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Originally Posted by Splitter
While I probably knew more than the Average American about what went on in Russia during the war, I had no desire to buy a sim about a Russian ground attack plane.
I wanted air to air combat. I wanted to be able to fly American, British, and German fighters. After looking at the original way back when, I didn't pay much attention to the series after that (though I did buy and play Pacific Fighters without knowing there was any connection to IL-2).
Names are important. IL-2 had me fooled into thinking it was only about air to ground. I was ignorant of later add ons that would have made the game a must have for me.
Americans will like a great sim about the Battle of Britain but they would LOVE an add on centered around the invasion of Europe and the bombing campaign against Germany. Hopefully that somehow gets done by someone in the future.
So hopefully they get the name right. Since IL-2 was so popular, that needs to be in there somewhere but not "up front". The name also has to be generalized to cover other theaters and other types of games.
Splitter
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Its worth pointing out that after the NG debacle quite a few versions of the game where not even marketed in the US at all.
Imagine how many "0.50 cal is porked" and "the mustang won the war" threads we would have had if the game was actually promoted in the US. Scary thought. I am still waiting for the 0.50 cal mod that lets you kill Tiger tanks by bouncing the shells off the ground
Also, whilst clearly a cash cow, targeting the US casual "shoot 'em up" gamer market may not necessarily be good thing long term for a game. It's quite likely the longevity of the game is partly due to the fact it was not just another "mighty 8th/Pearl/BoB " arcade game with even fancier graphics ... and the name IL2 has made that distinction pretty clear.