arkhamguy123
Banned
I skipped Spider-Man 2
But if COD and sports games have taught us anything, it’s for every one person who jumps off there’s 100 normies and children waiting to jump right in
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Spiderman 2’s writing
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But if COD and sports games have taught us anything, it’s for every one person who jumps off there’s 100 normies and children waiting to jump right in
struggler_guts
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hinch7
Member
A lot of games made in Asia (Japan, Korea, China) don't conform to 'modern' western censorship so that might be the way to go. Sad to see everything so homogenized in western writing and design these days in entertainment. Its almost a parody, when you have token character inserts and randomly shame on the white guy, because he exists.
Flutta
Banned
One of the biggest head writers of Spider-Man 2
It’s over boys. Wolve died before he had a chance to shine. Glad i kept my expectations in check. Western gaming is dead
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3liteDragon
Member
Right cause The Marvels movie & the Avengers game got such glowing reviews.
Flutta
Banned
Not just Peter they make most male protaganist lill bitches. I mean it’s obvious why they do it.
Wolve will prob be called toxic in the game and he will have doubts about his character so he will begin a new personal journey to soften up abit so the blue haired weirdos won’t have a reason to attack Insomniac on twitter.
Thats because the character artists working for them suck.
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Rudius
Member
People will keep buying this crap until it's to late, and by that I mean another crash of the game industry that will take a decade to recover, if it ever does get to the height of the 90's and 2000's.
Rudius
Member
From a story point of view, absolutely. Just pure honest escapism you can get lost in.
Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
The writing in this one has so clearly been damaged by wokeness. It has claimed another Sony franchise.
BouncyFrag
Member
Absolute garbage.
Warablo
Member
Sounds just like TLOU II
sigmaZ
Member
The crazy tech that Spiderman uses is more believable than everyone being masters of sign language.- Playable Deaf love interest graffiti segments
- Side mission asking guys boyfriend to homecoming
- "Bipoc" artists of colour graffiti
- Black Cat is a lesbian now
- Self insert head writer being the face of MJ
- Tour of black music history museum in Harlem
Why is a marvel superhero game so woke
Also the Black Cat thing was akward as well. It's like the game paused just for her to say that.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
It’s fantastic. Great game
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
100%. look what they did to ratchet. Edgy jokes are gone, ratchet is a lil bitch now. Even more so than that terrible woke spider levels
PeteBull
Member
Inbefore wolverine is casted as a black gay lesbian looking like those transvestites and we will be forced to like it, the one from reveal trailer was his evil white supremacist step-brother who we will have to fight against xDWolverine as well!?!??!
Green_Eyes
Member
Exactly. The writing in MM was so damn bad I had to stop playing it despite the decent gameplay.
Punished Miku
Banned
I also bailed on Miles Morales after a few hours. Never went back to it.
Jack Videogames
Member
I'm seriously considering not finishing the game and going straight to CEX. I like the gameplay but everything else is so... anodyne, I have lost all interest in continuing. I'm much more invested in LIke a Dragon Gaiden. Hell, I'm more invested in fucking Starfield. I just don't care about these characters.
This game went from a 10 to a 5 in my mind in like 10h
This game went from a 10 to a 5 in my mind in like 10h
Flutta
Banned
Same, never finished it. His voice made my ears bleed, i couldn't take it anymore. Let's not even talk about the story and characters.
PS: Gamplay was fun tho.. and that's the sad part about it!
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Chuck Berry
Gold Member
It’s over boys. Wolve died before he had a chance to shine. Glad i kept my expectations in check. Western gaming is dead
Welp
No better time than now to remind you guys to pick this up if you can. Prices will eventually go up even higher.
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GymWolf
Member
If they remember to make an actual engaging and not cakewalky gameplay in the sequel it's gonna kick ass.
For how good was the acting and good part of the script (not everything tho) the gameplay was kinda basic, easy and well...unremarkable(on max difficulty)
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VideoGameEnjoyer
Member
It was above average video game writing. And the performances were very good.
GymWolf
Member
Casting has nothing to do with the final results, the real life actress looks nothing like that monstruosity.OP, I agree with your take on the face models. Our faces are a big part of what define us. So much of our personality is filtered through them. In visual mediums like games, movies and shows I feel that the face is very important. That doesn't mean that someone must be handsome or beautiful, Peter wasn't super good looking in the traditional sense, but the face fit the character.
Or the face needs to be striking. Many actors actually look a bit weird irl, but the camera loves them. One thing I really loved in the Apple show Severance was the casting choices. Many actors and actresses in that show have striking features that really enhance their characters.
Making a fierce character like MJ look so plain was a poor "casting" choice. She did not have to look like a super model, but she should have had the right facial features for that kind of woman. Changing the mature look of Peter into the too youthful one in Miles Morales was another poor decision. It completely altered my perception of his persona and his relationship to Miles.
