Games Info Review
Style 1-Player Action Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment Developer Insomniac Games Release September 7 Rating E10+
Rating: 9.5 (PS4)
- Concept
An open-world superhero experience that excels at city traversal, storytelling, and the pursuit of power.
- Graphics
Spider-Man’s animations often deserve an audible “wow”. The city and character models also showcase high levels of detail.
- Sound
John Paesano’s soundtrack is epic and catchy. The voice work is also exceptional. Yuri Lowenthal kills it as Spider-Man, and Laura Bailey is the perfect Mary Jane.
- Playability
The controls immediately empower you with the belief that you can do practically anything as Spider-Man. Web swinging is fluid, and combat is an intense workout.
- Entertainment
The story shines as brightly as the gameplay both deliver heart pounding excitement.
- Replay Value
Moderately High
Doing What A Spider Can:
And, happily, no aspect of New York’s architecture can really stop Spider-Man. Discovering how a powerful, but nimble, Spider-Man tackles fire escapes, both vertically and horizontally, or watching him slip through the metal grating of a water tower is endlessly entertaining. His animations are so detailed that no matter the obstacle, I got the sense that I could truly do whatever a Spider-Man could.
Verdict:
I wanted Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4 to make me feel like Spider-Man: To sail between the high rises of New York City, to nimbly web up hordes of enemies, and tussle with familiar, animal-themed villains. Insomniac Games’ first foray into the world of Marvel handily delivers on all of that. But what I didn’t expect from Spider-Man was to come away feeling just as fulfilled to have inhabited the life of Peter Parker. Aside from a few odd pacing issues, which momentarily took me out of the experience of being a superhero, and a world of optional missions that don’t always quite live up to the heft of the main story, Insomniac has delivered a Spider-Man story that both surprised and delighted me, coupled with gameplay that made me feel like Spider-Man nearly every step of the way. The Wall Crawler’s open world doesn’t consistently deliver the thrilling moments of its main campaign, but the foundation laid here is undoubtedly a spectacular one.
9.5/10
By Koshish Khadka
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