Curious...Why is this game so hard to get right?

[addman]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I am looking forward to the sequel, at least on the Russian Front we know that the Russian planes are inferior to the German ones,

Ehrm...sorry ElAurens but I think that there is not a good mindset going in to BoM, I-16 anyone?

[notafinger!]

Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

I don't know about the German a/c but for the British a/c they have reams of documentation supplied by a member on this board.

Somebody could read almost any military history on the battle and walk away with a basic idea of how the main fighters types should behave. Even a small amount of in-house testing would produce comparative results that would make the sim instantly more enjoyable. Take 2 devs and have them dogfight a 109 vs Hurricane. When the 109 pilot is easily able to turn with the Hurricane pilot, that should be an obvious red flag that something is not right. A Hurricane should be turning circle around a 109 yet this obvious FM error continues on, patch after patch. When you get a patch, yes even a beta patch, where one of the major fighters cannot even be started on the ground, you have to wonder how much testing is being done.

I honestly don't see how we can expect them to use actual technical documents to improve the FM's when basic errors continue to persist. IMO they should take some time and look at the data for these fighter types from HSFX 6 and copy/paste if necessary.