Yep! There are some conspicuous slowmo bits but otherwise it is pretty seamless. They could have shipped this without QTEs. I've never enjoyed QTEs, and found them annoying way back in Die Hard Arcade and Shenmue.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man |OT| Face it, Tiger… you just hit the jackpot!
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This game is so good. The theme kicks in just the right time when swinging.
The characters are so close to the comics and done right. It's written so well.
MJs character alone is one of the best interpretations of her I've seen outside the recent comic stuff. Also Laura Bailey being the voice actress helps a ton too.
Then again, all of the voice acting is fantastic
The characters are so close to the comics and done right. It's written so well.
MJs character alone is one of the best interpretations of her I've seen outside the recent comic stuff. Also Laura Bailey being the voice actress helps a ton too.
Then again, all of the voice acting is fantastic
So I've only done the first mission and visited the lab. I've been spending the rest of the time getting backpacks, towers and crimes. Should I be moving the story? I've done more than 50% of the towers.
Ok so I caved yesterday and bought it, I went home expecting to play it for a bit and then move on to other things. I'm not a big Spider-Man fan, so I was on the fence about the game to begin with. But ho-lee crap is this game phenomenal. The opening tutorial mission did a great job of setting the tone, teaching you the controls, and it was just immediately fun. I ended up playing for a a solid 3 hours. The mini-games and towers are fun and don't overstay their welcome so far and I'm actually going out of my way to pick up all the backpacks; which I almost never do.
My only gripe is that I hit a fatal error around the 3 hour mark, when I went back to the lab for the next story mission. That kind of put a damper on the whole night. I hope I didn't lose too much progress, and that Insomniac fixes that kind of stuff soon.
Regardless, God of War was my leading goty by far until last night. If this game keeps it up, it may even surpass it.
My only gripe is that I hit a fatal error around the 3 hour mark, when I went back to the lab for the next story mission. That kind of put a damper on the whole night. I hope I didn't lose too much progress, and that Insomniac fixes that kind of stuff soon.
Regardless, God of War was my leading goty by far until last night. If this game keeps it up, it may even surpass it.
One of the only issues i have with the game is actually the vocal processing...Spiderman not the only game mind but there should be more processing to make the convo's more bedded into the scene. Mixture of the right reverb and eq settings. Just to clean and studiofied...Small nitpick though.
I just asked Brian Intihar on twitter if there's a chance it might get patched in. Let's hope for a response. :)
How do you not know what scaffolding is lol. Looks sort of like this. R1+L1 it whilst an enemy is near it.
If you dont get it i aint gonna explain it to you. Its a pretty simple concept to grasp. All what you described is busy work. Its filler.
If you love that stuff and want to defend it go make a thread about your love of towers.
Does your suit get wet in the rain? The suit I had equipped during a rain cut scene, and now back to gameplay looks wet. But if I swap to a different suit and stand in the rain, the wet texture look is not there. Only if I switch back to the suit from the cut scene
"Busy work" is subjective, it's literally right in the term. If you're enjoying what you're doing, then it's, by definition, not busy work. Doubly so if such content is contextualized by narrative (ie compare feathers in AC to backpacks here). This goes for any activities in any game, not just Spider-Man
At Amazon UK Spider-Man is already the best selling video game product for the whole of 2018!
It's sold more than GoW after less than two days? And an Xbox controller is #3?! Are we sure this is right?
Elevated platforms on metal bars that you'll often find on Fisk construction rooftop bases. Wait for enemies to run past then L1+R1 to pull it down. Don't worry about Spidey as he leaps out of the way if he's in range.
I'm about 30% in and I have to say I LOVE the portrayal of this stage of Peter and MJs relationship. It feels pretty nuanced and relatable.
Totally, they feel very "early 2000s and we're still trying to figure out open world missions".
It also drains the life out of the controller a lot quicker too. As long as its optional.
English isn't my first language so I think it's okay if I forget a word or two every once in awhile. Thanks :)How do you not know what scaffolding is lol. Looks sort of like this. R1+L1 it whilst an enemy is near it.
Yeah figured it out. Thanks a lot
By which logic, if you love loading screens they are not loading screens but art installations.
Does the web swinging music change at all when you get further into the game?
I like, a lot, but not so much that it's the only piece of music I want to hear for the 20 or so hours every time I start to web swing.
I like, a lot, but not so much that it's the only piece of music I want to hear for the 20 or so hours every time I start to web swing.
Is there anyway to turn off elements of the HUD? I'm getting sick of tutorial prompts five hours into the game, the mission markers all over the screen, etc etc, but I can't seem to find any way to turn them off.
