Being able to platinum or 100% a game in 25-30 hours is insane! That’s an acceptable length for a campaign but not for a platinum. The game should not be $70 and I’m not buying it until it goes on sale.
@@jingleballs9935I played Witcher 3 for 5h before quitting because it was slow and clunky, can't speak much for the game after this, but if it's like those 5h then there is a clear reason why the game is long and it's not just "hard work". In most super long games, even the ones I love like Persona 5 and in most open world games, if you take out the slow traveling, the grinding and if you increase the pace of the games in general to match that of Spider-Man and other linear games, you would get a much shorter game. I don't doubt that there is more work in Witcher 3 then Spider-Man, but I seriously doubt that it had more work put into it then God of War and TLOU2 and those games are much shorter, so it isn't work alone. To get my point across better, just think how much shorter Super Mario 64 would be if you could collect every star in one go without being booted off the level and think about the fact that this feature would require more work.
Awesome to see but probably because this game isn't absurdly long. 30 hours is pretty good. I'm sure at the end I'll want more but I'm excited either way
the game's platinum isn't that difficult on purpose to give the impression of worth it, just easy manipulation tactic and fell right for it DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2 Don't Buy This Game people so many issues in it: - Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion" - ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence - performative pandering that they can't even get right - like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel - Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days - Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl - Miles literally has no reason to exist - All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better - MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable - Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections - Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now - Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics - Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling - fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell - museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
@marcusclark1339 Marcus you're a fool man. 🤣 the game is amazing don't fall victim to fake gamers. Be a true gamer and appreciate a game when it's good
Platinum is incredibly easy in this game exactly to given the impression that it was just "so fun" so easy to manipulate DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2 Don't Buy This Game people so many issues in it: - Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion" - ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence - performative pandering that they can't even get right - like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel - Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days - Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl - Miles literally has no reason to exist - All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better - MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable - Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections - Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now - Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics - Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling - fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell - museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
nope DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2 Don't Buy This Game people so many issues in it: - Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion" - ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence - performative pandering that they can't even get right - like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel - Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days - Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl - Miles literally has no reason to exist - All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better - MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable - Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections - Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now - Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics - Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling - fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell - museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
Great work on this review. From the set, to the detailed timestamps, to the quality discussion throughout. Even the custom intro was a cool bonus. I know you guys have talked about the extra effort put into some videos, but it definitely shows and elevates the product. Game sounds great, I wonder is that a first where everyone already platinumed it at review time. Friday can't come quick enough
It's so wild to hear an opening of EVERYONE having platinumed the game and all around the roughly 30 hour mark. So refreshing and exciting! I cannot wait to play this. Kudos to you, Insomniac!
@@SquintyEyedBoabThey didn’t say the main story of this game or any game was 60 hours. They highlighted 100%ing the game. I’m tired of 60+ hour platinums. You’re in the minority on this one 🤝
@@SquintyEyedBoab You’re forgetting people who have a close connection with the series they like. If your fav thing in the world dragged on for 60-90-120 hours to the point where it affected the quality of the product you wouldn’t like that. And it would be unfair of me to tell you no one is forcing you to consume it. No one is against more content. c’mon bruh
I'm so hyped for this. I've been playing games on my PS4 Pro and on my pc which needs to be upgraded, was barely running them. I finally got a PS5 and an Oled tv. I'm so impressed with the PS5, UI is great, some fantastic quality-of-life improvements. Really feels like a big upgrade on the ps4 and Spider-Man 2 is here! going to look beautiful on my Oled. Can't wait!
Just a heads up for anyone watching, 33:30 has potential spoiler for people who do not know Venom's weaknesses. Awesome review though, has me stoked for this Friday. Its always a great to see people nerd out about the games they love.
anyone who is familiar with the spider-man IP has known venom's weaknesses for about 80 years at this point lol... also, thats not Venom. thats Peter Parker in the symbiote suit.
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2 Don't Buy This Game people so many issues in it: - Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion" - ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence - performative pandering that they can't even get right - like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel - Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days - Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl - Miles literally has no reason to exist - All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better - MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable - Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections - Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now - Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics - Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling - fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell - museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people.
