SoW: Battle for Moscow and other Igromir news

[Richie]

Actually if you look at all of the Aviation art around you can get some pretty good tittle ideas from those. "Into The Storm" is cool. Battle Of Britain "Into The Storm"


http://www.stephenbrownaviationart.com/

http://www.aviationarthangar.com/

[Feathered_IV]

I've always liked the Forgotten Battles tag. It was such an evocative title, that promised so much more than the mainstream sim makers were offering.

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

There in the past was idea in Ubisoft to name the new series as Oleg Maddox Combat Simulations.
I was againt this name, but for today maybe isn't bad.

I was thinking along these lines before finding your statement, Oleg. Not for your ego but just the facts: the name Oleg Maddox is now like a guarantee of quality and desire for perfection in a flight sim. For a good many of us, even the name IL-2 does not bring to mind an airplane. When someone says "IL-2" I think of the flight sim series. Hope this make sense.

[Flying_Nutcase]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

There in the past was idea in Ubisoft to name the new series as Oleg Maddox Combat Simulations.
I was againt this name, but for today maybe isn't bad.

Hi Oleg,

You're lucky to have a name which suits the English speaking mind and tongue in terms of readability and pronunciation, but "Oleg Maddox Combat Simulations", although conveying well the generic military message, is too much of a mouthful and "OMCS" doesn't read/isn't spoken easily as an acronym.

"Storm of War" represents well a generic and timeless military aspect, and with just three syllables is easy to say without needing to turn it into a spoken acronym ("Sow", not good).

A catchy name is really important. "Storm of War" hits the nail on the head.


Flying Nutcase

[Necrobaron]

Yeah, I don't think Oleg Maddox Combat Simulations (OMCS) would be bad at all.
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[proton45]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

There in the past was idea in Ubisoft to name the new series as Oleg Maddox Combat Simulations.
I was againt this name, but for today maybe isn't bad.

Its simple and to the point...and its generally hard to go wrong with "simple and direct".

[Flying_Nutcase]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

I've always liked the Forgotten Battles tag. It was such an evocative title, that promised so much more than the mainstream sim makers were offering.

Good point, that's also a solid generic military name and one which conveys a degree of intrigue, though BoB isn't exactly a 'forgotten' battle.

Forgotten Battles: Battle of Britain
Forgotten Battles: Battle for Moscow
Forgotten Battles: The Med
Forgotten Battles: Korea

It would certainly provide a cute connection with the IL2 series.

[150GCT_Veltro]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

There in the past was idea in Ubisoft to name the new series as Oleg Maddox Combat Simulations.
I was againt this name, but for today maybe isn't bad.

Actually after so many years of success, both IL2 and Maddox are trade-mark with a their own market value, so both are needed on the box.

[MuxaHuk]

Hello!
Most of team members like name SoW and BoB.
But...we can't use name Battle of Britain (in english) because this name is TradeMark'ed (TM) of other company.
We were shocked at the title's name at Igromir

[addman]

I think that Storm of War is just fine. Storm and war in the same sentence, that might even convince 14 year old Billy -I play CoD and WoW all night long- to pick it up. When you say IL-2 should be in the title you're just preaching to the quire, those who are already familiar with the brand will buy it even if it's called "Unicorn-Horse Adventures". It really is the perfect "umbrella" -as someone stated earlier- for a whole new series. "From the creators of the award winning IL-2 series" will fit perfectly underneath the main title. Remember, if you wan't to sell, you need to reach out to a new younger audience that were probably still in pre-school when IL-2 first was released.

Make it as accessible as possible Oleg