Insomniac have outdone themselves here and have created probably their best first party Playstation game to date.
Spiderman 2 is everything you loved about the original Spiderman and Miles Morales games elevated to a whole new level.
The story and writing here are excellent as the prior 2 games were. The relationships, character interactions, dialogue and character arcs are some of the best in video gaming. Spiderman 2 on a story level can be compared to some of the best Spiderman movies, arguably even better than the best movies. The raw emotion in some of the cutscenes here are unmatched.
You can tell the devs at Insomniac are big fans of Spidey as the level of attention to detail and care put into both Peter and Miles' character are some of the best we've seen. There is also so much here for Spidey fans in regards to references/callbacks.
The gameplay is the same great stuff that worked in the first 2 games, now with just better animation. Swinging is even more fun with the addition of the Web wings. It honestly makes it hard to go back to prior Spidey games without the wings. Combat is more of the same too, just with a couple new gadgets and abilities.
The most impressive thing about Spiderman 2 is that it happens to be an open world game, yet every mission here has the same effort that would be put into a linear single player game like a Naughty Dog game for example. Think of a setpiece like the Plane chapter in Uncharted 3. In Spiderman 2, every single mission has some sort of setpiece that is even more impressive than that Plane chapter. And I don't just mean main story missions either. All the side content here has the same effort the team put into the main missions.
From beginning to end, Spiderman 2 presented a fresh idea at every moment and never got stale. For the whole ride I had a smile on my face.
Insomniac have now taken the mantle of Sony's star developer and I cannot wait to see what they will do with their next game, Wolverine, who also happens to be my favourite superhero.
The Spiderman game we've always dreamed of as a kid is finally here.
Spiderman 2 is everything you loved about the original Spiderman and Miles Morales games elevated to a whole new level.
The story and writing here are excellent as the prior 2 games were. The relationships, character interactions, dialogue and character arcs are some of the best in video gaming. Spiderman 2 on a story level can be compared to some of the best Spiderman movies, arguably even better than the best movies. The raw emotion in some of the cutscenes here are unmatched.
You can tell the devs at Insomniac are big fans of Spidey as the level of attention to detail and care put into both Peter and Miles' character are some of the best we've seen. There is also so much here for Spidey fans in regards to references/callbacks.
The gameplay is the same great stuff that worked in the first 2 games, now with just better animation. Swinging is even more fun with the addition of the Web wings. It honestly makes it hard to go back to prior Spidey games without the wings. Combat is more of the same too, just with a couple new gadgets and abilities.
The most impressive thing about Spiderman 2 is that it happens to be an open world game, yet every mission here has the same effort that would be put into a linear single player game like a Naughty Dog game for example. Think of a setpiece like the Plane chapter in Uncharted 3. In Spiderman 2, every single mission has some sort of setpiece that is even more impressive than that Plane chapter. And I don't just mean main story missions either. All the side content here has the same effort the team put into the main missions.
From beginning to end, Spiderman 2 presented a fresh idea at every moment and never got stale. For the whole ride I had a smile on my face.
Insomniac have now taken the mantle of Sony's star developer and I cannot wait to see what they will do with their next game, Wolverine, who also happens to be my favourite superhero.
The Spiderman game we've always dreamed of as a kid is finally here.
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