The Spider-Man stealth sections should stay, and much like everything in the game, be made dramatically deeper.
Playing as people who are not spider-man should be cut.
Game, set, match. You should never have
not been Spider-Man in that game. The other segments, in addition to taking you away from the best part of the game (being Spider-Man) for no gameplay benefit, felt like they were - dare I say -
pandering.
And I really think the main culprit is that they were too frequent. If they had been done conservatively (one or two MJ segments, no Miles), people would have been raving about it and would be looking forward for more.
Had the Miles tease ended the game people would have been excited at the possibility of playing him in the equal, now you kind of blew that wad courtesy of the dull and needless Miles segments.
Again, I'm all for slowing the pace down from time to time, ultimately it gives a game more depth. And story is important to this game, one of the BEST segments in the game is meeting MJ for the first time following by going to dinner where you know who makes a cameo. GREAT WRITING and ACTING. So yes please, slow the crazy action down for story segments. I'm a sucker for that. In fact I wanted more slow down moments with MJ whether it be dinner or a date (How did we never go on a date? Other than that first dinner, and I wouldn't call the apartment scene thing a date. More like Netflix and chill).
It's just I should be Spidey while all of this is happening. (Or make the other stuff optional. Make nice equipment or buffs for Spidey as a reward for completion. Beefs up your side quests with meaty story content and shuts up those who hate the segments. Two birds with one stone everybody's happy).