I am a bit dissapointed this Christmas...
#1. My Christmas present (to myself) a Thrustmaster Warthog was half a success: I kept the Warthog Throttle but stored the Warthog Stick quickly away and brought back my loyal MS SW2FFB. It is suicidal for my wrists' tendons to use this stick to fly a WWII plane with no automatic trim.
#2. NV decided not to introduce the next generation of graphics cards for Christmas
I am waiting for the next generation and for the generation after that in order to be able to play this game with full resulution and full graphics.
#3. No beta patch for Xmas present
Oh well, life is like that...
At least the great news was the special offer, CoD for USD9.99 which is great!
I have managed to play a reasonable time online at the REPKA and ATAG servers and it has been amazing fun. I have managed to make a reasonable amoun of air-, ground- and sea-kills, too.
Of course I fly at lower settings than I would like to (but I blame NVIDIA for this) but it is still 70fps, memory leak is not a problem and the immersion of this game is so big that I have not touched my IL2FB versions ever since!
So for me, the game is great! Period!
And I paid only once (actually twice - I bought two) and I am grateful to the ATAGs' and REPKAs' who put all the money and hw so that I can play for free.
Just as a reminder, the World of Warcraft and some other similar communities have between 10 - 17 million players (repeat: ten to seventeen million players) who pay subscriptions of USD 10.00 per month (repeat: ten dollars per month) to play online!
So,
- I am grateful that 1C created a WWII game of this excellence (because I do not like World of Warcraft and similar games).
- I am grateful that I do not have to pay every month.
- I would pay for the next and, after next and, after after next version of the game if 1C keep developing the game of my taste.
- I will spend thousands of dollars in order to get the necessary hardware to play my game (so the cost for the game is peanuts compared to the money I spend for my gear so why the hell do I have to feel bitter about it????).
Of course I will buy any better WWII simulation on the market. But, hold on, there is no other WWII simulation out in the market...
unless if you want to play against Chuck Norris...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FOaGhE_sejI
So relax all and Merry Xmas!
my 2 cents
~S~