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it has been announced since 2003. not suspecting any conspirancy. Just not taking it seriously anymore, this whole game 2 thing. 2008 it says now... yeah right. Whatever.

Guys please stop your speculations over wether or not AA is better than OFP1, whatever. Start a new topic for all I care. that IS the whole point of this thread. "Early screens". "2+years of development left." Sure. The screens date to 1.5 yrs back with no news since then except that the deadline all of a sudden changed from 2006 to 2008 without explanation. 2006 already was a 2 year -extra!- wait. I remember the discussions back then. We are repeating ourselves, 2 years later. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. WILL it ever come out? WHAT is the value of "2008"? All I was asking is why dont they give us any information on the status of Game 2 and why was the release date moved by about 2 years AGAIN. Please keep this thread on topic and share your information, not your opinions and speculations. I will consider to PM Marek, good suggestion.

Thanks for the reply, you seem like somebody with actual brains and common sense, maybe the positive effect of this whole thing is that the 12 year-olds have been filtered out by now... as long as you people still frequent these forums there is hope :P Anway. Back to my grudging According to bistudios, the AI of "nexgen game" was so good that testers could not differentiate it from human controlled forces. Is that due out in 2095 all of a sudden. If you use the "current gen" approach of creating a world (a.o. same engine, nothing done dynamically), yes I suppose you do. How can make BI make blanket statements like "the game will come out in 2004", "the game will come out in 2005", the game will come out in 2006", "the game will come out in 2008". This was the only point of my post. For the rest of your comments, in which you state that bi operate as a normal company and therefore need cash flow to do such a thing: i appreciate that. Totally. But just think for a moment what would happen with a company that produces cars and they announce that their all-new, jaw-dropping car, a totally nex-gen car, will be for sale in a dealership near to your house in 2004. Err, 2005. Err, 2006. Err, 2008. Of course I worry about the greenhouse effect and Bush. So take angry with a grain of salt But when I checked bis website again and it said on the nexgen game page: expected release date: 2008 - without any form of explanation - yes that pissed me of in a real-life kind of way. Should I upgrade my system now, or wait a bit longer. Cant carry the weight of the world on your shoulders every day you know Anyway amid all this disscussion, a big thumbs up for Bistudios for the effort they make, going it alone without codemasters etcetera. I respect bistudios a lot for what they created. And I believe they should really take all the time they need for this game. And also it is just a game... But again, the only point i was making in this post: please stop shifting the release date without any form of explanation and give your "true ofp fans" an idea on your website of what is happening with this game - is it still in the works??? That was my only point!!!!

"A true OFP fan would..." yeah right. Whatever. Putting the word true in front of it still doesnt make it anything else than your own definition of an OFP fan. So Ill ignore that. Armed Assault: Take a closer look at ANY of the screens you can find of Armed Assault and tell me they dont look like a screen from OFP:Resistance with a slightly increased density of objects. Man it is just the same old stuff, slightly revamped. I mean I am sure they have made a great effort and of course I am buying that game the minute it appears on the shelves but it is NOT "nexgen" game. This is the same OFP cash cow they are milking. Then read the specs as shown on bistudios website. Then again tell me, what is so much different from OFP:resistance. - Large selection of playable military and civilian gear and vehicles (like in OFP) - Fight for freedom in a brand new storyline (ah like they did with resistance, a new storyline) - New map covering over 400 sq. km, in extreme detail (like they did with resistance, bigger map cause pcs can handle it now) - New revamped game engine (like they did with resistance, more of the same (more objects on screen)) - Comprehensive multiplayer support with join in progress (ah so this must be the 'brand new' part of AA: they have added "join a running game" option) - Customizable game with built-in mission editor (...yawn) OK. I was talking about: - AI that you cannot differentiate from real people (for one thing each unit is totally independent and they dont move all at the same time) - Maps that go for thousands of miles, not just a bigger map using about the same engine - Graphics like those shown in the E3 screens of OFP2 (uh, nexgengame): simply stunning and beautiful - Basically all the things that were mentioned during E3. I am not talking about OFP1.4, armed assault. I am talking about a game that will be totally jaw-dropping. So once more I do not want to say any bad word about Bistudios for the wonderful effort with the OFP series. I am just asking them to stop fooling us about this next generation game that will probably never come out. To stop shifting that deadline after 3 years of doing so.

OK, Now I have been a HUGE fan of OFP and still play it occasionally. I actually spent up to a full year of my life doing nothing much beside living off the cash I had earned and playing MFCTI and CTF games. This may sound funny to some but it was a very good time. At that moment I decided to postpone upgrading my system any further and to invest in a high-end, max performance PC once OFP 2 would come out, announced to be released late 2004, early 2005 I believe. This was in August 2004. Then the news came that the game would be delayed. And then delayed further. Then the news came: it will not be out before early 2006. This was quite a frustration, 1.5 yrs more to wait. But what the heck, my PC still will do Word and Excel so I'll wait. Now it is October 2006. We have seen the release date slip further, and now it is saying Expected Release Date: 2008. Now, WHO are you fooling? For one thing, probably the only ones still checking your site are the true OFP fans, the ones that really saw that game as something different to all the rest of the bunch of war games out there (ok, and some of a tiny few who are still interested in yet another remake of OFP:resistance, for another platform, with a different name, and (slightly) better graphics...) How about you show some respect to those people who have been waiting in anticipation for OFP2 and just put it to us straight: This Game Is Never Going To Be Released? Legal issues, other issues, i dont care, just stop this annoying shifting of the release date!!!!!!! PS I am referring to it as OFP2, as bistudios seems to be doing it too, judging from the 'nexgen game' URL Arne aka N@Il