and you think the loss of subscribers is due to the graphics? must be an interesting planet you're on...
While I don't think it is the main reason it IS a reason. I'm sure many of the new players who check this game out as well as World of thunder and others looking for a "flight game" give it bad marks right off the start due to the graphics. You have to admit the other games graphics look far superior to these. If your looking to buy a car and of the ten sitting in front of you one looks really cool, which one are you going to look at the most?
Sure if your smart enough your NOT going to base your choice on looks alone. The other factors are not in HTC's favor either. Price, the other have free to play.... no brainer for most "gamers" these day. Ease of play, again the others are much easier to play, heck you don't even need a joystick to be competitive right out of the box. Game play, not sure about the others, but here your IN a horde, or trying to fight AGAINST a horde during "prime time US". Community, again I don't know about the others, but here we can have a pretty toxic community, both here on the boards as well as in the game. Yesterday afternoon the topic was religion on 200. I squelched a bunch of people and it was ok, but then the Bish horde won the map and I got to do it all over again.
What pluses does this game have to someone who jumps in for their 2 week trial? Understand that a newbie isn't going to be able to appreciate a great flight model, nor the damage model nor the game play options available as they are relentlessly hammered both in the sky, and verbally on the radio.
So what is "good" about Aces High for the newbie?