Marvel's Spider-Man
#1
Beaten January 3rd 2019
This game was quite something. I knew that I would like it, as I had seen Eli and Ibn play some of this game and I knew I would enjoy it but playing it really just sets this game apart. It is just such a joy to swing around the city as Spider-Man. It is so fascinating to see the people beneath you and react to you like "Spider-Man it's so great to see you" or "oh you're dick" and listen to the radio of Jay Jonah Jameson go crazy is almost always funny and just the changes that the city goes through throughout the story are amazing. Obviously the game owes a great deal to the Arkham series and I'm not sure it's just a straight-up Improvement but so much of it is above what those games accomplished that I just can't help but be genuinely impressed. Although I have to say that the stealth in the Arkham series is much more enjoyable but otherwise Spider-Man pretty much kicked its ass.
The game had a many and great emotional moments: the death of several main characters the quote-unquote fall of other characters, the nods towards what future villains and characters would be were set up very very well and I appreciate all of them. I thought Otto was a great final villain and the conflict between him and Peter was laid out very very well and obviously the ending with the disease hit all the emotional marks and I was very moved.
While the traversal in the game is probably the best in any video game I've ever played unfortunately the rest of the game suffers due to the fact that because the traversal is so good everything else must look not quite as good in comparison. The combat while engaging is simply not up to that level but it is still more than passable. I'm strongly tempted to do a new game plus mode just to give myself an excuse to 100% clear the game even though I definitely don't have time to do that I should be playing new games but I really just want to go back and keep playing this just excellent excellent game.
Final Grade: A
#1
Beaten January 3rd 2019
This game was quite something. I knew that I would like it, as I had seen Eli and Ibn play some of this game and I knew I would enjoy it but playing it really just sets this game apart. It is just such a joy to swing around the city as Spider-Man. It is so fascinating to see the people beneath you and react to you like "Spider-Man it's so great to see you" or "oh you're dick" and listen to the radio of Jay Jonah Jameson go crazy is almost always funny and just the changes that the city goes through throughout the story are amazing. Obviously the game owes a great deal to the Arkham series and I'm not sure it's just a straight-up Improvement but so much of it is above what those games accomplished that I just can't help but be genuinely impressed. Although I have to say that the stealth in the Arkham series is much more enjoyable but otherwise Spider-Man pretty much kicked its ass.
The game had a many and great emotional moments: the death of several main characters the quote-unquote fall of other characters, the nods towards what future villains and characters would be were set up very very well and I appreciate all of them. I thought Otto was a great final villain and the conflict between him and Peter was laid out very very well and obviously the ending with the disease hit all the emotional marks and I was very moved.
While the traversal in the game is probably the best in any video game I've ever played unfortunately the rest of the game suffers due to the fact that because the traversal is so good everything else must look not quite as good in comparison. The combat while engaging is simply not up to that level but it is still more than passable. I'm strongly tempted to do a new game plus mode just to give myself an excuse to 100% clear the game even though I definitely don't have time to do that I should be playing new games but I really just want to go back and keep playing this just excellent excellent game.
Final Grade: A