The remake of the classic RPG game "Gothic" developed by Alkimia Interactive and published by THQ has caused quite a stir on social media recently.Although the game has not yet been released and has been postponed to the first quarter of 2026, fans found that "Gothic: Remastered" has harmonized the NPC costumes. The NPCs who originally wore cool clothes were replaced with a lot of fabrics, and the NPCs also lost their original very classic hair design. As a result, the NPCs in the remake were featureless and even uglified, losing the classic temperament of the original game.

However, if a player criticizes the game in the Steam forum for becoming "woke", the forum moderators will clean up the critical comments on the Steam forum.If you indicate that you don't like the changes to the character design and don't want to support this censorship, the moderators will lock the post or even delete it outright in some cases.What they call "malicious hostility" is really just criticism from players.

This caused a lot of criticism on social media. Many players were disgusted by "Gothic: Remastered" for disrespecting the original version and maliciously vilifying female NPCs, and boycotted the game.

In fact, Capcom's "Dead Rising: Deluxe Remastered Edition", released in September 2024, has already proven with actions that this behavior is doomed to fail. At that time, "Dead Rising: Deluxe Remastered Edition" also carried out a lot of harmonization of NPCs.

On social media, a large number of players are confused and dissatisfied with the approach of "Gothic: Remastered":