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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 |OT| Spidey's back I guess
- Thread starter JayEH
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Picked this up on a whim and played a bit of it. Swinging feels really good. Everything else is decent enough. Only problem I have is Spider-man jittering around in cutscenes like a child on sugar, its like christ spider-man stand still for a second but he's all "NO I MUST MOVE I MUST CRAWL ON THIS WALL AROUND A DUDE FOR NO GOOD REASON AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
That Wont Fit In There
Member
Mine just worked too!
My problem is the Mass Effect-style dialog choices.
They just don't flow together at all.
silver.tongue
Member
Exactly.
The city at night look unacceptable for Xbone/PS4. During the day is not as bad, but still bad imo.
Personally, I don't see much difference between the combat of Sleeping Dogs, Batman, Spider-Man, and Assassin's Creed in that regard.
From the hour I played of ASM2 today, I was pingponging between enemies as they posed threats to me. I usually don't just wail on one guy until he drops in any of the above mentioned games. I'm always moving between them, because I have more fun doing it that way.
No problem! I didn't get to play it long enough to have some real in depth thoughts on it. The game isn't garbage, it's just typical, "Activision Bare Minimum" effort. Spidey deserves better, but this is what we're stuck with for now.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Same here! Finally worked! Reloading the game and getting in that black suit!
That Wont Fit In There
Member
Same here.
Nymphae
Banned
Thanks for the write-up, I am really digging the sound of that. I had no idea about the L/R hand thing, that sounds like an interesting change that could really make the swinging more immersive. I'm surprised we've never seen something like that until now, it's always just one button to swing which isn't really that complex or interesting.
yes it feels like some weird low budget euro jank. though it's made more amusing by imagine spider-man screaming internally and shaking in anticipation for when he speaks and can flail around wildly again.
I have not watched amazing spider-man and i probably wont watch 2 anytime soon, so I have no idea if ADHD sugar kid spider-man is accurate to the movies.
Though I hated TASM and I'm going into TASM2 with a ton of trepidation, no, he's not like that in the movies. Garfield really does feel like a comic-like Spider-Man. The games, not so much.
Byron Bluth
Banned
It has, but good to repost on launch day.
No dice in Canada, I picked it up for $59.99 luckily (its $69.99 with the price hike recently) as I had it pre-ordered from awhile ago.
Loving this black suit!
War Raichu
Member
played a few minutes of it on Steam. The gameplay itself seems fun. Webswinging is great, combat is good but is different enough from Arkham that it takes a bit of getting used to.
Biggest issue I have is the framerate. While it was fairly consistently 60 frames for the most part, it drops to 30 when webswinging, which is a big disappointment. My graphics aren't even maxed out yet.
Biggest issue I have is the framerate. While it was fairly consistently 60 frames for the most part, it drops to 30 when webswinging, which is a big disappointment. My graphics aren't even maxed out yet.
flaxknuckles
Member
Just got my Steam code from gameladen. It's $ 21.48 right now (fuckers dropped the price a dollar). I have no idea if the EU code is region-locked though, as I am at work. http://www.gameladen.com/the-amazing-spider-man-2.html
I assume Activision will hold on to the movie game rights even though they lost the comic book ones. Which means we will probably get Venom and Sinister Six games which is awesome. If only Activision would invest a little more money and time into them *shakes fist*
I assume Activision will hold on to the movie game rights even though they lost the comic book ones. Which means we will probably get Venom and Sinister Six games which is awesome. If only Activision would invest a little more money and time into them *shakes fist*
Outlaw Torn
Member
One of Swords just posted this about the Xbox One version.
http://www.oneofswords.com/communit...-2-video-game-is-available-today#.U1_v7vldW_h
flaxknuckles
Member
I sw that in the early gameplay with him interoggating Herman Schults. Like, how in any way did he think he was being intimidating by crawling over the dude's head. Herman was just spilling everything though.
And suddenly I'm scared of how my GTX 770 will run this game. It sounds like once again an Activision PC game will be absolute murder for AMD cards, and a slightly better but still unoptimized mess on Nvidia hardware.
