Is Spider-Man 2 Actually That Good?
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- čas přidán 3. 11. 2023
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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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#spiderman #spiderman2 #ad - Hry
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
@@castedsp1dersThat’s such an out of pocket idea but I mean, I’m not against it
@@castedsp1ders 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.
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.
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?
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
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.
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.
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 😔
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
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 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
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
8:50 - 8:55 you really just made a whole bar 😂
No
Yes. Shut up Xbox fanboy
Clearly we didnt play the same game. Was the gameplay good. Yes, but not leaps ahead of Sm1. The story and villians of Sm1 are leaps ahead of Sm2.
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
I did fall through the ground over in queens after running and jumping there, then after loading in I was clipping through a tree
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
How about reviewing the Infamous games from Sucker Punch (Sly Cooper series)?
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 💪🔥🙌
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?
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
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.
Can't wait to play this game for myself. Just waiting until Christmas.
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
Spider-Cube is very much still a thing. I played post-update and it still happened to me.
I thought it was the Toby maguire one.
Umm I'm not sure about "leaps and bounds" bruh 💀
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 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
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.
"This is something else" - Bully Maguire
If could only had a prototype 3
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
MJ straight up got pod personed and is a totally different person in the new game
Hey what happened to the patreon i want to re subscribed to it after making some cut back due some financial
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
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!!!🇯🇵
Loved your video
I mean i dont have the game but when my cousin let me play it i was actually impressed because i dont use Playstation but it was good
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!!!
Skipping this game didn't really dig the first one and 1.5 didn't change my mind
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.
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.
Lol Spidah Man
Is that a Canadian accent?
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
Dude you want content, Do a review of all of the 3d Spidey games
So, since you're big on reviewing big games this year, how about Baldur's Gate 3?
What a great movie! You can even press buttons sometimes!
Is a game
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.
In your video about TLOU 2 I actually heard your opinion and was able to understand it.
But paycheck is not an opinion, so there is just nothing to understand here.
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
Wow i guess it's true what Ranton says. Don't trust reviewers that accept review copies
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
Yes
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.
Well I at first wanted to avoid spoilers but since I’ve heard this game has problems I don’t wanna deal with spoilers are irrelevant to me
I think the main plot was okay but it needed a longer span of time for the symbiote to take over Peter, it was way too quick from when it put the symbiote on to becoming 'evil' peter. I would also say I feel Miles plot with Mr Negative was very thin and felt more it was cropped in there than be a fully fleshed out plot. I feel like the Story might have been better staying focused on Peter in this game, since the whole symbiote suit needed more time to mature in terms plot. A lot of missed potential, Miles story felt tacked on. Which makes me think Miles and Peter need separate games so each can have their story fully fleshed out.
I think Venom was in the universe too early, should have been a final of series villain from how he is power scaled in this version, I think Green Goblin should have come first then Venom, I also feel that Harry should not have been Venom or been him for long an Eddie Brook would have been better.
Too many silly mini games, And once again MJ takes you out of playing as Spider-Man.
Also Miles should have had a plot dealing with Prowler not Mr Negative, Mr Negative stinks in my opinion, I found him boring as a villain.
I think it's an interesting take that their leaving Green Goblin for last if this is a trilogy.
Agree on the black suit it feels like it's missing a step on Peter's fall from grace.
Miles also went from being obsessed to letting go with Li way to easily. He easily has the most disappointing middle point of his arc this game. Because I thought it was interesting that I thought they were going to have the evolved venom powers be corrupting on Miles as a parallel with the black suit. With Miles learning to "balance' his two sets of energies to be a better Spider-Man.
If Venom wasn't so over powered in this game and more to scale of what he normally is I would not mind Green Goblin being the main villain for the third and likely final game. Problem is though it's going to be very hard to top Venom who nearly turned the world into Symbiotes.
The game did miss a lot of potential honestly, many some other less useful stories and missions should have cut to allow the main stories of the Two Spider-men to actually be given the room they need.@@hurdco7
@@Historyfan476ADthere is nothing bad about it. Marvel's Spider Man 2 is better then the first 2 games in many ways. Story and gameplay is amazing. Also side missions aren't important because quality over quantity
@@Shahriyararin63 I explained why I think the plot needs a lot more work. Many of the side missions are boring or suck, Miles helping a couple get together, when meanwhile in the city crime is rampant and super villains are active like Kraven and his goons.
