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11-11-2010, 07:16 AM
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11-11-2010, 07:14 AM
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You're lucky to have a name which suits the English speaking mind and tongue in terms of readability and pronunciation, but "Oleg Maddox Combat Simulations", although conveying well the generic military message, is too much of a mouthful and "OMCS" doesn't read/isn't spoken easily as an acronym. "Storm of War" represents well a generic and timeless military aspect, and with just three syllables is easy to say without needing to turn it into a spoken acronym ("Sow", not good). A catchy name is really important. "Storm of War" hits the nail on the head. Flying Nutcase
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11-11-2010, 07:16 AM
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Its simple and to the point...and its generally hard to go wrong with "simple and direct".
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11-11-2010, 07:45 AM
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11-11-2010, 08:03 AM
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I think that Storm of War is just fine. Storm and war in the same sentence, that might even convince 14 year old Billy -I play CoD and WoW all night long- to pick it up. When you say IL-2 should be in the title you're just preaching to the quire, those who are already familiar with the brand will buy it even if it's called "Unicorn-Horse Adventures". It really is the perfect "umbrella" -as someone stated earlier- for a whole new series. "From the creators of the award winning IL-2 series" will fit perfectly underneath the main title. Remember, if you wan't to sell, you need to reach out to a new younger audience that were probably still in pre-school when IL-2 first was released.
Make it as accessible as possible Oleg 
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11-11-2010, 01:45 PM
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as I said (using different words) in the other post yesterday evening, you are one of the very few developers in the world who has a strong and loyal fan base that directly associates you as a person with the product. Only a handful come to my mind in the gaming industry who have such a status: Warren Spector (Deus Ex), Robyn and Rand Miller (Myst series), Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid series) and you, Oleg Maddox. Very, very few people have achieved to build up a customer base that is so loyal that they would follow them almost anywhere. In the movie world the equivalent would be people like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and so forth. Independently from what they do, people will say "it's a Kubrick movie". The name of the person has become a brand of itself. Your name is almost universally known in the flight simming world, even by most who only play civil flight sim, and who have never played IL2. Most have at least heard your name. I think it's time you claim from the distributor what is actually already rightfully yours since years: that your name is on the box. The occasion for it is now, at the beginning of a new series, and it won't come again so quickly. Building up a new brand that puts emphasis on your name, instead of a "IL2", which is associated with a flight sim only, and a plane few people in the West know about, is easier for your old and new customer base in the long run. It's also much easier to associate with different theaters, like BoB, Mediterranean, and so forth, and it doesn't create odd associations nobody understands and who are bare of logic like "IL2 Sturmovik: The Battle of Britain". ("uhh, Russians were in the BoB??"). Furthermore, creating a gaming series with your name on it will make it easier to make other products, like the more fun oriented "crimson sky" inspired shooter you mentioned earlier. (btw, in my opinion you should do a steampunk flying sim: big floating fortresses and flying gunships "19th century style" shooting cannons and stuff...nobody has ever done that ...I could bring you a lot of Hollywood film designers who would LOVE to work on such a thing....and me, hehe) But back on topic: Your name would also make it possible very easily to extent to land simulation and other things. "IL2 Sturmovik: Tank Battle of the Ardennes" would sound even more strange to western ears than "IL2 Sturmovik: The Battle of Britain"! I think you should try right now to establish a head line on all new products going something like this: "A Oleg Maddox Combat Simulation" or "Oleg Maddox Flight Simulation series", followed by "Storm of War: The Battle of Britain", or just "The Battle of Britain". On the first release of the product a sticker could be on the box saying "from the creator of award winning IL2 Sturmovik". Later, when the new product is established such a sticker is not necessary anymore and can be dumped. I think that's better for your own future as a developer and person, and much better for the future of your product, instead of creating strange names like "IL2 Sturmovik: The Battle of Britain" which Brits, Americans and other westerners will not understand and only get confused about. Well, just my personal two cents. Last edited by KOM.Nausicaa; 11-11-2010 at 01:47 PM.
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11-11-2010, 05:16 PM
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IL2 is good branding.. Three letters, very simple and the entire community of air combat flight sim enthusiasts are very connected to your IL2 brand. Then of course we'd all buy SOW, even if you called it Auntie's outhouse. Last edited by nearmiss; 11-11-2010 at 05:18 PM.
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11-11-2010, 05:19 PM
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Surely Il-2 should be in the title, but not necessarily as the main-name?
For example, as has been mentioned before... "The creators of Il-2 Sturmovik present.... __________" For me this is the best solution. People familiar with Il-2 will see the title, and then see that the game is not the same as Il-2 but a new-game 
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11-12-2010, 04:59 PM
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