Spider-Man 2 Left Me Absolutely SHOCKED... | Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- With almost every single Spider-Man game under our belt here on Retro Rebound, it's fitting that we begin to wrap things up with reviewing Spider-Man 2. While I prefer Spider-Man 1 at the end of it all, the sequel delivers some of the greatest fan service, combat, and spectacle that the series has ever seen.
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I dont know if anyone has said it yet but you can actually change the color of the dodge and parry display in the settings. And slow down the pace of the fights too. The accessibility is amazing
I had to use the accessibility for some of the chase sequences. It is a great feature.
17:16 this is why stealth exists. So you won't get overwhelmed by a horde of enemies attacking you
I felt as though Peter was extremely nerfed numerous times throughout the story simply to help the plot but it really demeans him as a 10+ year spiderman. I also wish they did more with the symbiote in terms of animations. Swing styles.
Walk styles. Dodge animations. Even the basic combo stays the same. Outside of the attack abilities and black webbing there isn't much to differentiate what is suppose to be the beloved symbiote suit and regular ol spidey. Web of shadows nailed the symbiotes move set perfectly. However Outside of those minor complaints I find the game to be a masterpiece. I love this and it's been worth the wait.
I agree the symbiote needed more 100% but in my own head canon it's not that pete is nerfed for plot he's nerfed by life. He never got to get over aunt mays death hes drowning in debt and trying to balance his relationship a normal life and crime fighting. after 10 years I'm sure this stuff is getting to be too much hence why it ends with him taking a break. I think it make sense for him to not be on his A game and also helps with making it feel like miles should even be there.
@@SpeakHerMusic honestly whether this is canon or not I’m gonna go with this way of thinking cus it sucks to see my favorite spidey get put down so much like that. And your explanation makes sense so I see that.
@@jessicaw7563 my hope is that the next game he's not in it much bc of his break but when he comes back he's crucial to the win and op af but I also get the feeling he might die based on developers comments so that's going to fuck me up
@@jessicaw7563in what way is he nerfed? Miles admits a few times that Peter showing up is more trouble for the bad guys. Peter beats almost every boss except for a sneak attack from Kraven and the strongest character so far in Venom. He’s got a lot going on and can’t be perfect
He was nerfed so the black spider-man can look the best, its clear as day lol
I honestly thought this game is goty material and I’m trying not to glaze, it was just amazing all the way through
Bro boutta glaze the game case
I totally get why. It’s high quality all the way through. My current GOTY is Lies Of P!
@@retrorebound8887 I haven’t beat that yet it’s actually harder than I expected
@@retrorebound8887quality? You taking the piss?
No it wasn't if this is game of the year I quit games it's a good movie shit game
I have to say, while I think the first game had a more personal and emotional story, Kraven was absolutely phenomenal. He didn’t have as big a role as Ock, I think how they used him was so clever. It set up the venom section of the final act so well.
Kraven is the best character in the game!
I seriously expected Kraven to die but for the symbiote to then choose him over Harry cause he is a stronger host, before Venom you know..
This is a real review of this bad game.
youtube title:
*Spider-Man 2 is Disgusting, Woke Propaganda*
URL:
/watch?v=PnYPEfhmGlE
So instead of fighting dangerous criminals or monsters, in this game spider man spends his time helping one GAY guy to ask out another GAY guy.
And you can't even go away when they meet , you are FORCED TO WATCH their interaction.
And this is just one example of all the WOKE, SOCIAL JUSTICE , LEFTIST nonsense in this game... omg.
The MJ missions has a massive improvement in quality in this game in my opinion. It went from me hating the MJ missions in the first game, to literally thinking to myself “I would actually enjoy a little spinoff MJ game that plays like this” in this one. Massive improvement.
Same here I actually was bummed she didn't get another couple missions here while on the first one I hated them with a passion 😂
It went from I hated the Mj missions to I still hate the Mj missions
Dude, the MJ missions are so cringe. She's a bloody marine now lol.
@@BaileyCallis She's done wayy more crazy things in the comics
@@BaileyCallis she said she's had some training. It's been over a year since game one and she's been dating a literal super hero for like a decade. It's dumb to think she wouldn't be able to do anything
honestly that mission of harry and peter at their old high school is some of the best storytelling i've personally seen in a video game to date. i loved peter's story - but I definitely agree that miles's wasn't as fleshed out.
