Battle of Malta or Mediterranean - why not?

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

I am curious why not battle of Malta or Mediterranean.

The Italian aircraft are pretty well done in COD, the early Hurricanes, Gladiator and early Spits as well.

The Early German aircraft as well. We would need new skins of course.

A Mediterranean theatre was never addressed in IL2 until mods were introduced.

The Battle of Moscow will require many new and later model aircraft.

A Mediterranean theatre just makes more sense for a quick release addon.

It has long been rumored that the sequel to BOB was going to be the Med. Personally I think Battle for Moscow was originally a third party addon, as it was annouced at a Russian Game show before BOB was released. The developers pulled Luthiers Korean team in to help finish COD and this could have happened to the Battle for Moscow team aswell. Now they probably need another cash infusion to continue work on the series, and the Battle for Moscow was closest to being finished, while the Med could only be at the research stage.

It can see more third party addons in the mix after the game engine and features are finished and optimized. Then the parties will only have to add maps, some aircraft, and objects, while the main development team can be adding new features to the game engine, more aircraft, and main maps, such as the Med.

[MoGas]

I would prefer "Battle of Malta" or whatever more then a "Battle of Moscow", but I dont care anymore, just the fact, that a "Battle of Moscow" should mean, a fix of our current scenario. And I like to fly oneday, a BoB as it should!