Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)

100%'d all the DLC - about 28 hours to get back into the swing of things ( 💅) and complete all of The City That Never Sleeps DLC Chapters (The Heist, Turf Wars, Silver Lining).

I'm 2 trophies from full platinum, about 30 minutes and that'd be that (complete base no dmg taken, silver or better on just one more Screwball mission).

I enjoyed the The Heist or Turf Wars the most, Silver Lining was kind of an "ehh". Some of the base camps bugged in Silver Lining, requiring me to use the Suspension Matrix gadget to get them to warp through walls to finish out the task.

There were a few Screwball missions that were actually challenging (the stealth one out in the open I max'd with less than a second left on the clock 😅.

Total time in the game with the main campaign + DLCs 100%'d: 85 hours.

Completed on PS5 Pro.

Note: Going to complete Miles Morales on PC, and still haven't purchased this game on PC (we'll see how Miles turns out on PC before I double dip ).

"Arresting people for peaceful protest? Not on my watch!"

You said it spidey!

Particularly relevant in the UK at the moment with the growing sprawl of anti protest laws, but indeed relevant across the globe. In a world where police follow blindly the directions they're given with no regards to morality, could we have a scenario where Spider-Man is beating up coppers? * Gasps *

Awesome game where you'll be mesmerized web-slinging as Spider-Man through New York City -- you will absolutely feel like Spider-Man, it's just incredible in that regard.

The story is decent enough, but I found that I wasn't enjoying the total package until about 40% through the game (the game shows your progress). I didn't especially enjoy the parts of the game playing as MJ or Miles, but it's not a huge ordeal to get through it. The bosses are a lot of fun. The crime fighting can get repetitive, but overall the game is still fun. The Spider-Man costumes are top-notch. I haven't delved into the DLCs, so YMMV there. Bottom-line, if you love Spider-Man you have to play this game. I'd say it's just a must play game, just for the game world and traversal alone.

I played and completed this on PS4 Pro on a 4K TV with HDR in about 47 hours total -- main storyline. I also moved my save over to the PS5 remaster, and all of that worked fine. I'm sure the game is amazing on PC, but I haven't purchased as of yet (2024).

Finished my second playthrough today but this time on PC. Really enjoyed seeing the subtle changes in the remastered version. The games a real set piece and it looks incredible, spent a lot of time in photo mode again. I really loved the framing and lighting in some of the cutscenes so I took a lot of stills.

What surprised me was how long the game felt. I only spent 33 hours completing the main misions, all side missions, and all collectibles. I say "only" becaue it felt way longer. Those 33 hours were over many, many short sessions so I really feel like I got my moneys worth, and this is without even trying out mods which I might do at a later date.

I also took a look at the achievements which I rarely do. I wanted to go for 100% because I'm a big Spider-Man fan but there's no way i'm playing through the campain again, twice is enough. for the achievements I did get it's Interesting to see just under 50% of players finished the game (or used mods so achievements got deactivated), and only 24% of players maxed out the gadgets. In fact, a lot of the secondary objective tasks have only a 25-35% achievement completion rate. Do that many people really skip out on significant portions of the game?! hmm...

Also replaying the game made me remember how much I disliked the stealth sections from M.J and Miles. The especially long segment where you run around Normans penthouse is really dull to me. This rendition of M.J really grates on me for some reason? Is it her face? her voice? the way she behaves? I enjoyed tasering Saber dudes though, I know that much.

I keep eyeing up Spider-Man 2, I'm curious to see how they've made improvements over the first game. One of my favourite things about the original is the unexpected detail you come across within the mechanics.

Swinging through the city super fast and face plant a building? There's a neat animation where Spidey will thump onto the wall and stick to it with a slight camera shake.

My favourite though has to be how you can web enemies to objects that are also throwable... and then throw them at enemies who appear to have heads made of titanium.