Friday the 14th Development Update

[FS~Phat]

Guys please try behave...
I know the news isnt all good, but please have a little respect.
Some of you were banging on about how Luthier should front up.... and he has with complete humility admitted that Clod was not what anyone wanted, least of all the team that developed it.

They would have clearly loved to do more for this theatre of ops but commercial realities unfortunately exist.

It certainly not ideal that we have been paying alpha/beta customers, but I personally think its a small price to pay to keep the series alive. I know they are counting on the goodwill of the community too, which is in itself not a great thing, but we are where we are, and at least we have the chance to hopefully experience the full beauty of this series in the sequel and following sequels.

Certainly this particular theatre and release was a loss for the business, so we are very lucky that they even considered fixing any of it. That is fact.

If they didn't have the financial support of the parent 1C and Luthier's determination, this would have been shut up shop long ago and there wouldnt even be a sequel. We all know that.

So while we dont have the final product we were all promised and hoping for in Clod, at least we have a future to look forward to. Because the other option is to drop it all together, and many businesses would have done exactly that if it wasnt for the commitment and passion for the series.

It's also been made pretty clear that the sequel will be some sort of merge install where the sequel will follow in the footsteps of the old IL2 series where you get the benefits of the sequel flowing down into the previous theatres of operation.

The MMO??? Who knows what it was or even if it will be. My guess is it was a spin off idea and we may or may not see it, but we will certainly see a sequel and thats all im interested in. Because I will get the features and gameplay we all want, and so what if it costs me another $50... I spent $100 on plenty of PS3 and XBOX console games that only last 2-3 weeks of gameplay, IL2 is a series that most of us play for 5 to 10 years... so its cheap gaming in my books even at $200..