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How Insomniac stole the heart of Spider-Man | Eurogamer
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I would said the same. Especially when I was on my Second Son vibe. Game would've looked sharp.
But it's not just about the look. Recently I got a chance to play Sunset Overdrive and it made so much sense. The movement and the mechanics translate so well. Insomniac was it and they delivered.
Lack of SM2 momentum will always leave me somethinf to be desired. Still pretty good for what it is though
Relationship with otto was fantastic and the final fight was one of the best I've ever played.
I'm glad we got what we got, Insomniac had their most successful game ever, and Sucker Punch is working on Ghost of Tsushima, which has its own distinct look if nothing else :).
Yeah Peter's loss of innocence and disappointment with his relationship with Otto, thinking he failed him as a surrogate son, hit me pretty hard.
"Full production" likely just means the whole Burbank studio. The project began in late 2014, so it probably spent a year in pre-production, and then in 2016 they probably had a team prototyping and building out the core mechanics of the game, and getting to work on some art assets. Following the wrap of Ratchet & Clank in 2106, most of the Burbank's crew working on that shifted over and they got into full swing on Spider-Man.
Since their engine was already built for Open World games, I think the overhead on what they needed to accomplish was much smaller. Looking at a sequel, the time it'll take to deliver probably depends more on how well their engine will translate to next gen hardware, and how scalable it is. If it needs serious modification (unlikely) the. It'll take longer.
I expect a 2021 / 2022 release date, but mostly because I'm thinking Sony is going to go hard on funding this game to be even bigger than the first.
Really great game, hoping they do some radical changes to the art style though. Character designs were OK I guess, but I really loved the Vintage Suit look and really hope they take some inspiration from Into the Spider-Verse's visuals. Same for the story. It was serviceable and at times pretty great, they definitely nailed some of the characters and feel of things, but there's a lot of room for improvement. Especially on the larger story and integration with the open world. I don't think they really used NYC all that well or just the open world setup in general. Events were very static, as was much of the world. It was a solid foundation and nailed the most important parts but I'm expecting and hoping for some serious improvements and additions for the next game.
I know this isn't important but does "stealing hearts" mean something differing in Europe? Because it makes no sense in this headline. Insomniac made Spider-Man fall in love with them?
Honestly, after having played Insom's Spidey...
I kinda think it's better than any game Sucker Punch has ever made, and I say that as a big fan of InFamous 2. Spidey is nearly perfect.
Love the game, such amazing attention to detail. If I could change one thing for the sequel, however, it would be a more accurate NYC. The game has a beautiful truncated, remixed version of the city, but aside from a few major landmarks it's pretty different from the real thing.
Also, you can't go to Queens. That's one of my biggest complaints. Spidey is FROM there and he can't even go visit home.
Haven't finished just yet (at like 96%) but I see a lot of room for improvement, especially with regards to story and direction. While they certainly seemed to get the characters down right it was just an utterly uncompelling and predictable storyline on the whole. And so many filler missions and ridiculous side quests. And yeah, in a lot of ways, it just felt like a reskinned Infamous title. Like they spent the vast majority of their resources on recreating New York while everything else was just squeezed in.
A fantastic game, as someone that has played plenty of Spidey games I'd say it's easily the best, Web of Shadows is right below it but that's mostly due to all the other Marvel characters showing up.
I hope their next game adds more of NY and isn't met with silly controversies like Spider-cop and puddlegate. For an amazing game it just felt like people were just looking for reasons to hate it.
I hope their next game adds more of NY and isn't met with silly controversies like Spider-cop and puddlegate. For an amazing game it just felt like people were just looking for reasons to hate it.
Just judging by currently released titles, Sucker Punch isn't on the same level as Insomniac. I'm grateful we didn't get Infamous but Spiderman.
The have the city already built, even if they remake stuff a huge part of the work is already done.
insomniac is crazy efficient
that's probably how they kept getting contracts even though most of their titles before spider-man didn't do great from a sales point of view
Really? IMO it was one of the strong points of the game. Better than most MCU movie stories with some really good villains. Both Otto and Mr. Negative were great villains.
It was a fairly great game- you can tell it was an Arkham series level of passion project in terms of lore.
I hope for the sequel they give some epic God of War style boss fights or more fleshed out boss scenarios. Potential was there but no execution of it for a lot of the bigger set pieces.
