Is Spider-Man 2 Actually That Good?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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The long awaited sequel to Marvel's Spider-Man is here after five years, and now that it has been a few weeks, I figured I'd give my brief thoughts on this game. Is it actually as good as they say? Well, watch and find out!
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The opening is right out of a God of war opening. Huge boss to teach you controls.
At the end of the game, when you’re fighting the symbiotes I could’ve sworn that when defeated they sounded like the Chimera from Resistance. Even if it’s coincidental I like to think it’s Insomniac giving a slight nod to one of their franchises.
We need a ratchet and clank sonic crossover
@@100_funsshattaThat’s such an out of pocket idea but I mean, I’m not against it
@@100_funsshatta Eggman trying to pilot Nefarious
I would totally go for modern day cross-over game where Spider-Men and the descendant of Joe Capelli would team up against the invasion of Chimera.
Personally, I couldn't take Venom seriously once the third act kicked in. His whole "heal the world" shtick is tiresome and cliché. Was it so hard to just have the classic Spider-Man vs Venom showdown instead of throwing everything at a wall and seeing what stuck?
I could seriously just websling around the city for hours. This game is so good. The graphics and animation are beautiful, the characters and story are great, and the controls are so smooth.
I love the swinging
Could? I’ve done just that
@@graysonkrieg1422or flying
characters, especially Peter are not so great tbh
@KamilAshirov thank you. Peter is a weak ass character in this 1. Every body whoops him in this.
Venom didn’t have enough screen time.I think they might’ve removed a couple of encounters with him because the concept arts and the trailer for Spider-Man 2 made it seem like you were going to have a boss fight in the middle of the streets with cars being thrown everywhere.tony todd even said that we’d have a chase scene similar to rhino’s in miles morales.
That was a CGI trailer
@@silentghost751And it's weird to advertise something blatantly not in the game
@@drekiskrek5008most games do that. It said *not real gameplay
Stop listening to actors and voice actors about what's going to be in a game or movie. They are usually wrong and overhype you
@@BlueCheeseLucci well they’re either lying or what they said was going to happen was cut.and the former is highly unlikely unless tony Todd was a jerk who wanted to overhype fans for no reason I just don’t see any other logical explanation.
Are people really that excited playing mediocre stealth missions with Mary Jane? The A.I is so braindead.
But Spider Man outweighs MJ.
No, the only people that speak positively about those missions are the ones that are given review copies.
@@MASJYT no, it's everyone. Including post launch. Go suck my balls
Ngl the mj mission were not that big of a deal in this game you can just kinda rush through them really fast so they take up like 1% of my combined playtime so I did not mind them that much
Or they genuinely enjoyed the game @@MASJYT
Biggest criticism is that the story just tries to fit in too god damn much, which is typically more of an issue for final/third entries. First game had a very clear "core" with Peter and Otto's relationship that tethered everything else together, but the sequel struggles to find that same grounding.
Peter's relationship with Harry vs. Miles, Peter's corruption by the symbiote, Harry becoming resentful towards Peter, Miles' conflicted feelings towards Li, building up Kraven's threat...few of these things ever get the proper time to breath and so their conclusions feel like a half-baked excuse to get to the next plot beat ASAP.
This is the best sequel to a game I have ever played. Hands down. There is nothing as satisfying as wrecking hoards and hoards of enemies as symbiote Spiderman.
Same. And I played Arkham City.
But I honestly found this one a lot more fun ❤
No
Yes. Shut up Xbox fanboy
Considering this is the third Spider-Man 2 that's been released since I was a kid( 4th if you want to count Game Boy and 5th if you want to count The Amazing Spider-Man 2) I still find it funny that only one of those games let you go to the goddamn Statue of Liberty. get your shit together developers I want to swing around that statue again.
Maybe in the 3rd game they'll have a story reason for you to go to the statue of Liberty. Like how in Spider man 2 for PS2 you went there to stop mysterio turning lady Liberty into a Giant mysterio
@@Animefan-uk8pw hopefully.
My favorite mission is where spider-man helps find a senior and once he finds him both he and the senior spend a few minutes talking about the senior’s life.
I like the game but I don’t think they didn’t do enough to make the open-world unique with meaningful side content. It’s basically the exact same as the first, just faster
i actually think there's more stuff to do in the first game post story
This game is not worth 75 dollars at all
yeah, agree with this whole thread.
The side content was mostly fine but it was a step down from the first game. And there were more mission types that I didn't find fun (like the really long flying missions).
My problem was how the missions unlocked. In the first game it felt like there was more variety at a given time. In this one it seemed like almost every side quest unlocked one at a time. Meaning you can either do the same mission over and over in different locations or you can wait till others unlock. And if you wait, the game will punish you since you won't have resources to upgrade.
quick note on the bugs. I love this game but I've just experienced so many. Suits turning into debug cubes, object clipping/phasing, important NPC character models just not loading in even in cutscenes and then crashing the game when you try to reload your save. Lots of crashes, usually foreshadowed by the visual bugs.
the game is otherwise good but they go beyond funny and into game breaking territory. Hope insomniac can patch most of em soon.
It has crashes on me few times but everything else is good
I love this game but it’s ridiculous how there isn’t a new game plus at launch.
The first one didn't have NG+ at launch either.
Insomniac has said that they're going to try and get it out before year's end, right now they are focused on bug fixes.
@@SpikeStarkeyI don’t get why they can’t just include it for both games. Even Jedi survivor had new game plus and that game was broken.
most story games now have post launch ng+ though
@SpikeStarkey And then the IP Address incident happened 😔
Would've been better if the other villain deaths were included in the main story to make Kraven more threatening instead of working in the background.
