I enjoyed Spider-Man 2 considerably more than the first Spider-Man and only slightly more than Miles Morales. While I did have some gripes with it here and there, I think it's a really fun game with a surprisingly emotional story.
The traversal is once again top tier, and with some of the added abilities it makes this game's movement that much better. I challenged myself to never use the fast travel function in this game and I'm happy to say that I never even felt the need to - moving around this world is some of the best I've played in any video game.
The combat was fun enough, but I was a bit disappointed that it didn't really open up completely until the end of the game. There are some insane abilities that are great for crowd control but you get them in the last few hours of the story which is a bit of a bummer. The combat is fast and frenetic and it really forced me to get good with dodge and parry windows.
I think the story is where this game truly shines. This is the best story of the 3 games by a long-shot and I loved the way we were able to switch between Peter and Mile's perspectives. The boss fights were much better done this time around (although some of them definitely overstayed their welcome with a few too many multi-phase fights) and the introduction of Kraven and Venom was just awesome. I've never read the comics so I can't compare this game to those but I thought their characterization was really well done and are some of the stronger gaming antagonists I've seen in a while.
I'm glad I was able to sneak this in before the end of the year. I still have some side content to mop up but this was a really solid gaming experience. I don't think this moved the needle as much as it could've compared to its predecessors but it felt more polished in a lot of areas in comparison. Excited to see how Insomniac continues this story (and maybe connect in the Wolverine game they're working on?).
The traversal is once again top tier, and with some of the added abilities it makes this game's movement that much better. I challenged myself to never use the fast travel function in this game and I'm happy to say that I never even felt the need to - moving around this world is some of the best I've played in any video game.
The combat was fun enough, but I was a bit disappointed that it didn't really open up completely until the end of the game. There are some insane abilities that are great for crowd control but you get them in the last few hours of the story which is a bit of a bummer. The combat is fast and frenetic and it really forced me to get good with dodge and parry windows.
I think the story is where this game truly shines. This is the best story of the 3 games by a long-shot and I loved the way we were able to switch between Peter and Mile's perspectives. The boss fights were much better done this time around (although some of them definitely overstayed their welcome with a few too many multi-phase fights) and the introduction of Kraven and Venom was just awesome. I've never read the comics so I can't compare this game to those but I thought their characterization was really well done and are some of the stronger gaming antagonists I've seen in a while.
I'm glad I was able to sneak this in before the end of the year. I still have some side content to mop up but this was a really solid gaming experience. I don't think this moved the needle as much as it could've compared to its predecessors but it felt more polished in a lot of areas in comparison. Excited to see how Insomniac continues this story (and maybe connect in the Wolverine game they're working on?).