They're clearly hitting it out of the park though, I can imagine this was a huge learning experience and Spidey 2 will be even better
I hope for the sequel they give some epic God of War style boss fights or more fleshed out boss scenarios. Potential was there but no execution of it for a lot of the bigger set pieces.
They're clearly hitting it out of the park though, I can imagine this was a huge learning experience and Spidey 2 will be even better
Maybe because I've never read any Spidey comics but I thought the story was fantastic, easily as good as the best Arkham game.
Yes they were good chracters on their own, but i felt like the overall story was just boring. There were no surprises along the way everything played out exactly as you would expect a story like this to play out. By no means was it the worst thing ever buy yeah it could not grab me at all.
Being about six hours in in Spiderman and loving every minute so far means I won't wait when Spiderman 2 launches!
Should of got Spiderman 1 on day one.
Should of got Spiderman 1 on day one.
3 years for Insomniac to figure out a gameplay mechanic. 20 seconds for armchair analysts to "figure out" why it was going to be terrible.
As much as I like Infamous series, I doubt SP can make a better game.
Yup, I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see it shortly after PS5 launch.
I was ultimately dissapointed in the overall story (including some really clunky and awkward developments imo), a few of the characters and also the structure of some gameplay sections and missions.
But fuck if it wasn't gorgeous and a blast to fight and swing around. They have an amazing foundation to have a sequel ready in a relatively short amount of time, and I'm here for it.
It also ends in a very interesting place to build upon plot-wise, so there's also that.
But fuck if it wasn't gorgeous and a blast to fight and swing around. They have an amazing foundation to have a sequel ready in a relatively short amount of time, and I'm here for it.
It also ends in a very interesting place to build upon plot-wise, so there's also that.
Game wasn't very good. Combat was too simple in terms of actual challenge aswell as moves, the enemy lairs used at least 3 times with different factions also was pretty underwhelming and to top it off, the story was a lesser arkham asylum and well, the swinging sure wasn't reaching spider man 2 levels either
i dont get the consensus around this game. it had amazing production values but nothing memorable
i dont get the consensus around this game. it had amazing production values but nothing memorable
Pretty much my take. It was a solid experience that delivered Spider-man to the masses in a relatively elegant and highly produced package, yet the past decade has shown some harsh rebuttals from critics and many consumers on AAA titles that distill an open-world experience into bloat-filled nonsense activities. Spider-man offered one of the most glaring examples of what typifies the complaint, and yet the criticisms are mostly silent.
The power of franchise and IP? Or maybe nobody really cares afterall are looking to glom some undeserved complaints on other similar releases?
I normally ignore the open-world complaints and have enjoyed many of the titles that often bare the brunt(Mad Max, AC, etc....) but Spider-man really tested my threshold with its lackluster activity list, un-creative collectible spots, "towers", and especially the endless thugs. It felt like a generation behind even recent open-world titles that get criticism. To me it was one of the worst examples in the modern era of how to manage an open-world experience.
But I did enjoy most everything beyond the freeform NYC stuff. I was just let down that so many gave that side a pass.
It was on sale around 2 weeks ago when they had their Days of Play thing, it was 35% off on the City that Never sleeps pack (which has all the DLC)
It's true, though I cant imagine them doing that without using Google Earth data or something as a starting point. And if you do queens how do you handle not allowing entry into Brooklyn?
They nailed it. Hands down the best Spider-Man game ever created thus far. I can't wait to see what they pull off in the sequel on PS5.
Even after beating the game and getting the Platinum, I'd fire it up just to swing around the city. It's incredibly exhilarating and smooth, and it's fun to try and do "flawless" web-slinging runs that I make up for myself while swinging around. Stringing together swings and vaults and leaps, trying to make it look as cool and cinematic as possible. Good times. My only hope is that they continue to expand on the swinging in future games.
Even after beating the game and getting the Platinum, I'd fire it up just to swing around the city. It's incredibly exhilarating and smooth, and it's fun to try and do "flawless" web-slinging runs that I make up for myself while swinging around. Stringing together swings and vaults and leaps, trying to make it look as cool and cinematic as possible. Good times. My only hope is that they continue to expand on the swinging in future games.
Are they forgetting the Batman Arkham series? Hell, Spider-Man's gameplay is basically a (good) knock off of Batman, although I do think Batman's gameplay is overall better.
It didn't, unless we pretend Arkham pre-dates Spidey PS2, which did that whole combat style, just not as well.
Probably have new Gadgets and stuff, as well as new moves.
I think we'll play a lot more of Spidey Miles, who'll have to be levelled up.