You really gonna come on here and lie to us? Wack.
The stiff and uncanny looking character models, especially for Peter and MJ (seriously, they look more jank than in the ps4 game), as well as the terrible, inoffensive, bland dialogue and quips permeating every moment of gameplay, really put me off from buying this. There's no bite or snap to the dialogue, and it just never stops. It's a testament to how low standards are for writing that this game's writing (its story, I think, would be really cool if it were conveyed better) is considered acceptable.
It is pretty graphically and technically impressive, though, and the moment with Norman trying to save his son from Venom was genuinely pretty heartfelt, so I'll give them that.
Agreed with everything you said. Sadly the normies will just consume and call it GOTY
This game is by no means a masterpiece, people need to get their heads out of their asses and make up their own damn minds.
8:50 - 8:55 you really just made a whole bar 😂
the storyline in this game was so so good, I was genuinely distraught over peter losing himself to the symbiote. I didnt do any side quests or anything during that section. i made an effort to get through that part of the game as fast as possible because it felt so genuinely wrong for peter to be acting the way he was. I'm also so so glad they brought back Martin Li, he's my favorite spiderman villain by far.
I had the debug cube right as i got anti-venom, which was hilarious because it looked like the symbiote took back over peter and he just disappeared
It definitely shows you don't read comics because right after you said you don't read comics.. you immediately went to state the obvious about Kraven.. yes him being ruthless is and always has been part of his character. Also a more serious and sad venom ?? you mean... comics venom where Eddie has sad stories. Please don't act like you know what you are talking about when you clearly do not know about the characters you are talking about. If you just liked Venom and Kraven here and that's all. That's fine, even if the symbiote being pure evil is a dumb plotpoint anyway. But then don't act like yes this is a good take on the character and act like you know what you are discussing.
Not to mention, yes while you didn't get any bugs it should still be brought up as a critique.. it's still an objective flaw within the game and should be mentioned and critiqued in a review called "Is Spider-Man 2 actually that good". It reminds me of your MGS critiques being stupid with the exposition and retcons criticisms when like.. all stories do exposition and hell you're a sonic and RE fan which are two series that retcon itself all the time, game series' that does those things way worse and yet you still take them seriously, you clearly as a critic do not hold everything to the same standard and this review proves that as you bash Sonic and other games for bugs and rightfully so might I add but then don't hold Spider-Man to the same standard when it also has bugs that players keep encountering.
Wow i guess it's true what Ranton says. Don't trust reviewers that accept review copies
"This is something else" - Bully Maguire
This game is still fresh, and I'm happy to see your amazing review glad to find a funny review while also being super honest.
I'm currently playing through the game now. Couldn't me more excited to see venom in a current gen game. I've been playing spiderman games for a long time and glad to see the series still kicking. Great review 💪🔥🙌
Umm I'm not sure about "leaps and bounds" bruh 💀
I blasted through this game in like 4 days, so clearly I don't hate it. It's one of the best games I played this year and it's one of the best pieces of Spider-Man media that exists.
But holy crap this game made Starfield look polished. I have my own issues with the pacing and writing of the story, it's still great and a ton of fun but I like the first one better. But my biggest gripe was in the 32 hours it took me to 100% this game, I experienced five hard crashes, five instances of all of the background noise in New York City disappearing, one instance of enemies freezing in place and being totally unresponsive to combat, one instance of a mandatory button prompt not registering and soft locking me out of mission progress, one instance of my character model totally failing to render and instead having me jump and swing around as a little gray cube, random instances of enemies clipping through objects, crimes disappearing right as you approach them, other crimes showing up with no actual criminals to fight or activities to accomplish when you do get to them, Spider-Man constantly quipping about where did these symbiotes come from even though there aren't any there, The game not registering that I am pressing the right trigger and as such not releasing a web for me to swing on, and some really weird texture warping around characters next or the failure for anything other than their head and neck to render
It does look like they just dropped a patch yesterday so they're definitely aware of these glitches, but it is surprising to see such a major Sony first party title be released with so many of them
But again, all of that being said. Nothing was game breaking, nothing couldn't be resolved by either reloading the last checkpoint or restarting the game after a crash, and as a massive fan of the character and of the original game, this was still an absolute blast to play and I still go home and boot it up just to swing around the city. I am absolutely ecstatic for the addition of New game Plus as well as some other post game features, and then especially the DLC
Insomniac is a developer that I am confident in there ability and intention to fix these technical issues, so I'm not going to hold it against the game forever, it just sucks that that's my first impression with it
But much like the first one, I will be playing this game over and over again. There are a few other things I think it could have done better or actually does worse than the first game, but on the whole it takes what worked, cleans up a lot of it, and then make certain things way better. It's going to be hard to go back to replay that first game because it's going to feel really slow. Traversal was the best part of the first game, and it's the absolute best part of this one as well.
Yes it really does make you feel like Spider-Man... 2
I agree with the story I really was bored through half of it. Then it picked up when he got the black suit then I loved it but through half the story it was awesome this game was as good to me as even MM but that’s just me
@@kingspeech2240 Yeah it has a slow pickup. After beating it I kind of see why they did what they did pacing lies with the story, the issue is just that having all these slower character segments for a bit would probably work if they were shooting a movie, but we're playing a game and it can start to feel real stale when you immediately get a taste for how exciting this game can be and then it focuses on high school flashbacks bike riding for an entire mission lol
you got to understand that starfield is actually one of the most polished games of this year.
Like even more than baldur's gate 3 which had three years of Early access with feedback came out fairly boogie more buggy than starfield and had an issue where the game would become really sluggish and laggy and just unplayable after 2 to 3 hours.
