The team invested months of research into the differences between European and American gaming preferences
Now THAT could be interesting - as a study in itself. This is something I would really looking forward to read.
The team invested months of research into the differences between European and American gaming preferences
I think that the number one reason for negative reviews was the game interface of the first two titles. It was non-intuitive, and the mouse was sorely missed. I already hear the answer "But you have to learn the interface for every game!". While this is true, there is a certain threshold where many people just give up, and then they write bad reviews .Gothic series has never sold well in US iirc. Sounds like they are getting desperate to figure out reasons why. Perhaps the game is too unforgiving and hard. The dark setting just amplifies it.
Yes, I would also be interested in hearing the results of some real research. I can only go from my own experiences with avid gamers from both sides of the pond, but these experiences are necessarily biased and not representative.No, seriously, I meant if they *really* did intensive research, then at least *something* must've come out of it ...
True, but I guess it was hard to foresee that the many reviewers outside the German market would be so unflexible to blame a game which takes a standard combat control system and builds upon it. Everybody knows how to control a FPS. You run with ASDW + mouse and initiate the action with the mouse buttons or CTRL & ALT in the good old days. In Gothic you also initiate action with the a mouse button (LMB), or alternatively with CTRL, but then you have to chose your action with the movement keys.I think that the number one reason for negative reviews was the game interface of the first two titles. It was non-intuitive, and the mouse was sorely missed. I already hear the answer "But you have to learn the interface for every game!". While this is true, there is a certain threshold where many people just give up, and then they write bad reviews .
Also correct, IMHO. It has been brought up before, but people tend to forget it.Edit: One other point nobody mentions is the name of the game. "Gothic" sounds like horror, which might address the wrong casual buyer.
"Gothic" sounds like horror, which might address the wrong casual buyer.