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First of all, this is solely for those who've completed the story in Marvel's Spider-Man.
Secondly, i'm not comparing Spiderman to the entire Arkham series as a whole. I just want to know (from those who've completed the game), how Marvel' Spider-Man ranks up against the individual games in the arkham franchise. What games beat it and what games do not?
I'm going to pick Spider-Man PS4 up next weekend when I've a few days off & play through the game, if it's even half as good as any of the individual Arkham games it will please me. The Batman Arkham series as a whole & even individually is the pinnacle of superhero video games, the only other superhero games that come vaguely close have been some of the previous Spider-Man games, most of which unfortunately were tied to movies as opposed to something separate.
I haven't quite yet fully completed Spider-Man, but I will say for me it's way better than Origins and Knight, now Asylum and City are two of my favorite games ever, so I can't quite say that yet. It may be on-par with them when it's all said and done.
There are some things Spider-Man does better. The story is better than any of the Arkham games and it has a bigger open world and you can actually swim. But I feel like the combat and definitely the stealth felt smoother and had more variety to them in the Arkham games.
One thing is certain - Insomniac's Spider-Man owes a lot of credit to Rocksteady's Arkham series.
The Arkham games are the more well rounded games. I couldn‘t shake the feeling that act 3 of the story was
too over the top cause the Avengers didn‘t show up to help.
Other than that the side content is kind of fun but you can see the repetitiveness in it. There are also only a handful of crime types, I would‘ve preferred more:
- A burning building scenario similar to the one found in TASM2 game (being able to jump into burning buildings windows, navigating around burning rooms trying to free civilians)
- A ship rescue, there are so many ships out there (don‘t try to reach them, the NPCs on there are PS1 graphics minecraft style) that could‘ve offered a Spider-Man 2 ship rescue mission or SM:H movie ship rescue quest?
- I have fond memories for the MJ thrill rides from SM3, could‘ve offered a dating minigame with MJ here
- Food delivery to the homeless via the FEAST shelter, as it stands that place is useless after the story.
Other than that I could‘ve done without the non-Spidey missions where you play as another character, they did nothing for me. I also am no fan of one other character that had an end credits stinger but it seems like they force that character on you for the potential sequel or DLC.
That being said its the best Spidey game and a more than solid base to build upon. I fully expect Insomniac to refine the systems that aren't executed that well in the future (I'm for sure we wont run into another TASM2 scenario where the sequel ****s the bed).
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