Gothic Remake sales show we still love eurojank

Just a week after launch, Gothic Remake has reached the 500k sales milestone, and Steam users have given it a Very Positive rating based on 3,369 reviews. That reception is a little surprising—"I'm quite a bit more fond of it than Jody, who gave it 60% in our Gothic Remake review—but I did expect it to be a little more divisive." Despite a modern makeover, the game remains classic Gothic: wolves can kill you in seconds, you can be knocked out and mugged for being sarcastic, and you don't get a map unless you buy one—which the write-up calls neither cheap nor very good.

Many quests also make little sense without a guide. Those rough edges are part of the appeal. The remake is tough, uncompromising and, yes, pretty janky: loading a save can wake sleeping NPCs (who were not happy to see a snooping player), some NPCs vanish, and the DLSS and frame generation implementation has been criticised.

Most players seem to have known what they were getting and don't mind the roughness.

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