Spider-Man Combat (New Game Informer Video)

TheMadTitan · Apr 11, 2018

Vex said:
there are clearly webs being shot out at various times in that gif to suspend himself in the air.

come on guys.

I didn't even notice that. I thought they were just using standard video game physics because it looks cool.

Pete shooting lines to keep him airborne while he juggles is a really nice touch.

Insomniac, I may forgive you now if you don't include the aforementioned skyscraper piledriver move since you have all of these little touches.

But I still want the piledriver, even if it's part of a Piledriver DLC package.

Loveless · Apr 11, 2018

DrBo42 said:
This bit I'm not wild about. Up in the air too long without something keeping him there. Too far into the DmC air juggle category for a realistic world.

I'm pretty sure he's throwing webs at the buildings to keep him up.

AnansiThePersona · Apr 11, 2018

Oh my god that combat is amazing. So fluid. And R&C-style gadgets? Thanks for confirming my pre-order

butman · Apr 11, 2018

The city is so alive!

DrBo42 · Apr 11, 2018

Loveless said:
I'm pretty sure he's throwing webs at the buildings to keep him up.

They're cast but there's no weight on them lol. Watch his arms.

Cess007 · Apr 11, 2018

SunhiLegend said:

The guy he kicks out of the van is dead, so friggin dead

WITHE1982 · Apr 11, 2018

Damn I was not expecting that.

combat looks like a mix of infamous, arkham and devil may cry. I can't approve of this enough.

I honestly never thought I'd be as excited for a spiderman game. Well done insomniac.

Blackleg-sanji1 · Apr 11, 2018

Y'all nit picky as all hell sheesh. No wonder these devs be sweating

Bartend3r · Apr 11, 2018

Looks absolutely gorgeous. I truly hope they drop the ubi-like maps and missions.

Marcus Brutalius · Apr 11, 2018

Lmao. People stop...you complain about Spidey floating in the air???? without ever questioning how the web swinging in NY is supposed to work the way it is often portrayed... which always gave me the impression that a giant roof-top covers the whole city? Lawd...

Artdayne · Apr 11, 2018

This looks really great and hits all the right parts I'm looking for: the ability to quickly swap between using webs, gadets, melee combat on the fly along with a system that leaves room for creativity.

Derrick01 · Apr 11, 2018

Sou Da said:
That's literally not true in this case.

Like I said maybe not with spiderman but MS can approach them for just about anything else including a new IP. But that would mean they'd have to be interested in funding games like this and have it be single player only.

Krakin · Apr 11, 2018

DrBo42 said:
This bit I'm not wild about. Up in the air too long without something keeping him there. Too far into the DmC air juggle category for a realistic world.

agreed

Deleted member 437 · Apr 11, 2018

orangeb1ood503 said:
As an Xbox gamer I wish Insomniac would become multi-plat dev. Sunset Overdrive was amazing and this will be as well. Everybody should have the chance to enjoy their games. I am not a fan of the dual shock, to be polite, and it keeps me from by a PS4 everytime.

If the DS4 is the only thing keeping you back, there are a bunch of ways to solve that issue.

SRTtoZ · Apr 11, 2018

Awesome. Loved when he ran away from the fight, turned around and webbed the scaffolding down onto all the enemies. This game is going to be nuts.

Kaako · Apr 11, 2018

SunhiLegend said:

Just disgusting.
Insomniac Games need to check themselves before they wreck themselves.

Sou Da · Apr 11, 2018

Derrick01 said:
Like I said maybe not with spiderman but MS can approach them for just about anything else including a new IP. But that would mean they'd have to be interested in funding games like this and have it be single player only.

You're not wrong but Sunset Overdrive was an Insomniac ass Insomniac game, co-op or no.

Deleted member 437 · Apr 11, 2018

Boke18 said:
His response when I asked him.

He's mistaking it for GOW. 100%

SRTtoZ · Apr 11, 2018

Dinjooh said:
??

The footage looks like it's around 720p or so.

He's hyperbolic but still while their video player works, the quality is quite shit.

Keym · Apr 11, 2018

... do the enemies ever pose a threat? They look like little more than punching bags for Spidey to style on.

Sebalt · Apr 11, 2018

Cess007 said:
The guy he kicks out of the van is dead, so friggin dead

"Spider-Man doesn't kill in that game", yeah, right, ha ha. Just like Batman in the Arkham series.

Anyway, the combat looks really awesome with a lot of possibilities!

