This review contains spoilers
What a wonderful time i had playing this game, lemme just start off with saying, spoilers will be in this review. 40 hours, platinumed the game is finished to the full extent. I will be going into everything possible that i believe should be spoke on
This game opens up with one of if not the best sequences yet this year, Its a heavy contender for how FF16 & TOTK opened but having sandman be the main introduction and none of that being shown in trailers was the perfect choice to engage me back into the spiderman story
I found myself spending alot of time exploring the world of spiderman 2 than i did playing it. This game took the world and environment to a whole new level and proved that insomniac knew how to expand with a sequel and give love to both miles and peter in the correct ways
With a select amount of side quests, all of them being engaging. I found myself being alot more indulged into miles side stories, 2 specific stories on two old men but one specfic telling you to fetch doves and you come back to find he passed away on the steps looking at the sea
I personally wouldn't have expected a side story of all things to get me as emotional as it did, but it gave a heartfelt feeling to being spiderman, the ability to make others happy and provide them with comfort in the world that they all live in
Moving onto the story, it was short for someone who would sit down and no life it but filling in everything provided in the game it builds up a great world and build up to the finale of the game. Kraven/Venom/Li/Yuriko all great additions to side & main story.
With lots of little nods to characters that will most likely be put into DLC, i look forward to where the story will eventually progress & end (Spiderman 3 / SM 2 DLC). The story of spiderman 2 was a great sequel and evidentially the part to push forward a hope for a 3rd
Venom was a perfect addition, my only gripe being i wanted MORE. I felt as if it was cut short with peter going through his downfall and harry becoming worse and mad at the world at a pace that could of probably been explored even further.
I thoroughly enjoyed peter's downfall, evidently one of my favourite things about the tobey films was the effective change in his demenor when gaining the symbiote, If there was just more time to adjust and understand what was happening to peter i would of sympathised more.
Harry once gaining the true symbiote form of venom was probably the best moment towards the end of the game. I verbally screamed once shown i had the ability to play as Venom and there being no remorse in showing how brutal Venoms move set can be (Why is it PG13)
Do i even need to say much on Kraven vs Venom? That fight speaks for itself, I very much expected Kraven to go out in a different way but with the whole build up of him wanting a true fight, He very much deserved the ending he was given.
The last 1-2 hours of the story was some of the best the game could get, Finally seeing scream, The alluding to Carnage entering the universe, Venom choosing to take over the world. Each segment was piling upon each other and all it did was build excitement.
The scenery, the set pieces, the boss fights. All in all the game showed up and it did exactly what everyone was hoping Insomniac would do. Now all we can do is wait and see what they have in store for us next whether its wolverine or spiderman 3, I will be there.
Spiderman 2 is masterpiece and easily a top 5 for games that come out this year so far, proof that there still good games coming out this year no matter the problems that others are having.
Mikreview - 10/10
Critic mik - 9/10
(miles is the goat)
This game opens up with one of if not the best sequences yet this year, Its a heavy contender for how FF16 & TOTK opened but having sandman be the main introduction and none of that being shown in trailers was the perfect choice to engage me back into the spiderman story
I found myself spending alot of time exploring the world of spiderman 2 than i did playing it. This game took the world and environment to a whole new level and proved that insomniac knew how to expand with a sequel and give love to both miles and peter in the correct ways
With a select amount of side quests, all of them being engaging. I found myself being alot more indulged into miles side stories, 2 specific stories on two old men but one specfic telling you to fetch doves and you come back to find he passed away on the steps looking at the sea
I personally wouldn't have expected a side story of all things to get me as emotional as it did, but it gave a heartfelt feeling to being spiderman, the ability to make others happy and provide them with comfort in the world that they all live in
Moving onto the story, it was short for someone who would sit down and no life it but filling in everything provided in the game it builds up a great world and build up to the finale of the game. Kraven/Venom/Li/Yuriko all great additions to side & main story.
With lots of little nods to characters that will most likely be put into DLC, i look forward to where the story will eventually progress & end (Spiderman 3 / SM 2 DLC). The story of spiderman 2 was a great sequel and evidentially the part to push forward a hope for a 3rd
Venom was a perfect addition, my only gripe being i wanted MORE. I felt as if it was cut short with peter going through his downfall and harry becoming worse and mad at the world at a pace that could of probably been explored even further.
I thoroughly enjoyed peter's downfall, evidently one of my favourite things about the tobey films was the effective change in his demenor when gaining the symbiote, If there was just more time to adjust and understand what was happening to peter i would of sympathised more.
Harry once gaining the true symbiote form of venom was probably the best moment towards the end of the game. I verbally screamed once shown i had the ability to play as Venom and there being no remorse in showing how brutal Venoms move set can be (Why is it PG13)
Do i even need to say much on Kraven vs Venom? That fight speaks for itself, I very much expected Kraven to go out in a different way but with the whole build up of him wanting a true fight, He very much deserved the ending he was given.
The last 1-2 hours of the story was some of the best the game could get, Finally seeing scream, The alluding to Carnage entering the universe, Venom choosing to take over the world. Each segment was piling upon each other and all it did was build excitement.
The scenery, the set pieces, the boss fights. All in all the game showed up and it did exactly what everyone was hoping Insomniac would do. Now all we can do is wait and see what they have in store for us next whether its wolverine or spiderman 3, I will be there.
Spiderman 2 is masterpiece and easily a top 5 for games that come out this year so far, proof that there still good games coming out this year no matter the problems that others are having.
Mikreview - 10/10
Critic mik - 9/10
(miles is the goat)