I was enthusiastic about playing this one because I thought Miles was great in the first Spider-Man PS game. This one didn't disappoint! I want to get the negative stuff out first. I thought the beginning of the game was a little slow. I thought the way they were setting up the game and introducing us to the characters and story, it felt more like the rough draft of the beginning and just left it at that. Then you have the villain reveal. I don't mind who the villain turns out to be, but the timing of the reveal was way too soon. I know that after the reveal the rest of the game is dependent on the reveal, but I felt they could've made the game longer to pace all of that better. I get it's more of an expansion than a sequel to Marvel's Spider-Man, but I think that this could've been released as a sequel instead and made the story better. Besides that this game is MARVELous. The gameplay in this is improved upon the previous Spider-Man game and I thought the venom powers were a nice addition. I thought they did a nice job of growing Miles' character throughout the game as this is an origin story for Miles as he goes on his first solo mission as Spider-Man. I think Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse did a better job with Miles, but that's a solo movie without having a previous game already setting up the character like this one did. I think the enemies are all well developed even if they feel VERY similar to the "Demons" and "Sable" from the first game. I really enjoyed this one and I am super excited for the next PlayStation Spider-Man game!

GRADE
A-