07.01.2010, 05:24
I'm going to say less popular, but for a time, maybe a year or two. Graphics may be much improved, but they would require a powerful and expensive PC and I've only recently built a rig capable of maxing out Il-2. And unless Oleg's team makes miracles, I expect SoW to be like every other sim initially, that is poorly optimized. Also, the price is subjective to where you live and the economic situation in your country; I'm going to pass on SoW for the first year after release.
Lastly (yeah, I know, blasphemy!) BoB just isn't so interesting for me as a setting as Il's Eastern Front. There have been a slew of Western Front flight sims of varying quality, yet Il-2 is the sole sim that lets you fly over Eastern Europe and has countries like Romania, Finland or Hungary.
So, in time, after the community has patched up SoW and I can afford it (plus a PC that will handle it) and there's more content for it, I'll migrate too.
Lastly (yeah, I know, blasphemy!) BoB just isn't so interesting for me as a setting as Il's Eastern Front. There have been a slew of Western Front flight sims of varying quality, yet Il-2 is the sole sim that lets you fly over Eastern Europe and has countries like Romania, Finland or Hungary.
So, in time, after the community has patched up SoW and I can afford it (plus a PC that will handle it) and there's more content for it, I'll migrate too.