You know what’s crazy I like miles morales game the best of all three this game is decent but I’m not as blown away as everyone else
That boring ass high school mission was some of the greatest story telling in gaming to you? Man you must not have played many games
@@thiefamongu3857you just have shit taste homie 🤷♀️
Naughty Dog, Insomniac, and Sony Santa Monica's design philosophy is the polar opposite of Fromsoft's or Nintendo 1st party's. It's very curated with lots of cutscenes and QTEs, apparently it's what's worked for them over the last decade+ and they're probably not gonna change that anytime soon.
They're story driven games. OF course it's going to have lots of cutscenes. A souls-like won't have that much cutscenes because it's not video game. The problem with Insomniac is really the lack of innovation between these games.
It’s a spectrum for sure. You have god of war on one side and Mario wonder on the other. Personally I like both for different reasons.
I’ve never had a game make my jaw drop so often and consistently. I loved it I couldn’t get over scream, fighting Peter, the anti venom suit with genius lore set up by the first game with me negative..the web wings are so fun to use and for me it doesn’t take away from my love for swinging. Only problems with the game was mysterio not actually being mysterio, that took away from the boss fight for me. And I don’t like how OP miles is to Peter, I love the fight but I don’t think miles should of been able to kick his ass with the symbiote suit, I think that would of been a perfect time for black cat to come back in to help miles so her appearance earlier pays off and wasn’t so much like a cameo
a spoiler alert goes a long way bro
@@Spider-Man.AntiVenom right thank you haha
@@daspartanplays9544 play the game get off TH-cam
Insomniac doesn’t miss. Everything is fun in this game, even the side-missions.
Easily one of the most consistent devs in the industry
In what world is the side quests fun in this game
@@Reuben-zh9up all the friendly neighborhood missions were great and those are side missions
waiting for their liscence to end so we can get a actually good company to make a spiderman game
@koda236 what license? Spiderman has been in multiple games that Sony has nothing to do with.
I liked the puzzles in the Insomniac Spider-Man games. I dont think it’s the dev’s lack of faith in them; I think it’s their recognition that most gamers aren’t patient
Me being one of them 😅. Every puzzle I got pissed then instantly relieved to see these were mostly one offs.
The puzzles are easy to solve though lol
They’re tedious
The best NYC in a video game since [Prototype].
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people
so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
@@marcusclark1339 Danm dude. You need to get out more.
@@marcusclark1339go take a shower and touch some grass jou dom poes naai
I'm not going to spoil it but one moment from the game completely floored me and will stay with me forever (and i want a spin off after said moment)
I had a few of those as well.
I know what your talking about haha
Let there be "spoilers"!?
@@ShrekHyperwhat is it I don’t have PlayStation
Dude me too!!! I literally was having so much fun
One thing I’d like to see with the next game are better side missions. They could flesh out the world and characters so nicely with good ones, but Spider-Man 2’s were mostly checklist stuff, random side stories, and one decent Yuri storyline. Having multiple Yuri level side quests should be what they shoot for next time.
This is the first game to finally top the web swinging from Spider-Man 2 on the PS2. The first game came close but ultimately fell short of topping the swinging. This game has some of the most fun and fast traversal in a video game and feels amazing. I definitely feel like the first game has a better story, villain, pacing and I still can't get over the Peter face change. I like how this game deals with the redemption of the previous villains from the first game. I like how we are saving these people that deserve a second chance. I also got a ton of bugs in this game. Multiple times being stuck as a cube and being stuck in menus that won't let me leave them unless I reload a checkpoint. Luckily the game loads in seconds so it's not the biggest deal but noteworthy for sure.
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people
so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
@@marcusclark1339 @marcusclark1339 The game is super fun! You should check it out to relax. You sound super pent up and this game seems like it would be perfect for you. Just play this game and I'm sure you would be in a better mood. Have a wonderful day and I hope this game releases some stress for you.
If this game has pacing issues, i guess i dont fully understand how pacing works in games. For me this games sequence of events just soared. Even the "slow" sections with mj or real peter and miles were expedient and didnt drag.
I fibd it hard to imagine how this game would look if it was "better paced" it almost seems like it would be exhausting.
