I hear Dragon Age 3 is on Frostbite 3.0 and Total War has unbelievable details. I sure hope they don't screw up everything else in these games just because of graphics...
Tomb Raider was about drawing in both fans of previous games and everyone else. It was Lara Croft. Movies, games, cosplay...a cult hit. It was supposed to sell big, in the publisher's eyes.
The Witcher 2 had a book and a previous game to go on. All they needed from it was to do better than the first one, so the expected numbers weren't that big.
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