L_Killjoy
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Time Played
42h 0m
Days in Journal
2 days
Last played
November 24, 2023
First played
October 31, 2023
Platforms Played
Narrative: 4.5 - Gameplay: 5 - Visuals: 5 - Soundtrack: 4 - Time: 4.5
Stars: 5
Spider-Man 2 is, without a shadow of a doubt, a great game. If it were in a different year, it would be the GOTY. Yet, we all know that 2023 will be marked in history as one of the greatest years for gaming - ever. I'm still playing all of the other contenders (there's a lot to go through), but you don't need to play any of them too much to understand that they're all peak. With that out of the way...
The game itself doesn't have many flaws, being consistently noteworthy all around. Swinging and fighting as not one, but two spiders is awesome. The graphics and BGM speak for themselves. The story, although it didn't hit the kind of emotional drive personally as the first one, is solid and well constructed. Which leaves us with the not-that-great stuff.
I feel that the world is not that filled with stuff to do. I get that is the same city and characters as the first one, but if anything, ToK showed us that that's not an excuse. The story is solid, but it looks somewhat constrained. I mean Alan Wake 2 is both solid and revolutionary in several aspects. They both work by alternating the playable character, but Wake does a so much better job. I mean (SPOILER ALERT) you can literally switch between REALITIES.
As I said before, these are some not-too-great stuff, however, it doesn't bring the game down. It is a great game, period. But it gets a little behind when we are talking about the other monsters of 2023.
Stars: 5
Spider-Man 2 is, without a shadow of a doubt, a great game. If it were in a different year, it would be the GOTY. Yet, we all know that 2023 will be marked in history as one of the greatest years for gaming - ever. I'm still playing all of the other contenders (there's a lot to go through), but you don't need to play any of them too much to understand that they're all peak. With that out of the way...
The game itself doesn't have many flaws, being consistently noteworthy all around. Swinging and fighting as not one, but two spiders is awesome. The graphics and BGM speak for themselves. The story, although it didn't hit the kind of emotional drive personally as the first one, is solid and well constructed. Which leaves us with the not-that-great stuff.
I feel that the world is not that filled with stuff to do. I get that is the same city and characters as the first one, but if anything, ToK showed us that that's not an excuse. The story is solid, but it looks somewhat constrained. I mean Alan Wake 2 is both solid and revolutionary in several aspects. They both work by alternating the playable character, but Wake does a so much better job. I mean (SPOILER ALERT) you can literally switch between REALITIES.
As I said before, these are some not-too-great stuff, however, it doesn't bring the game down. It is a great game, period. But it gets a little behind when we are talking about the other monsters of 2023.