In case you've forgotten about it: the requirements on CloD were false. No one was (and probably will) be able to play CloD with the minimum requirements they printed on the box or published on digital distribution sites.

So...how many people have genuinely even attempted to get their money back?

what country are you in?
check your consumer rights legislation.

In the UK, you are entitled to a refund for faulty goods.

From the UbiSoft offical game website (it's been unchanged for over a year now):

PC Configuration
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows® 7 / Vista SP2 / Windows XP SP3
PROCESSOR: Pentium® Dual-Core 2.0GHz or Athlon™ X2 3800+ (Intel Core i5 2.66GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 2.6GHz recommended)
RAM: 2GB (4GB recommended)
VIDEO CARD:DirectX® 9.0c compliant, 512Mb Video Card (1GB DirectX® 10 recommended) – See supported List*
DIRECT X®: DirectX® 9.0c (included on disc)
DVD-ROM DRIVE: 8X
SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c compatible (… recommended)
HARD DISK: 10GB
PERIPHERALS: Mouse, keyboard
MULTIPLAY: Broadband connection with 128 kbps upstream or faster
An internet connexion is required to activate the game

*SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT TIME OF RELEASE:
ATI® : 4850/4870/5830/5850/5770/5870/6870/6950/6970
NVidia®: 8800/9800/250/260/275/285/460/465/470/480
Laptop models of these cards may work but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release. For an uptodate list of supported chipsets, please visit the FAQ for this game on our website: http://support.ubi.com
NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to prevent copying that may conflict with some DVD-RW and virtual drives.

Is there anyone out there than has the minimum system specs & can run the game OK? Anyone with minimum specs that cannot run the game?

Were false? I would have said unrealistic at release. It did work but at very low levels of graphics and effects.

But what about now? The sims perfomance increased to reasonable levels after the last couple of patches.

What is the OP system specs?

When the original Il2 was released, it was unplayable on the system that I had at the time. It was so bad it wasn't until Pacific Figters was released that I revisited the series and realised what I had been missing. Even given it's shaky start the original IL2 turned into one of the best combat flight sims.

I think COD will soon be taking it's place.

Hello, I think that Eddie is French like me, we are as all the other disappointed countries of turning that that takes.
The play is not fixed we cannot invest us for continuation (BOM).
I speak in the name of the community about the French players.


Windows 7 64 bit SP1
Intel Core i7 CPU 920 @2.67 GHz
10,00 GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 480

How about all the community minded complainers sharing the process they have undertaken to get refunds?
after all you only care about the welfare of all the innocent customers right? absolutely nothing to do with bloating the forums with malicious tripe.

what's that?.....nobody has tried to get a refund?

You're probably right. I don't think anyone has actually tried.
This is really about venting, rather than any serious attempt to report faulty goods and/ or recover funds.

If people really wanted refunds, they should approach the various organisations in their countries that are set up to look after consumer interests.

My C2D E6600 and 8800GTS certainly was able to play it, didn't even need to have it on minimum settings.

There is a lot of posturing and show off, but eventually cod/bom is the only option when it comes to wwii flight sim, also real costs are elsewhere, utility bills, rent, gas and so forth.
In fact this kind of games offers the best replay value on the market so don't tell us the price is the problem.