Can we help Clod? Yes!

[Ataros]

Worth waiting for fixes like working COOP, write new reviews and organise a campaign for voting them useful then here.

Giving it 3 stars in it's current state if generous. Giving it 2 stars in the state it was released in would be way too generous. This is not what one would call a finished game, in any sense of the word "finished" as it is lacking in every single aspect without exception.

Numerous Bugs
Performance Issues
Gameplay Options
Hardware Support
Documentation. . .

The list could go on, but that's not really helping anyone. The devs know what needs to be done (at least I hope they do) and it's in their hands, if they want to give us the game we asked for (in a completed state) or just do a shoddy patch-job and move on to another 1/2 finished project (BOM).

[HessleReich]

Thank-you all for replies, I agree with what has been said for the most part, im not sure i should have posted this today in hindsight.

It is a simple thing though for our comunity to stick together, many people here would like the sim to succeed and spend many hours on the forums or checking them for updates.

That kind of dedication is testament to how many of you feel about Clod and not to mention people like Banks, Ateros, and heinkill along with many others. Without them my copy still wouldnt have been used for more than half an hour in the last year. (Just giving credit where its due).

This is a serious sim for serious people, i just wanted that to be put across in my review and thought others may too... dont have to if you dont agree.

Edit* Good idea Ateros, maybe i will when i have tested the new patch.

[=FI=Scott]

I would review after a successfull patch but I wouldn't mislead potential purchasers as to what it is at present. I imagine that a lot of people here have used reviews in the past to influence purchasing decisions and just giving it a rosy glow to try and boost sales would be flat wrong imo.

Giving positive or perfect reviews for a flawed and incomplete product would only be tricking people into buying something that they will invariably dislike, and add to the already large pile of negative reviews on the net. What we want are people to be honest, give accurate reviews that accurately represent what is wrong with the product so that the devs can see what people want, and then hopefully begin fixing or adding that.

Last thing they need is more smoke being blown up their asses. They already get plenty of that here, as well as the verbal fellatio they receive every time they post 3 or more pictures of Russian huts and fences. If all they ever hear is, "OH MY GOD! Clod is perfect, you are all perfect, we love you!" Then they'll just assume they have in fact made a good game (not the case) and will just move on to making another of the same quality.

Wait! That's already happened, and is happening again!

[Jaws2002]

Yep. Hold your guns until after the patch and I mean the OFFICIAL patch, not the beta. That's what new members are going to see.

Wanting to support the game, and wishing it well, and crediting those who have helped and actively supported it are all good. Call it the crutch credit

But launching a thread with a provocative title and calling critics twats doesn't help the cause much. It's brief and to the point, though, i'll give you that

I'd say too many of the hardcore fans do this, but that wouldn't help the cause much either.

Equally, giving it a higher score than it deserves helps no-one. Two stars is more than enough. If the patch is very good and maybe contains a few pleasant surprises then it might justify those two stars, maybe even lurch towards three, given no dynamic campaign, dynamic weather, or sense of a game, or immersion, or a BOB.

The sense of frustration is wide-spread on all sides. Quite a lot is riding on the patch.

Ben

[ATAG_Doc]

No one needs to drum up support for it. Either they will or wont. This is a very small community. Not a large one. Never has been not even close. Probably the smallest market share there will ever be! It is what it is. Made by people with a passion. The core players are the same.

[HessleReich]

Regrets opening mouth.

[PotNoodles]

I think you can tell by some of the 5 star ratings in there that some of the flight sim community tried to make it look good already. Those reviews tell the truth about it's current state and will hopefully deter them from ever releasing a game in such an awful state again. I am still not convinced that this patch will bring it upto a five star rating yet, I think this patch release will be how it should have been released in the first place with more patches to follow. I think then it will be 5 stars, but I think that's another 6 months off. I will write a review when the game is fixed and not until, it would be totally out of order to lie to people and would let other developers make the same mistakes.