I honestly wanna see more of sandman, I feel like they wasted him by making him the opening boss. I don't know if we'll see more of him or if we'll get to fight him again since we basically helped him out with his family hence the marko memories. We fight him in the prologue and we never see him again. They could've saved him for SM3
Yo that’d be sick if he teams up with the Spider-Men in sm3
@@fanian69 for sure they could also go that angle, also I hope we get to see molten man
I deffo have similar opinions to you, I think the gameplay is great, boss fights are better, but Spider-Man 1 just felt more special to me, it was trying to give Spider-Man fans the game they'd been wanting for years, especially after a massive disrespect with TASM 2. I felt this game was just "let's make everything bigger" (ironically though, the platinum is not even a hassle at all). I worry for the next one cos they're going to try to make it so big which may sacrifice other elements I appreciate of smaller games. My best way I can describe it is Spider-Man 1 is like a song that has really good lyrics and melody and the instrumentation behind it doesn't try to get in the way, the rest of the band respects the singer's moment to shine. In Spider-Man 2, I felt all the band members were trying to shine and getting in the way of each other, trying to showcase their talents.
Finally!! I thought I was the only one who liked the MJ missions since the first one. People are so boring complaining about useless shit. In this one is so much more fun playing with her, it’s kinda of a shooter. And in the final mission it makes feel scared from the simbiotes, one gave me a hell of a jump scare. It’s different when they run to get you when you’re Spider-Man and when your just a normal person, great job from the devs.
Kraven story was super cool, they adapted the Kraven’s Last Hunt so good. He really did a impact on this game.
Venom, I’m speechless until now, I wish he had more screen time too, but the quality, the feeling really pays it off.
They only missed out not doing an interaction with Pete and Black Cat when he gets the black suit. I was craving for that moment and I can’t believe there isn’t one. Miles with her was super dope, but… she should’ve made part of the campaign.
Besides that it’s a perfect game, I’m still recovering from this journey (but already on second playthrough)
The MJ levels are literally trash dude... lol. People talk shit about them because THEY ARE shit. "They are more of a shooter now" haha 😄
100% agree with those early criticisms. Pacing just all over the place. On a gameplay and mechanical level totally better than the first. But the orginals story was just perfect
Overall loved the game, gotta give it a bit of time to avoid recency bias but I think it is my game of the year. Do have two issues though. Main one is that I encountered more bugs than the previous two games - worst one was where Peter's head disappeared in a fairly pivotal scene and it took away from the emotion it was going for. Second, is that once you 100% the game the city does feel a bit dead - I think a really good addition would be to add an Arkham style arena mode for Peter, Miles & another character I'm sure others who have finished the game will know about.
My only complaint about the web-wigs are the wind tunnels. Specifically the rings that you have to go through. The developers should have kept the wind effects without including those corny rings which distract from the immaculate beauty of the city.
Yeah I agree with that. I did find it weird they felt the need to tell you exactly where they are
Out of all the complaints ive seen folk reach for when talking about this game, this one is the most valid. Like i didnt mind, but i was confused why they did it. I can literally see the wind effects they put their to show its a wind tunnel, i didnt need the big circles to show me where to use my wings at. Also didnt really need wind tunnels imo, ince you unlock tge swing loop that lets you get a huge boost if speed i almost never counted on the wind tunnels, just did a loop and ipened them up after i went flying out of it.
To me the wind tunnels operated as a pseudo, fast travel system. Towards the back end of the campaign, I wanted to finish the game as quickly as possible and the wind tunnels were a nice way to get to the next objective quickly.
there should be an option to turn off the effects kinda like nfs
Loved getting the plat in this game. Did not feel like a grind and none of it felt like it overstayed it's welcome.
I agree with most of your points. Aside from ether story which I thought was stellar. Like the whole relationship side of each character seeing how they all reacted to the out come. SPOILER just in case. Scream being added man I wanted more symbiotes. Also so many nods to the hierarchy of the symbiotes. That’s where I feel we needed more. Like why not give Ganky a symbiote like that would have been awesome
On your QTE point, those also existed in Spider-man 1 and Miles Morales. They didn’t take a step back, they did more of the same.
