A truly amazing Spider-Man game and fantastic sequel.
The game starts with a phenomenal intro which showed how epic this will be and yes, epic is probably the best way to describe this game. Insomniac Games improved the gameplay in every way possible, the combat and traversal mechanics are among the best in the gaming industry. You can feel the impact of every punch and I like how they used the the new DualSense Controller, especially the adaptive triggers. The new abilities which Peter and Miles get are great. At the beginning I found Peter's abilities compared to Miles lighting abilities pretty boring and played as Miles all the time. Then Peter got his venom abilities so my playstyle changed and I thought damn Miles is pretty boring because it was such much so fun using Peter's new abilities. Yea you know what's coming, Peter lost his powers and I crawled back to Miles. At the end of the game Peter got his new anti venom powers and I was back at playing as Peter for the rest of the game. Sadly the whole stealth part of the game is not as fleshed out as in it's two predecessors. So much that I almost never used Miles power to turn invisible but I did like the web line system and it gives you the player many new options two defeat the enemies.
I love the attention to detail and that you can see the damage on suits while playing and how much easter eggs are in this game. From the letter that you from Wong about his and Dr. Strange's absence to Miguel O'Hara and Peter's connection to the recent Across the Spider-Verse movie. The most jaw dropping one was probably Cindy at the end which teased another Spider-Man or should I say Spider-Woman. I'm pretty sure she will be Silk, which is interesting because a live action show about her is currently in the works at Amazon. If we get a Spider-Man 3 or something like that, 3 version of Spider-Man would be pretty sick.
I do have to say that it took me a while until I got used to Peter's new face and how munch young he looks know and I didn't buy it when he was the teacher from Miles. Also finally they gave us some backstory on Peter, how long he has been Spider-Man and which villains he already has fought. It was pretty bold decision from Insomniac Games to end iconic characters like that and I like that it gave this story emotional depth. The friendship between Peter and Harry is great and I especially like their first quest, the one inside the school. Like so many other stuff in this game their friendship feels real and I believable them when they said they were best friends for years. Can't say that about many other games which were released the last few years.
But it feels like there is 1h missing at the end. when Harry got aggressive fast, this was one of the weaker parts of the story. It was that well written compared to how Peter gradually descents into aggression, jealousy and hatred. His whole story was pretty dark, Miles felt like a side character in middle of the game but this was also part of Peter's story and I enjoyed that. There were a few things that bothered me, the first bigger one was that many of the side quest are as repetitive as in the first game and that fact the I rescued the same dude wearing headphones every time I solved a crime, I mean poor guy. The little minor one is that there is a character called Hailey which is deaf and mute and they decided to give her a “siri” like voice when she used some sort of text to speech mechanic. I found this voice pretty annoying but most of the time she used sign language so it wasn't that big of a problem.
With Spider-Man 2 Insomniac Games solidifies these versions of Spider-Man as my favorite. The jaw-dropping set pieces , a fantastic traversal system and rewarding combat mechanics which makes even the most repetitive quests fun are reason why Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is one of the best games of this year.
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#3 in my List of Top 5 Games of 2023
The game starts with a phenomenal intro which showed how epic this will be and yes, epic is probably the best way to describe this game. Insomniac Games improved the gameplay in every way possible, the combat and traversal mechanics are among the best in the gaming industry. You can feel the impact of every punch and I like how they used the the new DualSense Controller, especially the adaptive triggers. The new abilities which Peter and Miles get are great. At the beginning I found Peter's abilities compared to Miles lighting abilities pretty boring and played as Miles all the time. Then Peter got his venom abilities so my playstyle changed and I thought damn Miles is pretty boring because it was such much so fun using Peter's new abilities. Yea you know what's coming, Peter lost his powers and I crawled back to Miles. At the end of the game Peter got his new anti venom powers and I was back at playing as Peter for the rest of the game. Sadly the whole stealth part of the game is not as fleshed out as in it's two predecessors. So much that I almost never used Miles power to turn invisible but I did like the web line system and it gives you the player many new options two defeat the enemies.
I love the attention to detail and that you can see the damage on suits while playing and how much easter eggs are in this game. From the letter that you from Wong about his and Dr. Strange's absence to Miguel O'Hara and Peter's connection to the recent Across the Spider-Verse movie. The most jaw dropping one was probably Cindy at the end which teased another Spider-Man or should I say Spider-Woman. I'm pretty sure she will be Silk, which is interesting because a live action show about her is currently in the works at Amazon. If we get a Spider-Man 3 or something like that, 3 version of Spider-Man would be pretty sick.
I do have to say that it took me a while until I got used to Peter's new face and how munch young he looks know and I didn't buy it when he was the teacher from Miles. Also finally they gave us some backstory on Peter, how long he has been Spider-Man and which villains he already has fought. It was pretty bold decision from Insomniac Games to end iconic characters like that and I like that it gave this story emotional depth. The friendship between Peter and Harry is great and I especially like their first quest, the one inside the school. Like so many other stuff in this game their friendship feels real and I believable them when they said they were best friends for years. Can't say that about many other games which were released the last few years.
But it feels like there is 1h missing at the end. when Harry got aggressive fast, this was one of the weaker parts of the story. It was that well written compared to how Peter gradually descents into aggression, jealousy and hatred. His whole story was pretty dark, Miles felt like a side character in middle of the game but this was also part of Peter's story and I enjoyed that. There were a few things that bothered me, the first bigger one was that many of the side quest are as repetitive as in the first game and that fact the I rescued the same dude wearing headphones every time I solved a crime, I mean poor guy. The little minor one is that there is a character called Hailey which is deaf and mute and they decided to give her a “siri” like voice when she used some sort of text to speech mechanic. I found this voice pretty annoying but most of the time she used sign language so it wasn't that big of a problem.
With Spider-Man 2 Insomniac Games solidifies these versions of Spider-Man as my favorite. The jaw-dropping set pieces , a fantastic traversal system and rewarding combat mechanics which makes even the most repetitive quests fun are reason why Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is one of the best games of this year.
Sony's first party games ranked
Games I finished in 2023 Ranked
#3 in my List of Top 5 Games of 2023