Rise of Flight

[mechanic]

  read through again! you got the wrong end of the stick, has nothing to do with cost. If the severs or my ISP fail the product is totaly useless. If AH2 servers or my ISP go down I still have a fabulous WWII flight sim to play with  for all my monthly payments.

i will probably still buy this game, it looks that good. My views on the copyright methods and the consumer trends of today wont change.

[Ack-Ack]

Here is a small (85mb)  in-game Video, take off, form-up and dog fighting with a mid air ending the fight....

PS this is my first attempt at creating a video... 

http://home.planet.nl/~heater/ROF.wmv

Cheers

Are you using TrackIR or padlock view? 


ack-ack

[DREDIOCK]

If the severs or my ISP fail the product is totaly useless.

This is the single most reason why Im not going to even bother with ROF.
If Im going to buy a game outright  up front. I damn well be able to play it whenever I want. ISP or no ISP.
Until they change that. They will remain $44.95 poorer.

[Die Hard]

read through again! you got the wrong end of the stick, has nothing to do with cost. If the severs or my ISP fail the product is totaly useless. If AH2 servers or my ISP go down I still have a fabulous WWII flight sim to play with  for all my monthly payments.

Against drones flying in a circle... Yeah, that's entertaining. The bottom line is that you are willing to pay $14.95 on faith every month to play AH, but you're hesitant to pay [whatever it costs] on faith once to play ROF.

[Die Hard]

This is the single most reason why Im not going to even bother with ROF.
If Im going to buy a game outright  up front. I damn well be able to play it whenever I want. ISP or no ISP.
Until they change that. They will remain $44.95 poorer.

I suppose you too play ah?

They won't change that. Trust me.

[DREDIOCK]

I suppose you too play ah?

They won't change that. Trust me.

Play AH?
Kinda the reason for hanging out here aint it?

 I've paid nothing for the game. (which has offline missions you can play against a not too bad AI that doesnt involve chasing circling drones around BTW)
I only pay for the right to play with and against against massive numbers of people.
I must consider it worth it. I've only been here 7+ years now LOL

Faith? More like trust. HTC has earned that from me.
Because of my past experiences with AW And being able to fly offline with and against drones enabled me to get a pretty good idea I had a pretty good idea of its potential what I was getting myself into with AH.
With AH I can fly checkout the performance characteristics of planes both current and new before taking them into a combat situation, practice hitting targets or just fly around to enjoy the scenery if I like. All without having to be connected to the internet.Add to that the endorsements of some of my former AW friends and acquaintances most of which still play AH some 7 years later
 ROF hasnt earned jack yet. Unlike HTC It has no reputation to go by other then some really cool "looking" films. They put out as advertisement
We dont know how their customer support is going to be. Or even what bugs it still has. How they will be addressed. Etc etc.

ROF Im expected to pay $45 no matter if it turns out I like the game or not. And I can only checkout or play if Im connected to the internet

AH I can check it out offline for free. you can fly offline for free. I havent checked if its still in effect but you used to be able to play H2H against someone for free. And if you really want to checkout the game you can play in the main arenas for two weeks...for FREE before you decide to drop a single dime on it.
After that its $15 a month. so you can literally check the game out for a month and a half for less then half the price it will cost to buy ROF outright.

Now if it were a one time internet activation like with Windows. Or as a validity check when doing updates. I can dig them trying to protect their intellectual property. But to be online each time and every time I want to play? Nu uh. Aint happening.

Their loss, not mine. I can think of all sorts of other things I can spend $45 on.

They'll eventually change it. They'll have to. Or its just going to end up being yet another dusty box sitting on someones shelf just like the ones I have sitting on mine now.
Either that or they are going to start charging for online play as well as the current business model is unsustainable IMO.
Then your gonna get to pay twice.

[Die Hard]

Don't buy it then. And be prepared not to by most games in the future.

[mechanic]

Against drones flying in a circle... Yeah, that's entertaining. The bottom line is that you are willing to pay $14.95 on faith every month to play AH, but you're hesitant to pay [whatever it costs] on faith once to play ROF.

Actualy i enjoy the flight aspect of this game. It is fun just flying around offline. It's not once it is every time you want add a new plane. When RoF2 comes out in a few years the developers have the power to close the RoF server and start opening your wallet again. They may not.  Once again you focus on the costs despite my elaborations. You must be trying to wind me up now or see how many times i will reply?

[Die Hard]

I focused on the faith.

[Die Hard]

Name one flight simulator where you get new official planes for free. Aces High? Nope. You pay for them through your subscription.

[Bodhi]

diehard,
If you are so happy with rof, why not go spam their boards defending the game there?  I'd personally not bat an eye wondering where you went.

[Die Hard]

Nice. Same to you buddy.

[Saxman]

Name one flight simulator where you get new official planes for free. Aces High? Nope. You pay for them through your subscription.

Name another major flight simulator released in the last 5 years that only gives you 2-3 officially flyable planes for free and then charges you for each plane beyond that.

Oh wait, there only IS the one....

[Ack-Ack]

This thread has gotten silly.  If you don't want to buy the game because of the DRM, then so be it.  It's a good game, DRM or no DRM.

ack-ack

[DREDIOCK]

Don't buy it then. And be prepared not to by most games in the future.

I havent bought a game in over 4 years LOL