I think many had the OP's experience and likely most probably didn't give it a 2nd chance, face it we all have games up the yang and we just move on to something else.
DOS sold well, well those that were frustrated and left early probably aren't coming back for 2nd's.
I was one that did agree with the feedback of people wanting direction in the starting town and where to go. People were asking for a pointer, but a lot of us old-timers if you will get offended easily as if we would be stealing the game from them. There really could be an option to turn it on and off and really in the end it allows more people to enjoy the game and provide more sales, resulting in more games like this. We've all been streamlined to some point, some areas perhaps too much, but many UI designs are better than what we had.
Glad to hear you gave it a 2nd shot, once you get it down... then you want a harder game!
