I'm kind of leaning to the opposite, bar some production values at some points in the game this could easily pass as a standard third party effort as it's nowhere near Sony's other AAA fare. Finishing up with the game last night did see it start to become a chore, the later mission designs really start to slip into PS2 era territory. With the game Insomniac has done sterling work in updating the old Spider-Man 2 game design but it never feels like any ambition went beyond that. Combat I found to be perfectly serviceable but never as satisfying as the Arkham combat it copies, even getting quite boring later on.
As with the PS2 entry, swinging through New York is a highlight, a feat a sequel will struggle to keep fresh without coming up with something other than collectibles as a distraction. Visually it can look really nice, it particularly stands out in areas where lighting is used to full effect such as night time moonlit docklands or high speed pursuits but at other times is quite ugly to look at too.
It's an easy 7/10 game for me, sometimes risking lower mostly due to some poor mission design, but never once at risk of higher. It's not the best game of the year, or this gen... may yet not be the best game of this week either but it is fun and a very solid foundation to build a sequel on as long as Insomniac has the ideas and ambition for it rather than knock out a similar entry.
As with the PS2 entry, swinging through New York is a highlight, a feat a sequel will struggle to keep fresh without coming up with something other than collectibles as a distraction. Visually it can look really nice, it particularly stands out in areas where lighting is used to full effect such as night time moonlit docklands or high speed pursuits but at other times is quite ugly to look at too.
It's an easy 7/10 game for me, sometimes risking lower mostly due to some poor mission design, but never once at risk of higher. It's not the best game of the year, or this gen... may yet not be the best game of this week either but it is fun and a very solid foundation to build a sequel on as long as Insomniac has the ideas and ambition for it rather than knock out a similar entry.
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