I know where you're coming from, trust me. I was looking forward to this game so much because I though it would be Sony's epic revival of Crash in HD, and he's nowhere to be seen. He's also the character that most people think of first when they think of mascots for Sony (moreso than Kratos and Sackboy, who are the current mascots for this generation). Having him omitted (along with many other iconic characters on Playstation, but Crash was the most popular and the most requested character for this game) is just as messed up and wrong as omitting Mega Man in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

...I still want to try out the game at least and see what Sony's take on free-for-all fighting games is like. Sure, the characters aren't as iconic as Nintendo, Capcom, or Sega's, but I always find it fun playing games with characters from different universes crossing over and interacting, even if I'm not familiar with them. It's actually thanks to Smash Bros. and the characters I were unfamiliar with that I got into game series like Fire Emblem, F-Zero, Earthbound/Mother, and Star Fox.

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...aaand, I'm still incredibly disappointed in the character rooster and won't be getting the game for that reason.

I can understand KOS-MOS not being in the game, but the lack of Crash and Soul Reaver characters is just stupid.

...I also dislike the idea of DLC characters for this kind of game tbh.
I haven't actually heard of Soul Reaver until I saw a few request for characters from it for this game.

I completely agree with Crash, though. Most people blame Activision for Crash not being in, due to them being the current owners of them now. Universal owned Crash, they ended up being fused with Vivendi Games/Vicarious Visions, then Activision bought the rights to those companies. At least, that's how I think it went.

I find it interesting that you're against DLC for this game, especially since quite a few people complained that Super Smash Bros. Brawl didn't have any DLC characters (though that's technically impossible due to the Wii's Flash based memory). I'm interested in hearing your reasoning why. I get personally preferring all characters being available in the game day one since it's more of a complete package that way and it doesn't feel like an incomplete product is being released, but the way they're releasing DLC for this game is hardly as bad as what other companies do (especially the free for first two weeks part and it not being on-disc DLC).