This review contains spoilers
Spider-Man 2 is a fun return but at the end of the day I felt unfulfilled. I feel like I'll be in the minority here.
The positives first. The game obviously looks and feels great, swinging and now gliding around all of New York is so addicting. The fast traveling was insane! Playing as Venom might be the coolest thing to experience in any superhero game. Uh- is that it for positives? Kinda...
I don't hate this game, and the hype didn't get to me. The game just felt like the two pervious, especially if you played the first remastered. Now people won't mind that and I understand but it's hard not to compare this game to other big titles like the Arkham games or GoW Ragnarok.
I think the biggest issue is something that stems from just Spiderman himself, taking place in actual NYC. It's cool swinging around an extremely accurate city but do you know what is so much cooler? A fictionalized world to explore that we can't experience in real life.
The story is trying too hard. It takes a little bit to get into it which is fine, all stories take a while but Kraven killing off icons left and right didn't feel earned just watching it off a monitor. It would've had more of an impact if Spiderman tried to save them but failed and watched them die THAT would've been so much more powerful. Kraven's death felt earned and is probably the best part of the game. Where the game tries too hard is attempting to make you reallyyyyy care for Harry. Like I get it, but it's nowhere near the same weight as Aunt May and Doctor Octavius. If Harry was established in the first game then maybe! Then the game just ends, felt a little lackluster.
The combat is fine, nothing to get addictive too like in GoW, Returnal, or the Arkham games. I felt like the upgrades really didn't do much just gave me more of them.
I still had fun, I just wanted that next gen experience, they played it safe and that is okay I just hope they knock the next one out of the park.
The positives first. The game obviously looks and feels great, swinging and now gliding around all of New York is so addicting. The fast traveling was insane! Playing as Venom might be the coolest thing to experience in any superhero game. Uh- is that it for positives? Kinda...
I don't hate this game, and the hype didn't get to me. The game just felt like the two pervious, especially if you played the first remastered. Now people won't mind that and I understand but it's hard not to compare this game to other big titles like the Arkham games or GoW Ragnarok.
I think the biggest issue is something that stems from just Spiderman himself, taking place in actual NYC. It's cool swinging around an extremely accurate city but do you know what is so much cooler? A fictionalized world to explore that we can't experience in real life.
The story is trying too hard. It takes a little bit to get into it which is fine, all stories take a while but Kraven killing off icons left and right didn't feel earned just watching it off a monitor. It would've had more of an impact if Spiderman tried to save them but failed and watched them die THAT would've been so much more powerful. Kraven's death felt earned and is probably the best part of the game. Where the game tries too hard is attempting to make you reallyyyyy care for Harry. Like I get it, but it's nowhere near the same weight as Aunt May and Doctor Octavius. If Harry was established in the first game then maybe! Then the game just ends, felt a little lackluster.
The combat is fine, nothing to get addictive too like in GoW, Returnal, or the Arkham games. I felt like the upgrades really didn't do much just gave me more of them.
I still had fun, I just wanted that next gen experience, they played it safe and that is okay I just hope they knock the next one out of the park.