Rise of Flight

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For those that have wondered where our former commie resident (Boroda) has gone off to, I think you can find him at the WB Freehost forums.


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Boroda has been member of that forum longer than HTC were in business.   

[Qrsu]

I was looking forward to playing this game... but you have to pay extra for more flyables? No WWI fix for me. Sheesh.

[mechanic]

I want the game badly but that DRM is very off putting. They seem to be losing alot of custom through that decision. People who would pirate the game wont pay for it now, they just wont bother playing it. People who would have paid for it happily are not doing so due to the DRM. Still I am sad that I probably wont play it now.

[DREDIOCK]

That entirely depends on the car. If you buy an exotic supercar like a Bugatti or Koningsegg the manufacturer may very well take it back if they don't like what you're doing to it. You may not like it, but this type of game licensing is the future. All new games from Relic (Company of Heroes, Dawn of War II etc.) have this "must log into their server to play" type of protection/licensing. I'd be surprised if not all the major distributors use similar protection schemes in the near future.

I doubt its going to be a long lived future.
Now Im no hacker by any stretch of the imagination. My only programming experiences were years ago trying to type in stuff that used to come out in "Load*" magazine. and I failed miserably at that. LOL
But
In 25 years of computing I've observed one constant. No matter what anti piracy scheme they come out with. Someone finds a way around it or how to outright defeat it.
And that would include several versions of your favorite and not so favorite operating systems.
Thats just an observation

[jdbecks]

so deos that mean the following:

If I purchased the boxed version of the game, but for what ever reason it is impossible to get internet access you will never be able to play the game?
if it was not for the DRM I would purchase the game 

[Russian]

Few random shots.
 

[Russian]

[Ack-Ack]

People who would pirate the game wont pay for it now, they just wont bother playing it.

People who would have pirated the game wouldn't have bothered to pay for it in the first place. 

It's sad that some people won't be buying the game because of the rather draconian DRM because it really is a great game, just as good if not better than RB3 and Flying Corps.  On the other hand, I don't blame the developers and the publisher with trying to protect their IP.


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[Ack-Ack]

Few random shots.
 

Are you using TrackIR or do you use the padlock/snap view modes?



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[Russian]

Are you using TrackIR or do you use the padlock/snap view modes?



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I'm trying to get TrackIR working, but having a bit trouble. Screens were taken while using a mouse.

[Yeager]

those are stunning screens.

[Saxman]

Having to pay extra to get more than two flyable aircraft turns me off more than the DRM does. How much is the US version? 30-40 bucks? Paying that much and then having to shell out however much extra for each additional plane I want to be able to actually fly rather than just shoot at is a slap in the face. At least Il-2 makes aircraft flyable through free patches and updates. This is just greed.

[allaire]

so does that mean the following:

If I purchased the boxed version of the game, but for what ever reason it is impossible to get internet access you will never be able to play the game?
if it was not for the DRM I would purchase the game 

Yes if your isp takes a dump, their servers take a dump, you cannot reach their servers, or any combonation of those happens you cannot play the game.  The game looks awesome but I still have a problem with the content of the game being so slim and you are basically renting the game.

At saxman:  It's $50 AFAIK.

[Saxman]

Yes if your isp takes a dump, their servers take a dump, you cannot reach their servers, or any combonation of those happens you cannot play the game.  The game looks awesome but I still have a problem with the content of the game being so slim and you are basically renting the game.

At saxman:  It's $50 AFAIK.

Well, I'm not gonna pay 50 bucks for two flyable planes and however much more they want to charge for making each additional one flyable. If they make them free patches like Il-2, then maybe I'll reconsider, but as I said, this is just plain greed.

[Russian]

Greed? I disagree. I think of it as paying for quality.
They release new aircraft - 1 each month with outstanding FM, DM and visual model. How is that any different than what HTC provides? 15$ a month - and you have to be online to play it?.
Although draconian DRM is annoying.  If server is down, I no longer can play even offline.