Has it not been buggy as hell for anyone else?! I feel like I'm going crazy. I had to "restart from checkpoint" like 3 times just during the opening sequence. It kept getting locked up and wasn't triggering cut scenes. And an on-screen notification got stuck in a cycle of popping on then rolling off throughout a mission and even continued into subsequent cut scenes. It makes me not want to continue playing.
60 hours deep, no platinum, 100% district comp, all Side Missions done, i have 100% in suits. Im still trying to glide to the financial district lol TTP really comes down to how much u enjoy, im just looking for crimes to try out different fight skills and suit powers lol took me 9 days total, 2 kids, 1 job, 1 cat. 🎉🎉🎉 to Insomniac, GOTY nominee, probable winner.
I’m 7 minutes in and I’m beyond psyched because I feel like Tim is one of the reviewers that most resonate with me, especially with how we share a similar love for the Insomniac’s take on Spider-Man and Nintendo in general. October 20th is an worldwide Spider-Man holiday and as far as I’m concerned, we’re all Spider-Man coming midnight this Friday.
Finished the game at 2am this morning ans have to say it's an incredible experience. I 100% agree with everything tim says but sometimes the game was buggy which made me restart check points or even the part when miles gains his last ability the burtone would not respond. Apart from those few issues overall one of the ebst experiences ive had in a long time in !
Idk what they r talking about. I pre-ordered the game and i really like it, but man........... The story is rushed, disposes of characters that could have had futher use The MJ missions, the freaking MJ missions r back and bigger then ever Shes like low key john wick The side quests r what u expect,cept for 1 stand out mission that is so outta place U play as miles sorta gf Its also a short game, and its doesnt feel like theres amything for peter to do that miles can't, but things miles can that peter cant Its at best a 9, at worst 6 but in the middle u find the truth and its a 7.5 Good game nothing extraordinary especially for a PS5 exclusive thats been highly anticipated
I agree with your longer comment and also the reply. As much as I love this game the flaws are undeniable the gameplay is top notch best there is but the story the character motivations, and the lackluster side missions really distract from the overall package. The highs are some of the highest you’ll have in video games when it comes from a pure gameplay enjoyment level, but there is more to a game than just gameplay.
@marquisjohnson2081 I agree with ya on that. The gameplay is so fckn tight its y I could c someone giving the game a 9, but that story and the stupid side quests r y I could c someone giving it a 6 all in all I'm disappointed Peter parker got 1 ONE UNO idk any other way to say 1 off hand but he got 1 game is poof fck off I won't b pre ordering the next one that's for sure and ima wait to c reviews
A platinum in 30 hours of spidey fun!? I’m in! That being said I hear a lot of “more Spider-Man”stuff. I’ll finish what I’m playing now and grab it on sale. Sounds fun though..great job fellas!
Insomniac is by far Sonys best studio not putting them in S tier with all due respect to Blessing is just bonkers. Insomniac is miles better than Naughty Dog. ND is still S teir but Insomniac has way better games and more of them.
Glad to see this game delivering on all fronts, and very excited to how Insomniac adapts the Venom story. And 30 hours feels like a good spot for a game like this so it does not overstay its welcome.
I love that you can tell that insomniac actually enjoys spiderman. I know that’s weird to say, but I love watching the stories from my childhood come to life.
Is there any information if the additional skins are going to be available from the get-go? I'm asking because I've played SM1 predominantly with the OG suit as I dislike the advanced one (I squinted my eyes when I saw him in the finale of SM1 with May and MM but ok).
I LOVE this game. My only gripes are that it wasn’t longer and I still prefer the old Peter face. We made an emotional connection and they changed it for truly no reason. No one wanted it. The original face wasn’t a problem but I still love it
Or he was just expressing his honest opinion. And you could argue that others were trying not to be critical. The way that they’re changing the venom story does not sound the best, even from a conceptual point of view.
