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Should I drop everything an play Spider-Man? (No spoilers)
- Thread starter Ragnorok64
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Probably, if you're worried about spoilers. There are some big spoilers out there.
Don't be afraid to watch some tutorial videos if you get stuck because there are a few big difficulty spikes that frustrated me a lot.
Overall though as a Spider-Man game it mega delivers. And the story is as good as you've heard.
Dodge a lot, get the double web zip and weapon yank and perfect dodge upgrades ASAP, and don't sleep on the suit mods.
Don't be afraid to watch some tutorial videos if you get stuck because there are a few big difficulty spikes that frustrated me a lot.
Overall though as a Spider-Man game it mega delivers. And the story is as good as you've heard.
Enjoy it!
The "it's not too long" posts convinced me. Now I just have to wait on the 6 GB patch...
Dodge a lot, get the double web zip and weapon yank and perfect dodge upgrades ASAP, and don't sleep on the suit mods.
I didn't care about avoiding spoilers so much as I wanted to to play a shorter game before going through three (likely) highly time consuming games that I'm more eager to play - Valkyria Chronicles 4, Dragon Quest 11, and Yakuza Kiwami II.
I got a platinum in Spider-man due to how short the game is/easy it is to acquire (I don't have many plats). I think most people are getting the plat in no more than 30 hours. Enjoy OP - it's a fun game.
I got a platinum in Spider-man due to how short the game is/easy it is to acquire (I don't have many plats). I think most people are getting the plat in no more than 30 hours. Enjoy OP - it's a fun game.
The "it's not too long" posts convinced me. Now I just have to wait on the 6 GB patch...
Thank you! Enjoy!!
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Oh snap!!
I knew there was a reason I post on these forums!
Thus far traversal in this game feels instantly great.
Lol, I am 100% they will be fine.
If this were an indie game we were talking about I'd agree, but come on lol
Yes you should. If its money your worried about you can beat the game in like 25-30 hours so just trade it in after.
I don't think Spiderman's combat is shallow
that is stupidly oversimplifying how amazing the story is, the gameplay and the traversal
Just started the game yesterday. Oh man, so damn good. Traversal feels great. Combat is fun and feels very spidey like with the way you can zip around and dodge. Story has me engaged and the world feels very fleshed out. I'm still early in the game, but loving it so far.
This is a good point. The story is solid and characters nice but nothing mind blowing
It doesn't have to be mind-blowing. It's easily one of the best licensed games I've ever played and there's a lot of depth to the game mechanics if you look for it. I was actually impressed that on normal (Amazing?) the regular grunts get more vicious as you progress through the game and they don't do that thing where they take turns to attack you.
Literally my only complaint is that the physics fall apart a little at the end when you're bouncing around and rapidly transitioning from swinging to wall running to crawling to jumping. The checkpointing is generous so it's not so bad.
I'm just glad they didn't tell the origin story AGAIN. Looking forward to the DLC and hopefully a sequel soonish.
Literally my only complaint is that the physics fall apart a little at the end when you're bouncing around and rapidly transitioning from swinging to wall running to crawling to jumping. The checkpointing is generous so it's not so bad.
I'm just glad they didn't tell the origin story AGAIN. Looking forward to the DLC and hopefully a sequel soonish.
Congrats. Enjoy. I really enjoy.
The "it's not too long" posts convinced me. Now I just have to wait on the 6 GB patch...
I would say that the amount of polish and details in Spidey's traversal is pretty goddamn mind-blowing.
A lot of people don't really understand just how much work it takes to pull off something like that at the level of polish you see in an open-world game like Spider-Man.
Absolutely, the story itself isn't the hook of the game but it's nice that they're going for some kind of continuity. For the first attempt, it sets the bar high for these new Marvel games.
It's a great game that you can easily get 30 hours of enjoyment or more out of. The story is fantastic and the combat is top notch. If you got the money I say do it now and don't wait.
I mean, basically every single encounter can be finished with some variation of move option, punch punch punch. You're given options on doing things differently, but they aren't required and honestly, you never need any of the powers beyond the ones the game gives you immediately out of the gate (web lotus is the best power in the game and you get it after 10 minutes).
