Il-2 Sturmovik Battle over Britain very close to release

[Chivas]

You won't have to buy the very top end computer to run SOW. Oleg has a history of providing options that turn down features which will allow average computers to run the game.

[klem]

We are a fine set of bedfellows aren't we: Oleg and his community.

Any other game announced several years ago but still not available would have been bypassed by the paying public who would have bought something (many things) else and by the time the game they were waiting for came out it would be technologically out of date and not worth buying.

But we have a strange relationship of trust with Oleg. We believe that when SoW comes out it will blow the socks off anything else available and will continue to do so for many years. And so we are reluctantly (if not willingly) waiting.

Oleg truly has cast a spell on us and we hope he will deliver. We're all really thinking the same thing, "why so long?". But we trust he will deliver. And because we believe it will be better than anything else.... and because we are grateful for something so special for such a small market... we continue to wait.... and will not challenge him too hard on it. And so we wait.

But we all wish the wait was over and we shouldn't flame people who get frustrated and ask the inevitable question now and again. Oleg may be a Saint but he's not a God... Yet.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Wanna place bets? Duke Dukem Forever or Storm Of War comes out first? Both have been under development for a long time, both have been shown in public with actual gameplay. Duke Nukem will get a demo though. So which one is it, DNF or SoW? And this is just for laughs!!

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by klem

We are a fine set of bedfellows aren't we: Oleg and his community.

Any other game announced several years ago but still not available would have been bypassed by the paying public who would have bought something (many things) else and by the time the game they were waiting for came out it would be technologically out of date and not worth buying.

But we have a strange relationship of trust with Oleg. We believe that when SoW comes out it will blow the socks off anything else available and will continue to do so for many years. And so we are reluctantly (if not willingly) waiting.

Oleg truly has cast a spell on us and we hope he will deliver. We're all really thinking the same thing, "why so long?". But we trust he will deliver. And because we believe it will be better than anything else.... and because we are grateful for something so special for such a small market... we continue to wait.... and will not challenge him too hard on it. And so we wait.

But we all wish the wait was over and we shouldn't flame people who get frustrated and ask the inevitable question now and again. Oleg may be a Saint but he's not a God... Yet.

What are you comparing this to?

This is a flight simulation not a FPS or an RPG you can't just spit it out it takes a lot more than you think, especially when you have someone like Oleg who CLEARLY has taken it upon himself and his team to produce an even greater simulation than his first.

[klem]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

What are you comparing this to?

This is a flight simulation not a FPS or an RPG you can't just spit it out it takes a lot more than you think, especially when you have someone like Oleg who CLEARLY has taken it upon himself and his team to produce an even greater simulation than his first.

Easy Tiger. I know it takes a while to develop these things but it has been under our noses for five or six years so someone is going to ask the question now and then. And why not?

We do have a special relationship with Oleg because he IS the only one making a sim like this. We, well I at least, want it badly and we have to put up with the fact that it is taking a long time. If anyone else had brought out a comparable sim in the meantime we would probably all be playing it and saying "SoW delayed? So what?" Its a two way street.

My personal bottom line is I am getting fed up waiting for it and I'm not the only one. But we have no choice except to wait.

Originally Posted by klem

Easy Tiger. I know it takes a while to develop these things but it has been under our noses for five or six years so someone is going to ask the question now and then. And why not?

We do have a special relationship with Oleg because he IS the only one making a sim like this. We, well I at least, want it badly and we have to put up with the fact that it is taking a long time. If anyone else had brought out a comparable sim in the meantime we would probably all be playing it and saying "SoW delayed? So what?" Its a two way street.

My personal bottom line is I am getting fed up waiting for it and I'm not the only one. But we have no choice except to wait.

I think for me its the lack of updates thats most annoying, yeah i know we get some pictures and some video if we are lucky every week, but in truth of late they have been fairly dull. What updates i would like to see is a monthly report from Oleg letting us know where the project is at, maybe an estimated release date or news of a website or some news on what problems they are having, obviously some video footage of 100+ aircraft being attacked would be good but this may well be a long way off. Its Christmas 2010, and we still havent seen the game running properly with mulitiple aircraft, we have no dedicated website and no system specs, hopefully we will see a release next year but it does seem we are still a long way off. Oh and Zapatista, get those shorts of yours in the oven buddy.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

I think for me its the lack of updates thats most annoying

Really?

Oleg is the only large budget games developer I have ever come across who
has given dev updates every week for such a long time. Also for such a long
period before release. Remember those pre-pre alpha shots?

With other developers you get a blog post from someone in the PR
department every few months and a promo video without any real content a
few weeks before release.

I think you have been spoilt!

Originally Posted by Letum

Really?

Oleg is the only large budget games developer I have ever come across who
has given dev updates every week for such a long time. Also for such a long
period before release. Remember those pre-pre alpha shots?

With other developers you get a blog post from someone in the PR
department every few months and a promo video without any real content a
few weeks before release.

I think you have been spoilt!

please re-read my post.

[IceFire]

I have a question... why is "everyone" fed up waiting for this game to come out?

On the list of things that are important in my life this is not anywhere close to the top. Therefore, by extension, this is not something that I'm going to get angry, upset or otherwise fed up about.

Now everyone go down to their favourite pub, sports bar, or establishment of choice and have a round. Ok?

[swiss]

Originally Posted by IceFire

I have a question... why is "everyone" fed up waiting for this game to come out?

Triggaar mentioned it: It blocks our Investment in new parts.

I'd would like to switch from 4 to 6 core, and also throw out my 260.
Unfurnately I cant justify to buy card since I don't know which card is needed for SoW.

For instance:

In case of a release 1stQ 2011 I will just wait.

Incase of 2ndQ 2011, I could just buy a 470 now, enjoy it for 6months, and get a new one when the game is out.

But I dont know the release date!

Sure I could just buy the 470, but then oleg surprises us with a February release and I have to buy a new card again.

Even if you sell an almost unused card you'll lose at least 30% which is in the 3digit range.

Or I could buy a 580 today, which offers performance I dont need(now) for a price I dont have to pay, because I don't need it before July - again 3digit loss.


So, you see several parts are affected, also their prices detoriate pretty fast. If you add it up, we're talking about a potential $300+ we lose just because we bought them too early. Even worse if they cant do the job...

We cant plan and therefore are screwed either way - it's just not cool.