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[SF Kosmo]

Just completed the main storyline...I'm so hyped for the next game now!. Seems like the possibilities for the future title can go in so many different ways. Hopefully Wolverine ties into it somehow. 10/10 experience imo

I'm a little bummed we don't have any DLC or expansions in the roadmap this time. The wait for Spider-Man 2 was a lot easier because City That Never Sleeps and Miles Morales were there. But yeah, maybe Wolverine will feel like part of the universe.

 

[Topher]

Insomniac are masters at pace breaking

Insider leaks say they are going to solve that problem in the next game....

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Dayum!

 

[FunkMiller]

Gotta say, the game is not grabbing me. It all feels very safe and familiar, with no real attempt at pushing either the gameplay or story into new places.

Video games have reached Hollywood movie levels of risk aversion, and that’s a real pity.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Insider leaks say they are going to solve that problem in the next game....

Any idea when preorders go up????

 

[Nankatsu]

Any idea when preorders go up????

8th March - International Women's Day

 

[Salz01]

Insider leaks say they are going to solve that problem in the next game....

It’s going to be called SpiderThey 3. You can’t have woman or man anymore…

 

[Nankatsu]

I mean, if these companies want to create awareness for disability issues, why doesn't anyone do a Daredevil game?

 

[adamsapple]

Mary Jane looks like Peter's 10 year older sister.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Here’s a nice screenshot I took of MJ last night. Not as bad as people say.

Spoiler: Early Story Spoiler

 

[Ovech-King]

Dayum!

« Cocaine is one hell of a drug »

 

[Power Pro]

Here’s a nice screenshot I took of MJ last night. Not as bad as people say.

Spoiler: Early Story Spoiler

Okay...so this wasn't just me. I immediately thought she looked off. I recall she seemed quite pretty in the first game, but this one they definitely hit her a little with the ugly stick. Not a big hit, but some swipes for sure.

Black Cat seemed pretty in this game, but oops, she's a lesbian now, so only she's allowed to be attractive I guess.

 

[arkhamguy123]

Gotta say, the game is not grabbing me. It all feels very safe and familiar, with no real attempt at pushing either the gameplay or story into new places.

Video games have reached Hollywood movie levels of risk aversion, and that’s a real pity.

Aw cmon man you’re not liking the childish writing, the woke pandering, the Gen Z MCU tone, the pace breaking walking sections, the big ND/SSM typical PlayStation set pieces we’ve been getting since uncharted 2, the MJ sections or the bare bones stealth mechanics?

 

[Chuck Berry]

Notice how there's zero cops in this game. You don't help them out whatsoever. It's either firefighters or paramedics. Weird.

They make an appearance during a late mission trying to assist you and Peter tells them he doesn't need them and then says to himself that "They always get in the way."

Contrast this with the amount of police that are around and that you aid in the first game.

Yeah, no agenda here. No message. Nah.

5 years might as well have been a century ago.

 

[FunkMiller]

Aw cmon man you’re not liking the childish writing, the woke pandering, the Gen Z MCU tone, the pace breaking walking sections, the big ND/SSM typical PlayStation set pieces we’ve been getting since uncharted 2, the MJ sections or the bare bones stealth mechanics?

The Playstation first party formula is starting to get very tired. But I guess that's what happens when you have massively inflated budgets, and need to sell to as wide a demographic as possible. Not the creative backdrop for anything that pushes the gameplay or story beyond what you've already done.

This feels like a Ps4 game from 5 years ago, in every aspect other that graphical fidelity.

 

[GymWolf]

Notice how there's zero cops in this game. You don't help them out whatsoever. It's either firefighters or paramedics. Weird.

They make an appearance during a late mission trying to assist you and Peter tells them he doesn't need them and then says to himself that "They always get in the way."

Contrast this with the amount of police that are around and that you aid in the first game.

Yeah, no agenda here. No message. Nah.

5 years might as well have been a century ago.

We had this discussion already.

Insmoniac is not gonna do anything that can hurt the purple cuckos, the game is as sanitized and for modern audience as it comes.

How things change in 5 years uh?

 

[Chuck Berry]

We had this discussion already.

Insmoniac is not gonna do anything that can hurt the purple cuckos, the game is as sanitized and for modern audience as it comes.

How things change in 5 years uh?

"Spider Cop is dead."

 

[GymWolf]

"Spider Cop is dead."

But hey, you still get to interact with the female cop.

Too bad she is now a stronk angry woman with a lesbian haircut and an even puffier face

Insomniac are way less slick than they think.

 

[arkhamguy123]

The Playstation first party formula is starting to get very tired. But I guess that's what happens when you have massively inflated budgets, and need to sell to as wide a demographic as possible. Not the creative backdrop for anything that pushes the gameplay or story beyond what you've already done.

