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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer Maddox Games.

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Old 01-12-2011, 11:14 PM
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If its a hoax its a very elaborate one,and I can't see the point at this late stage.
I agree.

This can mean only one thing: My order for SB 2600K with GTX 580 and PCI-E SSD juiced with some Ripjaws is going out soon!

Really interesting to see what happens with the friday update!
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Old 01-12-2011, 11:37 PM
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Not likely a hoax, considering the sim is in the optimization stage, and Luthier mentioning optimizations are going very well.
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Old 01-12-2011, 11:50 PM
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My 2 cents: FAKE.



...any other than Ubisoft. No need for clarifying things more than that.

If you're too blind to see the damage they did with the NG fiasco and SHV (among many) then I feel sorry for you. Let me put it the other way around - you seriously think anyone would want to do a sub sim after how SHV was accepted?
Well, I'm not saying Ubisoft are "good" in any way - but compared to the others they are not worse when it comes to support for sim titles... Or give me an alternative? Here is the current top ten list (from Wikipedia):

1 Nintendo
2 Electronic Arts
3 Activision Blizzard
4 Ubisoft
5 Take-Two Interactive
6 Sony Computer Entertainment
7 Bethesda Softworks
8 THQ
9 Square Enix
10 Microsoft

Select one that would be better as a publisher for SoW?

Regarding the SHV failure I am also disappointed as hell and have played it for some hours only before uninstalling it - but they at least tried doing a sub sim that would please us nerds out there. Did any of the other 10 in the list above try? And what did the "community" do? They whined themselves to death and threatened Ubisoft etc so will they try again?

My own opinion regarding the DRM issue is that I really don't care that much myself if it is a bit intrusive... Like the rest of the industrialized world I have constant Internet connection (like the rest of you) so what is the real problem with an online check accept when running the game on a laptop in a boat? If they remove it before shutting down the validation servers and they work it's fine with me, even though it naturally would be better without it! Making a DRM that really works WILL involve some kind of Internet based validation in some form - sooner or later all publishers will hopefully use some solution that works and the profits will get back to the PC gaming industry so that we will get niche games like this.

/Mazex

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Old 01-13-2011, 12:00 AM
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The box art styling and Il-2 Sturmovik tag make it look like an add-on for the Wings of Prey series. Something the developers may regret later on.
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Old 01-13-2011, 12:03 AM
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The box art here says 12 ??
Different countries different ratings.



Oh God, please let there be blood.


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Something the developers may regret later on.
It's not up to them.
They are like a factory, they just produce something, the publisher is the retailer, they are in charge of marketing and pricing.
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Old 01-13-2011, 12:06 AM
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Different countries different ratings.



Oh God, please let there be blood.




It's not up to them.
They are like a factory, they just produce something, the publisher is the retailer, they are in charge of marketing and pricing.
however about the drm, here in teh photo there is an important detail:
internet connectiion required to activate teh game. Does taht suppose that it wont need a consant internet connection?
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Old 01-13-2011, 12:13 AM
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I'm relatively new here so i wondered what ubisoft do to pacific fighters? aka 'the ng fiasco'
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Old 01-13-2011, 12:14 AM
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Terrible cover art (although I like the big box set, I'd support the cause if that's available for more dollars).

There was a thread on this forum a while back about cover art and every cobbled-together effort on there looked better than the pictured DVD box.

Wrong roundels FTW! Sigh.

Still, at least it would indicate things are afoot!

Cheers, Spinner
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Old 01-13-2011, 12:48 AM
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Man! This is real bad! Ever since I got my Hotas WartHog I don't have two zloties to rub together!
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Old 01-13-2011, 12:50 AM
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The Spitfire box art is indeed something far short of spectacular. I notice the poor spitty hasn't got a spinner either.
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