Like if I'm being honest out of every game that came out this year starfield was the one that I ran into pretty much no bugs this year.
Like everyone clowns on Bethesda calling them bugthesda but somehow they released one of the least buggiest games this year.
@@JohnDoe-ou7mq That is not my experience with the game at all.
@@JohnDoe-ou7mq Is this opposite day?
The only thing I disagree with this review is that both Miles' and Peter's stories were handled with equal importance and that it felt well structured. One of my biggest concerns going into this game was "how the hell are they going to make Miles feel important in this HEAVILY Peter centric story" and it turned out that they DON'T. Until Peter goes on a rampage, Miles has the most boring and dull missions imaginable, while Peter is fighting alien possession, Miles is trying to save the museum and is worried about his college essay, that whole plot I found pretty dull.
I don't think his story with Li is good at all, Miles' whole quest for revenge was never ONCE implied in this universe so it came off completely out of nowhere, and the actual confrontation with Li I found quite lazy. He sends you into this mind palace where he exploits your fears, but it's the most surface level character writing like "Miles is afraid that his friends will leave him"... ok, they won't though, like none of those things was implied or setup once, he was worried about his essay the entire game and now things get suddenly SERIOUS 😳Yeah wasn't fan of Miles in this game, which is a shame cuz I think his gameplay is more fun than Peter's, but you play as him for 50% of the game and they're writing him as an afterthought. The last boss fight you have in the game is against Venom as Miles and Miles doesn't have literally ANYTHING to say to the guy because the interacted with him twice in the entire game, and one of those times through a phone call.
That is just... not good.
Gameplay for the most part is amazing, but for some reason it really wants the player to EARN IT, it really loves to waste your time, MJ segments while not nearly as bad as they were in the first game, just went from bad reactive stealth to bad active stealth. AI in these games is REALLY BAD when it comes to stealth, the games fortunately don't use stealth a lot, but in a lot of stealth segments, playing as Peter included, it's just RIDICULOUSLY easy because the enemy AI is so NPC like. None of them have any peripheral vision or hearing senses.
Even though I was fairly happy with the story aside from the Venom thing, felt a bit rushed, symbiote became evil kind of out of nowhere and Venom is NOWHERE NEAR as interesting as Ock was in the first game in my opinion, I am not really a fan of the character writing, to me Peter, Miles and MJ have like ZERO charisma, they're really dull, especially when I compare them to the dynamic Peter and MJ had in shows like 1994 or Spectacular.
I have a suspicion that Insomniac was WAY more interested in adapting Kraven than Venom, but knew that Venom is more popular. Kraven is a MUCH better villain than Venom, he legitimately had some of the hardest lines in the entire game and his boss fight is probably my favorite one because of how personal it feels. It's two agile, intelligent warriors duking it out mano on mano.
Yeah overall, I'd give a game a 7. Base gameplay is incredible, ridiculously fun and addictive, definitely way better than the first, story for the most part is serviceable, Kraven is AWESOME, Venom is kinda mid, character writing is kinda dull and stealth still sucks.
I felt that Kraven was considerably weaker than Venom narratively. He’s completely disconnected from everything and just kinda got bored one day. Honestly I think the villains with the most potential are flint and Quentin. Also, I liked the bromance between Peter and miles, and I think MJ’s relationship with Peter is fine, but the group dynamics were way off
@@buffkangaroodog I kinda like Kraven cuz of that, he's completely isolated from NY and I think that's kinda fire. My favorite Spider-Man stories were always the ones where you feel as if Peter is simply WALKING INTO the story which was already unfolding, Kraven didn't come into NY FOR Spider-Man, but for an equal, since he didn't want to have spend his entire life working, building towards something, just to have his body fail him at a relatively young age, like that's depressing af when you think about it.
I legitimately REALLY enjoyed Kraven, every scene with him was incredibly interesting and captivating, I didn't care for Kraven this much since the Last Hunt, and this definitely took some inspiration from it. My only gripe was that I simply wish there was MORE OF HIM, and when that's the only critique I have of a character, you know that they're good.
Sandman was great also, definitely one of the best bosses in the franchise, my top 5 would probably be:
1. Kraven (as Peter)
2. Vulture and Electro
3. Lizard
4. Doc Ock
5. Sandman
I think Quentin's redemption is good and I definitely enjoyed his arc, but I was kind of disappointed on his actual missions gameplay wise. Mysterio has a lot of potential to really fuck with your mind, but instead it all kind of boiled down to "beat X amount of villains to proceed"
Like what about a mission where you're surrounded by mirrors and the enemies would only be in the reflections, so you'd have to play the level while looking in the mirror, or a level where your controls are reversed or something.
I thought this game didn't do a good job with both spider-man in the story. They put to much in the this story for how long the story was
Miles story with Martin li was actually nice because it shows how much vengeance miles had for li but decided not to be to cought up on that revenge by not hurting but and not forgiving him later on.
@marquintabell5307 only thing with that was he didn't even mention li not once in his own game but I still like it
(First of all sorry for my bad english im not a native speaker)
Man I love this game but the story was so bad and the suits were ugly. RIP my boy Kaine
Its a big shame. I was firmly convinced that the story would be a masterpiece. Spider-Man 1 made me laugh, gave me goosebumps and made me cry. And Marvels Spider-Man 2?
I had no feelings about Spider-Man 2. Not even a facial expression flinched. I really tried to like the story but it just kept getting more and more absurd.