This feels like a Ps4 game from 5 years ago, in every aspect other that graphical fidelity.

you don’t sell 2.5M in a day from being daring, creative, risky or depthful. You sell that much by appealing to the lowest common denominator ie. most consumers ie. most gamers ie. most buyers

Same thing for MCU Spider-Man movies. Complete products. Not even real films. Hugely successful. So you’re right gaming has reached movie industry levels of mass appeal and all that goes with that

 

[Sleepwalker]

I wouldn't mind it as much if it was more of a short minigame of Haley doing art. The walking though is just very tedious and wastes the players time. It isn't fun and there is no puzzle to solve as you are told exactly what to do before you can even do it.

Having no ability to walk faster or fast forward dialogue in these section is super jarring and I wish they added it in a patch.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The dev really going out of their way to be inclusive. Seems like half the dudes I had to take to an ambulance told me their boyfriend is my biggest fan.

 

[arkhamguy123]

We had this discussion already.

Insmoniac is not gonna do anything that can hurt the purple cuckos, the game is as sanitized and for modern audience as it comes.

How things change in 5 years uh?

Genuine question, what studio has wokeness not infected post ~2016ish?

Every PS studio except Bend studios. But then the two creative leads left along with like 70% of the whole studio and now Bend is woke too as it basically got rebooted. Assimilated. Sucker punch seems aight though. Ghosts was pretty free of politics to my memory.

BioWare of course. Even rocksteady and rockstar have fallen if you look at their new hires after their last games, Arkham Knight and Red Dead 2 respectively. Bethesda seemingly doesn’t have a ton of issues here. And Sarah and Andrea were semi attractive. Starfield was pretty bereft of agendas or politics.

The Xbox studios are a joke, nobody cares about those. Nintendo steers clear because their games are for a younger audience typically. Plus eastern devs tend to not care at all. Trying to think what’s left. I know whatever studio did shadow of the colossus and recently last guardian seems to not dabble in that obviously

 

[Power Pro]

The dev really going out of their way to be inclusive. Seems like half the dudes I had to take to an ambulance told me their boyfriend is my biggest fan.

I brought this up a few pages ago. It's so fucking jarring and stands out so bad. Like most people you take to those ambulances say nothing except "thank you spider-man" but the one bit of extra dialogue I've heard is some guy talking about their boyfriend....yeah, no bias there.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Looked up a walkthrough and I have 4 missions left. I can’t wait to delete this off my hard drive. “Safe-Man” the game.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Ghosts was pretty free of politics to my memory.

Just you wait.

Tsushima 2. 1300's Japan. Optional side: Jin must escort some local lesbian farmers and their sheep to safety.

At this point I really dont doubt it.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Where’s the guy that got pissed at Starfield pronouns? This game would probably give him a heart attack.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I know whatever studio did shadow of the colossus and recently last guardian seems to not dabble in that obviously

That was Sony Japan Studios and they don't exist anymore

 

[GymWolf]

Genuine question, what studio has wokeness not infected post ~2016ish?

Every PS studio except Bend studios. But then the two creative leads left along with like 70% of the whole studio and now Bend is woke too as it basically got rebooted. Assimilated. Sucker punch seems aight though. Ghosts was pretty free of politics to my memory.

BioWare of course. Even rocksteady and rockstar have fallen if you look at their new hires after their last games, Arkham Knight and Red Dead 2 respectively. Bethesda seemingly doesn’t have a ton of issues here. And Sarah and Andrea were semi attractive. Starfield was pretty bereft of agendas or politics.

The Xbox studios are a joke, nobody cares about those. Nintendo steers clear because their games are for a younger audience typically. Plus eastern devs tend to not care at all. Trying to think what’s left. I know whatever studio did shadow of the colossus and recently last guardian seems to not dabble in that obviously

I thought gow was not super woke, both games (ragnarock a bit more than 2018)

Also like someone else said, tsushima was pretty tame.

 

[Topher]

My opinion of Spider-man 2 is really polarized at this point. As much as I hate the side content bullshit, I'm on the complete other side of the spectrum on the main story. The further I get into the story the more awesome it gets. I'm glad I got all the side shit out of the way so I can focus on the main story and 100% the districts before the end.

 

[GymWolf]

My opinion of Spider-man 2 is really polarized at this point. As much as I hate the side content bullshit, I'm on the complete other side of the spectrum on the main story. The further I get into the story the more awesome it gets. I'm glad I got all the side shit out of the way so I can focus on the main story and 100% the districts before the end.

I'm conflicted about the main story,

Spoiler

i like the henry character but not as much as otto, miles mom is worse than may, there is no substitute for yuri the cop, kraven is kinda of a wet fart and venom is way better than negative man (that has too much screentime in this one but i guess they had to make some easy drama for miles), but i liked the pace of the first game way more.

I haven't finished the game yet tho.

 

[arkhamguy123]

I thought gow was not super woke, both games (ragnarock a bit more than 2018)

Also like someone else said, tsushima was pretty tame.

Oh yeah good point. GOW4 and 5 were aight too. Basically free of agenda

 

[FoxMcChief]

I thought gow was not super woke, both games (ragnarock a bit more than 2018)

Also like someone else said, tsushima was pretty tame.

