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Shaunodon on 14 June 2020
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twintail said:
Shaunodon said:

Sorry for the confusion, but if you've been following the news articles there's been a lot of that from the get-go with this title. I still see a shocking amount of people refer to it as Spider-Man 2 or a sequel. I did my best to cover all the bases when describing it.

Going by this article, It was offered as part of the U4 DLC pass, and most sites I've seen refer to Lost Legacy as an expansion, so I'd assume Miles Morales is the same.

Sure, if we are talking about this game then yeah it will be like Lost Legacy, First Light. But it won't be for PS4 owners since it appears to be running on an enhanced engine designed to take account of the PS5 architecture. 

Though I imagine there will be a Spider-Man re-release for PS5 that combines both the original game, the DLC an this expansion into a single package. 

You're welcome to go through this whole article and comments, but I'm not sure if it'll help or increase the confusion. Crux of the issue, and likely what @hinch is so angsty about, is they don't want the word 'expansion' associated with this release. Problem is, they also keep comparing it to Lost Legacy, which along with First Light are universally considered (by consensus) stand-alone expansions. If you read the bio for Lost Legacy, it even mentions it was originally designed as a direct expansion, and they later converted it into a stand-alone. There's speculation this game was likely the same.

The only reason this matters is marketing, and it's stupid, because now it just has everyone tying themselves in knots. Seeing as they lead everyone into believing this was a sequel to begin with, this stuff doesn't help.

As for being on a new engine, only reference was the original Sony rep talking about enhancements to the engine for use with PS5. It'd be a big deal to move to a whole new engine, so seems unlikely.

And yeah, a complete re-release with the original game and all extra content would be nice for people who buy outside year one. If I ever get a PS5, I'd likely pick that up.

Edit: I also don't want to derail the thread, so I've said enough.