I’ll start my review by addressing the elephant in the room. Yes, this is a very biased review. I’ve been a Spider-Man fan for as long as I can remember, and I strongly consider Spider-Man PS4 as well as Miles Morales to be some of the best games I’ve ever played. With that I’ll start my review.
It’s been a long 5 years of waiting for this title, and i’m absolutely thrilled to be able to say that Insomniac Games has cooked once again. This is easily the best superhero game I’ve ever played. I find it so hard to believe that despite how good the first two games were, Spider-Man 2 genuinely manages to improve upon everything from the first games. The swinging mechanic has so much more depth to it due to the addition of things like loop-de-loops and web wings, as well as just how fast you can swing around New York compared to in the previous games. The combat becomes so much more fresh due to new symbiote abilities and power/gadget shortcuts, the graphics are just so god damn beautiful, and the story is god damn magnificent, although I do find the story to be about on the same level as the PS4 game.
As always the side content is phenomenal as well, I really love how Insomniac always emphasizes the “friendly-neighborhood spider-man” part of Spider-Man. Having the ability do simple things like help someone with their homecoming proposal or help find someone’s grandpa, it adds so much more to the overall experience that just helps amplify my enjoyment even more.
And god damn let me just say the voice cast in this is phenomenal. Yuri Lowenthal gives the performance of a lifetime here. He really does it all in this one, he goes from cracking jokes, to acting like a complete dick, to delivering gut wrenching moments all within the same game, it’s really impressive just how well he sells his performances. Nadji Jeter, Laura Bailey, Stephen Oyoung, Graham Phillips, etc all give wonderful performances that add to the emotion in the story amazingly. and don’t even get me started on Jim Pirri and Tony Todd!!!
Overall Insomniac’s Spider-Man game is seriously the superhero game i’ve always wanted. Through its bold, cinematic story and its wonderfully fun gameplay, I find that this was definitely worth the 5 years of waiting since 2018’s Spider-Man. Easily one of my new favorites of all time, as well as my game of the year. I plan on getting the Platinum Trophy for this game just as I have for Spider-Man PS4 and Miles Morales, and will most likely add to my review once i have done so.
Edit:
Platinum trophy achieved on 10/29/2023!! What an absolute blast to 100%. thoroughly enjoyed it the whole way through. side content was absolutely phenomenal and loved everything it sets up for future games. insomniac is once again cooking.🧑🍳
It’s been a long 5 years of waiting for this title, and i’m absolutely thrilled to be able to say that Insomniac Games has cooked once again. This is easily the best superhero game I’ve ever played. I find it so hard to believe that despite how good the first two games were, Spider-Man 2 genuinely manages to improve upon everything from the first games. The swinging mechanic has so much more depth to it due to the addition of things like loop-de-loops and web wings, as well as just how fast you can swing around New York compared to in the previous games. The combat becomes so much more fresh due to new symbiote abilities and power/gadget shortcuts, the graphics are just so god damn beautiful, and the story is god damn magnificent, although I do find the story to be about on the same level as the PS4 game.
As always the side content is phenomenal as well, I really love how Insomniac always emphasizes the “friendly-neighborhood spider-man” part of Spider-Man. Having the ability do simple things like help someone with their homecoming proposal or help find someone’s grandpa, it adds so much more to the overall experience that just helps amplify my enjoyment even more.
And god damn let me just say the voice cast in this is phenomenal. Yuri Lowenthal gives the performance of a lifetime here. He really does it all in this one, he goes from cracking jokes, to acting like a complete dick, to delivering gut wrenching moments all within the same game, it’s really impressive just how well he sells his performances. Nadji Jeter, Laura Bailey, Stephen Oyoung, Graham Phillips, etc all give wonderful performances that add to the emotion in the story amazingly. and don’t even get me started on Jim Pirri and Tony Todd!!!
Overall Insomniac’s Spider-Man game is seriously the superhero game i’ve always wanted. Through its bold, cinematic story and its wonderfully fun gameplay, I find that this was definitely worth the 5 years of waiting since 2018’s Spider-Man. Easily one of my new favorites of all time, as well as my game of the year. I plan on getting the Platinum Trophy for this game just as I have for Spider-Man PS4 and Miles Morales, and will most likely add to my review once i have done so.
Edit:
Platinum trophy achieved on 10/29/2023!! What an absolute blast to 100%. thoroughly enjoyed it the whole way through. side content was absolutely phenomenal and loved everything it sets up for future games. insomniac is once again cooking.🧑🍳