Thors daughter seemed a little forced. Still love both games though.

 

[arkhamguy123]

Thors daughter seemed a little forced. Still love both games though.

Minor as hell compared to Insomniac, Guerilla Games, Naughty Dog

 

[Chuck Berry]

My opinion of Spider-man 2 is really polarized at this point. As much as I hate the side content bullshit, I'm on the complete other side of the spectrum on the main story. The further I get into the story the more awesome it gets. I'm glad I got all the side shit out of the way so I can focus on the main story and 100% the districts before the end.

That's where I'm at. Disappointed with pretty much everything aside from character mobility, visuals and the finale.

 

[GymWolf]

Thors daughter seemed a little forced. Still love both games though.

She was a bit much, but in the end, she is thor fucking daughter, she is supposed to be super strong.

I was more annoyed by the overly modern way of talking during little shit sequences with her.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

That's where I'm at. Disappointed with pretty much everything aside from character mobility, visuals and the finale.

The main campaign is 90% of the game lol

So how can that be where you’re at?

 

[Chuck Berry]

The main campaign is 90% of the game lol

So how can that be where you’re at?

I meant that Im in agreement with Topher about being down on the side content, but enjoyed the narrative (At least the final act. Everything up until the final 8 missions I found to be a slog compared to the first game).

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I meant that Im in agreement with Topher about being down on the side content, but enjoyed the narrative (At least the final act. Everything up until the final 8 missions I found to be a slog compared to the first game).

Weird. The campaign is mostly non stop action and I’m just before the final 8 missions

I agree the side content is whatever. I found the flame, bases, and mysterio stuff pretty cool though

I actually like that all the side stuff is quick

 

[Chuck Berry]

Weird. The campaign is mostly non stop action and I’m just before the final 8 missions

I agree the side content is whatever. I found the flame, bases, and mysterio stuff pretty cool though

I actually like that all the side stuff is quick

That's one thing that them and Sucker Punch are really good at for sure

 

[Reaseru]

So brave...how's the Arab or Chinese versions? Brave or not that brave?

 

[Topher]

So brave...how's the Arab or Chinese versions? Brave or not that brave?

 

[Chuck Berry]

Nice to see their inexcusable fuckups make actual headlines

Record-breaking Spider-Man video game confuses Puerto Rican, Cuban flags

In a scene from “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,” gamers noticed a Cuban flag mistakenly displayed in the family home of Puerto Rican superhero Miles Morales.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Topher]

Nice to see their inexcusable fuckups make actual headlines

Record-breaking Spider-Man video game confuses Puerto Rican, Cuban flags

In a scene from “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,” gamers noticed a Cuban flag mistakenly displayed in the family home of Puerto Rican superhero Miles Morales.

www.nbcnews.com

How is that mistake inexcusable?

 

[Ulysses 31]

Prolly talking about how those versions have LGBTQ+ stuff removed.

 

[Chuck Berry]

How is that mistake inexcusable?

The fact that simple country flag knowledge slipped through all of the cracks of QA and whoever is above QA is fuckin beyond sad dude. It’s downright embarrassing to me. Of course the rainbow and whatever queerfuck flags are spot on though. Perfection.

 

[Topher]

The fact that simple country flag knowledge slipped through all of the cracks of QA and whoever is above QA is fuckin beyond sad dude. It’s downright embarrassing to me. Of course the rainbow and whatever queerfuck flags are spot on though. Perfection.

Puerto Rico isn't a country. Is that an "inexcusable fuckup" or a simple mistake?

 

[Chuck Berry]

Puerto Rico isn't a country. Is that an "inexcusable fuckup" or a simple mistake?

You know what I mean dude lol

I dunno maybe Im just one of the few thats retained a bunch of flag knowledge from 6th grade geography. So when I see a mistake like that made by grown adults on a project thats been years in the making, yeah I see it as a pretty big inexcusable fuckup.

 

[Reaseru]

Prolly talking about how those versions have LGBTQ+ stuff removed.

Correct. I wonder if the removed content is available trought DLC? Hahahah

These gaming companies are so fucking hypocrites. The regions where they should show some balls (or flags), they back down.

 

[Topher]

You know what I mean dude lol

I dunno maybe Im just one of the few thats retained a bunch of flag knowledge from 6th grade geography. So when I see a mistake like that made by grown adults on a project thats been years in the making, yeah I see it as a pretty big inexcusable fuckup.

Looks like a pretty easy mistake to make my man....

It might be inexcusable if they were not going to fix it, but they are. This is a non-issue to me. But if you want a make a big deal out of it then go for it I guess...

 

[Chuck Berry]

Looks like a pretty easy mistake to make my man....

It might be inexcusable if they were not going to fix it, but they are. This is a non-issue to me. But if you want a make a big deal out of it then go for it I guess...

It's a massive deal, Im heavily offended and Ive already written several letters. I plan on crying in my car later.