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Marvel’s Spider-Man |OT| Face it, Tiger… you just hit the jackpot!
- Thread starter tgrfawcett
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curious to know - how has the atmosphere been around the studio now that the dust has settled? I can imagine Sony and Marvel being very happy at the results.
Just finished the game, enjoyed it a lot. The best part was without doubt the critical path. Characters and story were very strong. Web-swinging is definately improved over previous Spider-Man games, especially in terms of polish, but i still feel that they didnt really push it forward that much. The biggest new thing that they added was the parkour, which was very welcome. There were some other neat touches here and there, like the L3 dive, but overall, Insomniacs take on swinging is basically the same as the previous games, only with triple-A polish. There wasnt much there in terms of depth or additional layers of complexity to master once you got the basics down unfortunately, and R2 being the auto-traversal button illustrates that pretty well; you just have to hold and go.
The progression trees added very few meaningful abilities, both when it came to traversal and combat, which is a bit of a missed opportunity in my opinion. Maybe it could have been used to expand on Spideys web swining repetoire and through that keep traversal interesting in the late game. Something that really frustrated me was how limited the options were while wall running, especially on the horizontal axis. You couldnt control distance or angle when performing a jump after wall running, nor could you use the charged jump ability. All spiderman ever did was the same little pirouette jump at a 45 degree angle that only gimped your mobility. Would have been cool to be able to wall jump/bounce between parallel buildings on narrow streets and interact with the geometry more in that way.
Combat was a pleasant suprise, reminded me more of Shadow of Mordor than the Arkham games, only with more tools at your disposal. Maybe a few repetative animations, but thats a fairly superficial complaint. Would have liked a block/counter option also instead of just dodging, but thats just personal preference.
Very pleased with the game overall, and really excited to see how Insomniac can expand on it in the sequel, with the fundamentals in place. I think they are right on track with the narrative and the characters, its the gameplay that they need to improve in my opinion.
The progression trees added very few meaningful abilities, both when it came to traversal and combat, which is a bit of a missed opportunity in my opinion. Maybe it could have been used to expand on Spideys web swining repetoire and through that keep traversal interesting in the late game. Something that really frustrated me was how limited the options were while wall running, especially on the horizontal axis. You couldnt control distance or angle when performing a jump after wall running, nor could you use the charged jump ability. All spiderman ever did was the same little pirouette jump at a 45 degree angle that only gimped your mobility. Would have been cool to be able to wall jump/bounce between parallel buildings on narrow streets and interact with the geometry more in that way.
Combat was a pleasant suprise, reminded me more of Shadow of Mordor than the Arkham games, only with more tools at your disposal. Maybe a few repetative animations, but thats a fairly superficial complaint. Would have liked a block/counter option also instead of just dodging, but thats just personal preference.
Very pleased with the game overall, and really excited to see how Insomniac can expand on it in the sequel, with the fundamentals in place. I think they are right on track with the narrative and the characters, its the gameplay that they need to improve in my opinion.
Thanks! I'll keep those tips in mind!
While I too hate what you say about traversing in the third act, I think it got obvious to finish the story because it becomes urgent so, it didn't bothered me much.
The bases are a lot if you put them all together but it's still side content, you don't have to do them all at once, take your time.
DONE!
What's fun is that I also completed all secret photo ops and it turned into a sort of victory lap through the city, as I got my platinum in harlem and my last photo op was Statue of Libety (I knewit was cuz somebody mentioned that's how they discovered secret photo opsin tje first place and I knew I didn't take a photo of it yet) so, I had to swing all the way down (wasn't going to fast travel)
Of course, also did the obligatory:
What's fun is that I also completed all secret photo ops and it turned into a sort of victory lap through the city, as I got my platinum in harlem and my last photo op was Statue of Libety (I knewit was cuz somebody mentioned that's how they discovered secret photo opsin tje first place and I knew I didn't take a photo of it yet) so, I had to swing all the way down (wasn't going to fast travel)
Of course, also did the obligatory:
It's really not that hard too. I think I'm near the end of the game and I've been playing on Spetacular the whole time. Like you said the beginning was a little rough but I probably the same number of times in the first hour that I have through the entire rest of the game. You get focus so fast that you can always heal if you need to, and once you have all the gadgets the combat is a cakewalk.
