Tagging @RogerRoger to share my thoughts about Spider-Man 2.
Disregarding my first disastrous hour of the game, I really enjoyed it! To say that it was completely bug-free after the first hour would be a lie though. I still encountered a fair amount of issues throughout my 27 hours of playtime. I still stand by that this is the most unpolished Insomniac game I've played. Never had any problems with the other Spider-Man games, the Ratchet & Clank games, the Resistance games and so on.
I feel like the game took a while to get going. Too many missions that didn't push the plot forward. Not to mention that I felt like I was at the end of the game and there was still around 5 more hours to go.
Those final hours were brilliant though. Playing as Symbiote Spider-Man, then Venom, then Anti-Venom Spider-Man, absolutely fantastic! I also really enjoyed MJ's final section that plays like a shooter. It made me realise that it's been a long time since I played a shooter and now I want to play one. Furthermore, playing as a darker version of Peter was awesome. I needed a cathartic outlet and I got it by playing as him. Playing as Venom was even more awesome though! He's definitely my favourite Spider-Man villain and I really hope Insomniac makes a Venom game now.
The side missions were surprisingly emotional. That mission where you helped a woman's grandpa genuinely made me teary-eyed. Or that mission where you set that guy's pigeons free was very sad. There even was a mission where you got to play as Hailey and experience what it's like to be deaf. The side content was overall a huge improvement over the first game's.
So yeah, I'd place Spider-Man 2 at the top out of the three Insomniac Spider-Man games. Very fun experience! It's far from my GOTY though. Just like with Assassin's Creed: Mirage, it didn't leave me any lasting impressions that made it stand out among the rest. However, I think this is the case especially for all games made by Insomniac. They are never anything special, they are just good games.
@LtSarge Not implying that you are saying that's a bad thing, but I would definitely take consistently good games from a developer, especially one that is a master of the technical side of games (bugs notwithstanding).
I'll forgive some of their earlier output when Sony was having them milk Ratchet & Clank to death, only to go the other extreme of late with only one per generation so far.
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As far as bugs are concerned - I only had a few on my first day (before the patch that dropped a few days later) and exactly one today towards the end - which was literally patched 30 minutes later, lol.
Zero bugs in between.
As far as bugs are concerned - I only had a few on my first day (before the patch that dropped a few days later) and exactly one today towards the end - which was literally patched 30 minutes later, lol.
Zero bugs in between.
I haven't really noticed many bugs but on a couple of occasions i had a blank loading screen and you could hear characters talking so i assume it was not planned.
@RogerRoger the only downside (and how serious this may be depends on the person) , is that it’s too short; like , really short.
a sequel would benefit it so much because it has so much potential. imagine an ultimate spider-man saga giving marvels spider-man a run for its money, id love that.
edit : forgot to mention that it felt like most of the game is chasing or racing , but if you can look past those two flaws it’s still one of the better spider-man games , i may give spider-man 2 another go over the holidays
I dont know what % i am at i have played a lot of hours and am only at the fairground i knew this would be a short (ish) game as reviewers have mentioned it so i am doing lots of side missions and just enjoying the game i am in no rush to complete it.
@Max_Headroom the fairgrounds mission was pretty badass , im not too far ahead of you , i haven’t played in about 2 weeks but that entire mission is one of the highlights of the game for me .
@Pizzamorg took me 40h to platinum
I've seen people do it in 25 but honestly, based on my own playthrough, while that's definitely possible, it seems rushed to me.
If you're not doing any of the side content, it's probably not very long though.
@Max_Headroom the fairgrounds mission was pretty badass , im not too far ahead of you , i haven’t played in about 2 weeks but that entire mission is one of the highlights of the game for me .
I am at the point of no return now in the story, I finished all the side missions, but I mostly ignored a lot of the open world busywork stuff. I am now going to try and clear as much of that until I start feeling burned out and then clear the last mission. I am about 20ish hours in according to my PS5.
Personally I haven't hated this or whatever, but I certainly haven't loved it. It is like the best bits from the first two games combined together, but somehow they are packaged in such a way, that despite being the best bits from each, they don't hit or land in quite the way they did the first time around.
It feels more imitation to me than innovation. That doesn't mean the game doesn't have some wow moments along the way, you don't get set piece moments like you do in Sony first party stuff really anywhere else, but I dunno, overall I just think the game is just a big "yeah its alright" shrug of the shoulders.
I'm looking forwards to replaying the first game again with the more simplified controls and combat mechanics, and significantly less frustrating boss battles. I am looking forwards to replaying Miles Morales to experience the weighty emotional punch that had, that feels so sorely missing here, despite best efforts to recreate a lot of those moments with new coats of paint.
Personally I haven't hated this or whatever, but I certainly haven't loved it. It is like the best bits from the first two games combined together, but somehow they are packaged in such a way, that despite being the best bits from each, they don't hit or land in quite the way they did the first time around.
I didn't play the first two but did watch a couple of videos giving a brief run through of the games so starting SM2 wasn't like jumping in at the deep end if what you are saying is correct i am glad i didn't as i am enjoying the whole SM2 experience.
Personally I haven't hated this or whatever, but I certainly haven't loved it. It is like the best bits from the first two games combined together, but somehow they are packaged in such a way, that despite being the best bits from each, they don't hit or land in quite the way they did the first time around.
I didn't play the first two but did watch a couple of videos giving a brief run through of the games so starting SM2 wasn't like jumping in at the deep end if what you are saying is correct i am glad i didn't as i am enjoying the whole SM2 experience.
Personally, I think you made a mistake starting here. Spider-Man 2 is a direct sequel to the first two games, not just another standalone story in this universe. If the emotional beats often missed for me who has been here all along, I think you'll never realise just how lost you are when huge moments land here that you have no context for in terms of their importance or significance.
Personally, I think you made a mistake starting here. Spider-Man 2 is a direct sequel to the first two games, not just another standalone story in this universe. If the emotional beats often missed for me who has been here all along, I think you'll never realise just how lost you are when huge moments land here that you have no context for in terms of their importance or significance.
When i said i watched a couple of videos giving a brief run through of the games they were 20 minutes each so i think i get what happened in the first two and as it says below they recommend you play them because they were great games but its not going to ruin SM2 if you dont!
Spider-Man 2 has its own story, skills, and suits. You have different enemies that weren’t present in previous titles, such as the Lizard. If you have some background from the comic books, you shouldn’t be too confused, even if you didn’t play the previous titles. The story doesn’t draw from a previous event and starts on its own foundation.
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