Something about new "CoD" title that is truly abisimal.

[Flying Pencil]

It was kind of bugging me, but another post made me do it.

The inclusion of "IL-2 Sturmovik" under the title.

IL-2 Sturmovik is a name of an airplane, and the original game is named after that famous airplane and focused on that part of the that particular airplane was heavily used in. For that, the IL-2 Sturmovik name was ideal.

Now it is being used for this new game.
The Battle of Britain did not have that airplane in it. It had no Russian airplanes flying in that battle, and is 1000's of KM away from Russia!

using the established Brand you say?
Their is a huge difference between
"New Title, XYZ" and
"New Title, from the makers of XYZ" (this is ideal)


Not unlike Intel recycling its "Pentium" name, even though by the time Pentium 4 came out it was completely different then the original Pentium (and made it sound like Intel was reusing an old CPU and not make a new one).


IL-2 is an excellent game, but BoB:SoW / CoD needs to be absolutely clear it is something far better, and brand new!

/rant
(I feel better now, thank you)

[Chivas]

I agree but IL-2 Sturmovik is the only established name brand they have. Your obviously right that the IL-2 wasn't in BOB, but it will be featured in a later version of the new IL-2 series. I also agree that the IL-2 name could confuse some people, between the new and old series, but most in the combat flight sim community realize the difference, while others outside the community wouldn't know what an IL-2 Sturmovik is, will be drawn by the Box Art.

But your right there still will be confusion.

[Richie]

This has been covered in the other thread aint it guys?

[Tempest123]

I understand that it makes little sense outright, but "Il2 Sturmovik" is not only the name of a plane, its also a brand name that people have come to recognize. Unfortunately it was given to console and arcade games too, and it is perhaps time to let that name go. However I suspect that ic Maddox really need this to be a success and SELL, and having the recognized Il2 name behind it will do that better than any other name.

[ECV56_Lancelot]

Originally Posted by Tempest123

... However I suspect that ic Maddox really need this to be a success and SELL, and having the recognized Il2 name behind it will do that better than any other name.

With saying "From the makers of IL-2 Sturmovik" will be enough to atract those who recognise the IL-2 franchise.
They could even add "...creating the NEXT Generation of flight simulation..." and it would also be even better.
The name of the thing is a pure marketing thing, and for flight sim veterans completely unimportant, but i also think it's a horrible decission this new name.

[MikeC1980]

My concern would be that people might think its just another addon for tired old IL-2, when its actually a brand spanking new game.

[Tacoma74]

Yes, this should be treated as a completely new series of flight sims. Keeping the "IL-2 Sturmovik" title will be confusing for those who are new to 1946, and new to flight sims in general. Although i am already sold, i do have to say i like the "Storm of War" title alot better. And seeing as that has been the name to be for this game for the past 5 years I think thats what should be used. A name change right b4 release doesn't seem like a smart decision to me... but i'm sure Oleg and Ubisoft both have some sort of reasons for this that we are all missing.

[major_setback]

3 months from now:

"I just bought Pacific Fighters, but it won't install into Cliffs of Dover.
Nor 1946 either. I tried buying the Complete Edition just to save trouble, but I can't even find CoD in it! Help please.

BTW, what is a Storm of Vik?"

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by MikeC1980

My concern would be that people might think its just another addon for tired old IL-2, when its actually a brand spanking new game.

My thoughts exactly. There are in fact lots of people who come here from time to time after a long absence from the hobby and guess what's the first thing they ask about...what kind of game version/expansion we're currently using.

It's not people who don't care about flight sims, but people who are simmers and had to take a long break due to real life and they're confused now, because of the myriad of add-ons, the mods and the similarly titled console release. Do we have to make it even more confusing?

There was a perfectly fine solution and that was to add "from the makers of the critically acclaimed IL2 sturmovik series" below the new title, or "the makers of the critically acclaimed IL2 series present" above it.

Instead, it's like someone over at Ubi's marketing department thought "let's spend as less time as possible in this meeting so we don't miss the lunch break" and slapped the old series title on it

[Peffi]

Ridiculous name. Oleg obviously had to give up his discussion with an incompetent moron at Ubisoft. When the communication is so bad between a developer and a publisher we can only cross our fingers that Oleg wishes to continue on to Korea. Probably he will just give up 1C and instead concentrate on his photography and next job.