it says FORD GT plainly on the side, some dummy photo'd GT40 in there along with mustang which its not??Originally posted by ScarsdaleJack:
...but the sim is not an installment of IL2. The IL2, and the theater it was used in is not even in the initial release. Having the name "IL2" in it is simply a weak attempt at brand recognition.
Its a little silly to call a new thing by an old name if the old name is dis-associated with the new product. Things like this don't help sales; confusing your target group doesn't really make sense. Like this for example:
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Wrong idea to use 'IL-2'.
Gives the impression the new game is just a retread of an old code and system.
And it is not related to the subject of the game.
Oleg's original idea is correct. Name should be an entirely new title, with the series name being identified along with the specific location of the modelled battle, ie. "Battle of Britain".
"Battle of Britain" will sell itself better than "IL-2" anyway.
good they have one already.
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Um...what did you even just say? that's a real car, with a silly name planted over it. It's a Ford GT, not a GT40Originally posted by Sparky401SQD:
it says FORD GT plainly on the side, some dummy photo'd GT40 in there along with mustang which its not??
The picture shows an analogy, and the intent was to confuse you with the strange name
Ford didn't call the new Ford GT a "GT40", even though it plainly was an effort to recapture the stunning good looks of the GT40 MKIV, which was a street legal car but never a production car
Ford also didn't call the car a Mustang, a successful production car they still make, although it shares a common purpose with Ford GT: rear wheel drive performance car.
Ford instead chose to call the new car by a new name. Ford didn't try to confuse the holy bejabbers out of people by muddling the identity of the automobile. Ford used a new name for the new car: <span class="ev_code_RED">Ford GT</span>
Do you get the analogy yet?In a similar way, while the new sim from Oleg Maddox may share history with an older product, it is not that older product, even though the subject matter is similar in many ways. The new sim does basically what the old one does, but it is demonstrably not the same in concept or execution of the original Il2, which is no longer made , nor does it share a common platform with Il2:1946, which is still being worked on as a product in development
The strange name on a familiar product that plainly was not what the caption described it as sure confused you, right?
Now imagine you want to buy a Ford GT, but it had the name I gave it in the brochure even though you knew it wasn't a Mustang at allWeird, right? Confusing. Names are powerful, and typically the human reaction is to expect the name to describe the thing it represents accurately