I had some of this feeling too and found the game is much better in very hard difficulty as it makes all the equipment and weather reports actually useful.
I barely buy any physical media anymore. I didn't intend to be this way but I guess it's a combination of things now with cost of living crisis, new games cost more than before, digital sales are mush better and more games are given away for free with various services. Out of everything we own it is Switch games that have the most physical versions because digital prices of Nintendo games suck.
I'd consider a small fee to support the preservation program if I then received said games for free. It doesn't have to be a monthly thing but whenever they are added.
I can't think of anything else that would be worthwhile.
Personally I'm not going to buy it until some more updates are released and/or it shows significant potential. I can't shake the feeling that it is going to go the same way of something like KSP2, Payday 3 or Cities Skylines 2 where the sequel is too stripped back compared to the original and falls flat...
Edit: I love the first game so will hope for the best.
Upscaling is great for older games that don't support modern resolutions. I'm not really a fan of using it in modern games because of the blurryness you mentioned.
Regarding frame gen... Optimise your damn games! Game optimisation is becoming a lost art and now people think they should spend thousands on new hardware too keep up :(
Fishing Controller and a copy of Sega Bass Fishing for the Dreamcast was good fun.
I'm a big fan of the lightgun more though and have so many good memories. Point Blank, Die Hard Trilogy, Virtua Cop, Time Crisis, Confidential Mission, House of the Dead and even Ghost Squad and Red Steel 2 on the Wii were all so good.
A revenge story set in 1980s Japan. Shenmue was excellent but Shenmue II is just another level in every way. For me it is the perfect combination of story, open world (which I don't normally like nowadays) and fighting game. It's quite a mixture of different genres but it works so well.
For a game that is rated 18+ I've not actually had many moments where I've had to stop my kids (10+) from watching me play and they have been enjoying it with me. I'm normally quite careful but the main gameplay is just fighting creatures and puzzle solving so it's just the boss fights that give it a higher rating, well so far that's what it seems.
The story and characters are excellent and the dynamic of Kratos and Atreus is something special. Also it's a really good looking game and much better than the current gens "blurriness" that everything seems to have nowadays
You'd be surprised (or not) how many parents just don't have a clue. I hope the quote and headline but plastered everywhere though so it might get through to some.
I want to be the player when I first see or encounter stuff and not just be watching a trailer. Avoiding spoilers is a lost skill it seems nowadays with the amount of stuff they deliberately pack in to trailers.
Although it's Kojima so I will be watching, a lot :/
I had some of this feeling too and found the game is much better in very hard difficulty as it makes all the equipment and weather reports actually useful.