Having Platinumed Spidey over the weekend I gotta disagree that it's the perfect length. Maybe for a reviewer who has to move on to the next thing but for someone like me whose next game isn't til Feb I could have spent more time with Spidey. I liked a lot of the activities they cut like the swinging/combat challenges and the Enemy Bases. I also feel like Random Crime is a lot less interesting in this one then it was in the first game and it was the area I was most hoping they would expand. Instead there is less variety and they don't track the bonus objectives. I used to love swinging around and doing crime. They made this incredible city and traversal system and theres just nothing to do post-game. I also think the story needed more time to breath. They rush to Venom and as a result everyone's motivations are all poorly defined. It was still an amazing game and I loved my time with it.
I give this game a 4.5/5. Here’s my reason. Gameplay and traversal is seamless and phenomenal. I love the elements added to stealth via the web line however I miss the wall gadget. Pls bring that back Insomniac! I love that they added the parry system, wall thrash and getting rid of the gadget wheel. Instant quick travel is amazing!!! Wish we had more Venom. No Mary Jane!!! Hailey was boring too. Peter Parker missions was decent. Story was decent not great. Wish Kraven’s character was fleshed out more. Spider-Man could’ve had some mini fights with him.
I agree the game is phenomenal, improved on the previous games in so many ways. I disagree with Andy on the boss fights, they all felt very repetitive not just the fact that all bosses had very similar attacks, but then all had 3-4 bars and you each phase was nearly identical. Overall big fan, but didn’t enjoy the bosses and also thought there was too much combat and not enough stealth or puzzle gameplay. 👍👍
Got the platinum roughy 90 minutes after beating the story today. It’s pretty good I did have a lot of the same issues with the character models looking ugly and a fairly common issue was them not loading it at all like Kraven’s first time interacting with a member of the spider team he wasn’t there at all and same goes for Norman after a scene with Harry and Peter. Also the glitch of both spidermen just turning into white blocks and just not appearing correctly multiple times during significant story moments took me out of the experience.
the game is just bad DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2 Don't Buy This Game people so many issues in it: - Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion" - ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence - performative pandering that they can't even get right - like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel - Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days - Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl - Miles literally has no reason to exist - All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better - MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable - Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections - Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now - Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics - Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling - fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell - museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
Yeah I don't get why they keep changing the faces. I wish they just kept the original from the first game cuz now it looks like we have 3 different actors for the games.
Saying you didnt like going through and doing all the sable side stuff, but enjoyed this games side content, when its literally just the same exact thing lololol
Insomniac have released my 2 favorite PS5 games. I’m really enjoying them as a publisher, I hope they keep up this momentum because I’m excited to see them take on additional comic book properties like Wolverine.
Facts. That energy wasn't there with Zelda. The "it's more *insert game*" is so stupid and lazy, and simplified to the point of disrespect. A sequel should be more, just better. Refined, bigger etc. Which this sounds like it is
I don’t care what anyone says, I am SO happy that we’re getting games that are the perfect sweet spot of 30-40hrs. I’m so tired of 100+ hour games
Agreed. For me, anything over 60 just means I'm never going to finish it.
I like 100+ hour games when it’s done well like The Witcher 3. This game could have done that too but takes too much work I guess.
@@jingleballs9935witcher 3 is an rpg epic. Spider-man is like playing a really good action movie. Faster pacing works for it.
Being able to platinum or 100% a game in 25-30 hours is insane! That’s an acceptable length for a campaign but not for a platinum. The game should not be $70 and I’m not buying it until it goes on sale.
@@jingleballs9935I played Witcher 3 for 5h before quitting because it was slow and clunky, can't speak much for the game after this, but if it's like those 5h then there is a clear reason why the game is long and it's not just "hard work".
In most super long games, even the ones I love like Persona 5 and in most open world games, if you take out the slow traveling, the grinding and if you increase the pace of the games in general to match that of Spider-Man and other linear games, you would get a much shorter game.
I don't doubt that there is more work in Witcher 3 then Spider-Man, but I seriously doubt that it had more work put into it then God of War and TLOU2 and those games are much shorter, so it isn't work alone.
To get my point across better, just think how much shorter Super Mario 64 would be if you could collect every star in one go without being booted off the level and think about the fact that this feature would require more work.
