@Jasurim: If they don't want to force you to play MP, then most likely the side missions won't take long if you don't them on MP. I hope so too, sometimes I don't want to sit waiting to get more players to play with me.
They could have done a fantastic game, space exploration and all that. But they rushed it and as it often happens these days: overhyped it, they tried to sell a product that just wasn't there. They want to fix it? Cool, but people is already gone from that game, and it's gonna need a lot more than "base-building" (for what?) to bring people back and make them trust the developer and the game again. I wouldn't, a base-building gimmick is not what makes NMS a bad game, it's the lack of meaning and the lack of substantial things to do.
@Tyson8earzz: That's seriously up to you, games look exactly the same (meaning you won't have to put extra effort to read dialogues or anything). It's up to you if you want things to look bigger or smaller.
@sellingthings: That's exactly what Rogue One is, and it has been advertised as such since it was announced, it's a prequel to Episode IV (at least we'll see Darth Vader again).
The first game was not "bad" but it was VERY mediocre, and the beginning of Ubisoft making some sort of false advertisement by showing something on E3 and trailers and releasing something completely different. It's not surprising that pre-orders are low, I'm even more surprised about the fact that somebody actually pre-ordered an Ubisoft game.
I read the complains about D3 and they are all things that are gone since like 2014. They have released A LOT of new content for free (aside from RoS expansion pack), remade a lot of things and the game feels more D2 than at its launch which I know was a complete disaster (I hated Blizzard for adding the "always online" BS, got snacks, drinks and got ready to play at 00:00am only to be frustrated at server issues). They fixed everything that was totally wrong with it, there are builds (not stat-oriented but gear-oriented), there are ways to get cool loot (which is what Diablo is about), there are things to do to make you keep playing, and so on.
New class? Cool, I'd rather have another expansion though, I'd also have loved the Druid to make a return, I never liked the Necromancer that much.
@zeeroah: WiiU was never going to be more successful, it's hard to develop for, 3rd party developers are gone from it, so it was basically making it sell more with more Marios and Zeldas, or huge price drops. You can almost understand 3rd party developers walking away since developing for the WiiU meant having to add special features just for that console that isn't even selling, it was a huge risk with very low profit, the GamePad was a huge (pun intended) mistake, the name was a huge mistake since they could never make casuals understand that WiiU was not a Wii accessory, the specs were a mistake, there was no way to get WiiU into more gamer's hands, those who wanted a WiiU have one by now, those that don't have it will never want one.
I lost faith on Square Enix since they released XIII, but this game really made me want to give them another chance, I don't see the problem on having to watch Kingsglaive or Brotherhood since both are really good and entertaining, just watched Kingsglaive yesterday and I liked it a lot. I seriously hope this game has enough moments that makes us old FF fans go: YES! THIS IS A DAMN FF GAME! and enough moments that are innovative to the formula. Can't wait.
As for the all-male cast, bleh, can't care less as long as they help making the story interesting. None of them felt annoying in the demos, like with an irritating voice acting or emo-like attitude like that guy from Tales of Symphonia 2. Or the yelling kid in Last Guardian, for that matter.
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