Take a good look at the box art

[Jasta 6]

Originally Posted by Steiner

I personally shot the wheels and struts off that Stuka...


...and since when are IL 2s designed with a gull wing?

I wouldn't know honestly. WW1 is more my area of expertise. I just assumed that the game's namesake would be featured on the box... guess i still haven't learned that old lesson about assumption.

[P-51]

Originally Posted by Jasta 6

I wouldn't know honestly. WW1 is more my area of expertise. I just assumed that the game's namesake would be featured on the box... guess i still haven't learned that old lesson about assumption.

Yeh it makes an ASS out of U and ME :p

[Anton Yudintsev]

It's Stuka without Wheels.
Publisher's artist said, that they were ripped off.
That Stuka is 'more aesthatically looking' without wheels.
As for me (and all of our team), it is silly - but I am not selling guy.

In any case box art should be game seller, not a game presentation, so I don't care much.

[fuzzychickens]

Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev

It's Stuka without Wheels.
Publisher's artist said, that they were ripped off.
That Stuka is 'more aesthatically looking' without wheels.
As for me (and all of our team), it is silly - but I am not selling guy.

In any case box art should be game seller, not a game presentation, so I don't care much.

Marketing people probably tried to nerf this game into a joke like "Heroes over Europe or Ace Combat" - I'm suprised you managed to keep as much of the PC experience as you did given the pressure to make the game more arcade like for the spazzy youngsters they claim are the entire market.

Funny how kids these days can be bothered to learn the ins-and-outs of a game like WoW - but a realistic flight sim is too steep a learning curve according to the marketing "experts".