The game story is phenomenom and it's something unique that took it's time to introduce the characters and the world around them. By doing so, key moments that occur in the game have an impact to the players as they invest time in the universe.
The begins by an aready established and experienced spiderman who has been on the job for the last 7 years. Based on that factor alone, there is no reason to give the fans another version of Spiderman's origin. Peter is a character
who is struggoling between his life as crime fighter and as as Peter Parker who is constantly in trouble because his other life is getting in the way. Spiderman is resulting in him be late for work, messing his love story with Mary Jane
and generally make people around him lose their reliability on him such as his Aunt May, his mentor Dr Octavious and his friends. The game has a a well written book called Spiderman Takeover which acts as prequel to this game.
In that 420 page book we get to know how peter met and works with Detective Yuri, how Spiderman affects Mary Jane and the bond between his firendship with harry . The book includes action moments versus some famous villains and a case with
Fisk. This Universe's Spiderman has thing for Fisk and has been trying to get him for the past seven years but constantly failed to put him behind the bars. The Game's prologue is yet another attempt on Fisk however, this time the police
has evidence againt him.
The game's story can be seperated in four main Arcs. The Prologue, The Mr. Negative arc, the Sinister Six and a secred Chapter. It is great to see how all these villains react and act based on the world around them.
During game's life span, the game takes it's chance to introduce and tease new characters that will most likely play a key factor in future games. A great example of this is the character of Miles Morales . Miles was introduced witin
the game, and played a minor yet significant role. two years later Miles Morales was a launch title alongside the Ps5's release. The game's story showcases the consiquences that Peter's actions take. In the first scene where he goes after Fisk,
he also received a letter that if he doesnt pay his bills, the owner will enter his house and kick him out. Peter decides to go after fisk and few events later he ends up in the street after being kicked out from his flat. It's an understatement to say
but Insomniac Games showed respect to the project and crafted a world and a character that was soon loved by anyone who experienced the game.
First things first, since it's a Spiderman game , one of the main attractions and main component of a succesfull "spiderman" game is the web swinging. It is very important since it iss something that the players will be using alot throughout the entire run
of the game. Without a doubt Insomniac understood it and made everything they could to make the experience fun and unique, needless to say, they nailed it. Swinging throughout New York city never felt so pleasant and satisfying.
Every spider web that Spiderman shoots has to have a surface for it to connect to. While swinging there are different animations that spiderman triggers when moving or when the player does tricks. He can also build momentum and use is to build speed.
Various animations can be triggered when Spiderman swings through poles, and buildings constructions, very similar to The amazing Spiderman (2012) ending scene. The last important detail worth mentioning is how Spiderman sounds when he is web swinging.
Unlike when he is standing still, when swinging the player can hear how he finds it more difficult to speak, mainly duo to the air and the pressure. According to Yuri Lowenthal the voice actor of Spiderman he recorded most of his voice lines twice, one for
when he is standing still, and one for when spiderman swings around.
The combat of the game is fun. It's a fast pace cobat with a fair amount of fighting animation for both on ground and midair fights. Spiderman fights the enemies in close combat, through his martial arts. That includes punching and kicking.
Spiderman can dodge incomming attacks based on when the spider sense starts to tingle. The more intense it looks the closer the hit is to land. There are plenty of spidey gadgets and specific suit power ups that allow Spiderman
to have a lot of different battle styles and allow the player to use different of game styless. For example, there is a speedrun style using the web bombs and wind blow gadgets. Web bombs are used on smaller enemies to get them in a trap, the player
then uses the wind gadget to force the trap enemies to be stucked on walls or even throw them of a cliff. On the same build, the player can use the spiderhands in order to casually land hits on heavy enemies and bosses. Another example is a
stealth gameplay with stealthy web shooters that trap the enmies before even seeing Spiderman. There are plenty of other styles that is worth replaying and find out your own style. There are also plenty of different animations for finishers
and dodging animations.
