This game was very celebrated when first released in 2018 for a good reason. It was the first game in long time that actually took the idea of creating an interactive Spider-man experience seriously, crafting a work of solid and engaging gameplay, a vivid and well populated open world and, most importantly, creating faithful interpretations of the classic comic book characters and a story that was able to adapt decades of comics and every other media the character's been in into a cohesive tale that mostly captured the essence of what makes Spider-man such a special and enduring pop culture icon.

That being said, Insomniac did such a great job and people were so hungry for a good Spider-man game after years of mediocre to okay titles that were mostly just counting on automatic success based solely on the ip's popularity that I feel this game's flaws tend to be understated at the same time its sequels tend to be overstated.

Replaying it again, after having finished Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023), my conclusion is that all three titles released in this series so far are about the same level of quality, with some elements being slightly better in each game just as some are slightly worse. In the end, they're all extremelly fun, breezy, feel good experiences that are able to keep you engaged and entertained from start to finish while telling optimistic and heartwarming stories that, in one way or another, are able to get to the core of what makes a good Spider-Man tale. This one is the blueprint for that and, abeit being flawed in some ways (like the two that came after it), is a game I'll keep coming back to time and again just because is so purely enjoyable and fun.