Hmm, interesting to have been pointed to this thread and skim over it. I have to disclose: I am not âone of you guys,â i.e., the early adopters or Kickstarter backers who breathed the project to life. I first learned of the game as a result of a Steam âDiscovery queueâ (or whatever they call them, basically they got some algorithms that look at the games you play and liked and then suggest some stuff to you . . .). This was, I dunno, a year maybe before it actually released? Maybe only 6 months. I put it on my Wishlist and when it came out last year, I had a look at the online scuttle butt and it sounded terrible, so I took it out of my sphere of interest.
Then a month or so ago, Youtube (amazing how these 3rd parties play such a critical role in âmarketingâ these days eh!?), or to be more specific âYoutubeâs suggestions algorithmsâ put a video on my right hand âsuggestedâ column with something like âUltimate Kingdom Come Deliverance Review . . .â lessee if I can find the video . . .
Yep, that is it. THAT video sold the game to me!
So I went on Steam store, noticed I could get the âultimateâ pack, which included everything (all existing DLC) for a discount and dived in head first.
All this to say: for me, âFrom the Ashesâ is: (a) a seamless part of the overall game at this point, for which I paid . . . maybe $4 or $5? I have no idea what it retailed for at the âhook the early adoptersâ phase of marketing . . . Not trying to be mean here, seriously . . . (b) After ~200 hours of play, I have only now gotten to the point where I discovered Pribislavitz, much less clear it, and get to the point where From the ashes comes into play.
As such, Iâm in no position to respond to the survey, and even if I were, Iâm coming at it from a different perspective than you guys, who bought it fresh off the presses, after having been engaged with the game from the beginning and having âfinishedâ the game probably and been wanting something to extend the game experience.
Nothing Iâve said is meant to invalidate anything anyone else has said or to generate argument or contumely, but merely to point out: the market is a highly segmented thing.