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Elandyll

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
8,861
On one hand, I want to read everything about the previews... Otoh I'd rather not spoil myself too much...
The release is a mere month away.

Choices...
 

Jackpot2027

Member
Aug 1, 2018
143
Exactly! 25 is definitely a lot, but Spidey's got such a long list of alternate costumes that it becomes hard to just pick 25 you want. There are also original suits in the game, so that makes the list even shorter... Hopefully, there's actually still more than 25.

If I recall correctly, the description for The City That Never Sleeps does mention new suits!


Yeah, when you start a list of Spidey suits, with "only" 25 you get MANY of them out.
 

SaN1ty24

Member
Nov 15, 2017
767
Stevenson came in the thread like
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LMAO!
 

Mugman

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,370
Haven't been this hyped for a Sony game since Bloodborne. This and Yakuza Kiwami 2 within a couple weeks of each other have me salivating
 

J-Skee

The Wise Ones
Member
Oct 25, 2017
11,140
Brandon Jones' comments about the costumes from the Easy Allies video literally made me say "woo!" out loud. I cannot wait for this game.
 

Hydeus

Banned
Nov 4, 2017
3,496
France
Laughing my ass off at people passing on the game just because there are "Ubisoft towers." Ah, gamers.

I think by characters they simply meant new characters in the story... At least that's what I say to not hype myself up too much.

Did you even read or watch any of these previews?

Yeah it's acrobatic and aerial so why does it looks like a clone of Bat?
 

AngelOFDeath

Member
Nov 13, 2017
2,378
The traversal, combat, storyline and city in general are the big positive highlights.

The worst parts reflected in multiple previews is that, given that the game kinda locks you out of side quests at the beginning, it's unknown if they will be varied enough.
Thanks. I do also hope there is some variation to side quests, and wondering on the random crimes. Not expecting an insane amount of variation, but we shall see!
 

Sephzilla

Herald of Stoptimus Crime
Member
Oct 25, 2017
17,493
Where's my symbiote suit!?!

Anyway this game looks fucking gorgeous
 

Joker13

Banned
Oct 28, 2017
830
didn't the legend of zelda breath of wild, one of the most acclaimed games of all time, had these "Ubisoft towers"?
 

Zedelima

▲ Legend ▲
Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,756
So if i understand right, some suits already come unlocked?
Or is everything locked? I prefer to begin with just one and progressing lol
 

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
I wish the ground combat had more going on in these videos. Something about it looks like it's missing something. Do the launcher, web zip punch, slide under armored enemies or baton bros, L1+R1 random shit lying around, takedown special. I think I'm wanting more interaction when multiple enemies are there. Like perfect dodging doing something unique in melee or something where you vault off a guy and transition into something flashy used on the guy next to him etc. Feels very "Okay guys, one at a time."
 

Asbsand

Banned
Oct 30, 2017
9,901
Denmark
Here's a quote for skeptics regarding the open world and QTE stuff.

The Verge wrote...
And yet, it's the pieces where those [Story and open world] elements rub up against each other that Spider-Man can't help but encounter some friction. Swinging across Manhattan to save some pinned-down police officers felt properly heroic, but shifting to a cutscene that loaded me from the open-world into the "real" mission area was a lot more restrictive. It's almost like there are two games that happen to share a lot of elements: a strong, story-focused Spider-Man adventure and a separate, open-world web-slinging simulator.

The warring ideas of choice versus cinematics even impacts the game's combat. Insomniac is giving players a lot of options when it comes to how they'd like to play Spider-Man, along with an RPG-style skill tree that will allow them to unlock and focus on different abilities. But for truly important moments, the game kicks players over to a controversial quick-time event mechanic that feels more at home in 2008 than it does in 2018. It forces players into "playable" cutscenes that require pressing on-screen button prompts in the proper sequence and timing instead of actually playing the game.

I'm getting some unfortunate flashbacks to Dragon Age Inquisition if this is how I think it is. I hope it's just the wording of it and the openworld vs story area segregation is more Arkham City esque which would only be a big plus for me.

Also, shucks that they're keeping the QTEs we saw from E3. I was hoping that might've been just a "live demo" thing to impress as people simply came to watch a game being played. I think doing QTE cutscenes seems like a way of producing good-looking setpieces cost-effectively by essentially making it all a playable animation and nothing properly systems driven. I wonder how long this game had to be developed vs how much content it offers.
 

bunkitz

Brave Little Spark
Moderator
Oct 28, 2017
13,533
Yeah it's acrobatic and aerial so why does it looks like a clone of Bat?
Firstly, Freeflow Combat has always been a better fit for Spider-Man than Batman. Just saying. Second, are you really gonna judge it just because it looks like it? Previews are saying otherwise. That it actually plays and feels differently is what should matter. It's not even a bad thing to be a clone of it if it is a clone. Unless of course, you actually don't like Batman's combat, then oh well.
 

J-Skee

The Wise Ones
Member
Oct 25, 2017
11,140
You get a surprising number of costumes early on, far more than he ever anticipated,and you get them through materials you collect throughout the city. When you obtain a new spider suit, it comes with a power/mod that adds to Spider-Man's abilities, but the kicker is that you can attach that suit's power to any other suit in the game. For example, if you have the Spider-Punk suit, you can attach it's power to the main suit that we've been using since the game's reveal. So you can rock your favorite suit with your favorite power.
 

MHWilliams

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,473
I wish the ground combat had more going on in these videos. Something about it looks like it's missing something. Do the launcher, web zip punch, slide under armored enemies or baton bros, L1+R1 random shit lying around, takedown special. I think I'm wanting more interaction when multiple enemies are there. Like perfect dodging doing something unique in melee or something where you vault off a guy and transition into something flashy used on the guy next to him etc. Feels very "Okay guys, one at a time."

I unlocked a move where the timed dodge would web up an enemy.
 

Much

The Gif That Keeps on Giffing
Member
Feb 24, 2018
6,067
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Sure, it's a QTE, but damn it's impressive looking. How else can you do this without a QTE but need player input? I'm damn impressed. :P
 

Snkfanatic

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,179
Whew I need to stop watching stuff for this, preorder it digitally, and just wait for it to land on my home screen.

Can't wait to get into this game.
 

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
I unlocked a move where the timed dodge would web up an enemy.
That's neat. Hope there's more depth with the unlockable moves. I did catch a glimpse of some sort of "Attack off the wall" type thing in one of the videos that said it was good for multiple enemies. So maybe there's way more under the hood going on than we've seen.

"Of course"? You'd be surprise the kind of cinematic stuff people pull off in games that don't look half as inherently cinematic as this game. So it's no stretch by any means.
Sorry dude, dunno what to tell you. That's obviously a cinematic lol.
 

ckareset

Attempted to circumvent ban with an alt account
Banned
Feb 2, 2018
4,977
I wish the ground combat had more going on in these videos. Something about it looks like it's missing something. Do the launcher, web zip punch, slide under armored enemies or baton bros, L1+R1 random shit lying around, takedown special. I think I'm wanting more interaction when multiple enemies are there. Like perfect dodging doing something unique in melee or something where you vault off a guy and transition into something flashy used on the guy next to him etc. Feels very "Okay guys, one at a time."
Perfect dodge doing things is confirmed to be an upgrade.
 

janusff

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
18,191
Austin, TX
Any word if the world is gated or not? How soon can I be let loose in the city? When when I'm let loose, can I go anywhere in Manhattan?