Birds of Steel; the sequel of BoP

[The M00ps]

Originally Posted by bobbysocks

the release date puzzles me a little. they must have a lot to work out because you would think they would want a christmas release.

I'd rather they take their time and QA this one first. BoP should have never made it to market with some of the glaring flaws it had (no brakes with stick, HUUUGE deadzone with Xbox stick, P-51 performance, no credit for MP kills, sloppy MP menus, etc.)

And before you flame me, remember, you PS3 guys got a patch -- we Xbox players did not. If we had, I'd still be playing regularly. As it is, it was just too frustrating. I switched to IL-2 1946 on PC and had a blast.

[MACADEMIC]

Originally Posted by The M00ps

I'd rather they take their time and QA this one first. BoP should have never made it to market with some of the glaring flaws it had (no brakes with stick, HUUUGE deadzone with Xbox stick, P-51 performance, no credit for MP kills, sloppy MP menus, etc.)

And before you flame me, remember, you PS3 guys got a patch -- we Xbox players did not. If we had, I'd still be playing regularly. As it is, it was just too frustrating. I switched to IL-2 1946 on PC and had a blast.

With you on this one. Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise the game won't make it prior to Christmas, with that pressure gone Gaijin/Konami should be able to take the time that's needed to get it right from the start. Title updates on consoles are very expensive.

MAC

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by MACADEMIC

With you on this one. Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise the game won't make it prior to Christmas, with that pressure gone Gaijin/Konami should be able to take the time that's needed to get it right from the start. Title updates on consoles are very expensive.

MAC

Agreed. Not to mention BoS would get swamped by the big games that come out at Christmas time. They don't want to be competeing against Battlefield 3for example. Idealy they will want to release on a week that nothing else comes out that way they get most media coverage and hopefully sales.

[irishjg10]

It makes more sense to get everything right from the get go. Better to wait and have a fab game than rush it out onto the market half assed.

[winny]

I'm guessing that this has more to do with MW3 in November than anything else..

It would be suicidal to release it 4th quarter, MW3 is going to be huge. Best to let it settle first.

Remember MW2? That landed 2 months after IL-2 and took a lot of players away.

[vdomini]

Hell Yeah!!

When i was i child I used to spend HOURS flying over the pacific into something look like this


I will drool for this sequel!!

[Cryptic Phant0m]

Ok, whats up with all the hate on the Gaijin boards BOS topic???
People need to give Gaijin a break, people still blame them for what 505 did.

Ok, I am done complaining now.

[Cryptic Phant0m]

Some BOS facts that have been mentioned.

1.Coop/versus mp
MMO will feature persistent world, economics, evolution, etc.
2. Number of players in one session is not the mmo games criteria. There is out of session online gameplay.
3. Flight stick support + custom layout.
4. Unique cockpits for each fighter.
5. Consoles will most likely not have dedicated servers.

[Akula]

Originally Posted by Cryptic Phant0m

Some BOS facts that have been mentioned.

1.Coop/versus mp
MMO will feature persistent world, economics, evolution, etc.
2. Number of players in one session is not the mmo games criteria. There is out of session online gameplay.
3. Flight stick support + custom layout.
4. Unique cockpits for each fighter.
5. Consoles will most likely not have dedicated servers.

BoS looks very interesting, indeed. I wonder how the "MMO" aspect will be handled, maybe you choose a nation & squadron to fight with - Each with their own aircraft/strengths. Kind of like MAG & Tom Clancy's EndWar.

Who knows?
Only time'll tell.

[guiltyspark]

The mmo system will work like similar games like

-steel batallion line of contact.
-mechassault 2
-chromehounds


so if you had played these games previously you will know how this will work out.


I just hope they allow us to host rooms with a server list in addition because these "mmo" servers always die off because the developers loses interest into funding them over the long term , this is what happened with steel batallion , and hopefully wont happen for this game