfark]

Originally Posted by IamNotDavid

I love this thread. It appears to be a competition to see who can put the most negative spin possible on the latest update from people who are constantly complaining about the lack of updates.

Not really an update to me...more of a dynamic "stall"..imho...

Originally Posted by Pudfark

Not really an update to me...more of a dynamic "stall"..imho...

I know. Your response is one of my favorites.

[BigC208]

It's all good. The game will be patched up to where it's playable for everyone, not just those with top of the line computers. Those that don't want BoM can leave it on the store shelves and still enjoy CloD.

Luthier is praising himself for still working on the game after 7 months. I see that a bit different. As far as I'm concerned we're still in the 7th month of a paid for Beta. I'll regard it the release version when the next patch delivers on the performance increases and bug fix promises. I don't expect a multimillion dollar sim experience for $50. What I do expect is a finished product at some point. If Clod is not playable for all (min box spec) before BoM is released I'll wait with buying untill the reviews are out.

For me personally the sim in it's current state is enjoyable. Even with the messed up comms, the now and then crashes, the gui that sucks, the trees I can fly thru without collision, etc etc. When I get ticked off with some of the things I miss I'll just go play RoF or DCS for a bit. I keep coming back to CloD because there is simply no other WWII combat sim out there that's as immersive and detailed as CloD. When (not if) Luthier's team fixes what needs to be fixed this series will keep us entertained for the next 10 years.

[F19_Klunk]

Originally Posted by BigC208

It's all good. The game will be patched up to where it's playable for everyone, not just those with top of the line computers. Those that don't want BoM can leave it on the store shelves and still enjoy CloD.

Luthier is praising himself for still working on the game after 7 months. I see that a bit different. As far as I'm concerned we're still in the 7th month of a paid for Beta. I'll regard it the release version when the next patch delivers on the performance increases and bug fix promises. I don't expect a multimillion dollar sim experience for $50. What I do expect is a finished product at some point. If Clod is not playable for all (min box spec) before BoM is released I'll wait with buying untill the reviews are out.

For me personally the sim in it's current state is enjoyable. Even with the messed up comms, the now and then crashes, the gui that sucks, the trees I can fly thru without collision, etc etc. When I get ticked off with some of the things I miss I'll just go play RoF or DCS for a bit. I keep coming back to CloD because there is simply no other WWII combat sim out there that's as immersive and detailed as CloD. When (not if) Luthier's team fixes what needs to be fixed this series will keep us entertained for the next 10 years.

Very well put and pretty much the same as I feel. To work on a "half broken" title to make it work properly... even 7 months after release, is the only decent thing that can be done to keep customer and reputation.
I too enjoy clod from time to time now on a very expensive rig (it ran like crap on my old, with lowest gfx setting looking like something from late 1990s), online only with crashes every 40 minutes. It bugs me that it feels so "unfinished" (antialiasing problem for example) when there is so much working for it... the sensation of flying is fantastic.. you can really feel the weight of the planes in contrast to old il2 series. It bugs me because I can see how great this title COULD be.

We will just have to see, Clod could have a contender for beeing THE WWII game in upcoming World of Planes.... they HAVE to succeed with Clod imo... or loose the upperhand that I feel that they still have.

Great to hear from Luthier that the team will continue to work with the issues and that the strategy for upcoming sequels will be the sams as with the "old" IL2 series.

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Originally Posted by theOden

There's no reading between the lines in this block:



You will never ever be the serious sim-producer Bohemia Interactive is, obviously.
Saddening bad news in the first post. Really sad.
Good to know though so I guess I should say "Thank you" but there is no smile saying it.

I have no idea what you're talking about, that line was one of the best pieces of news yet. Why spent time and effort releasing patches for CloD when you have just released a game that MERGES with the CloD and you can update the whole thing at once? Hell, Il2 got to where it is based on that model, fanbase wouldn't be nearly as large if we weren't all playing FB+AEP+PF+PE2+SOM+1946 (which is what the 1946 dvd really is, all of those games and expansions combined into one), this is what the future will be for CloD and the Moscow game.

[Baron]

Some of you people really are a piece of work.

We are where we are, deal with it like mature adults.