Turf Wars is a disappointing middle act to the Spider-Man DLC Saga. There are some great story moments with Yuri Watanabe and the gameplay is still fun but lack of good main missions and the side activities being just more of the same makes this middle chapter very mediocre.
The Full Review(No Spoilers for THIS DLC, Spoilers for Main Game and Previous DLC):
Breaking Point
Middle chapters of stories are always tough. They are also the most important if you are delivering that story through different chapters. Because if it's bad, people might not wait to see the final chapter. And I think that will be a common thing with the Marvel's Spider-Man DLC's.
Turf Wars is not good. Is it bad? No. I wouldn't say it's bad. It's more of the same just like The Heist but unlike The Heist, the story or side stuff here isn't that interesting. Let's start with the story.
After Black Cat's death, Yuri Watanabe and her strike force plans an assault on Hammerhead. Unfortunately, things doesn't go well and Yuri starts wanting revenge.
I don't want to get into too much spoilers but the core of this DLC is definitely Yuri. I loved her in the main game and this DLC just added to her character more and more. Tara Platt did an amazing job as the voice actress.
However, anything other than Yuri just doesn't work. Hammerhead for example is a very two dimensional and cliche mob boss. The comic readers among us might think that he was like that in the comics as well so it's accurate and so it must mean good. Accurate is good right?
No, I don't think it is. At least not in every situation. Insomniac's writers have played with the villains of the main game and also with Black Cat in The Heist in clever and creative ways. So I expected a similar treatment with Hammerhead but we didn't get that.
There are also no developments to Peter or his character. However, Miles' little substory does continue in the same phone calls way. So overall, I think the story here is just okay.
Main missions are not good. Unlike The Heist, there are not much special set piece missions. The opening mission is good, the final mission is good and everything in between is just mid.
Side activities are also not that interesting this time. We get more crimes. A new set of Screwball Missions that are even harder and I believe 4 Hammerhead Outposts. And these outposts are very hard. They are really difficult.
That's why this DLC took me 4 hours compared to The Heist taking me 3 hours. These hours are for completing everything.
Turf Wars is a disappointing middle act to the Spider-Man DLC Saga. There are some great story moments with Yuri Watanabe and the gameplay is still fun but lack of good main missions and the side activities being just more of the same makes this middle chapter very mediocre.
The Full Review(No Spoilers for THIS DLC, Spoilers for Main Game and Previous DLC):
Breaking Point
Middle chapters of stories are always tough. They are also the most important if you are delivering that story through different chapters. Because if it's bad, people might not wait to see the final chapter. And I think that will be a common thing with the Marvel's Spider-Man DLC's.
Turf Wars is not good. Is it bad? No. I wouldn't say it's bad. It's more of the same just like The Heist but unlike The Heist, the story or side stuff here isn't that interesting. Let's start with the story.
After Black Cat's death, Yuri Watanabe and her strike force plans an assault on Hammerhead. Unfortunately, things doesn't go well and Yuri starts wanting revenge.
I don't want to get into too much spoilers but the core of this DLC is definitely Yuri. I loved her in the main game and this DLC just added to her character more and more. Tara Platt did an amazing job as the voice actress.
However, anything other than Yuri just doesn't work. Hammerhead for example is a very two dimensional and cliche mob boss. The comic readers among us might think that he was like that in the comics as well so it's accurate and so it must mean good. Accurate is good right?
No, I don't think it is. At least not in every situation. Insomniac's writers have played with the villains of the main game and also with Black Cat in The Heist in clever and creative ways. So I expected a similar treatment with Hammerhead but we didn't get that.
There are also no developments to Peter or his character. However, Miles' little substory does continue in the same phone calls way. So overall, I think the story here is just okay.
Main missions are not good. Unlike The Heist, there are not much special set piece missions. The opening mission is good, the final mission is good and everything in between is just mid.
Side activities are also not that interesting this time. We get more crimes. A new set of Screwball Missions that are even harder and I believe 4 Hammerhead Outposts. And these outposts are very hard. They are really difficult.
That's why this DLC took me 4 hours compared to The Heist taking me 3 hours. These hours are for completing everything.
Turf Wars is a disappointing middle act to the Spider-Man DLC Saga. There are some great story moments with Yuri Watanabe and the gameplay is still fun but lack of good main missions and the side activities being just more of the same makes this middle chapter very mediocre.