This review contains spoilers
At its core, Marvel's Spider-Man is a very captivating and, above all, extremely fun game: from the navigation using the webs, which is undoubtedly the most fun part of the game, making you feel as if you really in Spider-Man's shooes. I have yet to meet one person who would rather use fast travel than swing through the polluted skies of New York.
However, while the navigation is innovative and extremely fun, the combat leaves something to be desired. Although it is fun and satisfying, it is quite repetitive. The mechanics of hitting, dodging, shootting webs and repeat until all enemies are defeated gets repetitive very quickly. Despite the inclusion of different enemy types to add some variety, the basics remain the same, dodge more things, shoot webs at bigger enemies, hit harder at whoever is blocking, notthing new, nottthing creative. On the other hand, the available powers can add a little to the dynamics of combat. They are quite varied, including increasing damage, throwing enemies away, or trapping them in the wall. However, these powers are very situational, and are not well balanced. This, together with the long waiting times, leaves the powers more like something interesting to use at the beginning of the battle and go back to the repetitive web shooting and punching.
Boss battles are a highlight of the game. The battle against Electro, with you swinging and dodging Vulture, or the Battle of the Rhino and the Scorpion, with the two roasting each other, and the Final Fight against Octopus were all extremmely fun. The only battles that I found quite booring were the two against Li: the first was a Glorified quick time event, and the second was just a drag.
The only missions that I absolutely hated were the stealth missions with Merry Jane (the ones with Miles were actually good, especially the one against Rhino). I personally don't like it when games implement stealth missions when it's not their focus. thouse Missions are generally not verry balanced being just extremely simple, or extremely hard, which is what I felt in MJ's missions.
Overall, another problem I have with the game is its difficulty. Even playing on the hardest dificulty, the game didn't cause me any difficulties. If you get the right powers and bonuses, you no longer have any problems with combat in the game.
The story is interesting. I don't care enough about comics to know everything about spidermand and his merry man, so I knew the characters more through Cultural Osmosis. I really enjoyed adding some not-so-knowledgeable villains, like Mr Negative, or even Scorpio. But beyond that, there's nothing special, it's another Super Hero Game. I didn't start playing thinking it would be the next [[Life is Strange]] in terms of Plot, and there's nothing wrong with that. But leaving the simplicity of the Plot aside, it is well written and engaging, the emotional bits with Mj and Octavius Really hit, and despite everyting, the end got me tearing up a little
6.8/8
However, while the navigation is innovative and extremely fun, the combat leaves something to be desired. Although it is fun and satisfying, it is quite repetitive. The mechanics of hitting, dodging, shootting webs and repeat until all enemies are defeated gets repetitive very quickly. Despite the inclusion of different enemy types to add some variety, the basics remain the same, dodge more things, shoot webs at bigger enemies, hit harder at whoever is blocking, notthing new, nottthing creative. On the other hand, the available powers can add a little to the dynamics of combat. They are quite varied, including increasing damage, throwing enemies away, or trapping them in the wall. However, these powers are very situational, and are not well balanced. This, together with the long waiting times, leaves the powers more like something interesting to use at the beginning of the battle and go back to the repetitive web shooting and punching.
Boss battles are a highlight of the game. The battle against Electro, with you swinging and dodging Vulture, or the Battle of the Rhino and the Scorpion, with the two roasting each other, and the Final Fight against Octopus were all extremmely fun. The only battles that I found quite booring were the two against Li: the first was a Glorified quick time event, and the second was just a drag.
The only missions that I absolutely hated were the stealth missions with Merry Jane (the ones with Miles were actually good, especially the one against Rhino). I personally don't like it when games implement stealth missions when it's not their focus. thouse Missions are generally not verry balanced being just extremely simple, or extremely hard, which is what I felt in MJ's missions.
Overall, another problem I have with the game is its difficulty. Even playing on the hardest dificulty, the game didn't cause me any difficulties. If you get the right powers and bonuses, you no longer have any problems with combat in the game.
The story is interesting. I don't care enough about comics to know everything about spidermand and his merry man, so I knew the characters more through Cultural Osmosis. I really enjoyed adding some not-so-knowledgeable villains, like Mr Negative, or even Scorpio. But beyond that, there's nothing special, it's another Super Hero Game. I didn't start playing thinking it would be the next [[Life is Strange]] in terms of Plot, and there's nothing wrong with that. But leaving the simplicity of the Plot aside, it is well written and engaging, the emotional bits with Mj and Octavius Really hit, and despite everyting, the end got me tearing up a little
6.8/8