During battles Spidey can always use surrounding items to help him in his fight with the enemies, such as trash bins, boxes etc. There's a number of mobs that need a different approach than normal button smash. Some enemies
require the player to stunt them in order to hit him. Others enemies require the web crawler to attack them from behind as they can block every incomming attack. Certain enemies require the player to dissarm their weapon
and finally there are enemies that the player will have to launch them up in order to attack them. The game also has some real time events that also give a massive action based cutscene to accompany them. Real time events,
are events that occur during a cutscene and require a player to press a certain button within a small amount of time. Last but not least each boss fight in the game is unique and memorable on their own rights.
Simply smashing attack and webs will mostly help the player die quicker. During these battles the player is required to find the enemies weak points or open windows that they can use in order to strike down the enemy.
While it the topic of the gameplay its fair to say that Spiderman is not the only playable hero. Spiderman is the hero who fights crime BUT Peter Parker is a different story. Peter's playable sections require him
to go to places and interact with a specific character, some of his sections are in lab where he works and requires the player to solve two types of mini puzzles games and a few sections where he needs to be stealthy. Speaking of stealth
Mary Jane is also a playable hero and she is all about stealth. However unlike Peter and another character she is different . She starts off with simple stelath sections where she moves around. The more the player proceeds with the story
Mary Jane gets to use spider buzzers to distract people away from their location. Later on, she gets to use a teaser gun to make the enemy uncautious and solves puzzles. Her best moment voiced by plenty,is when she teams up with Spiderman
and give him direction as to who he should take down and when. Last but not least Miles Morales is another stealth hero, who unlike Mary Jane he is using a hacking machine, to disable items, or use some items as a
distraction for him to move unnoticed.
The Hero moves around with L3, and rotates the camera with R3. The player can use X to jump up in the air. X while swinging will allow spiderman to web zip. Zips can be used to get better turns and swing faster. Square is the attack button during
combat and emotes to pedestrians when theres nobody around. Holding it down, will launch enemies in the air. Triangle is used to interact with items but during comnbat it web strikes the enemy. basically shoots a web on the enemy and pulls himself
towards that enemy. Holding triangle will disarm enemies and even catch enemies to throw around. Circle is used for dodge. R3 is used to show the objective and pressing L3 is used for diving when web swinging. Pressing both will release the suits
special power. L2 is used to aim the web gadgets. R2 whilst on ground is sprinting and whilst on air is the web swing. Crawling on walls and holding R2 is the wall sprint. Sprint and hold X will launch spiderman in the air, and when swinging and
pressing X gives a higher jump to spiderman R2 and L2 will cause spidey to zip to a point and when combined with X is will launch spidey giving him momentum. The down arrow, heals the player. L1 triggers the Gadget wheen and lastly R1 shoots the gadgets.
Cinematic takedowns occur whist in combat and can be used with Circle and triangle .
The game has alot of post game content and in many forms.
Overall this is a fun Superhero game. The game can 100% complete within 40 hours and the player can receive the platinum trophy and satisfaction on defeating the game. The world design of the game is amazing filled with plenty of easter eggs
from the marvel cinematic and in generall references.Easter eggs such as Dr Strange house, the Avenger tower, Stan Lee can be found while walking around or doing side quests. Details can be found in every part of map. Peter Parker, Mary Jane,
Aunt Mae , Miles and generally all the heroes are crafted with care and in respect to their original chracter design. The map design is amazing with NPCs walkig around mining their own bussiness. Whether they re walking esxercising in the park or even
playing basketball. It is also worth mentioning how Insomniac gathered plenty of artists in order to create 100% original graffiti that decorate the world's walls. The gameplay is fast and the swinging unique and "realistic". The story as mentioned
is by far the games strongest part, showing the world why people love spiderman and why this character is so popular, through the ups, the downs, the victories and the struggles. As already mentioned, Insomniac's Spiderman has already established it's
own version of Spiderman. In order for someone to get the full experience of this universe, they should read Spiderman book, then play Marvel's Spiderman with the 3 DLC, read the Miles Morales book and play Miles Morales the game. Finaly the game has
a "sequel"(technically the third game) that is said to be released in the year 2023.
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