Has Kinda Funny ever reviewed a game where everyone on the set has 100%'ed it (and Platinum'd) at the time of review?
Awesome to see but probably because this game isn't absurdly long. 30 hours is pretty good. I'm sure at the end I'll want more but I'm excited either way
the game's platinum isn't that difficult on purpose to give the impression of worth it, just easy manipulation tactic and fell right for it
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people
so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
@marcusclark1339 Marcus you're a fool man. 🤣 the game is amazing don't fall victim to fake gamers. Be a true gamer and appreciate a game when it's good
You know the game is outstanding when these folks platinumed and 100% the damn thing. HYPE BABY.
When everyone in the room has platinumed the game, you know its fuckin great.
Greatness Awaits 🎮
@@Deloreon Light the fires, Let the great hunt begin...
The game is absolutely amazing..
Has carnage been confirmed for DLC
Platinum is incredibly easy in this game exactly to given the impression that it was just "so fun" so easy to manipulate
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people
so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
15 to 20 hours for a main campaign in video games will forever be the sweet spot. Nobody can convince me otherwise.
Andy's finally a true gamer.
🤓🤓🤓
nope
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people
so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
@@marcusclark1339Seek help
Came back after finishing the game today and it’s def better than both the other Spider-Man games combined, what a banger by insomniac
Already preordered and fully downloaded. Just 4 days left, can’t wait! 💯
The aesthetic of the set is so good.
Thank you!
Great work on this review. From the set, to the detailed timestamps, to the quality discussion throughout. Even the custom intro was a cool bonus. I know you guys have talked about the extra effort put into some videos, but it definitely shows and elevates the product.
Game sounds great, I wonder is that a first where everyone already platinumed it at review time. Friday can't come quick enough
It's so wild to hear an opening of EVERYONE having platinumed the game and all around the roughly 30 hour mark. So refreshing and exciting! I cannot wait to play this. Kudos to you, Insomniac!
Nice to hear it only took 30 hours across the board to 100%. So tired of 60+ hour games.😊
What games actually take 60 hours to complete the main story? Nobody is forcing you to 100% games. 25 hours to platinum is pretty lame imo
@@SquintyEyedBoabThey didn’t say the main story of this game or any game was 60 hours. They highlighted 100%ing the game. I’m tired of 60+ hour platinums. You’re in the minority on this one 🤝
@@joshuatealeavesmy whole point is nobody is forcing people to play 60 hours lol. Sorry for wanting more content from a £70 game I guess.
@@SquintyEyedBoab Quality > Hours
@@SquintyEyedBoab You’re forgetting people who have a close connection with the series they like. If your fav thing in the world dragged on for 60-90-120 hours to the point where it affected the quality of the product you wouldn’t like that. And it would be unfair of me to tell you no one is forcing you to consume it. No one is against more content. c’mon bruh
So surreal to finally be here! Can’t wait to experience launch and all the post-game chats with this amazing crew
I'm so hyped for this. I've been playing games on my PS4 Pro and on my pc which needs to be upgraded, was barely running them. I finally got a PS5 and an Oled tv. I'm so impressed with the PS5, UI is great, some fantastic quality-of-life improvements. Really feels like a big upgrade on the ps4 and Spider-Man 2 is here! going to look beautiful on my Oled. Can't wait!
Thank you for including useful, accurate timestamps.
Congrats on Andy's first Platinum.
Thank you 🙏
@@TheAndyCortezplatinum papi
Just a heads up for anyone watching, 33:30 has potential spoiler for people who do not know Venom's weaknesses.
Awesome review though, has me stoked for this Friday. Its always a great to see people nerd out about the games they love.
anyone who is familiar with the spider-man IP has known venom's weaknesses for about 80 years at this point lol... also, thats not Venom. thats Peter Parker in the symbiote suit.
This is what I expected but hearing it from you guys and everywhere else, this is awesome, I can not freakin wait until Thursday night
Every second between now and Thursday night feels like an eternity 😂😭
almost 24 hours my brother!!!
I need to be good and wait till November/December to pick this up but it's definitely on my list. Happy to see you guys enjoyed it :D
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people
so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people.
