Announcement of the game "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad"

[Ailantd]

Originally Posted by major_setback

Here.
Ilya is back!!!!!!!!!

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...0&postcount=44

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Finally some good news.

[Sokol1]

Better than expected...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4014...layer_embedded

Early Access: Buyers of the Standard Edition will get early access in winter 2013 prior to public release. Buyers of Premium Edition will get the early access in autumn 2013.
Founder's Tag: Buyers of the Standard Edition will get a Silver IL-2 Sturmovik logo placed under their avatar in the community forum. Buyers of the Premium Edition will get a Gold IL-2 Sturmovik logo placed under their avatar on the forum.
Aircraft at Launch: Buyers of the Standard and Premium Editions will get the same base set of 6 aircraft (LaGG-3 s.29, Bf-109F-4, IL-2 AM38 (model 1942, single-seat), Ju-87 D-3, Pe-2 s.87/s.110 and He-111 H-6) with the possibility to earn 2 more aircrafts in the game (Yak-1 and Bf-109G-2).
Special Aircraft Set: Buyers of the Premium Edition will also get access to a couple more special aircraft (La-5 and Fw-190 A4) which cannot be obtained in the game, but can be purchased in our store after launch.
Special Label: Buyers of the Premium Edition will get a special label inside the game interface next to their nickname which will stand out from the other players in multiplayer mode.You can turn it off or on as you wish.
Send a Gift to a Friend: We have also built a system to send gifts. Not only can you purchase a Pre-Order copy for yourself, but you can also purchase one or more copies of either edition per user account (email) and send it to a friend. You can activate one copy (digital key) on your account and send the others to friends, family or squadron mates. The gift system will be available with the opening of the early access period in autumn 2013 to buyers of all versions.

Pre-order: http://il2sturmovik.com/


Sokol1

[SlipBall]

"We invite you to become a participant in the development of BOS by placing a Pre-Order. By doing this, you will be the first to get access to the product and help us to make it even better. The combat flight-sim genre now needs your attention; modest budgets do not allow the realizationof everything virtual pilots dream about at once. But together we can truly revolutionize the genre and bring back a true legend to the sky!
If there are truly a lot of us, more than the skeptics think, and if the time of serious games for the PC has not passed, then we can make more with your support."


Sounds like funding may be more than a little tight for them. I hope they get high pre-order number's to save the day

[Richie]

I've been following BOS from the beginning and can hardly wait.

[Chivas]

Awesome trailer, but the first thing that came to mind was the CFS3 trailer. I always support the genre early and often, but this time I'm waiting to see a video more representative of the product.

[kristorf]

Before parting with money I will wait for feedback, once bitten twice shy

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Sokol1

Better than expected...

Pre-order: http://il2sturmovik.com/


Sokol1

I've not seen this before in any other game: The breath of the Il2 gunner condensing on the cold air as he breathes out (at 00.30 minutes).

I agree with the others in that I'll wait before judging or buying...I mean, I'll wait before buying

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by major_setback

I've not seen this before in any other game: The breath of the Il2 gunner condensing on the cold air as he breathes out (at 00.30 minutes).

Would be amazing in that wind!!...I just don't see it though

[Hooves]

Hey bananas!
Ok so a few of us got to attend the press event and we made a quick impressions video. We tried to address a few Forums questions as well as give an impression of how the event as a whole went down.

I took a lot of CAM footage that I will be posting as soon as I can get back to my home computer. I know alot of people are holding off, but I hope this will help you decide either way. We tried to be objective as we could to represent the entire community that wasnt able to attend. Both Mastiff, and I as well as other attendees Im sure would be happy to answer any questions as quickly and as honestly as possible.

Keep in mind it is Pre alpha gameplay, and the UI is not done at all. Several other things were in as place holders.

Cheers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjCpgZZiGdc

[zapatista]

90$ is a very steep price to pay for participating in the RoF-BS development cost, particularly since you dont actually endup getting a fully finished game that gives you a couple of years of gameplay till the sequel is released.

instead you'll be expected to keep buying new elements like planes, vehicles, maps, scarfs, map building tools and SDK's etc. and that is not just a choice of adding elements you might not need/want, in order to be competitive online the RoF-BS sales model will push you to keep buying newer better planes if you want to have the hope to have a fair chance in online encounters.

the promo video also reminds me of the misleading promo video's from some MS products, with the end product not being represented in the video content (in sales terms this is referred to as the "bait and switch approach"). their map also is empty and bland (snow snow and more snow, no ground detail or significant amount of ground objects). looks very console/arcade to me, more war thunder style then anything even close to what we already have in CoD at the moment.

all by all, no thanks !! we already have much better in CoD then what RoF-BS is trying to peddle, and i wont be paying 100's of dollars over the next months to find out any different