JigglesBunny · Apr 11, 2018

Thank god Insomniac decided to implement Spidey's long forgotten hover ability. That's true fan service.

poklane said:

I can't take anymore. They already have my money, my time and my undivided attention, what else can I give?

Triggerhappytel · Apr 11, 2018

orangeb1ood503 said:
As an Xbox gamer I wish Insomniac would become multi-plat dev. Sunset Overdrive was amazing and this will be as well. Everybody should have the chance to enjoy their games. I am not a fan of the dual shock, to be polite, and it keeps me from by a PS4 everytime.

They are a multiplat dev, they just accept a lot of work from Sony. In this instance they're probably signed up for a couple of sequels assuming certain conditions are met. Other publishers they've worked with include Microsoft, EA and GameTrust.

Sou Da said:
That's literally not true in this case.

Why not? Could MS not acquire the license for a popular superhero or other comic book IP and fund their own exclusive? If Disney have licensed out Spider-Man, The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy does it not seem reasonable that they would consider licensing out Black Panther, Dr. Strange or some other character to MS?

Aaron Stack · Apr 11, 2018

DrBo42 said:
They're cast but there's no weight on them lol. Watch his arms.

He can move almost 162mph

spad3 · Apr 11, 2018

dobahking91 said:

Kinda wish everything went slowmo the entire duration when he's in the air juggling like that. It looks like there isn't any gravity and he's floating there for that long.

Still fucking awesome though.

jstevenson said:
we're still tuning, but man you gotta use all four (webs, aerial, gadgets, environment) if you want to deal with bigger fights in the game

Bigger fights...bigger as in bigger enemy or bigger as in crowded...?

F4r0_Atak · Apr 11, 2018

Sou Da said:
You're not wrong but Sunset Overdrive was an Insomniac ass Insomniac game, co-op or no.

Oh come on!! The game was legit good. Sure, there was a huge focus on movement and verticality, but the game was still fun. :P

Wollan · Apr 11, 2018

I'm surprised how unique it looks. Was expecting something akin to Arkham Asylum but this is its own thing.

Agree that the in-air time should be visualized as a slow-mo.

Sou Da · Apr 11, 2018

F4r0_Atak said:
Oh come on!! The game was legit good. Sure, there was a huge focus on movement and verticality, but the game was still fun. :P

I was saying that it was good.

I personally have a huge gripe about how the grinding never looked fast but I liked it.

Aaron Stack · Apr 11, 2018

Also in that gif he's using the guy to keep himself in the air too. You can see the guy moving back with each hit.

Marcus Brutalius · Apr 11, 2018

Cess007 said:
The guy he kicks out of the van is dead, so friggin dead

What if he kicks him into a mattress store or pillow factory?!

Deimos · Apr 11, 2018

I've been bitching about the swinging physics but complaining about floaty combat is taking it too far. Combat is one of the least important places to be worrying about realism.

Deleted member 5604 · Apr 11, 2018

DrBo42 said:
I saw maybe 2 but they're not pulled on or have any weight applied at all. One of them he actually casts and moves his arm towards the anchor point...doing nothing. It's only really the point where you juggle one guy, then pull the next guy into the air that bugs me. When a player dispatches an enemy in the air and is deciding to stay there and continue combat, animations need to occur to have it make sense. It looks so much better when you do that.

I can agree on the first webline, but not the second. The second webline is in sync with a move he's doing to pull the baddie up to him and it absolutely looks like he's pulling himself up along with it to stay in the air with that one.

The others may as well be explained away as "too fast to see him applying the strength to pull himself up" in my books. lol.

Seriously though, the fact that they even have the webline animations shooting up to explain the air juggles is more than satisfactory to me. But to each their own.

spad3 · Apr 11, 2018

Triggerhappytel said:
They are a multiplat dev, they just accept a lot of work from Sony. In this instance they're probably signed up for a couple of sequels assuming certain conditions are met. Other publishers they've worked with include Microsoft, EA and GameTrust.

Why not? Could MS not acquire the license for a popular superhero or other comic book IP and fund their own exclusive? If Disney have licensed out Spider-Man, The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy does it not seem reasonable that they would consider licensing out Black Panther, Dr. Strange or some other character to MS?

The Avengers Project is coming (Square, Eidos, Crystal Dynamics) and it's going to be multi-plat. Spider-Man is a PS4 exclusive because Sony. If it does well review-wise, it's gonna bode well for Disney to seek out similar-caliber developers and may possibly seek console exclusivity.

chris 1515 · Apr 11, 2018

Triggerhappytel said:
They are a multiplat dev, they just accept a lot of work from Sony. In this instance they're probably signed up for a couple of sequels assuming certain conditions are met. Other publishers they've worked with include Microsoft, EA and GameTrust.

