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THQ Nordic , new owner of the beloved 2001 fantasy RPGGothic , has released a playable teaser on theirSteampage . The studio is looking to gauge the sake of players after they play through the demo .
Gothicwas originally make grow and released by Piranha Bytes , establish in Germany and founded in 1997 . The studio apartment was acquired by THQ Nordic in May of 2019 , an Austrian publisher now most famed fortheDarksidersseries , which it prevail earlier this year as well . THQ oversees nearly a dozen other studio apartment , including the developer of the2020 remake ofDestroy All Humans . The upcoming potential remake ofGothicis being spring up by THQ Nordic ’s Barcelona office . This wo n’t be the first time another studio apartment will be making aGothicgame , either , as the fourth installment of the series and its spin off , Arcania : Gothic 4andArcania : Fall of Setarrif , were recrudesce by Spellbound Entertainment and JoWooD , both of which have also recently been acquired by THQ .
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According toEngadget , THQ Nordic is take care to see how fans react to a playable puzzle for a remake of the originalGothicbefore going all in with growing . The two - hour retentive demonstration is useable on THQ Nordic ’s Steam page , where the verbal description states the project is"a potential approach for a Modern Gothic game"and that"nothing is set in Edward Durell Stone . “True to the original , the biz will keep up the same story , although it will attempt to improve on other aspect such as the combat and camera systems . check out outGothic’splayable teaser dawdler which was in the first place posted toYouTubeand is embed below :
Releasing a playable demonstration prior to a game ’s release is rather unusual , the only other late example of which wasKonami’sP.T.game(which unsurprisingly stood for playable teaser ) in 2014 , a demo for the now cancelled next installment in theSilent Hillsseries . P.T. itself was highly lauded by fans regardless of the cancellation , so it has at the very least show that players can be sensory to this sort of venture . Konami did not , however , specifically ask for fan feedback forP.T. , which makes THQ ’s billet altogether unequalled .
Considering THQ is doing a remake ofGothicsimply because of fan requirement for it , it ’s a nice gesture that they ’re opening the flooring to feedback . Because of this , the ( very mixed ) review on the teaser ’s Steam Sir Frederick Handley Page feel much more personal in give constructive criticism , more like a conversation than usual reviews palpate . It will be interesting to see how the mostly unprecedented feedback system plays out , and whether players will be seeing moreplayable puzzle and demos likeP.T.in the future .
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