In my younger days as a Marine that would have applied but not so much anymore. But if you think real life is all the above than it is to late for you anyway.:confused:

I would hardly call the release a shambles, it just unfinished, and there were two or three patches that greatly improved performance for many users. I'm not sure how you can expect the sim to make huge strides in four months when its taken years to get to this stage. I would also say the signs are better than you suggest. If there was no intention of finishing COD the development team would have shut down by now or moved on to other projects.

Anyone reading the forums thinking about buying COD would certainly shy away from investing. People being unconstructively negative ad nauseam may want the project to succeed, but their comments certainly drive away the customers required to make it happen.

Chivas, have you forgotten the epilepsy filter debacle? the almost nonexistent PR, no website almost until the relase date and then it was awful. no videos of in game footage....and dont forget NO sound of the game until AFTER release! Have you ever seen a sim or any game for that matter with that sort of release? then to top it off the lead developer leaves the day after.

Now if you tell me thats not a bleedin shambles then i dont know what is.

Thats exactly what you'll get with an UNFINISHED sim, so many aspect of the sim are not going to work until they can be finished. The lead developer who is still probably the owner of Maddox Games has hired Luthier to run the day to day aspects of sim. I don't doubt for a minute that Oleg is totally pissed with having to release COD UNFINISHED. Oleg would never have released the sim , unless there were no other alternative. The money dried up and the only way COD gets finished now is if sales are good enough to continue development.

Continually calling the development a "shambles" or any other derogatory word will only have the effect of driving away sales. Calling the sim "Unfinished" while adding that the developer is still working on the sim may help sales. A few of the more negative people say they'd like COD to be finished but their actions say otherwise.

We all know the maybe reasons "why" chvias, im talking about what actually happened.

I want it finished Chivas, ive had over 150 hours in it so far, prob half of those online, and im fed up flying with no flippin trees. :x

I'll say it too..this release is a shambles and part of the whole reason why sims do not sell like they used to. If this would have been a "finished" product it would have sold well and been able to keep the genre alive. You have to know your limitations when starting a project such as this and have a very strict schedule and guidelines.
Trying to defend this game by calling it "only unfinished" is mind boggling to me and tells me the depths of expectations that this community has sunk to. The reason for the constant belly aching about the sim is because of the terrible condition of this sim. Don't knock the bearers of reality...sales will be bad because of the condition of the sim, not because of the whinings on some forum.
Sorry for the rant, but I'm gone until next month to see if any progress has been made;)

You just don't get it. The developer didn't the time to finish the game because the funding ran out. They either had to release the sim unfinished to generate the needed cash to finish it OR CANCEL IT ALTOGETHER.

Which would you prefer??????

Ok Chivas, i know where your coming from.

But at least agree with me in a PM, and stop telling me what i saw with my own eyes.

So, furbs,

you still think that you are right? :D :D :D

To be in shambles now it should have been orderly sometimes, it hasn't reached that point yet as it is still unfinished.

Ok, enough fishing for arguments. ;D ;D ;D

No robtek, its a shambles now, but i hope it becomes orderly some time soon. :)

Yes, im playing alot, ive never said i dont like COD or want it to become the best flight sim in the world.

The core sim is fantastic and has potential to become a true great, but its not...not yet.

Some of the ideas inside COD are genius but its put together badly and lets its self down.

I call it as i see it.

If they sort it, fix the crap stuff, then i will be the first to shout praise from the high heavens on here.