Rise of Flight Demo Confirmed!

[tagTaken2]

This sim was supposed to keep me distracted until SoW:Korea arrives, but I've managed to go from really excited about the release to furious that they'd make such a stupid decision about constant connectivity req'd even for offline.
It's like they want to fail

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by tagTaken2

I've managed to go from really excited about the release to furious

I've gone from barely interested to don't care.

I have yet to use steam, I gather that's similar, I'll stick with the old games if I have to. If something utterly wonderful turns up with an online connection required AND they (whoever they are) convince me that they are not doing anything obnoxious with the data they are getting (which they will be, marketting will insist), then I might think about it.

[Forgottenfighter]

I've gone from barely interested to don't care.

I have yet to use steam, I gather that's similar, I'll stick with the old games if I have to. If something utterly wonderful turns up with an online connection required AND they (whoever they are) convince me that they are not doing anything obnoxious with the data they are getting (which they will be, marketting will insist), then I might think about it.

You don't just need an internet connection to download the game, you need one to play it. There is no offline mode.

[unreasonable]

5. Can I play ROF in offline mode?

No, you can't.


Unbelievable - what morons. Bad enough only having yanks on the allied side, now this.....

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by unreasonable

5. Can I play ROF in offline mode?

No, you can't.


Unbelievable - what morons. Bad enough only having yanks on the allied side, now this.....

Worst business model ever.Maybe they have some insurance where they get a big payout when the game fails and they go bankrupt.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Hehehe....Pretty predictable reactions, and understandable. I will try the demo, and see what its like first......Jury very much out on this one.

[KG26_Alpha]

ROF

Prediction

EPIC FAIL

[flyingbullseye]

I'm kind of curious what happens to the customers if they did go out of business or their server goes down. Can they still play the sim? Having to connect online just to play offline singleplayer, I'm out. Hope Oleg doesn't do something as stupid.

Flyingbullseye

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by flyingbullseye

I'm kind of curious what happens to the customers if they did go out of business or their server goes down. Can they still play the sim? Having to connect online just to play offline singleplayer, I'm out. Hope Oleg doesn't do something as stupid.

Flyingbullseye

If/when they go out of business,the customer gets a nice new shiny beer mat!

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by Forgottenfighter

You don't just need an internet connection to download the game, you need one to play it. There is no offline mode.

Well, I guess I can cross ROF off my list. I prefer to play online versus offline, but I really want the choice to be mine.
Flyby out
edit: I wonder if I'm over reacting? I think I need to try to keep an open mind about this. ROF is no longer off my list, but it's definitely a "maybe" now.