BoM should have playable demo

[RickRuski]

If the current state of affairs carries on for too much longer I think that the "Team" should seriously consider a free playable demo for BoM before releasing it to the market to assure their paying customers that they finaly have things fixed. The results of this beta patch are not convincing enough to get the largest part of the community behind them. Most of us were hoping to have a major improvement with this patch, but it hasn't happend for at least 50% of us. With the original Il2 series there was a playable demo available, this convinced a large % of the supportive community to try and then buy the series. With CoD there wasn't a demo, so we went in relying on what we thought we were going to get from the advertising and the good will that had been developed with the community. From a lot of threads and replies after patch 17582 most of the goodwill is starting to go down the gurgler. I hope things get better quickly, but I've stopped expecting too much too soon.

Have just noticed that RoF are due to release the "Channel" map, how far away would it be from adding a Hurricane or Spitfire and Bf109 to RoF. Once the support base for CoD starts losing it's followers it will be very difficult to get them back.

[KeBrAnTo]

+1

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by RickRuski

If the current state of affairs carries on for too much longer I think that the "Team" should seriously consider a free playable demo for BoM before releasing it to the market to assure their paying customers that they finaly have things fixed. The results of this beta patch are not convincing enough to get the largest part of the community behind them. Most of us were hoping to have a major improvement with this patch, but it hasn't happend for at least 50% of us. With the original Il2 series there was a playable demo available, this convinced a large % of the supportive community to try and then buy the series. With CoD there wasn't a demo, so we went in relying on what we thought we were going to get from the advertising and the good will that had been developed with the community. From a lot of threads and replies after patch 17582 most of the goodwill is starting to go down the gurgler. I hope things get better quickly, but I've stopped expecting too much too soon.

Have just noticed that RoF are due to release the "Channel" map, how far away would it be from adding a Hurricane or Spitfire and Bf109 to RoF. Once the support base for CoD starts losing it's followers it will be very difficult to get them back.

Good post and I agree totally...I was thinking the same in regards to what you said about ROF.

[carguy_]

Originally Posted by RickRuski

With CoD there wasn't a demo, so we went in relying on what we thought we were going to get from the advertising and the good will that had been developed with the community.

Wrong on many accounts. Many people read the CloD reviews and knew what they were buying. The prevailing motivating factor was the developper support of IL2 Sturmovik through the years. So far the support is there, though a bit different in terms of quality.

Once the support base for CoD starts losing it's followers it will be very difficult to get them back.

In a way, yes. People quit this game but they keep on checking if it is fixed. For now CloD needs a stable fanbase to keep the interest in. I`d say that counts for at least one squad member to fill in others on the updates. Once this title is stable and offers substantial content, others will jump right in. Time is not the biggest factor here.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by carguy_

Wrong on many accounts. Many people read the CloD reviews and knew what they were buying. The prevailing motivating factor was the developper support of IL2 Sturmovik through the years. So far the support is there, though a bit different in terms of quality.

well that might be your case mate, you can appreciate that there are also newcomers that were deceived by the fake specs and content promises.

[carguy_]

I understand you are saying that CloD was the first game ever to deceive people with systems specs and content promises. Ok.

[GOA_Potenz]

Originally Posted by carguy_

I understand you are saying that CloD was the first game ever to deceive people with systems specs and content promises. Ok.

Yes, but we all know that, this was a bad joke to all the guys here releasing the game in such state, then blame the epilepsy filter, and first say that those first videos with low FPS at the moscow expo were due to low RAM in the PC's, so even devs sustain their lie about the real state of the sim before release, this seems to be something normal in russia, as i remember something quite the same with RoF before it was owned by 777 studios, for me 777studios taking over CloD will be the best for CloD as they have proved to be a small but hard working and organized team.

[fruitbat]

so if Clod had had a playable demo, how many would have bought it???

[KeBrAnTo]

Originally Posted by carguy_

Wrong on many accounts. Many people read the CloD reviews and knew what they were buying. The prevailing motivating factor was the developper support of IL2 Sturmovik through the years. So far the support is there, though a bit different in terms of quality.

I understand you're saying that you know what motivated the people to buy the game?.
Ok.

Just talk for yourself, m8.

[159th_Jester]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

so if Clod had had a playable demo, how many would have bought it???

I have to admit that I wouldn't have. At least not at release. I would have kept a close eye on the forums and awaited development.