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hi all,
I was surveying / following up discussions on this board for a while now. And, as many of you, il-2 sturmovik fans, i just can't wait for this new sequel to be up and released!  |
hiya highness, welcome to the il2 boards
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But, i just got a bit confused,...
what will be the official / final name of the sim?
"Storm Of War" ? "Battle of Britain" ?? "il-2 Battle Of Britain" ???
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"storm of war " at the moment is intended to be the name of the series, "BoB" will be the first released scenario on tat new game engine. a slightly unconventional name perhaps, but it is translated from the russian iirc, and does have a ring to it in english to. i suspect it still might change before final release, but unlikely imho
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and, since we seem to be "so close" to the announced / estimated date of release, some questions are bothering me, such as:
why there is still no official dedicated main web-site for this sim????
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they are indeed being a bit slack with that, but after a few starts and stops with intended release times it doesnt seem to be a major priority with them, which is in a way not a bad change from all the bland fluffy marketing we get from western companies, right at the moment oleg and co seem mainly focusing on finishing the project itself (and the website is made by the marketing department of the distributors, not oleg himself or his crew).
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where is the PC-DVD "artwork" box cover?
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several versions have already been posted in previous yrs, cant remember a specific url, but i have seen them. just be aware that might not actually be the final product and artwork can still change.
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why none of the popular websites such as gamespot.com, simhq.com, combatsim.com, avsim.com and many others are not referencing it and even they have never ever heard about this highly anticipated combat flightsim ?  |
the main aviation combat sim websites, like simhq, have had repeated info posts in their forums on it, and even some regular annual update articles on the project to. more general aviation websites are a different genre, and sites catering for ms-flightsim cater for a different crowd then combat aviation sims, hence you wont see it there. several pc aviation magazines and international flightsim oriented websites have had information on it in previous yrs to, some even by exclusive interviews with oleg and selected screenshots etc..
largely however the combat flightsim hobby world is a rather small one and for most people interested in the genre the upcoming release of the sequel to il2 sturmovik has been a long awaited next step, so most have been aware of it all along (and some like tree here have gone loopy in the process of waiting)
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is it going to be available to purchase online through STEAM?  |
we dont know that, time will tell
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anyways, thank you very much, keep up the great work, and i hope to see it released as soon as possible!  |
yeps, we'r all here hoping it will be soon. going by updates in the last few months it cant be long now. if you havnt seen it yet, look for a poster in this forum called 'foobar", his german website has a list of all the update screenshots provided by oleg in the last 12 months (as well as some of his own creations he is contributing for this sim), it gives an amazing peak at what is to come soon to a store near you