Now see what moding does for a game and company!

EJGr.Ost_Caspar · #1 06-04-2012, 03:29 PM

C'mon ... its 'stupid' shooter. Very different customer type.

Untamo · #2 06-05-2012, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

C'mon ... its 'stupid' shooter. Very different customer type.

You sir, are either miseducated, or a troll

.. I am a simmer to the bone, and think ArmA2 as the finest land warfare sim to date. DayZ might be "stupid", but it seemed like good fun

EJGr.Ost_Caspar · #3 06-05-2012, 08:09 AM

Ok, forget the misleading part! Very different customer type.

Bearcat · #4 06-05-2012, 10:53 AM

I agree. You can't compare anything to a sim but another sim. It takes an entirely different approach than a FPS.

Codex · #5 06-08-2012, 04:31 AM

Well then compare to flight sims then ...

FSX, while it can be modded for free (I think via an SDK), its the paid "mods" that also see FSX still being sold today. Hell I saw MS Flight Sim 2004 on the selves at my local JBHiFi store, I asked the store guy if anyone is still buying it, he said the stock on the shelf right now was just brought in to replace the copies that have been selling over the past year.

X-Plane, sales are still strong. Any there are heaps of mods for it.

And to get back to the OP, both my sons just bought ARMAII off steam just to play that mod. You know from what I've seen from watching my sons play, ARMA II is a FPS sim, there are many aspects to it that set it apart from CoD (Call Of Duty), like getting shot once will kill you or severely wound you. If you're wounded, there are no health packs to pick up, and blood loss becomes an issue.

EJGr.Ost_Caspar · #6 06-08-2012, 09:54 PM

AFAIK both flightsims, that you named, ship with a very small content by default and have mods as one main game concept. IL-2 was never constructed to be modable.

What about EAW?

K_Freddie · #7 06-12-2012, 04:09 PM

Maybe a bit of history...
Oleg resisted any mods for as long as possible as he had a clear concept about IL2. It's main function was a online 'competitive' air combat game, and in this he achieved his aim. He resisted any code/model disclosures to the public for years and this is to his credit - keeping the 'modifications/updates' within a small trusted team.. currently TD.

For all it's short-comings IL2 un-modded was better than any other flight-sim (including extremely modded ones -> FSX) in terms of DM, FM and a lot of other features, over its first 6-8 years. It was a niche market and very successful. Since the cracks and mods have appeared that online popularity has definitely waned.. and Oleg has 'left the building'.

There will not be another sim like this for a long long time... another PERIOD.