I think IL-2 had some expectations on it but it really was a surprise how good it really was (sense of speed/flight) compared to other sims at the time. Therefore I think we had
extremely high expectations this time around BUT plz have a look at the reviews of IL-2 Sturmovik 1.0 and compare them to the CloD reviews so far. Example below, two different reviewers yes but still:
IL-2 Sturmovik 1.0
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/il2sturmovik/review.html
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover "1.0"
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/il-2-...er/review.html