Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 63/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| IGN | 7.5/10 |
Initial reviews of Arcania have been mixed or average, with a Metacritic average of 63 (based on 25 critics) for the PC version. While the game was praised for its graphics and production values, it was criticized heavily for doing away with many elements of previous Gothic installments in order to make the game friendlier to casual players and failing to meet expectations of the series' fans.
GameSpot awarded it 5.0 out of ten and wrote: "Arcania has been dumbed down into a generic action role-playing game, so it isn't a Gothic game in anything but its subtitle."
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