The definitive Spider-Man game. It hit all the right notes
not even close to it
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people, so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people
@@marcusclark1339oh shut up jou dom poes naai
@@marcusclark1339bruh those are the dumbest nitpicks ever
😂😂😂
@@marcusclark1339Dumbest and irrelevant nitpicks. The story as a whole was good and the gameplay has improved from the last game
This was how kraven should have been portrayed and it was perfect. I’ve never been a big kraven fan but this one was awesome.
Great review, I just finished the story myself and have 73% overall completion of the content. I feel I definitely enjoyed more aspects of the game than you, based on your critiques, but I could understand almost all your points (except the web wings, those things are awesome when combining them web swinging). I also agree that the 1st Insomniac SM game has a stronger story than this game, but I was really into the story the whole way through regardless.
Also off-topic note, but I feel like a “Final Verdict” video for this game on the MrMattyPlays channel would’ve done really well, given your affinity for Spider-Man. I know you gave your reason why it’s here in the video, just throwing my 2 cents out there
DONT BUY SPIDERMAN 2
Don't Buy This Game people
so many issues in it:
- Spanish language completely butchered for "inclusion"
- ESG company blackrock has 7% of sony stocks and it shows its influence
- performative pandering that they can't even get right
- like the flag in Mile's room or taiyaki stand that can't even figure out Taiyaki isn't a pretzel
- Mary Jowl face and androgynous body type cause femininity is seen as bad these days
- Peter Parker emasculated constantly to push up Miles and Mary Jowl
- Miles literally has no reason to exist
- All they do with miles is remove Peter's agency in his own story, - Peter gets beat up then Miles saves him to show he's "important" when really its just devaluing Peter's ability to make miles look better
- MJ stealth sections ridiculously overpowered to make her sections seem good when really its laughable
- Black cat doesn't get missions, neither does wraith as playable but time for terrible MJ sections
- Black cat retcon to bi and having a gf so the entire time she's manipulating Peter and causing stress in his home life for no good reason, also devaluing her care to her supposed GF they made up just now, legitimately makes her a terrible character now
- Kraven and venom wasted to push more time to ESG and social politics
- Mile's side missions are mediocre from helping someone ask someone out for prom to graffiti art, one is with two gay guys and the other with a deaf girl cause "inclusion over storytelling" and its so telling
- fight club girl beating up a guy twice her size while he begs, just misandry in a nutshell
- museum mission only there to say the funding gets taken away by EVIL WHITE GUY BUSINESS OWNER cause that's all they always do white = bad always to these writers
and of course Scream fight of Peter being emasculated, insulted, while he begs for forgiveness from his "queen" (second sony game to emphasize that idea, other was GoW Ragnarok Freya speech) and she saves HERSELF cause she's a STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
if u ever wonder why it feels so padded so irrelevant to what u do, remember what they make u do and the social politics to why and it is obvious
just another product that kicks Peter's teeth in to push identity and social doctrine onto people.
@@marcusclark1339 Bro no one cares about your brainwashed drivel
@@marcusclark1339god you have no life
Your memory of the first game is definitely a little off. Both games have QTEs but have the option to turn them off. And puzzles were also skippable in the first game.
Okay… so… I have just finished Spider-Man 2 last night. And I have some thoughts as well. So, this is my non-spoiler thoughts about this game.
TL;DnR:
This is not only the best Spider-Man game I have ever played. But it is also the BEST Superhero game I have ever played in my LIFE!
My personal “score” is $150/$80.
(An explanation of that score can be found at the bottom of this post.)
A few things to note first:
1) My Top 5 superheroes are Black Panther (T’Challa), Spider-Man (Miles), Spider-Man (Peter), Static, and Black Panther (Shuri). So when a superhero game has two of my top five in it, I am *GOING to be* biased in its favor. I’m also going to be biased unapologetically, too. So… yeah. This is definitely not an attempt at an unbiased or minimally biased think piece.
2) Yes. I did platinum it.
3) Yes. I did take my sweet precious time playing the game. I did not rush through anything. Case in point: I reached max level at around the 60% mark of the game. (36 hours is my playtime.)
Again, no spoilers.
Alright… so, since this isn’t an actual “review,” I won’t be going over much of the story or the gameplay mechanics for, obviously, spoiler reasons. So this isn’t a breakdown of the game from my perspective by any means. Just an overall perspective.
The game is wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. While not in every way imaginable, it is wonderful in ways I had never imagined it would be.
