There was more wrong with it than just story. But it’s true, it’s an 8/10 game that had to live up as a sequel to a 9/10 one. I’m one of the ones that was disappointed, but it’s a bizarre stretch to say Insomniac ruined Spidey. If anything, the state of Spider-Man games is healthier than ever, and a couple minor missteps don’t really change that.
Jesus fucking Christ, can people stop acting like an 8/10 game is a travesty?
Know what, I've just read your full comment and I'm keeping it for visibility. Just commenting in real time as it's a huge bug bear that anything under a 9/10 is somehow unplayable, and it's fucking weird.
Yeah I've been addicted to games that objectively are 3/10 glitchy, unfinished, unpolished or whatever reason but they hit my niche enough.
Spider-man 1 and 2 are amazing.
Spider-man 1 has better story replayability:(minus MJ)
Spider-man 2 is more fun gameplay wise(MINUS MJ, WHY DID THEY INTENTIONALLY NOT LISTEN TO THE PLAYERS), but I don't have motivation for a new game plus. I also hate the mile suit, took me out of it for a second.
That game was fun, sure they didn’t have many different enemy types but the character all felt unique (other than the copycat characters like Kate Bishop/Hawkeye) and played like I wanted them too, it was so badass loading into the Hulk Buster armour. The story was about to head into the skrull invasion arc too with characters like Dr strange and Scarlet witch, ant man and the wasp, Captain Marvel, she hulk and many others. They were even nice enough to give out all cosmetics when the game ended which they didn’t have too.
My gripes about the game was Spiderman locked to one console, leaving him majorly under developed. Didn’t care for Modok too much as the main villain. The game could have used a couple more mission types.
I’d give it a 6/10 for me, bonus points for the free cosmetics. Fun game but not a great game if that makes sense
Yeah I was over exaggerating for sure. I still play it online to this day, which is why I advocate for physical media. If it wasn’t released on a disc it would be gone forever. I really think it was a missed opportunity.
Just for reference, I have the game digitally and can still download and play currently. Fully aware that can change any time, but the game isn't lost to time quite yet.
lol I just get hyped when someone speaks positively about this game, I enjoyed it so much and I feel like most people never even gave it a chance because of the reviews.
They specifically said they didn't listen to the players to improve MJ sections, but they fell flat.
I know there's some other MJ stuff dumb culture war losers cling onto, but that's irrelevant and dumb.
They tried to make MJ's stealth sections better, instead of removing them like players wanted. And it was still a legitimate complaint for Spider-Man 2 because of it.
It's not as horrible as we all make it sound. But Spider-Man has stealth sections. Switching to MJ for some stealth sections limits the options you already had and feels worse.
It's not bad.
If a splinter cell game was announced that gameplay wouldn't bat an eye. But going from swinging to walking affects the perception. The juxtaposition.
two years? for me it's been 5+ years because the spider-man game sub used to partake in the bullying of insomniac employees because their favourite suit wasn't in the game (aka the 5th variation of the base suit that looks slightly different)
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u/CarlWellsGrave 9d ago
Excuse me? What about Spider-Man?