It really isn't, that is why I couldn't imagine a lower difficulty. It would be too easy then.
Of course, also did the obligatory:
"Chilling with Uncle Ben #neverforget"
I really hope the DLC is worth it. Arkham Knight's abysmal DLCs kind of soured me on the game, that's the last thing I want to see with this.
No, sir.
No, but you get a suit out of it.
Scarlet Spider is my main main (but havent unlocked all of them yet, i already know what my favorite will be though
Original 2099 suit... NOT that shitty new white 2099 abomination lol
And Iron Spider. Wish it was Original Iron Spider though.
And to a lesser degree: Spider-punk because... punk is my thing.
But so far... Scarlet Spider wins... i love it so much!
So then, it is required no? Isn't there a trophy to get all of the suits?
I think the suit is a "hidden" suit and doesnt count towards that trophy.
It's not even shown or hinted at. I didn't know until someone mentioned it here either.
I was hoping there'd be a Batman style 'quick use' button combo system but they obviously didn't want to ape Rocksteady's work THAT much :P
I'm right at the beginning of the second act and i begin to question the enemy variety. The only scary foe is the brute. Are there other types coming or is the brute the hardest regular enemy in the game?
Outside of that i'm still enjoying the game, especially the critical path, really really great stuff in here.
Outside of that i'm still enjoying the game, especially the critical path, really really great stuff in here.
Others have said the suit abilities are crucial in 3-starring the combat Challenges
I've not needed them yet, personally
"Peter Parker: Born Loser"
Better be the headline in a future game when Pete is finally outed as Spidey
Good to know. Spectacular is absolutely the way to play this game for a somewhat skilled player.
Silver Sable soldiers are the final tier of regular enemies.
The time of day variation options you get to choose once you complete the game are disappointing. What happened to the rainy overcast and night rain settings that we got to play in throughout the story? :( For some reason it's only day/sunset/night.
Unless there's a weather option somewhere in the research stations..
Unless there's a weather option somewhere in the research stations..
Oh I see.
Went ahead to check what it is and decided to make an appropriate photo
Yeah I was hoping for weather options. Hopefully it gets patched it .
The lightning storm in one of the research missions was cool even though the non harmful lightning was predictable.
Hope the sequels or even the dlc add some more enemy variety.
Pretty disappointing that the combat system basically reach its peak only a few hrs in. Sure they add some new enemies but the combat approach doesn't really change, especially after you unlock some key abilities that trivialize many enemy types.
Pretty disappointing that the combat system basically reach its peak only a few hrs in. Sure they add some new enemies but the combat approach doesn't really change, especially after you unlock some key abilities that trivialize many enemy types.
If you want to make a thread, do it
I just post here
Awesome marketing for #SpiderManPS4 in Milan, Italy
Gaddamn
Really? I dont think it changes much.
Anyways, its the best time to get the secret photos
The bosses in this game felt pretty generic. I felt more challenge from the Sable outposts than any of the bosses. There wasn't anything noteworthy about any of them. Every one of them just felt like dodge for a while, web him up, hit triangle, hit square a few times, repeat.
Actually I think one of the best parts of the game that really felt like a boss was when
That was way more fun and intense than the actual fight.
It's a shame because they did so many other things in this game right, but really phoned in the fun on the bosses.
Actually I think one of the best parts of the game that really felt like a boss was when
you're playing as miles and have to sneak past the Rhino.
It's a shame because they did so many other things in this game right, but really phoned in the fun on the bosses.
I went back to the manual save I made just before the ending and yeah, crimes popped up much faster. I mopped up then beat the game again.
Circle + Triangle is what I used most of the time. Other than that, dodging behind them and beating them from behind.
web-bomb someone next to them, trip mines next to them I think worked too, easiest is to throw items to make them vulnerable to normal attacks.
I was at 85% when I took it back to redbox and I still feel like I wasted too much time on obnoxious busy work. I don't know how people have the patience to 100% this one.