The Spider-Man PS4 DLC has all been leading up to this. The first episode’s promise was slightly squandered by the second episode’s tame outing and now it’s just up to Silver Lining, the final installment, to neatly wrap up the post-release content and lay Spider-Man out to rest. Silver Lining does give the webslinger the ending he deserves but is more impressive in how it also elegantly sets up a sequel.

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This may say dlc, but it works more so as it's own expansion. roughly 8 hours to beat, about 12 to complete. The DLC boosts more interesting missions for spidey to do as well as a brand new cast of characters to go along with it. It also takes place after the main game, and while I don't think the main game is difficult, the DLC can be. Perhaps it's rust or the set of enemies they throw at you, but you'll be using all your spidey skill to disbatch the enemies quickly. The Screwball missions are probably the newest part to the gameplay featuring a photo bomb mechanic and new ways to play through mission types; thankfully you do not have to get a gold ranking on them, so with minor pratice they are easy to complete and get the trophy for it. Black Cat and Silver Sable are simply amazing in this game and really make the DLC worth the time for when they show up, but Hammerhead still leaves a lot to be desired as a villain. If you are itching for some Spider man after the PS5 trailer, this is not only a good led in to it, but a good amount of content as well.

The final chapter fumbles the landing of a largely risk-averse stunt.

With Chapter 3 focusing on Silver Sable, the plot here has a foundation to build upon this time. It's not great, but it's better than Black Cat's story in Chapter 1 or Hammerhead's introduction in Chapter 2. There's a clear motive for Sable, there's a bite-sized character arc for her, and Spider-Man feels right to tag along for the ride.

That said, there's hardly anything I found interesting with Hammerhead. His final showdown didn't pack the same robotically-enhanced punch as fights in the base game, largely because Spider-Man and Hammerhead mean very little to each other. By the end of this chapter I grew completely disinterested in the mechanized mafia theming. In the heat of fast-moving turf battles, enemies blur together as grey and white geometric blobs. And speaking of combat, I actively avoided what I could to streamline my time with this DLC. That's usually not a good sign.

Yuri's true motives are revealed here, albeit with the fanfare of an eyebrow raise and a shrug. While Yuri's typically been relegated to off-screen support, her side story also unfolding in the background feels lazy. Other minor story beats are thrown in to wrap up loose ends and set up future games – all with varying degrees of success.

Since the mafia plot(the interesting stuff) ended in the last dlc this one focuses on the big bad Hammerhead except he's very one note and boring. They also bring back Silver Sable who is cool except they make her redo her mini arc from the base game for some reason. Remember the set up and motivations Yuri got in the last dlc? Insomniac doesn't, all her content is relegated to side content and while I do think as side content its done decently it ends up just being sequel bait which makes you wonder what was the point of setting up her rivalry with Hammerhead if she doesn't even get to interact with him in this DLC or help take him down. Not a very good end to what could have been a good dlc saga