1. Black Suit. I seem to remember that the people at Insomniac said they wanted to do something special with the black suit. But I have to admit that none of this got me. Spider-Man's "dead" wasn't epic or anything. It was clear to everyone that he wasn't going to die anyway. He simply got the suit from Harry while he was about to "die". There were also no cool interactions between Black Suit Peter and Black Cat, Black Suit x Black Cat is just peak fiction. I would also have found a church scene very cool where Peter thinks about what he did so wrong. A epic shot of him. In the rain in the dark, starring at his hands while some epic ass music is playing. But no. We did have a church scene with Kraven, but it wasn't that spectacular. It was just for plot purposes. No other reason.
2. Harry Osborn I barely felt any emotions for Harry. I thought it was really nice how they explained the relationship between Peter and Harry at the beginning of the game. You could understand that they were best friends but the "death" scene of Harry was not good at all. I didn't feel any emotions. To be honest, I didn't even cared if he died or not. Miles even saved him in the end. At the end of the day it was just a reset from the first game. Harry is sick, Norman is desperate only with the difference that all the events with Venom happened. I and many others cried at Aunt May's death scene and I still cry to this day because it was so emotional. The Harry scene was not emotional at all for me.
3. Last Arc. The last Arc has a bitter aftertaste for me. I found it very epic and very over the top on the one hand. It reminded me a lot of Web of Shadows, but that's not a bad thing. I just think it's an exaggeration how we went from "A virus over NYC" to "We're going to take over the world and everyone will be a symbiote" (Regardless. Where are the other superheroes? The Avengers exist, etc. But I'm ignoring the point since it is a Spider-Man game). I think between game 1 and game 2, there could have been another game that was a danger to all of America or other continents. Harry could even have appeared in the game and we would feel a real bond with Harry, which they didn't achieve, at least for me in Marvels Spider-Man 2. Harry's "end" would be much more dramatic because we would have strong bond to know Harry better. What will it look like in the next game? Save not just the world, but the entire galaxy? What I loved so much about Spider-Man 1 was that it was a classic Spider-Man story. The story was realistic. This story was just a fanfiction from a kid, who wtachdd a Web of Shadows Anime Music Video from the 2010s.
4. Post Credit Scene 1/Norman Osborn. Osborn wanted Spider-Man to kill Venom but not Harry. He did exactly what he wanted and Osborn still gets so mad that he goes to Otto (The Otto thing makes no sense btw bc he doesnt even know Miles). I understand that Osborn is angry that his son is sick and injured again. Nevertheless, Peter and Miles did what he wanted. Everyone was ready for Harry to die, it was always mentioned how Harry would die if Venom died too but Peter still wanted to try to save Harry. He and Miles did it. Both of them saved Harry. Norman Osborn asks Otto who the Spider-Men are. I thought Norman Osborn was a smart man. Standing next to Peter is another Spider-Man with African-American hair and a specific hairstyle. Sure they didn't communicate properly, but wouldn't Norman find out in his lifetime that Peter has a friend/teacher who has the same hairstyle as Miles? Later, Mary Jane comes and holds Peter's hand. Yeah Norman didn't see it but like come on.
AND YES IMNSONIAC. WE GET IT. OSBORN WEARS GREEN LIKE HOLY WERE NOT BLIND.
5. Miles weird suit. I don't want to talk about how the suit looks like because this is about taste. But does Miles even bother to hide his identity anymore? Why are you showing your hair? You're just making it easier for people to guess who you are.
6. Post Credit Scene 2. I was so excited to see who it was. My guess was Cletus with the twist that maybe they're bringing a version of Cletus who isn't known and every viewer knows that Miles' stepfather or what he would become is a dangerous man who might be Carnage at some point and knows that Miles is Spider-Man. How interesting that would be. Instead we got Cindy Moon as a new character. Regardless of what scandals this figure caused, I think it's a shame that another Spider character is coming. I just hope they completely rewrite her story and it's not some crappy "biological love" story between her and Peter or even Miles. But in the end she might just become a new side character without spider powers. Or she even becomes a good and exciting character.
7. Peter nerf. Brother, you worked as Spider-Man for years. You look like the biggest idiot while the 17 year old can do everything. This is nlt the Peter from Spider-Man 1 that I loved.
8. Venom had thousand ways to kill Peter. He grabs his head and flies somewhere. Why aren't you doing anything? What's with this plot bs? Just end it. Why let him live and throw him away? This is just bad writing.
9. Spider-man quit. I suspected Spider-Man would give up in the end. However, I thought because MJ is pregnant and Spider-Man can't afford to die bc hes gonna have a kid. But no, he just stops.
Man this story was bad.Funnily enough, I was worried that the gameplay wouldn't have that much of a difference. The Gameplay was amazing. I loved that 10/10. My least concern was that the story would be so terrible because I saw that they could write the best Spider-Man story. I would say that the story of Marvels Spider-Man 1 is much better than all the Spider-Man films. But that was just disappointing and I was speechless at what rubbish this story was.
MJ straight up got pod personed and is a totally different person in the new game
I can only really say 2 bad things about this game. 1.) The length. For a game they're asking $70 for, this felt WAYYYY too short. I don't remember how long 2018's Spider-Man was but it felt way longer than this one. And 2.) The cosmetics. While a lot of the suits are good, about half of them are reused or derivative. Like why did we need both the new default suit and the old one when they look so damn similar the difference is negligible at best? Is there any reason they couldn't have included the old default costumes as a skin for the new ones? I'm glad the old models are here but it feels like padding
I had some minor issues with the game, like the side missions all unlock one at time so you have to choose between not upgrading and playing the same mission over and over. But my big complaint is the Kraven storyline really overstayed its welcome. It also didn't convince me that Kraven is not one of the most boring Spider-Man villains.
