Square Enix PK announcements Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron is Back! (+ new Life is Strange )

Now there is a scandal around the NieR:Automata.
Read on and realize that SQUARE ENIX is one of the worst game publishers of all time.

Dont forget The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
if you havent already played it :)

Not really nessercary to play before. But its free, fun and have a slight involvement from the second game.

Despite my computer dying before I could make it more than 2/5ths through, and the game quickly getting bundled, I hadn't regretted pre-purchasing the first Life is Strange (after all, like you, I loved it).. until this very moment. Nothing scammier than a publisher forcing/encouraging a repeat purchase, and nothing to make you regret an early purchase quite like it.

As others have noted, there's some justification if what is offered bears a meaningful difference and is presented after a significant period of time- for example, there's not really any pushback against the Black Isle or Age of Empires remasters/enhanced editions or definition edition remakes at all (well, other than how abysmal the handling of the AoE DE games has been, perhaps). But popping it out this soon in, and with seemingly incredibly minor changes..

Besides, then there's the consideration of how absolutely terrible the hair and facial expressions are in the trailer for the new game are, when compared to modern AAA standards for such (which is what the price tag for the game is clearly indicating it's intending to compete against). In fact, it's lacking also just against the first game (which, in fairness, avoided issues by not even really trying to match mouth movements to words :P), given that it looks like the characters in the new game are talking with their teeth, not with their mouthes or face. [Real uncanny valley vibe there..]

With that in mind, I just CANNOT imagine any of the changes in the remastered versions were at all worth considering- after all, at most we can hope for some better lighting and them not carrying over the terrible facial animations from the new game? In fact, maybe I should grab the non-remastered Before the Storm while I still can.. No telling if they'll keep it up post-remaster release..

Good grief..

I will wait for a 100% discount.

New Animation and better graphics uhhhhh :D

No, that's pretty normal- take the Skyrim Special Edition, just 4 years after the original game release.
The issue here is that the quality of the remaster seems dubious thus far, with what little info we have to work with and, moreover, unlike the trend of other remasters we've seen with that small of a timegap*, there's no word thus far on previous owners getting the remastered versions at discount or for free.

* And again, there've been many that've bumped up against half a decade or less- ranging from Bioshock 2 [6 years] to Darksiders 2 [3 years], nevermind the just 2 year gap State of Decay had on its Year One Survival Edition remaster.

Basically, it's not that publishers aren't supposed to remaster that rapidly, but that the minimal changes associated with such a brief delay mean that consumers expect that they'll be gouged less (for what some developers will actually offer as a free update to begin with).

Silly carlica..
It's not just a cash grab- it's a Big Publisher Cash Grab™.
Just you wait, the next announcement'll involve cosmetic lootboxes. >.>

But seriously, this is disappointing on so many levels, starting from the poor treatment of past customers and ending with how lacking the animation quality for the new game is. Bleh. :(

Hell yeah! :)

Top of the wishlist it goes!