@@Historyfan476AD again it's better then the first 2 games especially when it comes to story. The story is already amazing and it perfectly utilizes Peter and Miles as they both have their separate storylines. Side missions aren't important because quality over quantity. So there is no point of criticising the side quests because they are optional
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.
It’s the exact same game as the first with a new story. Not enough evolution/innovation
Welcome to a sequel bud
Personally, I really want new game plus to release as soon as possible so I can power through the story over and over again without having to worry about upgrading so much stuff to keep the enemies from destroying my ass
yes
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 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
Whatever marvel game has venom in it i hope they have Tony todd voice him again loved his performance
Not playing but cool video.
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.
it’s not better than the first in my opinion but it’s still fuckin amazing
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!
I like that we can use ps5 controller like a wimote and this game is awesome. It was the best experience ever
I like it, does that count?
So does he like it or not? Dont want to get spoiled
Yeah he does
Yes. Scratch that, HELL YES.
Was anyone else bored with this game? Sure, it looked great. The opening WAS fun, but I just felt like it wasn’t fun? I wasn’t as emotionally invested as I was with 2018. Anyway, cheers for getting PS to offer a copy. It’s been fun to re-watch these videos.
The review code kinda fenced you in huh, J? 👀
I like the amazing Spider-Man 1 costume more to be honest
It’s really good but it’s not a “perfect masterpiece”. The story is tremendous, barring a few odd choices (Silk? REALLY?). But the web swinging is a massive disappointment, especially after five years of waiting, I was expecting a much bigger evolution of mechanics. And besides that, it’s seriously unoriginal. It’s taking mechanics thought up by previous developers, and cramming them all into one (really well put together) package. E.g. wing suit from Just Cause 3, suit damage and point launching and slow mo and R2 parkour from Benox’s TASM games and so on. Overall, good game, not enough improvements.
I’m guessing you had swing assistance on 10
@@SSJ_Lang On zero. Didn’t help any, for example when you swing too close to the ground, Spidey should run along it while still holding on to the web. Or skid his arm along the pavement. Instead, he just lands killing all momentum. Horrendous.
@@DarkDekicDukathere are plenty of improvements. There is a swing assistant setting. Just lower that. The web swinging is perfect because it's realistic and makes you feel like Spider Man. Nothing about it is disappointing because Insomniac never disappoints
@@Shahriyararin63 Ok fanboy. Go play Spider-Man 2 on PS2 and then you'll see what real web swinging is like. From a 19 year old game. Fyi, swing assist was on 0 for me, and it really wasn't an improvement.
@@DarkDekicDuka I played Spider Man 2 movie game, and definitely Insomniac is better. There is nothing about Activision Spider Man games got right that Insomniac didn't. Insomniac blew all of them out of the water. I am not fanboying. I am stating the truth not you.
Thank god I had time today to finally fully complete the game today! Now I can sit back and watch another great review here. 😌
i really feel like the only person who was a little let down with this. i thought spider-man 1 had a lot more going for it and even miles was a bigger improvement imo. 70$ for this sp2 had me feeling a little let down.
You're not there are definitely some others who were let down by it. Personally I enjoyed the game a lot but I respect your opinion.
Disagree but I guess
I can kinda see where you’re coming from there are some elements that I miss form the previous two entries and the fact there’s nothing to do after to beat the story and have to wait two months for more features from the previous two games just sucks
@@alexanderenyioma1754 what is even the point of your comment. adding “i guess” adds nothing to the conversation dawg either say something of value or comment individually that you liked it 💀
You really gonna come on here and lie to us? Wack.
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
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.
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!
Id give the game a 8.5/10. These spiderman games are a tad too auto pilot and too easy. Died 3 times in spectacular. 1 time in ultimate. Spider-Man 2 also makes swinging too simple and the mechanics of what you can do are limited imo compared to say spiderman 2 2004. They even break the rules of swinging into NOTHING. Where a 2004 game could nail swing physics 10 times better. Web clip through walls, you swing and grab onto nothing in ANTARTICA. I get the game is good. But boy i sure wish turning assist swing actually changed the physics. Almost no web atracks. Just gadgets. Remember spiderman 1 2001 where you can use web gloves? Web shield? Web bombs? Or spiderman 2 where yoi can web up 5 dudes and swing em all the same time or hang guys up on a street light? That lack of web depth to me just makes spidey feel way more like inspector gadget rather than spiderman. Webs are literally r1 and yank them or yank too. 10 gadgets for fights then 4 powers... its too damn much imo and makes the fighting a breeze
Change it to 9.5/10 because it's better then 8.5/10. Everyone gave it 9.5-10/10.
