A way to tell that Il2/BoB is SO popular

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Sim

It took long time for people to realize that IL2 series has quality written all over it. I wish there was more boxes of 1946 in local stores....

This sim was so far ahead of it's time that TODAY.... if you get new hardware.. you may still find something new that you didnt see or hear before.... think about that.. with the way that technology expands...

Then consider what we may have with BoB...

[Bobby109]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

This sim was so far ahead of it's time that TODAY.... if you get new hardware.. you may still find something new that you didnt see or hear before.... think about that.. with the way that technology expands...

Then consider what we may have with BoB...

Exactly!! it's really amazing, almost scary how good it is and how high the bar has been set. Expectations for BOB are high indeed, we will run that sim maxed out in maybe 2015

[Vigilant]

I can't remember a game that has been eagerly awaited by so many people for such a long time. I agree with Bearcat about it being so far ahead of it's time.

If we end up with a sim that makes us feel even close to being there, it'll be worth it...

[Qwerty]

I remember a post on the Ubi board from way back when the game first hit the stores. It went something like:

WAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! IF SIMS CAN LOOK THIS GOOD NOW, WHAT WILL THEY BE LIKE IN 10 YEARS TIME!!!!!!

Well soon... we'll find out.

[Pike]

I hope so because I'll be almost 70 then.
best regards,
Pike.

[LW_lcarp]

The IL2 forums are so popular because all the other forums everyone is busy playing the game, and with IL2 everyone is to busy posting on the forums

[Rjel]

Originally Posted by LW_lcarp

The IL2 forums are so popular because all the other forums everyone is busy playing the game, and with IL2 everyone is to busy posting on the forums

That and tweaking the game trying to get it to run smoothly. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the game but perfect it ain't. After almost eight years it's still not a game you install and just play. It takes a lot of trial and error to get it running right, IMO. I appreciate the difficulties of setting up a game to run on many different computer systems and I appreciate the many patches we've gotten over the years to correct problems. Hopefully BoB:SoW will run great out of the box. I'll believe that when I see it.

[K_Freddie]

Originally Posted by LW_lcarp

The IL2 forums are so popular because all the other forums everyone is busy playing the game, and with IL2 everyone is to busy posting on the forums

Actually this is not the case... My kid and his friends play a lot of other games on the net and there are not that many servers AND they are not that populated, compared to the IL2 'network'.

I think it's more of a case that there are so many IL2 players (and growing) that not everyone is playing at the same time. I think the 'attention span' of other games is not that great compared to IL2, resulting in this 'population longevity'

Well, .. that was worth a few BoB !