I expected nothing, and I'm surprised that I really did get that.
I've kept myself as blind as possible before going into this game, other than whom the main antagonist was from the reveal trailer. I really only wanted Peter from the first game and Miles from the Second fused into one game with some upgraded abilities. I think the luster of these games are kinda wearing off for me. Essentially replaying the same city with the same side quest type, with the same combat shared between both Spider-Man made the game feel familiar, but It didn't really do anything extraordinary.
The out of suit sections dragged on a little too long, the story is great, but the characters are really weak this time around. Most of the abilities that you get further in the game all feel samey, even though they might look differently. Honestly, if this game wasn't so short and easy to 100%, I probably could've enjoyed each power. Or if Miles had more Venom powers while Peter had more Gadgets to differentiate them.
But, I'm also being extremely granular with my nitpicking here. Like I said, I genuinely expected nothing to wow me, just more of the same but polished better with more cool stuff happening, and I got that. Just like Ratchet and Clank before, once you make something killer on the first try, making the sequels feel "worth it" per se is hard to do. At least with a R&C there might be different planets and weapons, but here I'm playing through the same game for the third time now with a different big bad. Which....is what I wanted.... and I enjoyed my time, but I just feel really conflicted about this game in my memory say 5 years from now.
I've kept myself as blind as possible before going into this game, other than whom the main antagonist was from the reveal trailer. I really only wanted Peter from the first game and Miles from the Second fused into one game with some upgraded abilities. I think the luster of these games are kinda wearing off for me. Essentially replaying the same city with the same side quest type, with the same combat shared between both Spider-Man made the game feel familiar, but It didn't really do anything extraordinary.
The out of suit sections dragged on a little too long, the story is great, but the characters are really weak this time around. Most of the abilities that you get further in the game all feel samey, even though they might look differently. Honestly, if this game wasn't so short and easy to 100%, I probably could've enjoyed each power. Or if Miles had more Venom powers while Peter had more Gadgets to differentiate them.
But, I'm also being extremely granular with my nitpicking here. Like I said, I genuinely expected nothing to wow me, just more of the same but polished better with more cool stuff happening, and I got that. Just like Ratchet and Clank before, once you make something killer on the first try, making the sequels feel "worth it" per se is hard to do. At least with a R&C there might be different planets and weapons, but here I'm playing through the same game for the third time now with a different big bad. Which....is what I wanted.... and I enjoyed my time, but I just feel really conflicted about this game in my memory say 5 years from now.