Apache Air Assault Thread

[Korsakov829]

Originally Posted by flynlion

You were (are?) Russian airborne? Wow, never know who you might meet on the internet. My uncle was US 101st airborne and would drop from Hueys in Vietnam. You guys have way more guts than I do, glad you're still in one piece.

I've been in the Afghanistan war, the first and second Chechen war, and the South Ossetia war. I'm in the Special Forces, so I've dropped out of the Mi-24 quite a few times.

[flynlion]

Originally Posted by Korsakov829

I've been in the Afghanistan war, the first and second Chechen war, and the South Ossetia war. I'm in the Special Forces, so I've dropped out of the Mi-24 quite a few times.

Far Out. Like I said, never know who you'll meet on the internet. I've flown some interesting birds in my time, but never been shot at. Strictly civillian aviation for me. Stay low and zig-zaggin Korsakov.

[trk29]

So I emailed Activision and asked them since this game is so close to release why they don't have a website or forum up yet and if they planned on doing either, here is their response.

Thank you for contacting Activision Technical Support.

In regards to future game releases and information we cannot answer any questions until the title has been released. This includes releases for websites and forums on unreleased titles as well.

For an estimated timeframe of release dates, please visit our Investors' page at http://investor.activision.com.
Or visit any other media outlet that covers videogame news.

So I went to this link and I couldn't even find anything about the game in question. It's weird to me that they haven't even started to advertise this game yet unless they know it is a niche game and won't even sell that much anyway. Thought I would just let you guys know.

[Robotic Pope]

Thanks for trying Trk. It really is odd how they arn't even doing a small advertisment scheeme. I would have thought this game would be very marketable to especialy the American gamers who have enjoyed the US helicopters in the Modern Warefare's and Bad Company's and want more helo action. Activison obviously has had to pay next to nothing to get the game made (as the developers Daijin only had to modify the BoP game engine and we know how good that is) if they spent some money advertising it as a big game they would no doubt be raking in the $$$.

As it is now, the mass of gamers won't even know about this title let alone buy it, leading to another 505 style let down by Activision.

[bobbysocks]

guess that means no xbox patch again!!!

i posted a couple times on yu-play about the absense of a forum and am pretty much drawing the same conclusion about it being a niche game. not to throw even a few $$ into ads?? i expected more from activision. oh well, i will still have some fun with it if....hopefully.

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by bobbysocks

guess that means no xbox patch again!!!

i posted a couple times on yu-play about the absense of a forum and am pretty much drawing the same conclusion about it being a niche game. not to throw even a few $$ into ads?? i expected more from activision. oh well, i will still have some fun with it if....hopefully.

I just can't understand it, I mean are Activision that dumb?
IL-2 BoP is in a niche subject, WW2 fighters are for the majority of gamers (young Americans) uninteresting. Apache helicopters on the other hand isn't a niche subject, gamers interest in military helicopters is probably at an all time high thanks to other recent games. Activison could so easily tap into this interest and get waaaay more sales than BoP managed but apparently they are blind to this and see it as a budget knock off game.

[bobbysocks]

I'm with you, pope. it actually boggles the mind. with all the modern warfare games being pretty popular and this one with potentially a great engine and graphics behind it...to play it off like this i cant fathom. if its worth putting out, its worth throwing a few $ behind it to make it big. unless they put out the initial PR and were guaging the potential sales by the response they got. maybe we will all be surprised and they will have some kick off campaign when its released but i'm not holding my breath.

[trk29]

I know exactly what you guys mean. Modern Warfare is where the money has been the past few years and this game is modern so, maybe thats why they are publishing it. I still don't see why there isn't a website or something out there that shows this games existence. I really don't think it will even have a chance because of COD,MOH, and GT5 coming out not a very good month to release it in, and to top it off they don't even let a interested group of people know anything about what I asked.

I said in my e-mail that a bunch of us on this forum have been waiting for news.

[Irishmandkg]

http://tgs.gamespot.com/video/6276268/

Looks okay....think I'll be sticking to MOH or Black Ops, most likely Black Ops since no EA game works with my dorm internet.

[Zatoichi_Sanjuro]

"It did not take long before we witnessed a Black Hawk Down scenario where the Apache chopper was tasked to keep the downed soldiers protected before a transport arrived. Enabling an infrared scope made it that much easier to pick out approaching enemies, who were sprouting from all over the map."