Friday the 14th Development Update

[102.VO_Herr_Laca]

Luthier!
You may wait for my money!
You starve to death then! XD

[von Brühl]

Luthier,

If your team cannot fix this first game, and give us what was originally promised/expected, what is there to show us that the new game will be any better, and worth our support, dedication, and more importantly, our money?

[skarden]

I think all the people who "feel cheated and used" need to get a little prospective, I assume you've never gone out for a night on turps spent a couple of hundreds dollars and had nothing to show fow it but a crackin hangover, the small amount I paid for CLOD compare the enjoyment I've gotten out of it is a bargain IMHO, not to mention the support to the company it gave to continue making the ONLY modern WWII flight sim out there, again easily worth it.

Is it perfect ? hell no, but it'll get refined and refined till it is amazing I've no doubt, Ic's track record supports this idea.

How hard is it to have a little faith in a comany that made IL2 - 1946 into the astounding sim it is? I'll e getting the sequel and any that come after it .

[FS~Phat]

Guys please try behave...
I know the news isnt all good, but please have a little respect.
Some of you were banging on about how Luthier should front up.... and he has with complete humility admitted that Clod was not what anyone wanted, least of all the team that developed it.

They would have clearly loved to do more for this theatre of ops but commercial realities unfortunately exist.

It certainly not ideal that we have been paying alpha/beta customers, but I personally think its a small price to pay to keep the series alive. I know they are counting on the goodwill of the community too, which is in itself not a great thing, but we are where we are, and at least we have the chance to hopefully experience the full beauty of this series in the sequel and following sequels.

Certainly this particular theatre and release was a loss for the business, so we are very lucky that they even considered fixing any of it. That is fact.

If they didn't have the financial support of the parent 1C and Luthier's determination, this would have been shut up shop long ago and there wouldnt even be a sequel. We all know that.

So while we dont have the final product we were all promised and hoping for in Clod, at least we have a future to look forward to. Because the other option is to drop it all together, and many businesses would have done exactly that if it wasnt for the commitment and passion for the series.

It's also been made pretty clear that the sequel will be some sort of merge install where the sequel will follow in the footsteps of the old IL2 series where you get the benefits of the sequel flowing down into the previous theatres of operation.

The MMO??? Who knows what it was or even if it will be. My guess is it was a spin off idea and we may or may not see it, but we will certainly see a sequel and thats all im interested in. Because I will get the features and gameplay we all want, and so what if it costs me another $50... I spent $100 on plenty of PS3 and XBOX console games that only last 2-3 weeks of gameplay, IL2 is a series that most of us play for 5 to 10 years... so its cheap gaming in my books even at $200..

[planespotter]

Originally Posted by FS~Phat

...Clod was not what anyone wanted...It is certainly not ideal that we have been paying alpha/beta customers...we dont have the final product we were all promised and hoping for in Clod

+1

At least we agree on some things.