Oleg's Russian Interview Translated

[Chivas]

I don't think it matters what the developer says or does. If they don't say anything its vaporware. If he hopes its a promise. If he posts a WIP screenshot its critized for any number of reasons. But its only by a vocal few, most have seen the updates and articles, and are assured in their own minds that this highly complex game is closer to completion every day by a developer who has proven he can go the distance.

Then again he could be just sitting in his empty offices, with a bottle of Vodka, infront of his last computer, pulling our pissers for the last couple years. LMFAO

.......or he could just make a little post saying ' please dont waste your money on pre-orders' because this sim is a long way of.

[virre89]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

.......or he could just make a little post saying ' please dont waste your money on pre-orders' because this sim is a long way of.

Or you could just ignore the pre ordering, problem solved.

Originally Posted by virre89

Or you could just ignore the pre ordering, problem solved.

Bit late now i pre-orderded mine in 2007, if only i had known that Oleg hadn't even started it!

@ Skarphol

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Bit late now i pre-orderded mine in 2007, if only i had known that Oleg hadn't even started it!

You haven't payed yet I hope. I thought these pre-order sites only charged your credit card after the item is shipped, so it shouldn't be a big deal one way or another.

I did pay Chivas, we have a debit card in the UK, anyhow they refunded me late last year without me even asking for it. They said the product was no longer available. Not a bad little earner though if they took 3-5 thousand (mere speculation) pre-orders @ £27 each and sit on the cash for over a year. It would not take much effort on the part of 1C to make a statement about pre-ordering a product that is no where near completion, especially in 2007.

You can still pre-order it from these places.

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/1021...n/Product.html

http://www.gogamer.com/Storm-of-War-...VVviewprod.htm

http://www.ebgames.com/Catalog/Produ...oduct_id=61047

http://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/P...itain/1515597/


This one makes me giggle, abit of a communication breakdown here me thinks unless this is what became Birds of prey, but how could it be possible that Ubisoft really believed that SOW would be released in Nov 2006? Did they just make it up without any input from Oleg, seems very unlikely to me.

http://www.ubi.com/US/News/Info.aspx?nId=3950

[SlipBall]

Skarphol have you ever wondered how many live's were ruined because of photo shop...luckily for Oleg, it appears he is in no condition to care

[Chivas]

Thats a good question Tree. It has been discussed many times but no answers as of yet. The developer has stated they could have released SOW awhile ago if they wanted, but it didn't fit their vision of the final product. Maybe the publisher wanted them to release that product, but the developer prefered to make SOW cinematic with more features to expand their market i.e. CGI. In the mean time they could release more paid addons to the IL-2 series. UBI had no problem selling those addons. We haven't heard a word from UBI since. Ruffled feathers, plus Lawyers, equals silence. It could also be that after UBI got burnt with that statement, and decided not to say anything about the product until they had a more solid release date. Or maybe they are no longer involved as your investigation seems to bare out.

I really don't care if UBI is involved or not. We will be able to buy the product from another publisher or on-line with no publisher involved, even with lawyers involved.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

...but how could it be possible that Ubisoft really believed that SOW would be released in Nov 2006? Did they just make it up without any input from Oleg, seems very unlikely to me.

http://www.ubi.com/US/News/Info.aspx?nId=3950

I agree - this must be some kind of a theodicy for the purists that claim that the release date from Ubisoft was a pure french fantasy that was never even discussed with Oleg. Of course, as we now "know" that development started in 2007 - how could it?