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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 54.6 hrs on record (35.7 hrs at review time)
Posted: 3 Dec, 2022 @ 7:32am

Great game. 8/10. The story is great. The gameplay is great. I like the little easter eggs in the final cut scenes. I was brought to tears in one of them, so it definitely did stuff correctly when it comes to emotions. Most of the of the game was near perfect with a few flaws in my mind.

Combat:
Very similar to Batmans Arkham. Not a bad thing at all, but has very similar shortcomings.
1. With so many actions tied to a few buttons there are many accidental actions that can cause large amount of self damage.
2. Unbreakable actions. Many times a bad guy is doing an attack that will shift the character around so they can finish the blow. Usually causes them to float or skate towards to hit you, though they were too far away to actually perform that attack
3. Mobs that are not harder, but rather many. Most of the game is just throwing as many bad guys at you as possible. So you are not really experiencing a larger challenge but rather just many bad guys at once
4. The fighting gets a little repetitive. With so many skills/gadgets/and suit powers it can feel fresh, but there are specific actions that become primary, you find your favorite power and gadgets and use them regularly.

Story beats:
Main complaint is just bloat. The story beats where you play miles and MJ are so unnecessary. You could shave some time off of the game while removing them. My other complaint is how they handled the extra villains. What they did with Tombstone is what they should have done with the rest. Focus on Li, Doc Oct, and Osborn and give the Tombstone treatment to the rest.

Side Missions:
Especially in the end game where the world is in pure chaos I would have tied city clean up to the roving gangs. Instead of always being shot at or sniped at as you clear out a roving gang you clean up that area and then it becomes less crime ridden and you are not shot at constantly.Imagine flying around seeing a large cap of baddies, shooting over there cleaning it up and now you dont get shot at in that area.

Overall a really fun game. i would highly recommend. I think they did what the movies have done in the past and threw the kitchen sink at the story rather than trimming it down and focusing. Definitely worth a play and looking forward to MM and other games in the future.

Personal gripe. The challenge tokens are not really fun and having so many suits, and suit enhancements tied to those is a huge bummer. There are two achievements I wont get because replaying the task challenges to miss it by a few thousand points when not missing a beat is not fun for me.
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