Loading screens don't have gameplay so that's a moot comparision
Just finished the first mission and a couple things:
- What an amazing opening to a game and sooooo perfect for helping you get your bearings
- Combat is so much more difficult and rewarding than I imagined. I'm playing on Spectacular and there is no way any of the reviewers that complained about it being too easy played on this setting. Its so much more versatile and challenging than I was expecting. Already like it more than Arkham.
- Really don't like the character model for Peter Parker. He is just kind of an ugly kid.
- Game is gorgeous.
- What an amazing opening to a game and sooooo perfect for helping you get your bearings
- Combat is so much more difficult and rewarding than I imagined. I'm playing on Spectacular and there is no way any of the reviewers that complained about it being too easy played on this setting. Its so much more versatile and challenging than I was expecting. Already like it more than Arkham.
- Really don't like the character model for Peter Parker. He is just kind of an ugly kid.
- Game is gorgeous.
I hate this ridiculous standard where our heroes have to be gorgeous outside as well as inside.
JK he ain't got no alibi
Just cos something has gameplay it doesnt mean it has value.
Busy work. Filler. Call it what you want. If the experience is repetitive and offers little to the main experience its padding out the time. Whether you enjoy it or not.
Also you guys are crazy that don't like the webslinging.
Feels soooo good
Lol
Feels soooo good
Lol
"Offers little to the main experience" is subjective though. Like here "the main experience" here is "making you feel like Spider-Man", and stuff like crimes and backpacks all add to and reinforce that
There is a scene early on this game between Peter and a MJ. That is fantastic.
Like, it really show how good the writing/acting/design is.
It's so well done.
Like, it really show how good the writing/acting/design is.
It's so well done.
I like this game as much as arkham city. Which is way up there. Probably higher because I like Spider-Man more than batman. Both are great for feeling like the hero.
I finally got past that part after many many deaths. It's not that I didn't expect combat, but in my opinion the combat isn't that great. I feel like the Batman combat is better. I mean, why throw people into a fight like the intro fight when we don't have the moves to really deal with it? It's just not fun. At this point, I just throw myself at fights and hope for the best. It's so funny to be Spidey get thrashed by basic enemies trying to save the day.
Something that I'm really enjoying that this game does that differentiates it from the arkham style combat its inspired by and even other spidey games before it is how it takes full advantage of web as a combat mechanic.
The basic end goal of Arkham style combat is beat every dude until he doesn't move anymore, but Spiderman's web and its ability to take fools out of the fight by immobilizing them against the environment really shakes up the combat system and gives it a unique quality that makes it shine on its own.
It becomes less of a mash/counter fest like you would expect and instead becomes a lot about positioning where you want to do stuff like juggle fools for easy slam takedowns after webbing them, throwing/swing kicking them into walls and off buildings, or using gadgets like web bombs to trap groups of peeps against objects all at once.
It's really brilliant design that encourages you to pay attention to your surroundings way more than you would otherwise and definitely feels more authentic to spidey's sensibilities then handing out concussions all day lol
The basic end goal of Arkham style combat is beat every dude until he doesn't move anymore, but Spiderman's web and its ability to take fools out of the fight by immobilizing them against the environment really shakes up the combat system and gives it a unique quality that makes it shine on its own.
It becomes less of a mash/counter fest like you would expect and instead becomes a lot about positioning where you want to do stuff like juggle fools for easy slam takedowns after webbing them, throwing/swing kicking them into walls and off buildings, or using gadgets like web bombs to trap groups of peeps against objects all at once.
It's really brilliant design that encourages you to pay attention to your surroundings way more than you would otherwise and definitely feels more authentic to spidey's sensibilities then handing out concussions all day lol
Finished the game. Going to sleep on it, but yeah the third act really does fall apart. There's a few emotional scenes, some characters were poorly served, others quite nicely. I think almost everyone needed like 20% more character moments/development though. Weird that people were saying the finale was like some incredible fight that tops any other games or movies or something. It's... not. It's about what you'd reasonably expect.
The game ended up being like a weird mashup of Arkham City, last gen Ubisoft games and Spider-Man. Currently I'm leaning toward maybe an 8/10 but I'm pretty sure the side content is going to kick that down to a 7 from what I've done so far.
The game ended up being like a weird mashup of Arkham City, last gen Ubisoft games and Spider-Man. Currently I'm leaning toward maybe an 8/10 but I'm pretty sure the side content is going to kick that down to a 7 from what I've done so far.
