Some tabloid employees among us?

Originally Posted by PeterPanPan

Oh, come on Tree. Do you really think that is a sensible and fair way of summing up CoD (and that's without taking into account the fact that you don't even have the game yet)? Do you not think your statement is a little naive, over simplistic, misplaced and antagonistic?

So, that's it then. According to you CoD "doesn't work". And then what Tree? What do you advise? That no one buys this game because we've all been led up the garden path by these disingenuous developers/publishers? Where would that leave us then? Ooh, let me think. Ah yes, got it ... there'd be no IL2 CoD for us to play with ... ever.

Look, the reality is that our hobby is niche, and therein lies the problem. The numbers of global players are small and so development/publishing budgets will be relatively small. Added to this the fact that that flight sims are inherently complex creatures, they will always be released a little buggy. That is our world, and we need to understand that and put up with it. The good news is that Oleg and team are passionate about their projects and they have a proven track record of getting things right. They will get this right, if not on initial release, in subsequent patches. BUT, they will only get this right if we let them. We need to stop all this negative crap and get behind 1C and give them the support the bloody deserve. Or perhaps you'd rather buy one of the many other WWII flight sims on the market with a proven 10+ year pedigree?

PPanPan out

No I have never advised that no-one buys the game, I have never posted that anywhere, my main concerns is that the Dev's knew this game wouldn't run well out of the box, right up to release we were asking that they show us some in game footage but they refused, now I know that they have issues but a statement before release would of been the most honest and best way forward and I'm sure we would have bought them more time, but to release it knowing it wouldn't run at all well shows a lack of respect to the buying public in my opinion.
I will say this though It took some pretty big brass balls to go to the stores and sign autographs and watch people spend their cash knowing there are inherent problems within the product. Respect works both ways here, people tell me all the time 'where is your respect' well mine is currently in my pocket and soon to be spent on this title, I would expect some back in return along with a little honesty.