IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Anounnced with 128 player multiplayer

Nate75 · 18 Jan 2011 at 16:24

yus..

This game is gonna be immense

Dano · 18 Jan 2011 at 18:54

Official website coming soon is up, complete with badly quoted quotes and old Storm of War copyrights lol...

Still, you can pre-order if you like

http://il2sturmovik.ubi.com/cliffs-of-dover/en-GB/home/coming-soon.aspx

Mahnsikir · 18 Jan 2011 at 19:26

Looks nice, though I doubt I'll be getting it any time soon having just picked up Il-2 and a joystick for the first time since the Amiga days. Multiplayer and shinier graphics don't interest me much so for the time being IL-2 1946 will do me fine.

Gimpymoo · 18 Jan 2011 at 20:03

Put it on Steam, and I shall purchase.

I wonder if they will sell the 150 page instruction manual seperately?

dmcg · 18 Jan 2011 at 22:33

PC exclusive DirectX 11 and 128-player multiplayer

Yamahahahahaha · 18 Jan 2011 at 22:40

Incase anyone missed the release date:
25/03/2011

I'm ridiculously excited.

Dj_Jestar · 18 Jan 2011 at 22:52

As above, I can't wait!

Yamahahahahaha · 18 Jan 2011 at 23:04

Ubisoft have already cursed this game.

The initials are CoD.

Jim · 18 Jan 2011 at 23:06

Sweet

Neil79 · 18 Jan 2011 at 23:25

PapaLazaru · 18 Jan 2011 at 23:28

Wow. This came out of the blue. Looks like it could be epic!

Dano · 18 Jan 2011 at 23:30

PapaLazaru said:
Wow. This came out of the blue. Looks like it could be epic!

No it didn't: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18079342

ak22 · 18 Jan 2011 at 23:44

Sweet could be like the good olds days with Microsoft combat flight simulator 2

nitram100 · 19 Jan 2011 at 08:51

Could be the first game that makes me buy a flight controller, I just hope it doesn't have Ubi's constant Internet connection DRM as that will mean I won't buy it.

Dano · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:22

One time activation via internet for DRM according to a german UBI rep, no constant connection required.

Nate--IRL-- · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:27

Thank god for that. I was dreading another Silent Hunter 5.

Nate

Dano · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:28

It wouldn't have stopped me buying it if I'm honest, but it would have annoyed the hell out of me.

Triggaaar · 19 Jan 2011 at 16:24

Nate--IRL-- said:
Thank god for that. I was dreading another Silent Hunter 5.

Everyone was dreading that, but as above, it is said to be online for activation only, and I'm all for that. I'd like to help the developers get paid, this isn't like the mass market dross we're constantly fed, this has taken serious research and programming effort.

Dano said:
It wouldn't have stopped me buying it if I'm honest, but it would have annoyed the hell out of me.

Like many others, I haven't bought Assassin's Creed because of the crazy DRM, but like you, I'd buy this. Simply because supporting the developer is more important to me than boycotting the stupid publisher.

Kosmiche · 19 Jan 2011 at 17:00

Is this game going to be as hardcore as the original il2?

Well I guess il2 was adjustable to how hardcore you wanted it, will this game be hardcore if you turn all the help off?

Dano · 19 Jan 2011 at 17:05

Eames said:
Is this game going to be as hardcore as the original il2?

Well I guess il2 was adjustable to how hardcore you wanted it, will this game be hardcore if you turn all the help off?

It'll be configurable again, hopefully the UI will be a bit easier to use this time around though.