This review contains spoilers
[COMPLETED 11/3/23]
spider-man is BACK, and man oh man am i slightly underwhelmed with his return
i feel this game was overhyped to a certain degree, and it's on me for blindly following hype trains, but it did really feel like this game was gonna be a huge step forward regarding everything gameplay and story-wise, while it ends up just being like "oh this is pretty cool!" rather than it blowing your nuts off like a lot of people were expecting.
swinging is better, combat feels a little better (i miss the 8-way wheel), but it still feels as easy to become repetitive as it did back in MM and spiderman PS4. i really do like the venom abilities though! but overall, the huge upgrade in combat i was expecting just .. isn't there which is super disappointing. Wasn't particularly addicting in the first game and it sure isn't here, but the boss fights are cooler i guess. map upgrade was fuckin' sweet though, feels great to explore so that's a plus
story was .. serviceable. has some really cool parts but overall feels like a step-down from the first game. black cat appears to say she's gay then dips, peter's symbiote arc felt kind of rush, and i did not care for kraven or miles' obsession with li for the whole game. the latter actively made me enjoy the story less and it serves nothing to add onto his character other than "revenge bad" which almost every other spider-man story has nailed into our heads already
literally every other person has this opinion so i won't rip into it but miles' side stuff is dogshit. same exact issue i had in my MM review "...sometimes the devs forgot that players want to play as spiderman and not collect meaningless trinkets or walk around in the guise of a normal dude doing normal shit in what should just be a cutscene". i do not care for miles' goon squad either
all in all, the game is far from bad in any regards, but when it comes to living up to the first game's expectations and the general consensus of what the game would be before launch, it's shrouded in mediocrity. i personally expected more, and think that SP3 has great potential given they take more time to make improvements to this game's aspects, rather than feeling like they were settling for being slightly above par with the first game, or MM
7/10, finale was definitely better than MM but did not nearly have the emotional impact of the first game. otto my goat
spider-man is BACK, and man oh man am i slightly underwhelmed with his return
i feel this game was overhyped to a certain degree, and it's on me for blindly following hype trains, but it did really feel like this game was gonna be a huge step forward regarding everything gameplay and story-wise, while it ends up just being like "oh this is pretty cool!" rather than it blowing your nuts off like a lot of people were expecting.
swinging is better, combat feels a little better (i miss the 8-way wheel), but it still feels as easy to become repetitive as it did back in MM and spiderman PS4. i really do like the venom abilities though! but overall, the huge upgrade in combat i was expecting just .. isn't there which is super disappointing. Wasn't particularly addicting in the first game and it sure isn't here, but the boss fights are cooler i guess. map upgrade was fuckin' sweet though, feels great to explore so that's a plus
story was .. serviceable. has some really cool parts but overall feels like a step-down from the first game. black cat appears to say she's gay then dips, peter's symbiote arc felt kind of rush, and i did not care for kraven or miles' obsession with li for the whole game. the latter actively made me enjoy the story less and it serves nothing to add onto his character other than "revenge bad" which almost every other spider-man story has nailed into our heads already
literally every other person has this opinion so i won't rip into it but miles' side stuff is dogshit. same exact issue i had in my MM review "...sometimes the devs forgot that players want to play as spiderman and not collect meaningless trinkets or walk around in the guise of a normal dude doing normal shit in what should just be a cutscene". i do not care for miles' goon squad either
all in all, the game is far from bad in any regards, but when it comes to living up to the first game's expectations and the general consensus of what the game would be before launch, it's shrouded in mediocrity. i personally expected more, and think that SP3 has great potential given they take more time to make improvements to this game's aspects, rather than feeling like they were settling for being slightly above par with the first game, or MM
7/10, finale was definitely better than MM but did not nearly have the emotional impact of the first game. otto my goat