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14h 5m
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2 days
Last played
November 28, 2022
First played
April 1, 2021
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An absolutely solid game no doubt about that but still pales in comparison to the tour de force to its first game.
While a lot of this game is more of the same and either improves or keeps the same of most of the mechanics, a lot of its downfalls comes from some of the newer things they added + the story itself.
I'm going to bullet point my thoughts in no particular order to help make it easier:
- Combat is a lot of fun but the venom after a while almost makes the game a bit too easy once you find a combination that works for you and makes most fights/bosses a cakewalk even on higher difficulties.
- The story is still engaging and well done, but is definitely a bit weaker than the first game and also a lot shorter. It moves at quite a rapid pace and also the villains of this game just don't have really any time to be fleshed out or shine and feel more behind the scenes than at the forefront of this story.
- Swinging in this game feels REALLY good, if not slightly better than the first game. I didn't feel as I struggled through web swinging as much.
- Free Roam extras are significantly cut down and (while honestly really good and I felt the side missions were a bit more engaging than Spiderman), they were over with far too quickly and they're not spread out. I finished almost all of the free roam stuff that wasn't behind story progression within the first few hours of the game itself. Also they're a hit or miss in the long run. FNSM App missions good, Training Challenges are a weak successor to Taskmaster.
-Also for the PC version, I had this weird bug where certain cutscenes would just randomly have no sound effects but the music and voices were still there, and they would come back in gameplay like nothing happened. To be fair though, this also happened in the PC release of Spider-Man but definitely way less than here.
Despite my grievances and feeling like this is a step down from Spider-Man, it's still a really good game and to me, deserves your time, especially if you liked the first game. Just be prepared for a weaker story, less things to do, and if you can master Venom combat, a bit of an easier fight overall.
While a lot of this game is more of the same and either improves or keeps the same of most of the mechanics, a lot of its downfalls comes from some of the newer things they added + the story itself.
I'm going to bullet point my thoughts in no particular order to help make it easier:
- Combat is a lot of fun but the venom after a while almost makes the game a bit too easy once you find a combination that works for you and makes most fights/bosses a cakewalk even on higher difficulties.
- The story is still engaging and well done, but is definitely a bit weaker than the first game and also a lot shorter. It moves at quite a rapid pace and also the villains of this game just don't have really any time to be fleshed out or shine and feel more behind the scenes than at the forefront of this story.
- Swinging in this game feels REALLY good, if not slightly better than the first game. I didn't feel as I struggled through web swinging as much.
- Free Roam extras are significantly cut down and (while honestly really good and I felt the side missions were a bit more engaging than Spiderman), they were over with far too quickly and they're not spread out. I finished almost all of the free roam stuff that wasn't behind story progression within the first few hours of the game itself. Also they're a hit or miss in the long run. FNSM App missions good, Training Challenges are a weak successor to Taskmaster.
-Also for the PC version, I had this weird bug where certain cutscenes would just randomly have no sound effects but the music and voices were still there, and they would come back in gameplay like nothing happened. To be fair though, this also happened in the PC release of Spider-Man but definitely way less than here.
Despite my grievances and feeling like this is a step down from Spider-Man, it's still a really good game and to me, deserves your time, especially if you liked the first game. Just be prepared for a weaker story, less things to do, and if you can master Venom combat, a bit of an easier fight overall.