Still everything else I loved. And everything else about the story was great (like Miles and Mister Negative, and the Venom stuff).
If you don’t think Kraven is that much of a menace then you didn’t pay attention to your play through at all. Look up his comic book origins to have better insight. Just because some villian doesn’t have powers doesn’t mean they aren’t worthy of being a superhero’s villian. You need to realize certain things about Kravens entrance and stay. Play it again buddy
Honestly I loved Kraven's storyline. He felt like a fuckin cult leader it was great
I thought it was the Toby maguire one.
I know I’m in the minority here but I think I prefer the original game. Yes there’s some nice quality of life improvements here, and it sure does showcase what the PS5 can do. Yet I think Spider-Man 2018 is more unique and the story was more impactful.
This game is a dream come true. I loved the first game but felt there could have been improvements made to it like faster and more manual traversal, improved graphics and of course adding the iconic black suit. I’m happy to say all those features were included. I love the story for the game especially the Lizard mission, Kraven vs Spider-Man mission and the Party Infiltration mission. Those were so fun and I love how we got to see Peter using his suits powers to their fullest extent. Including Sandman and Mysterio was something I didn’t think would happen but I was glad to see them.
I think my biggest critique, beside how Miles wasn’t as involved with Harry and the symbiotes as I’d like, was that the gadgets themselves were kinda not that good. I would rather feel powerful using gadgets then have mediocre ones. I like how we don’t need to pause the action and we can just use them instantly, but I wish they were better and that Peter and Miles had different ones.
RIP impact webbing and web lines. Loved using those so much in 2018.
Watched Griffin's review first, so no way I'm buying this game.
No one cares
Here you are. You do. xd
Why would you need comics to get into a video game?
Griffin at least went into it with an open mind and liked the Sandman boss. Then he showed all the crap that makes me not want to play the game for the rest.
I don't watch Synthetic Man, but if he's dissuading people from Spider Man 2, safe to say that review's better than J's.
@chandllerburse737 No, he went into it hyped and was let down, and all of the crap in the game like forced stealth or spongey enemies or playing as MJ just appeared before him.
Skipping this game didn't really dig the first one and 1.5 didn't change my mind
How about reviewing the Infamous games from Sucker Punch (Sly Cooper series)?
I had to stop playing a lot of the side missions due to how boring they are. Like I don't care about some deaf girl Miles knows or "seeing things from the hero's perspective" I just want to play the game.
I’ve gotta say, the fast travel in this game is INCREDIBLE! Once you’ve 100% completed any district you can fast travel where ever your cursor is on the map, and my god is the transition smoooooth! This kind of fast travel is going to be hard to beat for any other free roam kind of game
It’s a nice option but to be honest- half the fun in Spider-Man games in slinging webs around flying thru the city- fast travel kinda takes that fun away but still a nice option to have
@@SwiFTDBL oh I agree 100% brother. I’m just pointing out how incredibly flawless the fast travel is. I rarely use it as well, but when I’m not in the mood for a web slinging adventure, the fast travel system will get you where you want fast. It’s also cool how if you’re already swinging, and then fast travel, you’ll be in the middle of swinging again once you arrive at your location.
If could only had a prototype 3
I had a lot of fun and you’re right I was blown away away by how good the game was with the sandman fight perfectly getting you on boarded on how to play the game but kept it fast paced! Just finished the platinum yesterday and I think I put about 40 hours in
This games was fantastic I was smiling with joy for the first two hours nonstop, but i also have some criticism.
Understood that they wanted to cut down the side content from being meaningless but the game did feel slightly lacking on that point.
I do think there should have been 1 more side quest line that involved both Spider-Men.
I've got other minor nitpicks, but the last real issue I had was that the progression of black suit. I'd like to have Miles interact with Peter a bit more to see his Mentor go from and angry and losing his patience to violently angry. Because it feels like there is a step missing from Peter fall from grace.
The only reason the side content felt shorter is: YOU DONT HAVE TO STOP 165 CRIME TO GET A 100 PERCENT!!!
it's good to see you're doing a new frontiers vid on how the games has changed for the better over the course of the year. if it's the sort of thing you would be interested in care to try Hi-Fi rush, I just completed the game on normal this past week and are going back to wrap up missing collectables before the usual difficulty playthroughs for steam achievements. the whole emphasis on doing everything to the beat of the music is great and the humour is on point. special shoutout to the second major villain Zanzo being a game version of an absolute Jojo's bizarre adventure fanboy.
I adored this game. If the potential dlc is coming I will buy it no question, which isn’t a usual choice for me in dlc outside of fighting games
100% agree. 10/10 game. Also apparently that cube bug wasn't patched because it happened to me today at the very end of my stream when I was buying all the costumes for the last trophy. It was actually hilarious webswinging around and fighting crime that way. Closing the game and restarting fixed it
Thought the ending was incredibly weak. Like oh yay MJ is starting podcast??? Peter is like...retiring from being spiderman at 26? Miles designed the worst spiderman costume ever?
He never retired though, he just taking a break and miles suit is not that bad.
@@marquintabell5307 Interpreting this ending as "Just Peter taking a break" is like interpreting the cowboy riding into the sunset as taking a short walk.
@@MASJYT so what's the problem?
@@marquintabell5307 That Peter got replaced as the developers themselves admitted.
@@MASJYT he never got replaced? Where did you even get this information.
Spider-Cube is very much still a thing. I played post-update and it still happened to me.