So I went into this game damn-near completely blind. Aside from the initial trailer, I had not seen any footage of the game. (As you’ve figured, that was intentional.)
Story:
I describe myself as a story-driven Gamer. Means just what it sounds like. As such, the story is always the most important aspect of a game for me. And this story here?! Blew! Me! Away!!! The only expectation I had was for it to be as good as Spider-Man: Miles Morales, just longer. Which would have been perfect for me, as that is all I wanted. But I got so much more than that. Insomniac pulled story beats that I absolutely did not see coming. Every time I thought to myself “Okay… that was WILD! It can’t get any better than this!! Now I’m going to just ride this high for the rest of the game because all they can do now is put the game in cruise control from this point on.” Every time I had a thought like that, they rose the bar and basically told me: “Oh… you thought that THAT was the best that we could do? How insulting. Let me show you that the dial goes much, much further past 11.” To me, it was like Insomniac heard a few particular comments (won’t say what those are now, but during a spoiler thread I can share) like they heard the comments and went “Aight, bet. I’ll take your _______, and I’m going to raise you this right here.” And they fucking DID IT! I swear, the story is the absolute BEST. And it is the best thing about this game. Which, for a story-driven Gamer such as myself, is absolutely perfect.
Gameplay:
Gameplay was built on upon off of what Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales built. They took the “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Just improve on it.” approach and it served the game masterfully. Despite requiring us to earn moves we had already earned in previous games already, they managed to make the entire process be refreshed and, well… improved! The challenge in combat rose at an incredible pace. And later enemies really made me utilize the parry mechanic I had been ignoring up to that point for no other reason than I just didn’t feel like using it and didn’t have a need to do so… until I did.
Webwings were so gotdamn dope! My goodness, that was such an epic addition to the game! Made traversal so much more versatile, quick and fast, and flashy. Just what I look for in Spider-Man games!
Other:
Voice acting, script, all of that? Top notch. Not surprising, but very, very pleasing.
Performance:
I played the game at 40fps, so performance was 100% solid for me. (I always choose 40fps when I have the option to. 30fps when I don’t. Except on PC. I go for fidelity and just let the fraereate do whatever it wants since I can't tell the difference anyway.)
But there were some glitches, bugs, and crashes. A noticeable amount. Those don’t bother me, so it is no big deal to me in general. Add the speed in which I was able to restart from last checkpoint or, for crashes, the speed I was able to get back into the game - add those to the equation and it bothers me even less. Not an issue for me, but I know that this is a sticking point for a lot of people, so I had to mention it so now one thinks I am ignoring it. (Although, technically I did.) 🤷🏾♂️
Score: $150/$80
What does that mean?
I do my scores different from most other people. Instead of the star scale, 5 point scale, 10 point scale, or 100 point scale, I use a money scale. The second number is the dollar amount that I paid for the game. The first number is the dollar amount I think the gaming experience is worth to me **within the context** of scoring a game. (Not actually paying that much for said game.) The point is to accurately express how much fun I had playing this game. So, for this game, it is essentially saying that I got $150.00 worth of fun out of this $80.00 game.
(And by the way, a $150.00 is the highest “score” I have ever given a game. So Spider-Man 2 joins the ranks of Assassin’s Creed Origins and The Witcher 3 for me.)
Alright. That’s my take! If you actually read all of this, thank you for your time!!
#SpiderMan2
#GreatestSuperheroGameOfAllTime
#ToMeAtLeast
Thats a really cool way to do a review score 👍
@@solidkwon
Thanks, man!
I love how it’s confirmed they removed all lgbtiso references for the terrorists but ban modders stateside for the same thing.
Thing about the QTE'S is that most of them don't really matter the scene just plays through regardless of if you push the button or not. Like you cannot fail QTE'S it looks like.
Just an FYI, the puzzles were skippable in Spiderman 2018 too
It's so fun on performance mode. The fidelity mode literally feels like it's in slow motion. I'm so impressed with their ability to utilize the abilities of the PS5's capabilities. It's just so impressive on a game design, gameplay mechanics, world building level. I can't wait to see how they do The Wolverine game!!!
It doesnt if you can use 120 hz 40 fps uncapped with motion blur
A spiderman game where you create your Peter Parker(any name) and first quarter is rpg and based on your decisions it determines your allies and enemies. A little world in the spiderverse where YOU'RE spiderman.
