what an awesome game!! this is really one of those games thats hard for me to review cause i feel like anything i disliked was just me being bad at it lol

when i first heard of the concept i knew itd be harder for me since im not amazing at point and click puzzles, but id say i probably did the first half of this game without a guide, and it really was not too easy but not too hard. it doesnt hold your hand but doesnt let you feel lost. theres optional dialogue if you want a little more, which i thought was amazing since ace attorney games have extra forced dialogue to hold your hand. i dont have much to say about the actual ability, i think i wouldve enjoyed it way more if it was not timed, but even then it isnt bad at all.
the game has lots of twists and turns in the plot, which is something of course capcom does amazing with in these kinds of games, you just have to be prepared for a million different plot points and a lot of humor. it may be an acquired taste, but it is so good. there were some things that confused me, but they eventually tied into everything. there was one plot twist i predicted, but even if you get a general prediction, it is so hard to predict how it ties into everything and stuff. they literally just throw shit at u, its amazing.

highly recommend this game if u liked ace attorney

i played this one with a friend, and we got like 12 hours in and we still arent finished. honestly, theres a lot here that kinda went wrong. it takes a lot for me to not finish a game, and every time i put this one down ive struggled to pick it back up. it opens up with a really enticing story, layered between a good amount of combat and puzzles. more information added to the story felt like a just reward for completing some part of the gameplay. then, the entire story just falls off and it becomes a pure puzzle game. it did so well at first with keeping the audience wondering what will happen next, and trying to get through the gameplay bits to find out. then, halfway through, its literally just "complete this super challenging puzzle to get 2 piece of dialogue that add nothing, then you get another complicated puzzle. i hate to critique games before i finish them, but its getting to the point where over half this game was a slog, and thats worth noting.

the friend who i played this with is BIG on stealth. she LOVES stealth, and man this game was disappointing for her too. i personally hate when stealth isnt a choice but a requirement, like ok ill try to stealth as many enemies as i can but if they spot me its fine ill just engage in combat. i get that they were trying to set the tone, i do, but man it was not fun. even in parts where enemies were running at you and you have to throw the rock in time, theyd move slightly and youd already miss their head and get one shot killed. i guess i just want an alternative or last minute solution to getting one shot killed. like can amicia really not do ANYTHING close up? are rocks her ONLY solution? she is smart, can she not use their sword or something? in moments like these, which are rare, but still in the game, there is literally 1 way to kill enemies, and if you mess up at all you have to restart. i think the parts with the rats i enjoyed more, even if it wasnt insanely realistic. they lost me with the human conflict.

overall, this game is just lacking. it feels like they will eventually add more but then youre almost done with the game. there hasnt been enough development, story, or combat added. i get that its trying to be unique, but i just cant get in the groove of it. other games take risks and do it so well you dont even miss what you dont have, this game made me miss everything it took out for the purpose of immersion.

maybe ill finish it later

absolutely phenomenal game... was thinking about the rating and realized there really is nothing about this game that stands out as bad. it was just a great experience.

with all my marvel game reviews i start by prefacing that ive never seen any movies-- so this is coming from someone who is learning the plot and characters through the game. with that being said-- i absolutely love the story here, and the development for miles and peter-- well actually all the characters. i just love how vulnerable they made peter, especially one moment in the very last mission. it made his character so likable. his relationship with harry, mj, and miles were so real and satisfying to watch, even the conflicts. i cant really get into a lot of it without spoiling, so i digress.

the side mission were AWESOME. my second biggest complaint in miles morales was the fact that the side missions werent appealing, so i never wanted to do them. i dont really remember what they were, but i know that they nailed it in this game. i stopped to do any side mission i saw, and i think my completion was about 60%. i would do even more if i wasnt so busy with school and so many other games on my radar. i barely had time to sit down and play the main story, so i focused on that. but with some free time id absolutely try to get more completion w this game. loved the side stories, and the missions that were icons on the map.

the combat was as fun as ever, i felt like the battles were VERY fair. i played on amazing difficulty, and changed it to the easy one during one boss that literally had like 5 stages cause i got annoyed. that is my ONE complaint, that some bosses had a bit too many phases. i dont mind 2 or even 3, but the average boss had what felt like 5. it got to a point where it was not really satisfying to fight bosses cause i knew they wouldnt die in the first round. i just wish it wasnt this way for EVERY minor and major boss. it got really tedious and honestly unrealistic. id rather one LONG health bar than multiple phases. in terms of difficulty, they were not too easy but not too hard once you understand the moveset. a general compliment i have for spiderman games is how custom you can make the playing experience. you can really almost play however you want, utilize however many skills you want and youre still able to win. you dont really have to use a feature if you dont want you (at least on lower difficulties)

I loved some missions being for miles and some for peter, the game felt like such a fair balance of the two's stories, and even when it leaned more in one guy's direction it acknowledged it, i felt like i got a good amount of content for everyone honestly

I did want to point out though, that the addition of gliding kind of sucked. first of all, even inverting the controls made it confusing to control. when you had to follow the drones in a certain way i just could not stay in line. this aside i just hated the addition in total. its cool, but extremely unfitting for spiderman. isnt his whole thing that he gets around by web slinging? and he manages just fine? isnt that what makes him so cool? if we just gave superheroes every ability then why would we have so many. i wish it wasnt necessary for so many parts, cause spiderman being able to fly feels too powerful

the mj missions werent dreadful! i actually enjoyed them! i got a little scared when it started getting complicated, but i think they realized it works better that theyre complex than not. i absolutely hated the mj missions in 2018

absolutely blown away by this. i had kinda lost interest in spiderman, but this quickly got me back into it.