Are you suggested to me buy BOS now? or waiting ?

[Siavash]

Hi,
I would like to ask you now to join the game or wait? 

Now I play CloD! 

[FuriousMeow]

Depends on what you want. If you want a complete game, no. If you want something that is capable of delivering everything right now, no. If you want to purchase for a slightly cheaper price, test it out, experience its growth, have some say in its development and add input but are prepared for a lot of incompleteness/placeholders/etc, then still maybe but that's up to you.

 

Many have purchased and posted many complaints about it being incomplete or items missing or particulars not being focused on because it was something they need but weren't necessary to functionality and so they are unhappy. If you need something and if it isn't completed when you feel it should be completed then you should wait.

 

If you're willing to wait it out, test what is developed and don't expect too much week by week but want a complete game at the end then you might be okay with paying money to have early access. However, if you need that "wow" factor and expect week by week massive changes and development, then wait.

Edited March 31, 2014 by FuriousMeow

[smink1701]

Buy now and enjoy now.  It's great fun in its current state and will only get better.

[kendo]

FuriousMeow makes some very good points but my advice would be to go for it now. Yes, it's still work in progress, but there is a lot of fun to be had - and it's only going to get better from here!

[CCG_Pips]

My best purchasing from two years ago!!!!  

[dburne]

I would ask why are you thinking about buying it and what are you wanting out of it?

You would be getting in on the ground floor so to speak on the development of a new combat flight sim, but due to that fact there are issues you will encounter along the way.

 

Like for example, since the new launcher came about about 3 weeks ago, I have been getting numerous crash to desktops, others have as well.

Can be flying a mission and be halfway through it , several minutes into the mission and having a great time, in the heat of a dogfight,  and blammo back to the desktop with an Il-2.exe has stopped working message... Frustrating - but things like that are to be expected with an Alpha version of  a sim currently being developed.

 

So yes, there are some really neat things about the sim participating in the early access one gets to enjoy, as well as see new things added as development continues, but along with that comes things like the above along with other glitches as well, and some things that have just not been developed yet.

 

I too fly Cliffs, in fact it would be my number one flight sim, but I also enjoy the Early Access of BOS very much as well - just have to divide my limited spare time as best as I can.

 

Monetarily, no real benefit really - yes I think the Early Access of the Premium version may be 5 bucks or so cheaper than the released version, not a lot. However I do believe they are also going to offer a Standard Edition upon release, that will be much cheaper - but I suspect most folks, especially ones that visits these forums on a regular basis, will want to go with the Premium package anyway.

 

Good luck and have fun, with whatever you decide.

[Siavash]

Thank you for your answers.

I'm very interested in testing this game, And I understand that the Early Access , I have no problem with that, I am happy that even with the development game. 

Do you think that the price of the game on the release will more than $ 95? 

[pilotpierre]

Doesn't really matter if you get it now. I too recommend that you do, you won't be disappointed.

[6high]

I don`t get how people can be frustrated by BoS right now if they went through the CloD-misery. BoS is incredible already, and compared to CloD at release, an honest early access, and i do care a lot about honesty.

I bought, and did not regret having BoS one second. Unlike CloD.

 

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[I/JG27_Rollo]

Do you think that the price of the game on the release will more than $ 95? 

What you would pay for now, is the Premium Edition which will cost you $99.99 after release, so that one is a bit cheaper right now.

It will include the FW 190 and the La 5 and if you chip in right now, you can play the game right away (being aware, that it's not finished yet as pointed out by others).

 

There will also be a Standard Edition which will cost you $59.99.

However, this edition will not be available before release and the two bonus planes mantioned above will have to be purchased separately.

[Quax]

It would be worth the money for me, if it stays what it is now. It will not of course. But I consider 95 bucks a good price for even one plane at this level of realism. I use it mostly for traffic patterns. Best training for the next summer season. There is no other high power taildragger simulation on the market, which I could use for that purpose.

[Finkeren]

Unless you're really picky about yet-missing features and occasional glitches and bugs (nothing that ruins the overall experience or makes the sim unplayable) then there is by now more than enough content, immersiveness and depth of simulation to justify the price of admission.

 

A month ago, I'd have adviced you to wait awhile, if you're on the fence, to avoid disappointment over lack of content, but after the release of multiplayer, quick mission builder and full time access within a fortnight, I'm more than happy to recommend anyone with an interest in flight sims to buy right away.