I finished this game just today and platinum it today and just wow 10/10
FYI, The puzzles were skippable in Spider-Man PS4 too, which I definitely did.
I never experienced any bugs in the first game, although maybe that's because i was playing on my brand new God of war PS4 Pro. I had a couple bugs in Miles Morales on PS5, and a bunch of bugs on Spider-Man 2 on PS5
I'm pretty sure I blacked out and had a stroke when you said you enjoyed the Riddler puzzles.
I LOVED the story of this game, it was so epic and really felt like the quality and feel of a mainline marvel movie. They nailed that.
I had no problem with the science mini games, I actually enjoyed them and they didn’t come up too often to where it was annoying. I appreciated that the devs gave so many varied styles of gaming.
My only issue was the games runtime. I wanted more. Especially when there’s no new game+ and you can 100% it within 25 hours (and I wasn’t even trying to do it quickly.)
I also wasn’t a huge fan of Yuri’s storyline because it felt totally out of left field, having forgotten what happened with her in the first game as it’s a 5 year old side plot told only thru audio clips 😂…
I wish they tied up the carnage plot too but I guess that’s DLC bait along with Silk who -no shade but- I hope they don’t make her look busted, most of the women in this game look weirdly unattractive while Peter and Miles are like catalogue models. MJ in particular has weirdly light eyelashes and a lot of red around her eyes which makes her look super tired and weird.
i agree with the women thing, i think mj looks good but i think her eyes are too big or something? it’s weird, also yuri fr does not look like she’s in tip top shape to be wraith, i can buy felicia being as flexiable and athletic as she is she’s decently fit, yuri is like pushin 30 or 40 doing flips on par with spider-man. i feel like felecia, rio and mj and in good lighting are fine
@@igg7865 yeah I’m so confused as to how Yuri went from investigator to superhero level? Like what bug bit her lmoa
it’s weird cuz it’s not like she’s even using any tech or anything either to make her strong, she fr is wearing like sweatpants and slides and trading blows with peter
Matty proved my point, its such a quick game. Its probably really good, but so short. I really hope they add some good DLC. Personally, i still stand by saying more villains should be included and maybe more spideys. Spiderverse DLC?????
I'm shocked at the amount of glitches in it
So true the amount of resets I had to do
we played as Venom. it would of been neat to play as kraven to hunt Scorpion or Rhino in a mission.
I know its easy to say but not easy to program but I just think it would neat
Nah y'all are glazing tf out of this rubbish
Idk if any of y’all noticed the sounds that the symbiote monsters were making. They sounded very similar to the symbiote monster sounds from the Spiderman PS1 / N64 game.
Omg yes with the dodge/parry thing. I just finished the game and was literally telling my roommate they should have different colors for different resctions cuz when youre fighting a group relentlessly with a boss or just a "big guy" and you go to parry but you were supposed to dodge or vice versa it becomes a bit much to think about and pay attention to. Not hard, just, a bit much
Apparently, you can change those colors in the settings.
@@lonewolf7396 good to know but too late now xD
8:11 Finally someone besides me appreciates the "Mj sections" it's nice to know that not everyone likes to crap all over the Mj sections in Marvels Spiderman 1 and 2,I will agree that the Mj sections have been very much improved in this game than in the previous that's not to say that those sections in the previous game aren't fun coz they're a lot of fun there's just not a lot going on with the section with the Devils Breath being an exception,the suspense was always very much there and like these sections in this game I'm always nervous and on the edge of my seat so the fear factor is still very much there only the stakes are much higher than the previous game and I absolutely love the fact that they decided to give Mj a much larger part in this game than in the previous game
Spider-Bug 2 was pretty good, aside from the bugs… 🤷♂️
Just Midfield that was forgotten about in a week
What bugs? 😂 just because you’re an Xbox fanboy don’t lie
@@benteiken8778I’m having a lot of bugs too, I’ve had two hard crashes and had to restart multiple check points due to enemies getting stuck somewhere I can’t reach them. Super surprised since insomniac games are usually excellent about stuff like that
@@benteiken8778and why do you assume that they’re an Xbox player/fanboy? You’re kinda just outing yourself as the fanboy, suggesting that PC, Nintendo, or PlayStation players themselves can’t have any criticism towards a game that’s on PlayStation, and basically saying that the only people criticizing the game are Xbox fanboys, that’s a sad thought process.
