After a truly spectacular opening setpiece, SM2 falls into a bit of a lull. It honestly kind of lost me for a while there, as I was forced to slow walk around various locations listening to some questionable dialog and very much not Spider-Man-ing. That being said, once the plot launches in full shortly thereafter, the game recovers and hits some truly high highs. The combat is refined and smooth. The boss battles are the best in the series. The MJ missions, while still lacking a reason to exist, at least play well now--who knew that MJ apparently trains with John Wick in her free time. So while it's not perfect, it's still an absolute banger of a Spider-Man game that fans of this series will thoroughly enjoy. And let's be real: the level where you play as... well... you know... fully justifies the price of this game alone.