Never trust reviews that were given a copy of the game by the publishers, it should be obvious why
I did fall through the ground over in queens after running and jumping there, then after loading in I was clipping through a tree
Honestly a great game- and easily the best Spider-Man game I’ve played period (and I’ve played Spider-Man games going all the way back to GameCube LOL). The story was amazing and since it wasn’t anything we’ve seen before it literally felt like I was watching a new Spider-Man movie- but one that I could play and control the characters lol. Hats off to the devs foreal foreal
It’s the exact same game as the first with a new story. Not enough evolution/innovation
Welcome to a sequel bud
Forgot the "leftist agenda" rating /s
I really enjoyed the side missions on this one. There was a lot of emphasis on the small things Spider-Man does that help in a really big way. I happened to not complete the Howard mission until the very end of my playthrough, and it was the last thing I needed to 100% the game. It was very poetic, and it was such a beautiful mission to end my playthrough on. This game was the only reason I bought a PS5 a few months ago, simply in anticipation to play it at launch. It certainly lived up to the hype for me.
That mission really got me. I didn’t expect myself to get a little emotional for that.
did the same thing with the howard mission and you’re so right
For a second I thought you meant Howard the Duck.
The pigeon mission? Are you kidding?
@@MASJYT found the brain lit
Can't wait to play this game for myself. Just waiting until Christmas.
What a great movie! You can even press buttons sometimes!
The side missions are absolutely pointless, they put the woke bullshit agenda in the game. I don't need to play as miles, stop saving the city to help some dude ask another dude to the dance, seriously wtf. I don't need the rainbow shit, or BLM shit in a game where it doesn't even matter. You took venom way to far with the wing shit. You should've stuck with what worked for nearly 30 plus years and made Eddy Brock venom and Harry the green goblin. The only thing cool was going around fighting in the classic black suit. The first spiderman was better Miles Morals wasn't bad minus the minimal woke nonsense. Hope spiderman 3 or the upcoming DLC fixes this crap and add some better game time.
Dude, this is what they want. Miles was always gonna be their focus because people are retarded now and you can't even argue with people because they just call you a racist and think that's the end of it
100% agree.
It was a great experience but it dragged on a little towards the ends. If they shaved off an hour or two in the main story it would be the perfect experience for me. Also the MJ missions were a real drag. I like MJ as a character but her gameplay was really limited. I wish we instead got a mission or two as Harry as the "good" venom or hell, even MJ as Scream. It was a great time though, I don't regret my purchase.
I think you are the first person I have seen with this take. I constantly see people complain that the game felt way to short
game should’ve been like 5 hours longer bro wdym shorter 😭
honestly felt like the game was very short.
L take 💀
@@latima123ify It felt long because of the lack of enemy variety and boss battles honestly. And the boss battles we did get dragged on. Venom had like 6 or 7 phases in the end. You can't tell me you didn't get sick of fighting Kraven's goons because if you didn't I'd call you a liar.
I'm 95% a PC gamer, but bought a PS5 last month specifically for this game and it did not disappoint. Just a wonderful experience. The PS5 is truly an impressive machine.
There are so many story moments in this game that only work _because_ it's a game. MJ carrying a mortally wounded Peter out of the zoo while it explodes around them due to Harry's curb-stomp of Kraven? The symbiote _talking through your controller_ whenever you're in Symbiote Surge mode? The MJ segment with the symbiote sleep-fighting? The fight against Kraven ending with Miles stopping Peter from killing him and then transitioning into a boss fight against the guy you were just playing as? The fakeout where the camera makes it look like you're about to fight Venom, but then Norman jumps in the way and Peter gets knocked out and then you _play as Venom?_ These are only possible in a video game.
I also love how thematically rich the story is. The symbiote is such a great metaphor for mental and emotional struggles. The fights against Peter and Scream are such accurate depictions of someone with bottled-up negative feelings reaching a breaking point and lashing out. The symbiote never makes anyone think or feel something they weren't already thinking or feeling somewhere deep down, and it never makes anyone do anything they weren't already considering. During the beginning of the game, Harry is unaffected by it because there's nothing there for it to amplify. He got a second chance at life and he gets to be a superhero alongside his best friend. He's living his best life so the symbiote can't corrupt him. It's only once he has that second chance ripped away, Peter seemingly abandons him, and Norman says he's proud of Peter that his mental state deteriorates enough for him to become Venom. And with Peter, even when he no longer has the symbiote, its influence is still within him because he still hadn't dealt with the feelings that corrupted him in the first place. It's only through a metaphorical therapy session with Miles and Li going inside his mind to put those feelings to rest that he's free of the dark influence.
The themes of redemption are also incredible. Not only Li, but Sandman, Mysterio, and even Tombstone have turned over a new leaf and are just trying to live normal, honest lives. It shows, in contrast to the first game, that most people aren't all good or all evil, which ties into the symbiote storyline with Peter basically becoming a villain by the end of it. It also ties into Miles's arc about how he could easily become like Li if he didn't let go of his hatred for him. Li tells Miles that his hatred for Norman led him to do everything he did in the first game and blinded him to the fact that he was becoming another monster. Miles then chooses to end the cycle by letting go of his hatred towards Li so he doesn't go down that same road. Norman on the other hand is last seen letting his hatred for the Spider-Men and desire for revenge overtake him, and we know this will lead to him becoming a monster just like Li warned. God, the more I think about this game the more compelling it becomes.
Too many manchilds thinking this ever stood a chance for goty.
If they do make Newman The villain of the next game I wouldn’t be surprised but I do hope they do hold them back for one game more or at least half of it just build on his evilness that much more
Hard disagree. The gameplay is fun, since the original gameplay was fun and this only adds to that.
But, the story is terrible.
How is the story terrible?
Story is amazing because Insomniac never disappoints
No it isn’t
Hope your soul was worth the price of a Spider-man 2 review code.
