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Originally Posted by Tanner
Existing IL2 Feature, Existing through 3rd parties.
I'll believe it when I play it.
A feature that will never be used by 99% of the playerbase if for no other reason than the bandwidth required to support 128 players simultaneously.
Several? That must be worth 50 bucks. Not really.
A degree of accuracy that will not matter to a super-majority of the playerbase while they are playing the game, especially those flying open cockpit with deduced reality settings. Good for wow factor, good for machinima, mostly irrelevant to gameplay.
After this many years of development, I would hope so; however, again flight model improvements will be undetectable or irrelevant to 99% of the playerbase.
Right, I would hope so after all this time; however, performance will be completely dependent of player hardware specs. A super-majority of the playerbase will never experience the "high-end" engine features of the game if they do indeed exist. Jaggies in screenshots weeks before game launch?
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And how is any of your objections any different than when the original IL2 came out?
I've enjoyed BoB:WoV, but their damage model was non-existent. You never knew who, what, where, or when you were hit until your wing fell off. Were these critical hits? Were they glancing blows? Could you take one more swipe at the 111 before you disengaged? One would never know. Sure you heard the ping ping ping of ammo hitting your craft, but had no idea of what was being hit. You'd get a shudder, and then poof. Off goes your wing.
I won't make light of 50 bucks, but most X Box/PS3 games are 60 bucks. I KNOW I'll have CoD on my hard drive for years. It's not a lot of money in terms of time on my hard drive and the hours upon hours of enjoyment that I'll get from CoD. To me THAT's a bargain in today's economy.
The ONLY thing (now that I know a bit more about STEAM) that would ruin CoD for me is the AI. With complex engine management there shouldn't be any FM cheats that the AI use. I won't abide or support that. I think Oleg will have made many advances in AI.
But features? I'm willing to wait and see. I've seen and followed enough to know that I'll be satisfied (pending AI) to purchase in a NY minute.