I'm right now looking at a Let's Play of Alan Wake 2 and amazed by what faces they decided to go with. I am not a shallow person, I'm just well aware of how we as human beings are wired, especially when it comes to portrayals.
GymWolf
Member
Maybe they are gonna hook us with a first good title and then turn him into Vulverine in the sequel.
Sleepwalker
Member
Is this backwards compatible with series X?b
Welp
No better time than now to remind you guys to pick this up if you can. Prices will eventually go up even higher now.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Nope. Gotta dig out and dust off your 360.
Just ordered a copy in good shape for $40
hinch7
Member
Could be lol. Or bait and switch with Laura in the sequel.
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GymWolf
Member
Laura? That x23 chick?
mrmustard
Banned
Back in 2014, following the expiration of Activision's licensing deal with Marvel, the game was delisted and removed from all digital storefronts. That means you cannot buy it digitally any more, you cannot download it and play it via backwards compatibility on Xbox consoles, and you cannot get it on Steam.
Sleepwalker
Member
The all digital future strikes again. I'll get a PS3 disc.
mrmustard
Banned
Even physical games can become quite expensive when the licence runs out. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from 2014 for example was like 50-70 bucks when i las ckecked.
Sleepwalker
Member
Yeah, they are but at least they can still be obtained. I see this game even has a PC disc version lol, I would get that if I had a drive in my pc.
Schmendrick
Member
Can`t believe how well this aged.
zapper
Member
finished recently, I didn't know where to write a comment so I'll post it here. in several points during the story I thought that the title should be: mary jane, the game.
hell, every scene (and there are so many) in which she appears is so poorly written and so stupid that I had difficulty continuing several times, it's incredible to me that they tried to give her so much unjustified importance. in one of the final scenes I was about to cry/laugh, you have to bring an object to a place, and she takes care of it, with the motorbike, when there is spiderman who could take half the time and would risk less in doing so.
honestly when I saw this post I started to think it was true, because for me it is inexplicable that Mary Jane is more central than Spiderman. even at the end they announce that she will return in the third with her useless podcast, I have no words, the first spiderman in comparison is a masterpiece of writing
hell, every scene (and there are so many) in which she appears is so poorly written and so stupid that I had difficulty continuing several times, it's incredible to me that they tried to give her so much unjustified importance. in one of the final scenes I was about to cry/laugh, you have to bring an object to a place, and she takes care of it, with the motorbike, when there is spiderman who could take half the time and would risk less in doing so.
honestly when I saw this post I started to think it was true, because for me it is inexplicable that Mary Jane is more central than Spiderman. even at the end they announce that she will return in the third with her useless podcast, I have no words, the first spiderman in comparison is a masterpiece of writing
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Dazraell
Member
I've started Spider-Man 2 a few days ago. I barely reached like 25% on my save and I'm already struggling with forcing myself to finish it. While the game gives us the most refined take at Spider-Man's gameplay and it's as fun as in past games, I feel it's really dragged by its weak writing, bizarre levels of pandering and some outright weird creative decisions. So far it's the only game I regret purchasing this year
Krappadizzle
Member
Shame this game is stuck on the consoles.b
Welp
No better time than now to remind you guys to pick this up if you can. Prices will eventually go up even higher.
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I'll say O.T. I think GAF in general tends to overreact to things like this and make a mountain out of a mole hill. That said, I have noticed the slide into pandering and annoyance and it's become so drole at this point that I don't even care.
Is Spiderman 2 writing as bad as some of the rumblings? In what ways?
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Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Yeah it is. Get it while you can homie.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Runs well on RPCS3
FingerBang
Member
The good news is that the woke shit is very limited to Black Cat, the non-binary scientist and Miles side-missions. There's a lot to like in the rest of the game.
The bad news is that those goddamn MJ sections are completely unnecessary and almost ruin the game.
Anyway, great game, still worth playing.
Senua
Member
It is?
MDSLKTR
Member
Venom and Kraven were peak comic book gaming reaching heights I haven't seen since Arkham trilogy.
But that felt like 10% of the game, the rest was MJ and Miles big nosed gf.
I would like them to both fall off a clocktower in the next one, but with the way things are set up there will barely be any spidermen left.
But that felt like 10% of the game, the rest was MJ and Miles big nosed gf.
I would like them to both fall off a clocktower in the next one, but with the way things are set up there will barely be any spidermen left.
Dazraell
Member
I certainly hope so, will definitely play until the end. The opening setpiece with Sandman was really solid, but unfortunately nothing I've played so far came even close
Usually these type of stuff doesn't bother me at all, but here it's literally shoved in the throat in such obtrusive manner that it harms the overall experience
One thing I'm certain though, I'm not gonna buy Wolverine at launch