But it's fun, and experimenting with powers and weapons is fun. But at the end of the day, if you're getting overwhelmed, everything can be finished with your movement of choice, punch punch punch. That's shallow. It's fun, but it's shallow.
Not that long? How long we talking, I was just about to walk into town and buy it, but seeing this post is a massive red flag.
I dropped Spiderman and played everything else. It's not a bad game, but I found all the options, all the upgrades, all the collectibles and the constant minor crimes to interact with to be paralyzing. The game just hit me over the head with too much stuff to do and worry about at once that it honestly became kind of stressful.
Main story 10-12 hours.
Tedious monotonous side quests will push it to 20-30.
I could have gotten the plat in 20 hours if I desired to clean up the last bits of the game.
I was partially joking, but it's good to see those, I thought we were talking something 5-6 hours.
Nah, it's closer to double that. The simple fact that you need to do 150 odd of the random crimes takes a significant amount of time. I never wasn't doing something when playing and my plat was nearer 40 hours, it's not hard, but filled with bloat.
Spider-Man is one of those games that, once the dust has settled, will not be generally as highly regarded as it was at launch. It's a good game, but hugely overhyped because it got open world swinging right, was well presented and had a reasonably interesting story, while just about every other element was really just passable.
I mean, I'm at around 21 hours and the only thing I have left to do is the assorted crime. The only reason I haven't is because it's kind of boring to wait for it to randomly proc.
It's one of the easier plats to get.
Yeah, I think you might be correct. I do think it is a very good first effort though and I hope they stretch themselves even further with the next one should they decide to make it.
Yeah it definitely is easy. But don't underestimate just how long those random crimes take. Each one is gonna take a couple of minutes (some like the car one are quicker but some of the later ones have several waves so averages out), probably 5 minutes with waiting for them to proc and there's literally 150 of them. That's like 12 hours alone ha.
It's probably my GOTY, though I'm not as in love with this year as some others (Spiderman/GoW/Detroit/Labo are all solid 8/10s for me, unique and worthwhile games but with flaws). I would definitely recommend, it's a really fun game. So far however (I'm not yet done, but close I think), don't rush out to get it for the story, which is standard superhero fare, if nicely told with some cool diversity in gameplay.
Oh definitely a great first effort. I'm really interested in what they do next with it.
The right decission. It's the second best game of the year (after GoW) for me and I don't see that changing. MAYBE when I finally play Yakuza 6 or Pillars of Eternity II. But yeah, the game is amazing.
The "it's not too long" posts convinced me. Now I just have to wait on the 6 GB patch...
I mean, I've already done most of them, and with stuff like web lotus or the guitar one, you can complete each one in roughly 45 seconds.
Honestly, it's waiting for them to happen where the time sink is.
It's okay. It's enjoyable but not amazing or great. There's some pretty weak parts to it and I think the story is one of the weaker aspects to the game. Some good set piece moments but some of the stealth sections suck and the side activities are really half-baked and meh.
Right on the money. Hype culture at it's finest, I enjoyed my time with it. Great story. Would not go back and wouldn't platinum. Decent game, far too much repetition. Like i've said many a time. Not a patch on Sunset Overdrive.
These posts and the "it won't be remembered in 10 years" are always ridiculous.
Oh shit, had no idea an Insomniac dev posted here. Thanks for Spider-Man PS4 dude, awesome game, and can't wait for you guys to make more.
Because it's simply not true, people don't like something in mass just to do a 180 on it after some time.
Who said anything about a 180? I'm not talking about people suddenly hating the game.
The general consensus on a forum for a game going from "OMG this is definitely the game of year" to "A good game but we can now talk more about it's flaws" is not an uncommon thing at all. Look at games like Fallout 4 and Bioshock Infinite. Spider-Man is a prime example of a game that's going to get that treatment in my view, perhaps not quite as extreme as those two but still one where I expect a change in perspective over time. You can already see if from more muted reactions on podcasts where they're a little more distanced from the type of forum hype we see here, particularly for console exclusives.
Again, it doesn't mean it's not a great game, but we are talking about this in a thread where someone is asking if they should "drop everything" to play it.
Yeah but that can wait a few months. There's nothing to spoil on that which is what the OPs getting at. Game will still be fun to play next year and if he hast the story spoiled