Battle of Britain scenario vs sales ?

[GOZR]

In the past we discussed about how BOB scenario would bump the sales.. At the time we talk a lot about the overdone BOB scenarios..

In my personal taste i/m bored with it even before it was released .. but you guys what do you think of this scenario and sales.?.
- would you think an other scenario would of done better ?

Thx.

[Sauf]

You fly you a/c to the best of your ability and hopefully better than the other guy, ground/sea under you really makes no difference, and Spit v 109 is the most popular, best match up if you want to sell a game, though the original IL2 makes a lie of this, come on, be honest, how many people new the IL-2 was a WW2 a/c before the game!
I didn't, was bought up reading about spitfires hurricanes 109's and 190's, read bugger all about the eastern front as a kid, tbh I dont think it was even mentioned.

[Chivas]

The Battle of Britain is the perfect place to start the new IL-2 series. It was the first major air battle and each subsequent addon theater will be built in relative chronological order as theater overlaps allow. BOB was also a relatively small theater which is perfect for time requirements as they also had to build a new game engine. When they build the larger theaters there will be little game engine work other than tweaks.

[Vengeanze]

I know alot of americans that do not plan to transit to CloD but stay in the pacific.

I remember when IL-2 came out. We who played CFS2 back then hadn't seen anything like it and we made the transition cause it was such a great sim even though it was russian front.
When PF was released with carriers, that made it for the americans.

Unless we see some american planes in an addon (with maybe carriers in the med) then I think the sales in the US will be fair.

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

Unless we see some american planes in an addon (with maybe carriers in the med) then I think the sales in the US will be fair.

I don't understand that mentality at all. Surely if you're a fan of WW2 aircraft you'll buy the game no matter what theatre it represents?

I also think BoB is a good and logical place to start. It was the first major air battle of the war, after all. A very romanticized battle in a way.

The Battle of France would have been interesting, but it was minor leagues compared to the BoB.
(Might make an interesting expansion pack though.)

[JG14_Jagr]

Its a logical place to start a new series.. the map could be used right up to 1944. The plane set can progress with improved variants right up to the surrender. Obviously for bomber missions additional maps would be needed..but this is a solid foundation..

We all know that eventually everyone wants their +25lb Spitifre with the super secret feature that never saw service and the ret want their Fw190D13..

If you started there and introduced the SpitMkIX and the Bf109G6 who would want to retrograde?

[Sauf]

I undertand your thinking, but some other countries had been fighting the war for 2 years before America was involved, are we just to ignore that? TBH I couldnt give a flying f*#k if the pacific is ignored, apparently we aussies did stuff all there anyway! MacArthur was a turd and Blamey was his dung beetle and us Aussies suffered for it. Give me the Med anytime, pity Australia hasn't got the whining power of the USA.

[II./JG1_Wilcke]

If you are a WWII air combat enthusiast you have to just jump all over CoD. Hopefully with enough interest and sales, the dev team can iron out the current problems and then put out enough modules addressing the areas of interest. Example, the North Africa Campaign as described in Fighters over the Western Desert, the Eastern Campaign from Barbarossa to the Fall of Berlin, The Channel Campaign from the end of BOB to Post Invasion Normandy. Its endless, and its up to the Devs, Air War in the Pacific could have endless modules and maps. You name it and if they put it out we are going to buy it!

I have my credit card ready and will promptly buy them all at whatever price they charge.

[wildone_106]

Its definitely running better, but its still a mess. I cant make sense of the menus, change my loadout or easily join a MP game. I keep trying and giving up in frustration. I dont think its gonna go down well in N.America.

[proton45]

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

I know alot of americans that do not plan to transit to CloD but stay in the pacific.

I remember when IL-2 came out. We who played CFS2 back then hadn't seen anything like it and we made the transition cause it was such a great sim even though it was russian front.
When PF was released with carriers, that made it for the americans.

Unless we see some american planes in an addon (with maybe carriers in the med) then I think the sales in the US will be fair.

I don't know of a lot of a American players who are primarily driven by feelings of nationalism...most "American" flight combat enthusiasts I know of, are driven by a sense of history (for a lack of a better label), and are interested in all the theaters of war. For the most part we are fascinated in the development of air combat technology and how the tactics of air combat have changed over time. Most American enthusiasts I know of are interested in all of the air combat "ACES", regardless of the nationality.

Here in the "States", we have a thing called the "internet"...we also have a thing called "cable television". These newfangled "high tech gizmo's" allow even the most isolated American to be exposed to all the various theaters of combat.

I think that most people here would agree that the modern air combat enthusiast, identifies with the pilots (aces) personal experiences, and are not interested in the politics or national identity of the aces. I think that this would apply to air combat enthusiasts from around the world....regardless of where are computers are plugged in.


P.S. I think that the "ME109 vs. The Spitfire", is as good as anywhere to start the new series....