I didn't have time to post an indepth reply earlyer..... here is why it won't work so that opti knows what is up, and maybe it will help him so that he will know how to avoid pitfalls
First off it takes around 4-7 million dollars to develop, publish, advertise for the average game now days. To make that much money up Opti will have to sell at least 100,000 copys of his game, assuming they go for 50 dollars, that he is at the very bottum, and that they can sell them to the store for $40 so the store can make its profit...... 100,000 is very achievable though for a good game......
he is using updated Unreal engine, i assume U2 or UW engine... if i remember correctly the cost of the engine is 500,000 dollars, which he has to has before they can begin anything, raising 500,000 dollars is hard for a gaming company that has had 0 comercial releases.
The average gaming company has at least 30 full time members, working 40 hours a week... at least 4 of them coders.... opti has only 1 coder that is still in school.
Now for the game... the game can't be multiplayer only cause there will be 50 different mods out that can do that, and for free... which means that it will have to have an indepth storyline(writer another 40-100,000dollars) some one to write dialog(more money) many mappers doing lots of detail... like the detail put into half life. making the entire Map interconnected. Not just "levels" assuming 5 mappers and 2 years and 40,000 a year a piece, that is another $400,000.... plus texture artists to make those beautifal textures for the game 3 of them 240,000 more for those guys.... modelers... assume 4 of them 320,000 dollars....1 concept artist so that the modelers don't have to waste time thinking of ideas $80,000 dollars... animators $160,000 dollars
being able to pay for something i have played over a year for free..... priceless
ok that is enough, i can go on and on, plus the game will need an original idea, to compete with Swat3, the Tom Clancy games, Operation Flashpoint, Delta Forces........ etc
maybe opti realizes this and he may really have a plan, i would be all for this, and be one of the first to submit my resume to him to be a modeler...... if so all the more power to him, and you know what, i would love to buy the game........ but we will see