To use the word "most" in regards to fans and their attitudes in this discussion, with some degree of validity, I would use it like this - "Most people have not been actually surveyed and asked what they think about 'title', and I'm not an omniscient being (at least last time I checked). Therefore, I will use the anecdotal evidence of outspoken people on message boards, reviews, and my own personal feelings to sum up what I think Most People Think about 'title'."
Well in that case, what hard data do we truly have? Is there a national RPG Census Board that sends out a bunch of survey elves to people who buy RPGs?
Unfortunately not, as this would answer for once and for all one way or another. What real data we do have are sales figures, and looking at those, I would say that Morrowind was generally not a "loathed" game, old school fan or not. Nor was Oblivion, for that matter. These games would not have sold and resold as much as they did, on multiple platforms, if they were. Perhaps by a lot of people, sure, but if you had to stack up love vs hate, the real data speaks FTW.
Well in that case, what hard data do we truly have? Is there a national RPG Census Board that sends out a bunch of survey elves to people who buy RPGs?
Unfortunately not, as this would answer for once and for all one way or another. What real data we do have are sales figures, and looking at those, I would say that Morrowind was generally not a "loathed" game, old school fan or not. Nor was Oblivion, for that matter. These games would not have sold and resold as much as they did, on multiple platforms, if they were. Perhaps by a lot of people, sure, but if you had to stack up love vs hate, the real data speaks FTW.
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