I clicked on the video, and after 30 secs I went to pre-order it lol
I teach a a high school class in an hour. What a great way to start the day!
My only beef with the game is that it needed more Spider-Cop 😂
Here for the Immersion Fragrances shoutout!! 🥳🥳🥳
What a great intro. Please use it even after the review, more people need to see it.
Has it not been buggy as hell for anyone else?! I feel like I'm going crazy. I had to "restart from checkpoint" like 3 times just during the opening sequence. It kept getting locked up and wasn't triggering cut scenes. And an on-screen notification got stuck in a cycle of popping on then rolling off throughout a mission and even continued into subsequent cut scenes. It makes me not want to continue playing.
This Is About To Be The Best Spider-Man Game Ever❤🎉
It already is
Unsurprised to hear Blessing hates another Spider-Man game! 😂
Haha bro im so with you he has been such a negative Nancy as of lately
Bro is just always wrong talking about games in general. A lot of stuff he complains are nit picky and he’s always contradicting what he says
Y’all are wild for calling a 4/5 review “being negative”.
@@leevus_t8357 if it’s not over the top glazing, it’s automatically negative to these people.
@@WhatsBigginfactssss
Collectors edition shipped this morning. can’t wait.
Mine still hasn’t shipped😭
60 hours deep, no platinum, 100% district comp, all Side Missions done, i have 100% in suits. Im still trying to glide to the financial district lol TTP really comes down to how much u enjoy, im just looking for crimes to try out different fight skills and suit powers lol took me 9 days total, 2 kids, 1 job, 1 cat. 🎉🎉🎉 to Insomniac, GOTY nominee, probable winner.
Great conversation! Thanks team 👊🏻
I’m so happy Andy is a trophy hunter now. He’s going to know what true pain is when it’s time to platinum FF7 Rebirth 😈 in time Anderson in time
Nah definitely not a trophy hunter lol just jokes and goofs
Why does Blessing hate Miles so much?
I’m beginning understand that blessing hates everything 😂😂😂
Real Gamers. Real reviews. Real emotions.
Yeah i love theese guys too 😊
The beginning is amazing - that's how you start a game.
I’m 7 minutes in and I’m beyond psyched because I feel like Tim is one of the reviewers that most resonate with me, especially with how we share a similar love for the Insomniac’s take on Spider-Man and Nintendo in general. October 20th is an worldwide Spider-Man holiday and as far as I’m concerned, we’re all Spider-Man coming midnight this Friday.
This is my most anticipated game this year
up at 7am. Cracked open the Rockstar and just lit a joint. Let’s go KFBFs.
Wow, spiderman 1 was my first platinum as well lol
Finished the game at 2am this morning ans have to say it's an incredible experience. I 100% agree with everything tim says but sometimes the game was buggy which made me restart check points or even the part when miles gains his last ability the burtone would not respond. Apart from those few issues overall one of the ebst experiences ive had in a long time in !
Idk what they r talking about. I pre-ordered the game and i really like it, but man...........
The story is rushed, disposes of characters that could have had futher use
The MJ missions, the freaking MJ missions r back and bigger then ever
Shes like low key john wick
The side quests r what u expect,cept for 1 stand out mission that is so outta place
U play as miles sorta gf
Its also a short game, and its doesnt feel like theres amything for peter to do that miles can't, but things miles can that peter cant
Its at best a 9, at worst 6 but in the middle u find the truth and its a 7.5
Good game nothing extraordinary especially for a PS5 exclusive thats been highly anticipated
Yeah I agree. Their 'review' comes off as very fanboy and paid. I'm sure it's not, but it's comes off as that way
I agree with your longer comment and also the reply. As much as I love this game the flaws are undeniable the gameplay is top notch best there is but the story the character motivations, and the lackluster side missions really distract from the overall package. The highs are some of the highest you’ll have in video games when it comes from a pure gameplay enjoyment level, but there is more to a game than just gameplay.
