Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is a Disappointing Mess (Recap and Review) 

To skip the recap: 5:44

I was also very disappointed when I found out Shocker is never going to appear again because ever since the Spider-Man animated show from the 90s I've been a huge fan of Shocker. I want to see some justice given to his name but I was throughly disappointed. Also who likes Screwball?

So many plot holes, inconsistencies and bugs and glitches still persist even after this supposed hyped up update was supposed to fix everything. Definitely wasn’t worth the money or the wait, but we’ll just have to make do because it’s not like we can get a Spider-Man game from anyone else at the moment.

You felt uncomfortable when 90's Black Cat showed up jacked as hell? Are you a muscle mommy fan as well?

Three months ago, I would’ve bashed anybody who dare speak ill of this game. But after playing it all the way through and revisiting it, I can conclude that this game is not perfect in any way, shape or form. It’s an amazing game, but even Spider-Man 1 and Miles Morales was more replayable than this. It’s probably due to the fact that the game is just completely done now. And now we’re just eagerly waiting for more content that should’ve already been introduced. Anyway, I still love the game, but I can definitely see where the complaints are coming from. I respect your opinion.

The symbiote part of the story was so rushed. Instead of a good build up, Spiderman just becomes a complete POS so fast when he gets the black suit.

The whole open world and map is just so disappointing compared to the first game. Not once have I wanted to repeat the game at all unlike the first where I’ve completed it about 10 times.

Well edited and an underrated channel. I personally dislike the critique that web-swinging isn't physics based, and I think it's extremely overstated at this point lol. To each their own. Other than that, I think you're spot on about what went wrong with the story. I like to believe that Insomniac was rushed by Sony (or "higher ups") and that's why we got this story. I definitely agree that the lack of content is extremely disappointing. The first game had so much to do, and I'm surprised Insomniac didn't fit more in. Miles Morales suffered the EXACT same problem.

This game coming out the same year as Across the Spider-Verse did it no favours as far as its treatment of Miles lol

The first act was really slow, the second act was genuinely great and the third act overstayed its welcome. Once I beat the game I uninstalled it

I completely agree with you, the gameplay could've also been way greater. Kind of like web of shadows with Peter. Changing suits at will, Miles... He is already OP as he is, so he remains the same...

Awesome video. I completely agree with all of your thoughts. It’s unfortunate how the game, in its aspirations to build upon and be more ambitious with Spider-Man than its predecessor, seems to juggle more than it can hold. It almost feels that many at Insomniac wanted the game to be more than it was but couldn’t fulfill every idea it had in the time they were allotted. The game seems to be a narrative mess, fun as it may be. I’ve been thinking how crazy it is that Insomniac is able to produce so many releases in such a short amount of time, especially in an era of the industry where many triple A studios often take more than half a decade to release just a single game. It’s still impressive to me that they’re able to do so however the sacrifice becomes clear to anyone who peers into its cracks.

BEST REVIEW OF THE GAME. The story, characters, world building, execution, story telling and treatment of Peter (so basically everything) is terrible.

THANK YOU!!!!! This game was SUCH a downgrade that didn’t move ANYTHING forward! It feels like filler but also ruins the momentum! This his The Last Jedi is Spider-Man Games.

some defender really just compared this game to mario galaxy and mario 64. LMFAO! u can't make this shit up. 😂😂while being in denial about the bike riding selections, playing as miles deaf girlfriend that vandalized buildings by spray painting graffiti, (both are on some life is strange type of shit), killing all of spider-man's rouges gallery off screen, force karen jane stealth missions, the game is buggy af and the story is a treyarch's web of shadows knockoff. they're still stealing gameplay features and plot elements from beenox and treyarch spider-man games, no innovation whatsoever.

This game is just a ubisoft open world but with a high budget the combat has almost NO sauce , the swinging is great tho, the story is absolutely abysmal and borderline boring as fuck and the characters are just pg-13 disney characters too afraid of their sony overlords to have anything of substance to say

And now they want to add silk they couldn’t even do two Spider-Man properly why should people keep faith in Insomiac

I liked this game imma be honest, but it was inferior to the first one. They handled they whole being spider-man has negative consequences well and i enjoyed the hell out of the gameplay which was an upgrade to the first one. But the story was really messy. Kraven was dissapointing. The whole point of Kraven is being this rutheless hunter stalking you, feeling his breath at the back of your neck at all times. All we got was 2 boss fights if i remember correctly. Instead we keep fighting his goons which do most if not all the hunting work for him, which imo is really out of character. I liked the concept of Harry being Venom. We had it coming tho from the post credits scene. But the whole symbiote alien invasion apocalypse thing didnt do it for me. I really disliked that they took it that way. Also i wanted more developement for Bully Lowenthal. His growth into a corrupted piece of shit by the symbiote was really incosisent. But i liked the popping pills scene, neglecting his dying friend over keeping the suit for himself, but again, incosistent and could've be done better. The Miles colgate suit at the end was really bad. The Miles Morales original concept happened in the Miles Morales game where Miles grows past being Spider-Man's Robin, making his own suit and being his own hero. Growing into a man. A Spider-Man. What disturbed me most was when i found out that the suit was placed just for an ADIDAS sponsorship. Even if they had to put it in, they should've approached it differently. Also they were bugs and glitches made the experience worse even after the updates. The game felt really short, i finished it quite fast and went platinum too. I've played the first game so many times i can't get enough and i am never bored of it. That's not the case here. While a good game gameplay wise, it doesn't have much more to offer. Also the crime fighting theme is so reused, it feels lazy and super repetitive. Unlike the first one, here i didnt even bother with crimefighting. It felt more like a chore to me. But the sides missions where really good and done exceptionally well. Oh and the black cat mission was so meh. Besides all that i believe Insomniac had a vision and good intentions for this game. They put their hearts in this and you can see their love for spider-man and his mythos. Besides it's problems it somehow still works and makes it a solid game. Can't wait for the 3rd one tho.

