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Gothic 4 Slapped with New Name
by Aaron Linde, May 19, 2008 1:00pm PDTThe latest installment in the Gothic series has received an updated name and is now known as Arcania: A Gothic Tale (PC, PS3, X360), GameSpot reports.
Handled this time around by Spellbound Entertainment instead of series creator Piranha Bytes, Arcania's change of name is meant to grant the Gothic franchise a fresh start in North America, where it had been comparatively unpopular than in other territories.
Additionally, the latest build of the title reveals that the North American and European versions of the title will feature different color palettes featuring bright and colorful graphics and gritty muted colors, respectively. The alternate color palettes are the result of months of research between gaming preferences in either territory.
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I wonder if the lore is related, as they're both of German origin.
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I wonder if it's just a matter of downloading a texture pack. (Making defaults one way or the other make sense to me. Not allowing the 'technically able' to make their own decision doesn't.)
Also, I wonder if 'a fresh start' is 100% of the reason, or if it gets away from the tale of the 'nameless hero' so it's really a side-story and not a continuation. That would be another good reason to not be a '4.'
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The initial screenshots had me hoping, but these news have sereiously dashed my expectations (which is probably for the best).
I for one quite enjoyed Gothic 3, it was completely bug-ridden, but the world was amazing, so much more varied and interesting that the repetitif Oblivion terrain. Being able to go from dry deserts to foggy snow peaked mountains with never any loading times was just totally immersive to me.
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Secondly, I will find and download a mod manager, and switch between the two texture sets, depending on whether I want things to be happy jolly gay(happy) time, or miserable, horrific, make me a goth time.
Who's with me!!
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Tell that to epic
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I'm a little anxious that "Arcania", "gothic" and your company name all have unwholesome imagery but one cannot expect a sick, horrific industry to entirely transform itself overnight. Again, thank you.