There are so many points that need to be addressed here: The hate-boner for ND after the Last of Us II controversy; The pricing, especially in light of the not-so-great differences...
The one that I have a real issue with, is how evasive and "ambiguous" ND statements have been about the improvements, creating a void that people have filled up with their own expectations. This is a noobie's mistake, honestly: That Jason guy leaked the title more than a year ago, so why the secrecy? Not for a sequel or an original IP, mind you...Not even for a reimagining...but for a simple update of an existing title. They should have released footage way before the internet adopted the prevailing narratives. Instead, they decided for a drip feed info strategy...