I am sceptical about the whole fuse mechanic.

You have no point, sorry.

some pc versions are horrible at release, so, they are not wasted. It's probably the better choice to play it on console at release

You can't put a price tag on playtime or enjoyment. If you do that, i still own Blizzard thousands of dollars, because i played Diablo 2 for 3 years everyday as a teen.

I like the fast gameplay. Overall the feel is great. It plays really snappy. However... it is too similar to Nioh. Characters lack combos (light, light, hard attack does nothing for me). Graphics are dated. The game has technical issues on pc.

First impression is okay, but nothing i look forward to.

Try "it takes two". You play it together and can help her. Maybe she gets interested in other games then and seeks them out on her own.

i guess most people don't understand that. That's the only explanation i have for the downvotes.

While i agree that the purchasing power of the average person has deminished, i disagree that game prices hardly increased. Many games in the triple A industry have hidden additional costs. Microtransactions, DLC, Pre order bonus etc.

For example Tekken 7. To get every character in the game and all DLC, you have to pay 120 dollar. That's long after the release of the game. If you bought it seperatly, you would have paid a lot more (every season pass is around 25 dollars on release, except the final one which costs 15). Therefore you would have paid 60 for the game and 115 for season passes which doesn't include extra stuff like frame data, Tekken bowling etc.175 dollar to get all characters. That's just one example of many.

Games have become much more expensive. You can get it cheaper by avoiding such things and only buy the "basic" versions and/or ignore microtransactions. But that's not the full games price. Hence, full game prices are a lot more expensive than before. Most just don't notice it.