Insomniac web swinging is perfect and it's realistic that it makes you feel like Spider Man unlike the Spider Man 2 movie game. There is nothing that Activision Spider Man games got right that Insomniac didn't
@@Shahriyararin63 Actually insomniac spiderman has moments where you web to nothing buddy. Try it yourself when you are in antartica for a second go ahead and swing around lol. Same with sandman hell you can even see it in this review. First sandman fight you are in the middle of the city with no buildings just webbing air AFTER they introduced the web wing suit. That kind of stuff may fly for you but i remember when 2001 spiderman came out and EVERYONE wished he would actually web to things. Then 2004 spidey came out and changed everything. When you use webs in 2004 spidey 2 they stay there. You can actually crawl and see the initial point of the web. Try that with new spidey 2... OLD Spidey 2 physics/webbing system is still much better than new spidey 2. Because they dont break their own rules.. They trust the player to get better and learn how to swing around the city. The mysterio mission to the statue of liberty is a PERFECT example. EVERYTHING that was from spiderman 2004 is embeded in this game so just shows how much hasnt really changed. Again what WEB attacks can you do in the new spidey 2? Its all gadgets and powers. Spiderman 2 2004 can do waaaaaaaaaay more with web abilities. Also the web swinging in this game is fake. Again try it yourself hold a web around a corner of a building and watch it clip through. SPIDERMAN 2004 does not DO THAT. And if you want proof check out my review of it.
New spiderman 2 breaks its own rules and physics to make spiderman feel great and that is cool for some. But i dont enjoy the web swinging from a mechanical aspect of actually playing. Most of spidermans moves are auto pilot and id argue while it looks cool it becomes incredibly dull the further the game is released.
IDC what anyone rated a game. I go by my OWN opinion. The game is a 8.5 at BEST. Game was EASY as hell, no enemies force you to change up your combat, some questionable story moments like harry and peter doing "science" in a lab, but they are clearly in the office part just knocking a marker off the table and breaking stuff? Game has flaws and thats cool if you choose to ignore them cause you love the game or whatever. But to say that new spidey does everything better than old spiderman 2 is just incorrect lol. For crying out loud in old spidey 2 i could web up five ppl and swing them all around at the same time LIKE SPIDERMAN. Now new spidey you just pop a lame gadget that pulls everyone together and web em all to the ground... RIVETING.
@@bakih20 no, change that to 9.5/10. I am stating the truth, not you.
- the game is not really easy because it's challenging compared to the first 2 games.
- combat has been improved and there is enemy varieties.
- The game has minor flaws but nobody cares.
- new Spider Man 2 is better then 2004 in every ways. That's not incorrect
- the gadgets are good. There is nothing wrong with it.
Insomniac never disappoints. Everything about Insomniac is better then the Activision Spider Man games. Plus it's better then the first 2 games. No, I ain't reading your essay. Try summarizing then it will be better.
Nah you clearly just riding. Reading must be hard i get it.. @@Shahriyararin63
Bruh spiderman 2 is easy... if you struggled then thats on you lol that game is so basic when it comes to combat. I literally died 3 times the whole game and it was all during venom boss fight. Ive died NO times in ultimate difficulty and am not upgrading anything lol game is literally for babies. Even on the hardest diff. @@Shahriyararin63
(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.
That Title scared the shit outa me and I was expecting you to rip into it lmao
He can’t rip into something he didn’t waste money on.
It’s weird how he liked this but not sonic frontiers, lmao
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.
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.
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@@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.
Quick answer yes
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 is probably marvels deterent against the Arkham series.
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.
It really isn't it feels a bit hallow like God of war ragnarok unfortunately costing to much for so little
Short answer: it is good but not THAT good. Familiar and comfortable after the previous game, and looking better than ever. But doesn't break new ground. Story isn't quite at the level of 2018 game either.
I love the game but honestly and it hurts me to say this. It just isn't that good for game of the year. Main story is plain and mainly just Peter and side content is mainly just miles and other then Mr negative it doesn't really flesh out the villains. They were just kinda "there". Content just felt lacking and a collectaphon. I preferred miles over Peter for combat for most of the game cuz I liked miles venom abilities then peters which imo spider arms just sucks. More so cuz u get the symbiote so late and not for that long. And tbf miles new abilities just plain sucked. But combat itself is easy anyway. And the whole "woke" stuff in the game is actually suffocating. And overall the game is just plain quick. Not worth the money imo. I loved the game but I'm just disappointed with it.
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.
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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