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Working on the trophy cleanup, but goddamn if this game isn’t marvelous! The graphics are stunning and the combat (while very similar to the first two games) is a lot more involved, difficult, and parry heavy than the first game which added to the gameplay/story tension. The story took risks and went to darker places than the OG and I commend insomniac for having some heavy themes and a few gnarly scenes. I will say, while I loved this version of Harry/Venom, I feel Harry’s half assed resurrection at the end of the story was a bit thrown in and somewhat diluted the emotional impact considering he is still in a coma with little chance of survival so I feel killing him here may have been the better story move however, I do like that it gave Miles agency in the final act! Love Peter & Miles’ arcs through the game and the side missions add to the “Friendly Neighborhood” aspect of the character well and I loved completing them just to interact with and help out cool side characters giving New York life, tangibility, and texture. Web wings and swinging are great and the option to adjust physics system and turn on fall damage made the traversal much more enticing and enjoyable imo. Idk if I had the same level of “WOW” I did playing the first game, but this is definitely a worth sequel and I’m excited to see how insomniac resolves the story threads in the final installment. If all goes well in the end, this could end up being better than Arkham.

Reviewed on Oct 24, 2023


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