NoirVisage
Banned
chickdigger802
Banned
hmmmm besides arkham, which you can't really wail on one guy if you want to keep combo going, pretty much all games i tend to stick with 1 guy until they are gone.
my logic:
you will always be doing the same damage per second to the overall enemy group, but taking 1 guy out lowers their potential threat quicker than evenly dishing it out.
It's the fatal flaw of majority of games where a damaged baddie will still throw punches like them at their full health state >.<"
but it hardly matters in these games with the big obvious counter prompts so its just me rambling
So besides web swinging, any key difference in combat/stealth gameplay from asm1?
WordsintheWater
Member
Actually pleasantly surprised, doesn't look great, but it runs smooth and has a nice clean look I dunno how to explain it really. All I have done so far is webswing and boy is it awesome, I think it's the best system since SM2 and it is pretty easy to maneuver around. I have no clue why in streams people seemed to have trouble with it, it's simple and easy to bank around corners and everything. Here's a shot I took facebook compression and all lol
brickarts295
Member
Has anyone who has the game started on the hardest difficulty? if so how is it?
Actually pleasantly surprised, doesn't look great, but it runs smooth and has a nice clean look I dunno how to explain it really. All I have done so far is webswing and boy is it awesome, I think it's the best system since SM2 and it is pretty easy to maneuver around. I have no clue why in streams people seemed to have trouble with it, it's simple and easy to bank around corners and everything. Here's a shot I took facebook compression and all lol
Game would look pretty great if the PC version was mod friendly.
NoirVisage
Banned
is it bad that I'm mostly interested in the freeroam, there aren't enough supervillians to make me excited for the "boss" combat, but the serviceable web swinging and variety of heroic mission types will keep me at occupied for a long time!
Dlacy13g
Member
The OP needs to be updated... the Xbox One version actually released today. Not sure how or why since everything coming from Activision was it was delayed indefinitely. So yeah...its out everywhere... still doesn't make it good I suppose.
https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-O...er-Man-2/b0c4e193-1a5c-4530-9933-4400adc3f16b
https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-O...er-Man-2/b0c4e193-1a5c-4530-9933-4400adc3f16b
NoirVisage
Banned
its available digital only, box release possibly in May.
I'm playing on Super Hero mode which is pretty easy using the Electro-Proof Suit.
So did anyone bite on the Wii U version? Any video or pictures?
Edit: Wait I think I found some video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U6vIpKaRoY
Edit: Wait I think I found some video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U6vIpKaRoY
Electro-Proof Suit. I'll post a better picture later.
Yup and that video makes it look like what I just played on Playstation 4 today.
WadiumArcadium
Member
It was the same in the first game. Made it easy to 100% it.
yeah, some npc count boost or something. though i doubt there will be a devoted mod scene for this game
Nintendoga
Member
Isn't that supposed to be Times Square?
Please tell me there's a reason for there only being 5 people there. Is all of the city that desolate on ground?
This. Seriously, this.
Where are the darn reviews? The game is out already.
Were no review copies shipped to the media? That would just be....odd.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I just got review code today. My guess is most other outlets are the same.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Most likely scenario is that Activision did not send out review copies.
While the game isn't awful, or even bad, this doesn't surprise me given what I've played. It's just a game that's going to blow over, but it's one I'm having fun with.
Byron Bluth
Banned
Nothing on any end. I hope Digital Foundry does a comparison to see if t was anything technical or what.
Titanfall 360 level of conspiracy.
WordsintheWater
Member
A picture during the daytime to show just how packed streets can get with cars, but this happens off and on and not always consistent.
SlasherJPC
Banned
So my review code is just magic? LOL They just started going out today.
Pops Maellard
Member
Anyone know how to use the preorder suits on the PC version?
FFS. Sigh.
War Raichu
Member
they show up in your closet once you get to Aunt May's house
if they don't show up, restart Steam so that it downloads a patch to enable them.
Jimmyfenix
Member
I meant they never sent them out before the game came out ;p Gerstmann Bought the XB1 version since he did not receive a review code/disc
Actually they got a ps4 code but he wanted to try the xbo version.