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I personally despised the end of the game. Spoilers ahead.
When you finally kill Kraven in the game, it felt dragged out with a whole lot of nothing, and then the final boss fight was just RUSHED. I also despised the fight with Venom, it felt exactly like Odin from God of War Ragnarok. but I had so so so many bugs with Spider-Man 2.
I'd say it wasn't that dragged out kraven gets what he finnaly wanted and gets to not only die on his own terms as a warrior but he also creates the next "apex predator". Theirs also the parallels between Harry and kraven how one clings to life while the other wants nothing more to die,they're both trying to fight against their fate. I think the venom boss fight is way better just in terms of narrative and presentation this man venom lifts an entire school and football field and then gives you the hands. You also don't even get an actual w against venom even though your exploiting all of his weaknesses to the upmost ability. While Odin just screams like a little girl and goes on to just get slept by kratos,freya,and atrues 💀
Nothing is rushed or dragged out. Insomniac never disappoints. The ending is good. Shut up
Just imagine if Spiderman 3 or 4 appear here. Then it would be over. I want this series to go on forever
@chandllerburse737 I mean, they would go the same route they did for Batman Arkham. Make 4 games and that's it
I was 24 years old when Spider-Man came out in 2018 I was 25 when Spider-Man Miles Morales came out in 2020 I can't wait to get Spider-Man 2 and play it!!!🇯🇵
I wish the final battle between Kraven and Venom wasn’t so easy. I also think it would’ve been better if venom went after Kraven at his base.
Since we got venom carnage could also happen and if green goblin will appear in the future we could be getting the red goblin or king and black carnage
Guessing you haven’t 100% it yet
@@SSJ_Lang what do you mean
@@FatalGod404 Have you 100% the game?
@@SSJ_Lang I forgot but then I remembered he had carnage in the container
The review code kinda fenced you in huh, J? 👀
From what I have personally gathered... Hell yeah it is! I'll admit it has a few rough spots on the story, but damn Insomniac knocked it out again!
Probably my favorite super hero game of all time. My only “issues” are the lack of post game material and no new game plus as well as no way of changing venom powers back to black
despite the exclusion of time of day change, mission replay, and new game plus, i love this game and is how you do a sequel. its up there with batman: arkham city in my opinion. theres some story beats that i wish were a little better but overall i loved it even the surprisingly emotional side quests. insomniac delivered in my eyes
I played Spider-Man 2 myself because I pre-ordered the game and it was amazing to play, but I had to play it on October 20 while others played on October 18. I don't know why I had to play the game on that day, but either way, it didn't bother me however i played this game on the second hardest difficulty and got destroyed by all the bosses except Sandman. The one that killed me the most was the god damn Lizard and he even crashed my game because I was parrying and dodging at the same time
So what happened was, when a crush attack happened (crush attacks can't be parried or blocked, only dodged), I parried and dodged at the same time, so the game thought I was still in the parry position, but it also thought that i dodged so the game didn't know what to do so it just crashed
There were four glitches that happened to me. The first one was the cube, the second was about the Lizard, the third was about me wearing colors similar to Mr. Negative in the anti-venom suit while i was doing Sandmans last mission, and the fourth was about me having an electric aura around Peter and Miles, even by switching to different characters i still had it (and before you ask no, it wasn't Miles's lightning)
It came out on the 20th, anyone else playing it before that got it early
Whatever marvel game has venom in it i hope they have Tony todd voice him again loved his performance
I agree mostly
The game is great
I didn’t like the story making the symbiote alien that makes people mean and evil.
The symbiote wants to bond with its host
And is in love with Peter as he is a fantastic physical specimen
It was a great way to explore Peter and the darkness that was inside of him
The symbiosis the suit has is enhancing what’s already there
Not making some evil notions on its own
.....no
Yes
@@Shahriyararin63 it's called an opinion dip💩
@@lukemorris9066 it's not an opinion. It's a lie. I am saying the truth, not you
@Shahriyararin63 different ppl feel differently about things... its not the end of the world no need to wet your knickers... fanboys are so stupid 🙄
I think one of the beast seces is when norman Osborn is trying so hard he looks like he hasn't taken a shower in days
Resident Evil 4 remake to me honestly deserves game of the year! That game is perfect Spider-Man 2 while great it had some aspects I wasn’t a fan of the story kind of felt rushed in areas
Nothing is rushed because Insomniac never disappoints
@@Shahriyararin63 that’s just the way I felt still not a bad game but I feel like most companies release games not complete I mean no new game plus at release really?
@@Gamingwithahandicap but Insomniac never releases game incomplete. Insomniac complete it properly. Also New Game Plus normally doesn't get added right away after launch. Like God of War Ragnarok new game plus didn't get added right away after launch. We had to wait about 1 or 2 months after God of War Ragnarok launched. Insomniac confirmed that New Game Plus is coming before the end of this year
@@Shahriyararin63 yeah but to me that’s a bad road developer’s are going these days, again I’m not saying Spider-Man 2 is a bad game far from it I just think Resident Evil 4 remake is game of the year that game was perfect!
@@Gamingwithahandicap Insomniac is not going in any bad road. Relax. Also remakes don't really get nominated for GOTY
So, since you're big on reviewing big games this year, how about Baldur's Gate 3?
Web of Shadow's combat is still leagues above any Insominac Spiderman game. People were crying for fall damage more than wall and air combat
Web of shadows is easily has the best combat in Spider-Man and that game was rushed.
Short answer; it’s amazing, play it.
Lol this game's trash. How out of touch are the writers.
