After I'd finished the main story of this, I was convinced I'd scored it correctly at a 4/5 stars, genuinely loving what I'd experienced (with a few 'oh, that coulda been done differently) moments - having just done everything in the game I had to come to the realisation that it just is fine (but still good).
Now, it does absolutely improve on everything gameplay wise from the first - the webwings are 10/10 absolutely never stop using, the combat taken from the improvements they did in Miles Morales, the upgrading of the suit tech 10/10 all of it, really good, and graphically, it's a huge step up.
BUT. that all came at a cost whilst juggling the two spider-men. The content. where is it? the story is short (now, I really don't hate a short story - I have things to do, games to play, etc.) but from a big title like this, I expect more than 15 hours. Failing that, I expect a heap of side content for me to do afterwards, which, there just isn't. You end up having done the main story just flying around the same city from two previous games, with a lil extra on the side (a big extra, I know, it's just still very same-y) that has just nothing going for it really.
There's also a criminal under-usage of side characters and/or sequel baiting (/or DLC baiting) side missions with said characters that after completion made me go ??? is that it??? that's all that character gets???
I get that this review absolutely sounds like I should be rating it 2/5 or 3/5 at a push, but I do think there's a heap of positives in there that make up for its short comings, I just know everyone else has already said all of them.
Now, it does absolutely improve on everything gameplay wise from the first - the webwings are 10/10 absolutely never stop using, the combat taken from the improvements they did in Miles Morales, the upgrading of the suit tech 10/10 all of it, really good, and graphically, it's a huge step up.
BUT. that all came at a cost whilst juggling the two spider-men. The content. where is it? the story is short (now, I really don't hate a short story - I have things to do, games to play, etc.) but from a big title like this, I expect more than 15 hours. Failing that, I expect a heap of side content for me to do afterwards, which, there just isn't. You end up having done the main story just flying around the same city from two previous games, with a lil extra on the side (a big extra, I know, it's just still very same-y) that has just nothing going for it really.
There's also a criminal under-usage of side characters and/or sequel baiting (/or DLC baiting) side missions with said characters that after completion made me go ??? is that it??? that's all that character gets???
I get that this review absolutely sounds like I should be rating it 2/5 or 3/5 at a push, but I do think there's a heap of positives in there that make up for its short comings, I just know everyone else has already said all of them.