This is a really fun game. While it’s pretty much more of the same in terms of gameplay, the whole feel of it is different. Miles himself is a lot more inexperienced, and you can tell that by how he controls and due to his animations. Swinging is still fluid as ever, but it’s very clear that Miles himself still hasn’t quite gotten the hang of controlling his body midair, so it comes across as inexperienced. And I love it. It’s honestly more visually appealing than Peter’s swing style, just due to how awesome it looks. And the tricks are cooler to look at too. In terms of characters, boy there are great ones! Ganke is fun, Phin is awesome and Rio is amazing. Peter is barely in it, but when he is, the back and forth between him and Miles is perfect, and exactly what I wanted. The game also feels like it has a more “Friendly Neighborhood” feel to it. The stakes don’t feel quite as high as in the first game, and I like that. It gives the game a more grounded feel to it, and there’s a sense of community in Harlem that didn’t get when you were focusing on the entirety of New York. Now, it doesn’t get 5 stars because... well it’s a stand-alone expansion basically. A really good one, but it’s too short. Maybe will go up on a replay on PS5. That shit looks so incredible.

I really enjoyed this game. For the most part, I was enthralled from the beginning. It was pretty interesting, and I’ve heard the ending is somewhat lame, but I thought it was pretty cool. I enjoyed it a lot. However, there are a fair number of characters that are just plain uninteresting or bad. And the script is laughable at times, falling into Kingdom Hearts bad with how cheesy the “Hope and Despair” talk is. Even still, I found this a very cool game, and the Saw influences are very apparent. And appreciated.