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[nearmiss]

I don't know if you guys were around when the IL2 Forgotten Battles was released.

Prior to the release of that first sequel to IL2 we had a myriad of issues. I wouldn't remember them, but I do recall there was a great deal of negative sentiment on Ubisoft forums. LOL

Regardless, the sequel turned the tide. We never looked back at the original IL2 1.0 version.

One thing that the devs did, which really cinched it well. They released all the content from the original version of IL2 1.o version within the Forgotten Battles.

The purchasers of Forgotten Battles did not have to go back and buy the IL2 Sturmovik 1.0 version. I know this well, because like many at the time there were some of us who financially felt we needed to support the IL2. Many of us bought extra copies of IL2 at retail prices to support it. I still have those boxes of IL2. LOL

Then the sequel released and those old IL2 1.0 versions were selling for the price of peanuts/worthless.

Anyway, the sequel is a way for the "CURRENT" dev of our favorite sim game to make some money and give us what we want at the same time.

It may not be a best way to do things, but it is probably the expedient way for COD to continue in business and provide us what we want as well.

So... no it shouldn't be that way, and we can all make our choices. I choose COD. The way my wife spends money this is something I get to do for me. I'll be ahead.

[JG52Krupi]

Precisely there is NOTHING like il2 on the market so until someone comes along and makes something better MG will be getting my money.

P.s. I brought a collectors edition of cod and also brought my brother a copy on steam

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Originally Posted by nearmiss

I don't know if you guys were around when the IL2 Forgotten Battles was released.

Prior to the release of that first sequel to IL2 we had a myriad of issues. I wouldn't remember them, but I do recall there was a great deal of negative sentiment on Ubisoft forums. LOL

Regardless, the sequel turned the tide. We never looked back at the original IL2 1.0 version.

One thing that the devs did, which really cinched it well. They released all the content from the original version of IL2 1.o version within the Forgotten Battles.

The purchasers of Forgotten Battles did not have to go back and buy the IL2 Sturmovik 1.0 version. I know this well, because like many at the time there were some of us who financially felt we needed to support the IL2. Many of us bought extra copies of IL2 at retail prices to support it. I still have those boxes of IL2. LOL

Then the sequel released and those old IL2 1.0 versions were selling for the price of peanuts/worthless.

Anyway, the sequel is a way for the "CURRENT" dev of our favorite sim game to make some money and give us what we want at the same time.

This is the way 1C did it with IL-2..

And this is the way 1C has said the plan on doing it with CoD..

It work well for IL-2 so I don't see any reason why they would change thier way of doing thing..

Long story short

You would be hard pressed to find anyone still playing the orginal 1.0 version of IL-2, and if they are and thus refuse to buy 1946, well that says more about them than it does 1C IMHO