[Georgio]

Hi,

I would like to ask you now to join the game or wait? 

Now I play CloD! 

 

Ask yourself a simple question: Am I a whiner?

 

If the answer is 'no', then jump in and enjoy the party, this sim in 40% alpha is already x10 some other finished sims.

If it is 'yes' then we'll see you in a few months when the sim is finished completely and (most) bugs are squished.  

[oneeyeddog]

I have had BoS for about 6 weeks now  and I've enjoyed it very much. I recommend you buy.

[SR-F_Winger]

Buy it. Its awesome already and will only be better. Even with only 40 some percent completion its better than most other stuff out there.

[Siegfried]

100% agree with Furiousmeaow, but also keep in mind that you should ask this question in other independent forums since the answers you get here will be very little objective.

[Georgio]

100% agree with Furiousmeaow, but also keep in mind that you should ask this question in other independent forums since the answers you get here will be very little objective.

Does that make the more 'objective' of us BoS fanboi's?

[Panzerlang]

Get it now and practice with the FMs lest you be slaughtered in MP when it's released as the full sim.

[LBR=H-Ostermann]

I bought it but don't fly it every week. That being said, I'm glad I bought it for those times when I do want to see what's going on in its development, words can't describe the game no matter how eloquent someone might be. I had the money lying about and knew I'd be buying it sooner or later anyway so I figured a savings is a savings.

[FuriousMeow]

Does that make the more 'objective' of us BoS fanboi's?

 

I thought I was very objective, and I'm a "fanboy" if that label must be used.

 

Not directed at you Georgio, just a comment on the "fanboi" and "lack of objectiveness"

[ll./JG77_JadeBandit]

If you have the extra money, a decent/mid range rig and don't mind some hiccups due to the game not being optimized yet, then yes I would recommend it.

 

Like JG3Target, I don't play everyday, in fact I usually only get a few hours in a week, but it's always a good time. Every time I play BOS something amazes me, either its the sun setting/rising on the horizon or watching the thrill of a multiplayer dog fight you were just part of as you gently float back to earth...if your lucky.

 

Another thing I have to mention that kind of took me off guard and still makes me smile every time I play is the sound. Immersion in this game is ramped up to 11 due to how much work they put into the little things, like ground physics and amazing audio quality, from the screeching and hissing of the brakes to the sounds of Lagg's and 109's locked in battle above your airfield.

 

Sometimes when I have to bail out I will just sit there for a minute and take it in, watching the dogfight and listening to the roar of the engines as they fade in and out in the distance.

Edited April 2, 2014 by ScottyOnTheSpot

[Siegfried]

I forget to say sorry for my bad english. maybe lack of objetiviness is bad chosed words.

 

I meant that I can not really say what I think here, in the own forum game developers.

It's like going to coke office and ask if it is better Coke or Pepsi.

 

I never said fanboy to anyone. Don't put words in my mouth please.

[FuriousMeow]

No one is saying anything is better, that analogy doesn't wash <down a McDonald's burger> here.

 

If you want to say something is better, then yeah - that's off topic and doesn't belong in this thread because it was never started to compare anything but to simply ask if BoS is worth it at this time.

Edited April 2, 2014 by FuriousMeow

[Siegfried]

Ok, ask at a bakery: Is good the bread that you sell here?

[FuriousMeow]

Ask the customers. If they keep coming back, they're doing something right.

 

And if you think that there's a problem with the bread when it's only half way through the process of being made, then... stop trying to eat dough that isn't done yet.

Edited April 2, 2014 by FuriousMeow

[--loner--Dovla]

I think you can stick to CloD for now, I recently got into it and I'm learning to fly in it on full real.

BoS surely looks fine and exciting and is brand new but at the moment it can't hold me much time because its multiplayer is for my taste too fast paced like in RiseofFlight for which I also bought almost all planes.

 

Things that atag guys did with their patch for CloD deservers credit, I even donated some $ to them. There are not many people playing it but they all play on same server

I am afraid that multiplayer in BoS will be too fragmented like it is in RoF where mp servers are mostly empty.

[Volkoff]

Hi,

I would like to ask you now to join the game or wait? 

Now I play CloD! 