Please give me proof
Your mom is trash. The story is amazing and Insomniac never disappoints
Once he started defending and speaking positively about the MJ missions, that when I knew he was given a script
You got any tinfoil hats I can borrow?
Yall say anything
Agreed if he can listen to the M-SHE-U writing in the Scream fight and think it’s good he’s either bought or has no standards.
Anybody who doesn’t agree with the journos HAS to be wearing a tinfoil hat 🤯
LOL at all the Sony simps
This game is too damn awesome ❤💯🤩
Imagine if ppl and all of NYC knew who Spiderman was? Peter wouldnt have to worry about losing his main job or worry about paying rent and having to struggle.
Yeah but then he’d have to worry about personal retribution which is worse
@@buffkangaroodog yes I'm aware of that and thought about it but I was referring more to how it would effect Peter personally from that aspect.
To the people who are angry that harry is venom and not eddie, have you seen anything outside live action the last 20 years? Ultimate spider man (the tv show) had harry as venom, im sure there are more but i dont read comics due to my adhd making it hard to focus on text
Even if it were eddie those same people would probably call it predictable there's no winning with some people lol
@@nate.infinity That is very much the case yes
No one liked Harry as Venom in that cartoon. Granted, the concept was tainted by the show itself. Insomniac did however win me over on that idea though.
@@thekillercritic3616 i liked it, i dont remember anything except Peter failing to bonk Harry with a "metal pipe sfx"
I would make the Point that the ultimate Spider-Man is alternate universe. Eddie Brock is the first venom, shown in the comics, movies and the animated TV series before the ultimate one. Him and the symbiote bond over their hatred for Spiderman, Brock already hates him and that feeling multiplies with the symbiote, that's what partially made venom so intimidating, he wasn't just stronger and faster and didn't set off spidersense, he was obsessed with spiderman and bringing him to ruin. That whole aspect is watered down now. People can like Harry being venom but I scratch my head at some people talking down to those that preferred the original story that I have been seeing.
I bought the first game when it came out and beat it while my son was to nervous to play. On new game plus I showed him how to swing, fight and he became obsessed with it. The Miles one came out and we beat it and had a fun time. Got 2 day 1 and we were giddy on the way home cause nothing was gonna stop us as we were going to "Be greater together" He unlocked his Andrew suit and me my Tobey suit. This game was a blast, and the anticipation till this game came out was through the roof! We kept pushing each other higher and higher everytime one would lose or start the next mission of beating up goons or boss fights and we love the game for it. I can't wait for 3 and have to say that Insomniac did a fantastic job!
I will never consider a game that is instrumentalized to push forward a certain agenda to be a ,, good game"
@chandllerburse737It absolutely does, open your eyes
@@RyanJones-12345 the main story hardly pushed any agendas
@@spider-man5544listen to the dialogue during the mj scream fight and tell me it isn’t pushing an agenda. It’s obvious they have something against Peter Parker.
I dont get it
The cube glitch isn't patched out. I got it to happen last night. Although, it was a complete accident
It will get patched out. Calm down bro
@@Shahriyararin63 I wasn't upset, I was just stating that it hadn't yet. I actually thought the glitch was funny
My only negative feedback is the bugs. Because it happened multiple times and i had to reload from last check point, and about 3-4 times the game quit randomly but the autosave feature saved the day. But damn the game is so good that I don’t mind the bugs
Gameplay 9/10
Story 7/10
Story is 9.5/10. The story is better then the first 2 games. Insomniac never disappoints
@@Shahriyararin63 actually super underwhelming and disappointing
@@peterortiz1160 no, nothing is underwhelming or disappointing because Insomniac never disappoints. Insomniac and Bryan Intihar knows how to make a good game with an amazing story. They are confident and passionate about it. They really meant it when they said Marvel's Spider Man 2 is the best game they have made before launch and it paid off big time and exceeded their expectations. They really outdid themselves. 7/10 rating is inaccurate because everyone gave it 9.5-10/10. Nobody gave it 7/10. The majority says Marvel's Spider Man 2 is better then the first 2 games. Even Metacritic scores says so otherwise like Marvel's Spider Man 2 got 91 on Metacritic
@@Shahriyararin63 bro get their diccs outta your mouth
@@Shahriyararin63you are such a 🤡
It’s weird how he liked this but not sonic frontiers, lmao
The game is so damn good!!!!! I love the game. The bosses are awesome because they are what a boss fight should and would be!
My only real gripe is that the iron spider arms shouldn’t have been in the game. Not because they aren’t fun to use, but because it doesn’t fit thematically. Like how can Peter be stretched for money but still afford the resources to make the arms? Also, the symbiote powers don’t feel as impactful as they should be because, while cool, its not that much more powerful than the arms, and its just overwrites the arms anyway. Not having the arms would make Peter’s feeling of jealousy towards Miles while wearing the black suit make more sense.
Is Spider-Man 2 really that good?
No
It’s like a thousand times better
How could Sonic be so wrong!?
Yes it's really that good that's why it's so much times better
@@Shahriyararin63 I know, that’s why I said myself that “it’s like a thousand times better”
I haven't played the game yet, but I've seen the full story, and I don't think I'm particularly impressed. It's certainly better than miles morales's story, but it's completely inferior to the 1st.
In trying to cram all this spectacle, it loses a lot of the personal touch the 1st game had, and the rushed symbiote arc with peter doesn't help. It's supposed to be gradual, but peter is raving about how good it feels the moment he gets it. We don't get enough peter being a dick to his friends to MJ and Harry too. It's seriously just one good scene.
The 3rd act also feels rush, and harry's fate, while sad doesn't compare to the emotion that the final boss of SM1 and Aunt May's death had.