Have you tried turning swing assist off? It’s on 10 by default

I hope they release a director’s cut so they can fix the game and make a 9 or even a 10/10

I’ll take to my grave that everyone who knows Spider Man should be able to play the PS games, but I totally agree with your points. The parts it does get right, like the combat and character portrayals, are spectacular but more room for the Symbiote story to expand by removing the Miles fluff would have definitely helped

What is the name of the meme effect that plays at 5:08?

Hate is bad indeed I do hoped JJJ learns that and he lets it go then reformed to be a better man and start trusting the spider men more as an ally like in the current comics recently he must be better than he used to be like what mysterio and Tombstone did to reform themselves from who they used to be I hoped that happens in the third game than just him being a 2 dimensional ass like in every game he is in danika is better than him though but alas give jjj a character development for once in a lifetime just like the 90s cartoon did at least it give his character development justice like what the comics did at the time.

Eh the game was amazing and I'm still playing after all these months, definitely my favorite Spider-Man game of all time 100% , i really don't understand the hate.

HighCHD would disagree with opinions.

You missed 0% Swing-Assist.

Came to watch a spider-man 2 video and got jumpscared by fucking "Haha" guy, Rean Schwarzer from class 7.

Eh that’s your thoughts I thought it was fun and nice especially cause it had symbiote spiderman my main the only thing that pisses me off is that when you finish the game the white symbiote will be all you get all the power it will only be the new anti symbiote not black rage symbiote it’s so dumb but other than that I’m not judging you or anything that’s just your thoughts and I have my thoughts you do have a few points but that doesn’t make me dislike it

The overall game is really good but like many games nowadays the story has many flaws because it tries to do so many things (which eventually leads to a lack of depth in many areas) and I actually did think exactly what you thought about the ideas that they should have “swapped plots” with the two characters, sort of like they were trying to checkmark everything they wanted to do in a single game. Honestly I think they just wanted to get the story bits done and out of the way to get into a broader world with many super heroes 🦸‍♀️ unfortunately

6/10 game at best

Ok, so the only thing you're doing in this video is spoiling the entire plot. I've been playing the game, and found it to be pretty crappy. I was hoping to hear some opinions on the actual gameplay and design. Not some crappy story synopsis.

Kraven just wanted a good last hunt. Logic had nothing to do with it. Plus, fighting against Venom demonstrated he was in control of his fate. As he was staring down at Venom from the rooftop building, he knew he was staring at death itself, but he wanted death itself to earn him. Essentially, a skilled hunter looking for one last good hunt. Insomniac's Kraven reminds me of Kratos in God of War 3. Causing so much destruction in New York. He's the reason why Venom started to evolve.

I really enjoyed Spiderman Web of Shadows. A really cool and original use of the symbiote. Having essentially a zombie Apocalypse, but with everyone being infected with the symbiote. It was so fun and epic.

Watch him get flamed

Wasted opportunity the game.

Great video dude and i totally agree with you. This game was such a disappointment, they should’ve delay the game for an another year cause it felt so rushed and too safe. And with the recent Insomniac leaks, it sounded like there was so much cool stuffs they cut out from the game like more boss fights, more Venom gameplay and buildings getting damage while in combat.

Is better than the first

Sorr but Gamimg wins review of this game is much better compared to this video.

bull crap

Absolutely invalid points: - Kraven's comic accurate in here. This is by far the best Kraven we got in any media as Kraven isn't hunting for the sake of hunting, he has cancer and wants to find a worthy opponent to die from a warrior death. Insomniac done justice here. - Venom: Venom doesn't want to take over the world for no reason, Harry wants to help people with the same suffering as him, but the symbiote gives him the twisted version of what he wants. Venom was great but needed more screentime. He is a sympathetic character - Peter having the symbiote had more then enough. He can't keep it longer as Harry needs it more then him. The longer he keeps it then Harry woukd die soon. You saw Harry using a walking cane and that shows he is running out of time. Peter is angry because he was overprotective as he doesn't want to lose anyone he cares about anymore. Especially after he lost May. - Peter wasn't nerfed at all as both Peter and Miles got equal amount of defeats. Peter beated more baddies then Miles ever did. Peter beated Lizard, Venom, Kraven, Wraith and Scream. Miles only beated Mr Negative and Mysterio. - Miles was given a good character arc as well. - The side content are improved. First game may have more content but more content doesn't mean better because quality over quantity. Marvel's Spider Man 2 may have lesser content but its improved as its less repetitive and less filler. Although they could have had more variety. The first one had more content but its mostly boring and unnecessary filler missions and repetitive. Overall, Marvel's Spider Man 2 is objectively a sequel better than the original. Anyone agrees with me 👇

I agree wholeheartedly it was ass. They didn’t improve shit besides the swinging, the story went downhill too