heres a few reviews of IL2 when it was first released...
Combatsim TOPPICK!! A instant classic!
http://www.combatsim.com/memb123/htm/2001/12/il2-rev/
Gamespot uk 9.2!
http://uk.gamespot.com/il-2-sturmovi...review-2829773
IGN great! 8.2
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/165/165150p1.html
Il2 had great reviews despite its bugs, i know i played the heck out of it for almost 2 years solid and had a fantastic time both online and off.
I dont think i need to post reviews of CLOD, the one we held here had was about 56% i think.
Yes im being negative, im sorry but i spent 1500 quid on this PC to play CLOD after i was told by Luthier that the bad performance was because of the lack of RAM at the Kiev show(thats when i ordered my parts).
I still cant play CLOD without a crash EVERY time i try and play.
some people payed 50 quid for this sim and after 8 long months almost none of the key features(not even going to talk about the missing ones) work 100%.
FM
DM
CEM
sound
Graphics
AI
those are the key features of a flightsim right?
None of them work as they should and some are so broken or off the mark its not worth calling them realistic for the planes they are superposed to represent.
Yes we can go and play airquake online with the 50 other people in the world playing CLOD right now but it gets old getting attacked on the runway because the AA is rubbish.
When i see post from the development team asking for help with the AI(really? they are supposed to have been working on the AI for 3 months already!!)...really?? they dont know what its supposed to do??? really?? they have had 10 years with IL2 right?? Oleg said the AI it would surpass IL2 by miles remember?
If you check back before release my posts were positive and full of praise for what i was seeing and hearing from Oleg and Luthier.
I spent weeks of my own time years ago to take over 200 pictures of pre-war houses, farms and buildings for this sim to help out back when i used to beta test stuff and like i say ive spent 1500 quid to have a PC to play CLOD so ive invested time and money in CLOD and im unhappy so far its far, far from what it said it would be.
When Luthier stops the delaying tactics and patch padding and something gets actually fixed and the sim stops crashing every 20 mins, then i will start to feel better and have a more positive attitude.
Its been 8 months, its not much to ask.
i hope this has been less of a rant.
and gives people i idea of how i feel.(as if you didn't know already!)