@marquisjohnson2081 I agree with ya on that. The gameplay is so fckn tight its y I could c someone giving the game a 9, but that story and the stupid side quests r y I could c someone giving it a 6 all in all I'm disappointed
Peter parker got 1 ONE UNO idk any other way to say 1 off hand but he got 1 game is poof fck off
I won't b pre ordering the next one that's for sure and ima wait to c reviews
LETS GOOOOOO
Were?? Were do u want to go friend?
Crazy what I got from this is:
Spider-Man 2 rocks
What a kipup is
hey, nice Balam jacket.. are you the test pilot?
Not gonna lie, I thought Greg’s shirt had Spider-Pig on it until I realized it was flowers 💀
I wanted to know more about the parry system, surprised Andy didn't talk about it here
We’ll have to hold out for the POTY awards later this year. I’m getting my top 10 parry list ready
That intro was fire!!
Cameron Kennedy is the goat
absolutely @@TheAndyCortez
So excited. Thanks for the timestamps, Barret (?)!
A platinum in 30 hours of spidey fun!? I’m in! That being said I hear a lot of “more Spider-Man”stuff. I’ll finish what I’m playing now and grab it on sale. Sounds fun though..great job fellas!
Insomniac is by far Sonys best studio not putting them in S tier with all due respect to Blessing is just bonkers. Insomniac is miles better than Naughty Dog. ND is still S teir but Insomniac has way better games and more of them.
Glad to see this game delivering on all fronts, and very excited to how Insomniac adapts the Venom story. And 30 hours feels like a good spot for a game like this so it does not overstay its welcome.
Blessing does know there’s a whole Peter Parker side that has to be presented. Not just the Spider-Man part.
Time to kick off Spider-man hype week with this vid. Cannot wait for this game!!!
FINALLY THE TIME HAS COME!!!!
30 hour story is perfect for my life right now. But holy shit i wanted more. But I know if it was longer, I wouldn’t have finished it.
This isnt gonna be the longest 3 1/2 days at all. Glad reviews are our early for the consumers but makes me more anxious to get my hands on it.
I’m sure Tim said there wasn’t too many back packs in his spiderman 1 review but 22:00 he mentions there was too many 👀
I love that you can tell that insomniac actually enjoys spiderman. I know that’s weird to say, but I love watching the stories from my childhood come to life.
Is there any information if the additional skins are going to be available from the get-go?
I'm asking because I've played SM1 predominantly with the OG suit as I dislike the advanced one (I squinted my eyes when I saw him in the finale of SM1 with May and MM but ok).
I LOVE this game. My only gripes are that it wasn’t longer and I still prefer the old Peter face. We made an emotional connection and they changed it for truly no reason. No one wanted it. The original face wasn’t a problem but I still love it
Great review, Insomniac Games never disappoints, amazing game after amazing game, so excited to play Spider-Man 2 🕷️😊👏👏👏👏
Spider man 2 came out in 2004...😒
And now do I give it the 5/5 perfect game rating?
I cant wait wait for Friday and im off
In the black shirt Peter looks like the main character from Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift
Blessing be trying his absolute hardest to be critical here 😂
Or he was just expressing his honest opinion. And you could argue that others were trying not to be critical. The way that they’re changing the venom story does not sound the best, even from a conceptual point of view.
@@WhatsBiggin Yeah, I said that jokingly, precisely because of the discrepancy. Obviously he's expressing his opinion-what else would he be doing.
@@kybercrow a lot of people are seriously taking this take.
2023 is so loaded with Kinda Funny 5/5s DANG
The set theme looks 🔥 🔥 🔥 ❤
Thank you!
damn what’s with some of the comments here? since when was 4/5 a negative rating?
I wish you guys would cut the conversation of s-tier PlayStation studios out already. It's such a hollow conversation.
Between this and cyber punk phantom liberty I don’t know what’s going to be my personal goty 😅
All I want is just more Spider-Man that’s all it needs to be, glad to hear that’s what it is
This got me even more pumped for this game!!!
This is KFG Vol. 2, Episode 203 (Episode 455 overall)
One huge aspect that makes the game more appealing to me, is that they removed the timer on the levels.. That timer always stressed me out 😅
I cannot wait to see what you guys do with Spider-Man. Are you going to do a Spider-Man stream the way you did those epic Star Wars/Zelda streams???
