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Originally Posted by zapatista
for the uninformed, ...... CoD was forced to be released 1 yr to early (all details available on this forum so you can educate yourselves), and it was either that or NOTHING. there is no 3e alternative where you can stomp your little feet on the ground and say "but i want it and i want it now". if you look at what CoD is 1 yr later (ie right now in june 2012) it is in an acceptable form for what would have been an initial release
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See it's comments like this which makes your whole argument flawed. CloD was released early, yes, but by one year? I'm sorry but there's no tangible evidence to prove this at all.
We all know it was rushed to hit the shops, but after 8 years I have no sympathy for the team. The community provided a lot of help and support and it still came out a mess. And after one year, unlike what you say, many features which worked originally don't (FM's are up and down, cloud shadows are gone, reflections gone, those lovely cockpits don't look the same, the lighting has worsened) so it's hardly the progress your hated RoF took. CloD is progressing at a ridiculously confusing rate. Whatever the reasons for it being a mess after 8 years are, it really isn't acceptable. The original videos were filmed at 1/8 speed! How can that be used to market the product?! It's completely unscrupulous.
I have full respect for the team (they have taken the communities views on board on numerous occasions) but whereas RoF shows forward moving improvement, CloD is one step back, two steps forwards, one step forwards, two steps back. And that's at the best of times.
It will take a miracle for it to turn into the best BoB sim within a year. I fired up BoB2 last week (which I can play happily) and the immersion was light-years ahead of CloD. And the AI still amazes me today.
CloD may be technically ahead of RoF, but if it can't play properly this lead is lamentable.