 

I can't tell you what you should do, but I have both BOS and CLod and I am glad that I have both. BOS is an early access sim, so expect bugs and know that the sim is literally unfinished. I am currently learning to sim-fly the LaGG-3 in BOS multiplayer. While multiplayer is limited to airquake at the moment,  the gameplay format exposes me to frequent contact with BF-109 sim pilots and I can use the practice. I consider sim-flying the LaGG-3 in BOS multiplayer highly challenging and enjoyable.   MJ

Edited April 3, 2014 by =69.GIAP=MIKHA

[Georgio]

I thought I was very objective, and I'm a "fanboy" if that label must be used.

 

Not directed at you Georgio, just a comment on the "fanboi" and "lack of objectiveness"

 

I know mate I was being facetious as I think he meant biased not objective... 

[Matt]

Right now, you can try MP dogfights on the small map with 4 planetypes (and that seems unlikely to change, until we get the next German plane, which might still take weeks or even months) and use the QMB in singleplayer with 5 planetypes or fly some SP missions. And you can experience BoS getting improved with (almost) every update.

 

If you like that, then you should buy it now.

 

If you want to have a complete flightsim, either for MP or SP career, you should wait atleast until after the release. You could then also just buy the normal version for less money and buy the additional planes later on, if you want/need them.

 

I definately got my moneys worth already.

[dave9810]

Buy it now, It's 24hour access now and it's probably the best game i've played at Alpha stage. 

 

Also i'm not sure if this deal is on, but i you will get all aircraft unlocked plus 2 extra planes that non early access players can't get after release and also all field/weapon mods unlocked.

Edited April 4, 2014 by dave9810

[Matt]

Also i'm not sure if this deal is on, but i you will get all aircraft unlocked plus 2 extra planes that non early access players can't get after release and also all field/weapon mods unlocked.

That's not correct.

 

Everyone will be able to get the 2 extra planes (Fw-190 / La-5) after release. Either by ordering the more expensive version then or buying those planes in addition to the normal version.

 

Early access players will also still have to unlock the field and weapon mods.

[dave9810]

That's not correct.

 

Everyone will be able to get the 2 extra planes (Fw-190 / La-5) after release. Either by ordering the more expensive version then or buying those planes in addition to the normal version.

 

Early access players will also still have to unlock the field and weapon mods.

 

I meant to say you would get them at no extra cost. 

[senseispcc]

one word, BUY.

[Matt]

I meant to say you would get them at no extra cost. 

But that's also not correct.

 

The mods cost nothing (because, unless they change their mind, you will not be able to buy the mods, but everyone will have to earn them by playing the career mode) and the two extra planes of course cost extra for everyone (the price difference between the "premium" and normal version).

[dave9810]

But that's also not correct.

 

The mods cost nothing (because, unless they change their mind, you will not be able to buy the mods, but everyone will have to earn them by playing the career mode) and the two extra planes of course cost extra for everyone (the price difference between the "premium" and normal version).

 

Thats what i meant

[Siavash]

Thanks to all of you.

 

I bought it, I'm really glad that I did purchase .

As friends said, however, that 45% of the production is over., But it is really worth it. I am aware of the bug and I understand it is still alpha. And be patient for the full version. 

 

However it is very enjoyable. Especially the Multiplayer part.

 

Thanks again

[VR-DriftaholiC]

Worth it 10/10

[Nil]

 

Thanks to all of you.

 

I bought it, I'm really glad that I did purchase .

As friends said, however, that 45% of the production is over., But it is really worth it. I am aware of the bug and I understand it is still alpha. And be patient for the full version. 

 

However it is very enjoyable. Especially the Multiplayer part.

 

Thanks again

 

You will know how to outwit an opponent (at least an AI at that.. and you'll takeoff and land as a god (..well I still havn't made the 3 point landing requim did, But I survive landings in my nazi crates ) While the 'buy it at release guys still have to get their greasy paws un it and fall like rocks in the sky :D

Edited April 4, 2014 by Pigmachine

[PantsPilot]

I thought about getting it now, but considering we're into April now and I've missed lots of time, I think I'll wait, after all it's due for release sometime fairly soon I believe? Hopefully first half of 2014 anyway's.

[Rama]

I thought about getting it now, but considering we're into April now and I've missed lots of time, I think I'll wait, after all it's due for release sometime fairly soon I believe? Hopefully first half of 2014 anyway's.

Maybe, maybe not. Some extra delay is allways possible (look at the history of game or other sofware releases).

Depend if you're eager to fly ASAP and if you want or not to save 5$ (at release this will be the price increase).