1C and Ubisoft Announce IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover

[Biggs [CV]]

Originally Posted by Tiger27

Sorry my reply was a bit abrupt, I only meant that I will be buying, no matter what, but yes I hope UBI don't screw the pooch with this one, as they did with SH.

This is where I have alot of faith in Oleg, he would not sign a deal with UBI if he thought there was an ice cubes chance in hell of them screwing this up.

[zauii]

Originally Posted by Biggs [CV]

This is where I have alot of faith in Oleg, he would not sign a deal with UBI if he thought there was an ice cubes chance in hell of them screwing this up.

Quoted for truth.
Now I hope all DRM pussies will stand up and buy this game, we need to support these few rare great PC titles, finally 2011 shall be a year of great PC gaming after a few bald years..
And as mentioned before, there is no way in hell Oleg lets all his work slip into some clusterfuck fail with UBI after all these years of hard development and research.

I think the trailer looks absolutely stunning in most parts especially cockpits and lightning , yet some people whine incredibly about it.. since when did you become graphic whores..? you all know this game has
so much more under the hood than just the eye candy, besides the WOP style graphics at some locations isn't necessarily a bad thing as WOP doesn't look bad at all
graphically, and this is leaps ahead of anything the IL2 engine could achieve even with mods and/or "high-res" textures which some claim to be equally on par with Cliffs of Dover.(pathetic)

[Nike-it]

HD version of the official trailer can be downloaded here.

[PeterPanPan]

Originally Posted by Nike-it

HD version of the official trailer can be downloaded here.

Great, thanks!

[K_Freddie]

Originally Posted by zauii

Quoted for truth.
Now I hope all DRM pussies will stand up and buy this game, we need to support these few rare great PC titles

You shouldn't worry about the support, it's there... just not the DRM way

Originally Posted by zauii

And as mentioned before, there is no way in hell Oleg lets all his work slip into some clusterfuck fail with UBI after all these years of hard development and research.

Oleg has had run-ins with UBI management with the IL2 series. Thank goodness he did not let them 'rule' him and the IL2 development (SH3/4/5 are examples of a good sim series going progressively bad).

CoD development looks to be divorced of UBI influence, and maybe Oleg/1C are using UBI for wider distribution which is good business sense. This being the case hopefully the 'contract' is controlled by 1C which would be better for all of us - here's hoping

[whatnot]

Originally Posted by K_Freddie

You shouldn't worry about the support, it's there... just not the DRM way

Enough with the DRM already. There has been feedback about DRM for the past years about three billion times. What do you think the odds are that all of that feedback + Oleg's common sense would have been missed and now that they see this dribble on the 11th hour there will be an emergency meeting to change the DRM strategy of the upcoming release? Wake up.

It's decided already, it's going to be what it's going to be and I have a hunch it will be good.

Personally I would buy and play the game even if it would stab me in the gut with a swiss army knife every time I start it up. If you won't buy it due to a need for being online or whatever, fine, but don't spam that BS here over and over again. Let it go.

(All of a sudden I realized I'm guilty of forum policing.. I surpirise myself. I guess we all have our limits )

[K_Freddie]

Originally Posted by whatnot

Enough with the DRM already. There has been feedback about DRM for the past years about three billion times. What do you think the odds are that all of that feedback + Oleg's common sense would have been missed and now that they see this dribble on the 11th hour there will be an emergency meeting to change the DRM strategy of the upcoming release? Wake up.

My, you are asleep.. don't go all 'groupie fanboy' on me.. I also like the series.
As there's no concrete confirmation about the type of DRM, I reserve my judgement.. and if it's is the SH5 style of DRM, you can be guaranteed of 12hour emergency meeting

[WhiteSnake]

Would be really nice to atleast know some Official Minimum and Recomended System Requirements before it commes out...

[Defender]

Originally Posted by WhiteSnake

Would be really nice to atleast know some Official Minimum and Recomended System Requirements before it commes out...

I'm sure those system specs you seek will reveal themselves, but not before the intense and time sensitive optimization period the sim will go through. Giving system specs before they're universal is a huge mistake. i'm sure they're aware the next question after "what's the release date"? is "what are the system specs". If you have a 4 year old computer that was mid range back then, it might be time for an upgrade, but who the hell knows. Most sims these days are easily customizable so with the right balance in video options you can obtain decent fps until you can afford that computer upgrade.

I always just assume I will have to run everything on medium and go from there

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by zauii

Quoted for truth.
Now I hope all DRM pussies will stand up and buy this game, we need to support these few rare great PC titles, finally 2011 shall be a year of great PC gaming after a few bald years..
And as mentioned before, there is no way in hell Oleg lets all his work slip into some clusterfuck fail with UBI after all these years of hard development and research.

I think the trailer looks absolutely stunning in most parts especially cockpits and lightning , yet some people whine incredibly about it.. since when did you become graphic whores..? you all know this game has
so much more under the hood than just the eye candy, besides the WOP style graphics at some locations isn't necessarily a bad thing as WOP doesn't look bad at all
graphically, and this is leaps ahead of anything the IL2 engine could achieve even with mods and/or "high-res" textures which some claim to be equally on par with Cliffs of Dover.(pathetic)

Well of course the mechanics, gameplay and other things are the core and most important foundations for a good game. Its just that when I watched the trailer and saw all the jaggies, I cant help but notice/pay attention to them. A few years ago I would not of cared, now I do since they are no longer present with a good res monitor and AA.

Its like when you buy a HD tv (good one), and watch a HD movie its great. Then you go and watch a 360/240 res youtube video on your new shiny large screen HD tv. It is hard not to be distracted...
Thats why I mentioned it. But like I said the cockpit was spectacular, as was its lighting. I will state the good and the bad as I see it, because I care...