@Silverline62: I know, seriously. To say it's not a remaster would mean that they would throw out all the improvements when releasing this in the future, and just go right back to the Dreamcast version.

@ghost140: It's more likely that the revenue from the MTs had slowed down to the point where they felt safe to give up on them and boost the long-term sales. It's just like almost everything in the electronics business. You rip off the impulsive buyers up front, then decrease the price and let the smarter buyers have a turn.

Maybe I've become too cynical, but I don't think this was an artistic decision in any way. It looks to me like this sort of camera would be very limiting in an action/adventure game... but super convenient when making the game VR compatible.

@DevilStrider: Soul Reaver had few load times, but didn't have the camera style he's talking about. All the Legacy of Kain games were full of traditional cut scenes where the camera switches to pre-set angles like in a movie. It sounds like the camera he's describing is more like someone is following and just recording everything live with 1 camera, which worries me that this will be like Kratos meets Blair Witch Project.

@l1quid: Well according to Xbox fanboys, the beta only tested around 20% of the full game. So now at launch the servers must be unable to cope with the infinite possibilities and lush, living world that went mostly untested during the beta of the demo that happened just before suddenly releasing the full game.

@anomanderrakex: Maybe, but I doubt it. It will probably just cause a greater divide between casuals and nerds. As a nerd, I'm happy that I will be on the more affordable side.

@jpsaply: So essentially the devs don't know what a beta test is, and they were testing an alpha version of the game.

Honestly though what I expect is that the launch will be like the beta, and all the stuff you're talking about is probably planned for future updates or DLC

My 2 top improvements:

1. Don't ban players for encountering bugs you left in the game. I don't care if they still do this or not, the fact that they ever have is enough to keep me from playing.

2. Don't pay Gamespot to spam non-stop articles about your game or I will be tired of it before I even play it.

@walbo: I think you may have missed some sarcasm... It sounds like a reference to Sony's excuses about why they won't allow cross-play on other games.