Its almost free now..

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

Should have waited then! I was a huge fanboy, but even I could see the CE was a complete waste of money, dreamed up by some marketing monkey somewhere!
You get a pretty box, a disc you don't need 'cos we have steam, a badly printed manual I can but cheaper at the local museum, and a 'map' that might possibly make a good dishcloth.
I bought the Russian version first, for very little money, to see what it was like, and then bought the download from D2D for £23.
Free RoF is not the demo, its the whole game, but you are welcome to buy every extra plane if you wish. Otherwise they stay as A.I.

ROF with two planes is more empty than full game (*wink*)...

Yes I didtn wait...I WAS a huge 1C fan, il2 was masterpiece....this is why I was so eager to buy this...whataver it is in current state...

[Jumpy]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

Yep games gets cheaper (with time) but CLOD is 5 times cheaper than it was few months ago...WTF? Usually for 12 bucks you can get the games few yrs old....IL2 46 is 10 bucks now....10 yrs old sim...
btw I still feel like a donkey

Don't worry, I am sure most people think donkeys are cute! It does make you wonder about future support, though.

Originally Posted by Jumpy

Don't worry, I am sure most people think donkeys are cute! It does make you wonder about future support, though.

njihaaaaaaaaaaaa

[trumps]

well i pre-ordered the collectors edition and yes the ride has not been without frustrations but all in all i have more than got my moneys worth out of the sim and find that excepting the launcher failure issue it plays and looks great. there is no way known i could imagine going back to Il-2 now. i do hope that optimization will continue until the next installment is released. either western desert/med, or BoM, i would love to see either if not both as time passes.

Cheers
Craig

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Tell your squaddies and friends from the old game about the sale, there's no reason to be on the fence. Hours of entertainment and frustration for the price of 3 coffees!

already did that....Im the "good whiner"

[ATAG_Dutch]

I pre-ordered and purchased two collector's editions (one was for a gift), a Logitech G940 and subsequently a GTX570, solely because this was Cliffs of Dover by the IL2 team; and wouldn't have bought the latter two unless I thought it was worth it.

I've done some whining and moaning myself since release, but as an old fan of the series, I don't regret spending a single penny if what I paid for the two CE's helps assist development.

As it happens, I was given a copy of IL2 in 2001, then bought Forgotten Battles and 1946 but only when they went down to less than £10.00.

Bringing the price down to the level of 'bargain' will mean it'll be sitting on a lot more people's hard discs whilst we wait for further software improvements and hardware development. Long term, surely this can only be a good thing for the promotion of the genre, as it was in my case.

I've no doubt that I'll be first in the queue for any expansions/sequels too. I'll probably kick myself for paying full price on release, have another whine/moan and then do it again.

So, I went from bargain hunter to pre-orderer, why not others?

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

I pre-ordered and purchased two collector's editions (one was for a gift), a Logitech G940 and subsequently a GTX570, solely because this was Cliffs of Dover by the IL2 team; and wouldn't have bought the latter two unless I thought it was worth it.

I've done some whining and moaning myself since release, but as an old fan of the series, I don't regret spending a single penny if what I paid for the two CE's helps assist development.

As it happens, I was given a copy of IL2 in 2001, then bought Forgotten Battles and 1946 but only when they went down to less than £10.00.

Bringing the price down to the level of 'bargain' will mean it'll be sitting on a lot more people's hard discs whilst we wait for further software improvements and hardware development. Long term, surely this can only be a good thing for the promotion of the genre, as it was in my case.

I've no doubt that I'll be first in the queue for any expansions/sequels too. I'll probably kick myself for paying full price on release, have another whine/moan and then do it again.

So, I went from bargain hunter to pre-orderer, why not others?

What if they fail in optimising this sim? Its theoretically possible...

[Pudfark]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

What if they fail in optimising this sim? Its theoretically possible...

Well, some folks don't seem to understand the difference between optimism and optimization...I don't believe that you are one of them....

There seems to me...to be...less optimism.
While seven months later? No optimization.
In the last couple of months?
Take a look/search in regard to the numbers of folks who have "left" the forum.

[Qpassa]

I bought two weeks ago CE for 20 euros(19.95)

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Thats great, considering I have gotten my moneys worth flying the JU 88 alone. WW2combat flight simers who havent allready have no reason not to give the sim a go now.