@@_X1M_ lmao defending people who can’t tell that a game is far from buggy why are you or him even here to hate GTFO
Only glitches I had was them bloody birds getting stuck in the skyscrapers 😂
I Love This Game From Beginning To End. 11/10💐
Whyd they make mj so uggo though? A huuuge part of her character is that she's way too good for Peter. It's sad because the model they based her off of is super pretty. And why do I gotta play as a deaf chick spray painting about racism in a freaking spider man game? Come on really? The gameplay is so fun but crap like that really takes me out of it and it just feels like narrative pushing. Like when Peter goes off on a rant about gun clubs.... in a city with some of the most strict gun laws in the country. It shows that the writers live in their own little bubble and it sucks
These games are garbage. I 100% completed the first game to give it a chance because Spider-Man is my favorite superhero. These games are WAY too focused on their mediocre stories. It hampers the game design. There's no interesting enemy types, level design or game mechanics. It's the biggest disappointment of all time.
One thing I wish the video touched on a little more is the vast improvement in the quality of the boss battles. With the new parry mechanic the battles have more depth and require a little more strategy. It’s certainly not at the level of a from software game but it’s leagues above most other superhero titles.
Alex the only pro Xbox guy who isn’t biased who actually loves games jo matter what nothing wrong with loving or preferring a console over the other but being honest is good I love starfield and I love Spiderman
The first Spider-Man had QTEs, from taking down Kingpin, to taking down gangsters in car chases even when fighting Martin Li, there are QTEs.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who suffered from camera stuffing. I also agree about the parry and chaotic nature of combat it can be a bit inundated. Still, having a blast playing it.
They nerfed Peter too much
Can’t be the only one who thought it was so dumb how many of the suits were brought back from the last game. Like I was near max level excited to unlock a suit for it to be one I played with 5 years ago ? Pure laziness from insomniac sorry
This game is an 8 out of 10 at best. It could have been a serious goty contender had they not shoved their woke lgbtq propaganda in your face, making black cat gay for no reason, gay flags in the game even tho they took it out for the middle eastern version of the game so it would sell over there lol, making mj ugly by making her look like one of the games woke writers, turning mj into a Mary Sue more powerful than spiderman, sidelining Peter for miles at the end like Peter just up n forgot tht with great power comes great responsibility, having Peter constantly apologizing to mj like it's his fault mj is unhappy to the point of it being extreme cringe smh.
Virgin alert
hes right tho
Agree. Rather than just straight up flying with web wings, I wish they made them in a way that they were actual gliders and descend slowly over time. I get it, you can choose to not use them but you see my point.
Spider man had web wings in cartoons and comics it’s still part of his character your problem is you need to get a balance between web swinging and then web wings don’t over use them then then it feels amazing
I personally think it should win game of the year the main and side stories where incredible
If baldurs gate didn’t exist
The side quests and open world events were lame though. Only complaint. I really hated helping out random kids at visions and doing the same random fights in the open world.
A bug filled game isn't game of the year.
@@matthewbraith0411yet Witcher 3 won goty and it had bugs as well so your argument is invalid
Between this and ff 16
Great video brother, very fair.
Spider-man 2 has invisible walls terrible dialogue weird character models especially mary jane a shit ton of bugs and a nonsense plot with a wasted venom
I got the platinum within 2 days of release and apparently they’re going to add a new game plus soon and I’m SO ready to replay this game again
If you literally finish everything in this within 2 days, what's even the point then...?
OMG SOY-der Man taught me such great lessons, like revenge is bad, TLOU style!!! 😢🤓
Matty, the puzzles in 2 aren't skippable, plus they're completely different from the first games', so I don't even know how you confuse them..
This game is a massive disapointment. Ugly Mary Jane, Deaf Girl, Gay Mission... and worst of all rip off token Spider man that doesn't need to exist. It would be like playng a new Batman game, that has another Batman based on skin color, so now you have two Batmans? Why? I only want to play as Peter, MJ should be smokin hot and don't care or want to see LGBT BS. Enough already.
you sound mad sensitive my guy
@@rudywilliams6538 Just calling it how I see it. Point out the lie?