Why not? Could MS not acquire the license for a popular superhero or other comic book IP and fund their own exclusive? If Disney have licensed out Spider-Man, The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy does it not seem reasonable that they would consider licensing out Black Panther, Dr. Strange or some other character to MS?

Microsoft have no movie right for any Marvel heroes...

Get_crazy · Apr 11, 2018

Y'all are nitpicking like:

butman · Apr 11, 2018

Da-Kid said:
Same, something about it just lacks the look of it being fun. Maybe because we've seen just the basics?

Yeah. It's like. Where is the menace?
Foes fall like flies by only smashing buttons. I really hope there's more equipped enemies like Arkham games where you need to think a little before face them.

btags · Apr 11, 2018

This is not a port beg, but a question. Why is this game exclusive to PS4? I understand that spiderman is somehow owned by Sony (I thought it was movie rights, only, but someone can correct me if there is more to it), but the Raimi movies were also made by Sony and the games based on those were released on multiple platforms.

Again, not a port beg, just curious as to what has changed that Sony can make this exclusive while they could not or at least did not make the old spiderman games exclusive.

F4r0_Atak · Apr 11, 2018

Sou Da said:
I was saying that it was good.

I personally have a huge gripe about how the grinding never looked fast but I liked it.

Lol... I must have misread your quote, cause I thought you said it was "ass" as in the worst Insomniac game. Sorry. :P

Richter1887 · Apr 11, 2018

ITS FUCKING FANTASTIC

poklane said:

HYPE

BossAttack · Apr 11, 2018

jstevenson said:
we're still tuning, but man you gotta use all four (webs, aerial, gadgets, environment) if you want to deal with bigger fights in the game

I like the cut of your jib. Sounds like the Arkham games in the late game, especially on harder difficulties.

chris 1515 · Apr 11, 2018

btags said:
This is not a port beg, but a question. Why is this game exclusive to PS4? I understand that spiderman is somehow owned by Sony (I thought it was movie rights, only, but someone can correct me if there is more to it), but the Raimi movies were also made by Sony and the games based on those were released on multiple platforms.

Again, not a port beg, just curious as to what has changed that Sony can make this exclusive while they could not or at least did not make the old spiderman games exclusive.

Spiderman is in MCU now...

Not · Apr 11, 2018

The guy he webslams over his head while doing a front flip into the concrete so hard it cracks is dead, too

Deleted member 2595 · Apr 11, 2018

dobahking91 said:

How the fuck does pulling someone when you're mid-air mak them come to you instead of you falling down lol

OK, I'm not going to overthink this!

btags · Apr 11, 2018

chris 1515 said:
Spiderman is in MCU now...

Yeah, but isn't that due to a deal between Sony and Marvel Studios?

Blackleg-sanji1 · Apr 11, 2018

btags said:
This is not a port beg, but a question. Why is this game exclusive to PS4? I understand that spiderman is somehow owned by Sony (I thought it was movie rights, only, but someone can correct me if there is more to it), but the Raimi movies were also made by Sony and the games based on those were released on multiple platforms.

Again, not a port beg, just curious as to what has changed that Sony can make this exclusive while they could not or at least did not make the old spiderman games exclusive.

Activision has Spider-Man game rights that's now over>marvel started a new game initiative>Sony fits that initiative>Sony and marvel went to insomniac>they chose Spider-Man.
Short version

Deleted member 2595 · Apr 11, 2018

Alienous said:
I'm not sure I'll ever get over the lack of a quip / taunt button to aggro enemies. Hell, I'd say that should take priority over the melee button for a Spider-Man game.

If they write /time the quips well enough, i think it'll be okay. But you're right that would be brilliant and obvious.

Deleted member 1062 · Apr 11, 2018

we really gotta bog every thread down with exclusivity talk?

HStallion · Apr 11, 2018

I only care if the combat plays well and am fine sacrificing realism for that.

Not · Apr 11, 2018

Alienous said:
I'm not sure I'll ever get over the lack of a quip / taunt button to aggro enemies. Hell, I'd say that should take priority over the melee button for a Spider-Man game.

Oh Goddamn it. Add that to weak sidequests on my list of worries.

Spider-Man should never shut the hell up. Spider-Man should be Deadpool level.

Angel DvA · Apr 11, 2018

Is this the only type of ennemies we're gonna fight ? don't want to beat clone for hours... looks pretty good otherwise.

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