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Originally Posted by Buddahaid
"Rise of Flight" required a constant internet connection, and still does for full content. They also charge for add on aircraft making this sim 2-3 times as expensive as SH5.
What they do right is listen to the users and fix bugs etc.
EDIT: "Jutland" and "Distant Guns" have also been bashed by some and were more expensive.
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I was simply listing examples of quality software produced by small, independent publishers. I bought Rise of Flight the day it was released both to support the developer as well as show support for the genre, but never installed it specifically due to the DRM (which I think has been softened since then, so someday maybe I will give it a go).
As for Distant Guns and Jutland, there will always be some who bash virtually any game, regardless of the developer. I have some issues with Storm Eagle Studios as well ...for things such as their pricing structure, the lack of any hard goods (download only), and their abuse of my e-mail trust ( they are one of my biggest e-mail spammers with their constant "limited time sale!" spams). Nonetheless, I applaud the efforts of their coding and creativity in producing non-mainstream titles. The point remains that they are an independent producer/publisher who is doing well with a niche market.
Rise of Flight is a good example, though, of how patience can pay off. Prior to it's release there had not been a commercially published WWI flight sim for over a decade (the last one that I can think of is
Red Baron 3D), but when the market was ready, an independant publisher stepped up and met the need. They also did this while
Over Flanders Field was a
free mod to
CFS, and a darn good sim at that...so they took a double chance, and it appears that they have done well with it.