@@voooduvooodu6032 you're literally mad over a deaf character in a video game. it might be time to touch some grass.
@@rudywilliams6538 Angry? No,. im disapointed about the game being dumb for no reason. I don't want to play as deaf girl in a "SPIDER MAN". Its called Spider Man? What? Gonna have a blind girl mission too where the screen is just black for the whole mission?
@@voooduvooodu6032 getting mad over playing as a different character for a couple minutes is a new level of impotent gamer rage
I platinum the game yesterday and holy shmoly 😂 this game definitely imo cranks it up to 11 and its amazing, during my playthrough i didn't experience any bugs and maybe that why i thinks is really good also ( SPOILER) when you get to play as venom holy s**t this game makes you feel just how powerful he his and thats something else.
Not the 10/10 masterpiece you Insomniac riders like to make out.
Says the Xbox fanboy that thinks Star Field is fantastic
No mention of the Symbiote?
I don’t understand the hate for QTEs I love them when it’s done tastefully it makes u feel like you are contributing to some of the badass moments.
Staying away from the internet when Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 gets in development. Not watching trailers, nothing.
Twitter completely spoiled the fuck out of MSM2, ruining the surprises and reveals. Never. Again.
Got the platinum with about 25 hours play times.
Great game. Need the DLC to come 😅
bro turned into "the tofu survivor" from RE2 😂😂😂
It’s funny that no one it’s taking of bugs and glitches from the game
Now see I don't have a ps5 yet, so when I get one I plan on playing Spider man ps5 remastered with Miles Morales and SM2 back to back to back for the first time and play them start to finish like 1 big game, granted I never played Spiderman 2018
Spider-Man 2 left me absolutely shocked as well, by the sheer amount of WOKE garbage put into it.
After 1 playthrough the mini puzzles aren't worth constantly doing. During a first playthrough it feels more like you're also doing more as a smart peter parker but it just really slows down the pacing I feel.
for the first game
I noticed running trough the fire escapes is not as fluid
This got me excited for wolverine even more 🎯🎯🎯🎯
Why not put this on the main channel ?
Spider-Man 2 left me absolutely gay 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Just divorced my wife 💯💯
I blasted through this story completely and it took me 19 hours close to 20 and then the side content was about another 4 hours.
I think people forgot that there is a QTE complete option to avoid doing qte all together.
Bruh, the first game definitely had MANY QTEs. This game has significantly less QTEs. Idk what ur on but whatever. And like some others said, you could skip the puzzles in the first game.
Am I the only one who thinks that sand man opening clouds of dust look like sackboy: A big adventure back ground?
You can turn qtes off
Crazy how only xbox centric people have so many issues with bugs lol. Maybe they had a unique patch lmao
Im so glad you have the same appreciation for yuri amd the moment you mentioned sasuke and evil peter like yasss!!!
The puzzles were shippable in the first as well, they’re stupidly easy so I have no idea why they give the option
Apparently this vemon is a take on the ultimate spider man version of vemon
This game had alot of love for other vemon characters which was kinda crazy i was only epecting basic venom not what we got. I just wish end game venom stuff lasted longer, though I love how creepy venom is when he does finally show up. sad that we most likely wont get a venom solo game.
Spider-Man 3 Carnage-venom-Fisk goblin with a punisher daredevil mile peter team up
You forgot to say that pre order have not dissapointed us. The game was working, which is rare today.
It was honestly cringe. Also couldn’t heal unless filled a gauge and non-skippable puzzles? Tf?
@@Dermetsu nah you didn’t have to wait till the whole gauge filled
Loved this game! My game of the year so far
I dont know how ign and gamespot gave this game an 8 rating
This is a game of the year material
10/10
Spiderman needs more challenging puzzles that incorporate the tools you aquire along the way, and the stealth/enemy ai need improvement 😅
Two main issues, pacing and miles. I won’t spoil it but after a big fight, a character calls another one as kind of comedic relief and it’s like why? Also when some things become discovered, they feel undervalued such as when they find out harry has the symbiote at the start of the game.
And miles, my god, spiderverse set the standard for how much life this character is capable of but he just feels like someone imitating Peter Parker which is the point but even when the story makes it out to be that he’s his own person even in the spin off, he never really changed. His personal life is half baked as, like Peter gets some cool side missions and miles got done dirty with getting back stolen instruments 💀