This game is blowing my mind! I got the Platinum for the first two games. Gotta love Insomniac 😊 it’s a 5/5 for me.
Having Platinumed Spidey over the weekend I gotta disagree that it's the perfect length. Maybe for a reviewer who has to move on to the next thing but for someone like me whose next game isn't til Feb I could have spent more time with Spidey.
I liked a lot of the activities they cut like the swinging/combat challenges and the Enemy Bases. I also feel like Random Crime is a lot less interesting in this one then it was in the first game and it was the area I was most hoping they would expand. Instead there is less variety and they don't track the bonus objectives. I used to love swinging around and doing crime. They made this incredible city and traversal system and theres just nothing to do post-game. I also think the story needed more time to breath. They rush to Venom and as a result everyone's motivations are all poorly defined.
It was still an amazing game and I loved my time with it.
Spiderman 1 was also my first ever platinum. I played 66h to platinum it. I really love that game.
I give this game a 4.5/5. Here’s my reason. Gameplay and traversal is seamless and phenomenal. I love the elements added to stealth via the web line however I miss the wall gadget. Pls bring that back Insomniac! I love that they added the parry system, wall thrash and getting rid of the gadget wheel. Instant quick travel is amazing!!!
Wish we had more Venom. No Mary Jane!!! Hailey was boring too. Peter Parker missions was decent.
Story was decent not great. Wish Kraven’s character was fleshed out more. Spider-Man could’ve had some mini fights with him.
Greg almost gave me a heart attack XD
I thought he was also going 4/5 until he made the joke 😂
92 on Metacritic!!!
Sick intro!
Friday cannot get here quick enough!
When will we see the first hour of gameplay impression/ intro ? 5:50
i think the day it comes out? the embargo didn't want us revealing too much
Blessing just really hates Spider-man. 😂😂😂
Blessing is the goat.
WHY ISNT THIS 2 HOURS??? cant wait to hear what yall think
Because they can’t spoil anything or speak to the game’s story without it being out yet.
I agree the game is phenomenal, improved on the previous games in so many ways. I disagree with Andy on the boss fights, they all felt very repetitive not just the fact that all bosses had very similar attacks, but then all had 3-4 bars and you each phase was nearly identical. Overall big fan, but didn’t enjoy the bosses and also thought there was too much combat and not enough stealth or puzzle gameplay. 👍👍
This has become my favorite iteration of Spider Man .
So many good games but I will definitely be finding the time to play this
Take a shot everytime they say, 'right'
Garbaaaaaaage
I especially love how they created whole new languages for this game!
I shall return to this review come next monday, once i pull a full weekend of grinding and Platinuming this game.
Great intro!
30 hour platinum seems too short. I’ll be done with it in two weeks
I can't tell you how many times I was playing this game and thought "But what if it was [Prototype]?"
Got the platinum roughy 90 minutes after beating the story today. It’s pretty good I did have a lot of the same issues with the character models looking ugly and a fairly common issue was them not loading it at all like Kraven’s first time interacting with a member of the spider team he wasn’t there at all and same goes for Norman after a scene with Harry and Peter. Also the glitch of both spidermen just turning into white blocks and just not appearing correctly multiple times during significant story moments took me out of the experience.
the game is just bad
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people
so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
Yeah I don't get why they keep changing the faces. I wish they just kept the original from the first game cuz now it looks like we have 3 different actors for the games.
Yeah the continuity is all messed up lol
Great review!! though I think the new peter face is look good for me than remastered.
Saying you didnt like going through and doing all the sable side stuff, but enjoyed this games side content, when its literally just the same exact thing lololol
Insomniac have released my 2 favorite PS5 games. I’m really enjoying them as a publisher, I hope they keep up this momentum because I’m excited to see them take on additional comic book properties like Wolverine.
Is it Friday yet?
“Its more spider man” yea thats the fucking point of a SEQUEL
Facts. That energy wasn't there with Zelda. The "it's more *insert game*" is so stupid and lazy, and simplified to the point of disrespect. A sequel should be more, just better. Refined, bigger etc. Which this sounds like it is