I'm someone who you could call a bit of a Spider-Man fan. Have been since I was a wee lad. Got my hands on anything I could. Read the hell out of reprints of the main comics and Ultimates, loved the Raimi films to death (yes, even 3), played any game I came across. Then I ended up growing up, rediscovered my love, read through every comic I could until I couldn't stomach them anymore (thanks Quesada and Slott), rewatched the movies (yes, even TASM2), and this fell into my lap, one glorious afternoon in 2018.
Plain and simply, this game gives me that feeling I had as a young one who was completely in awe of the world of Spider-Man. I think this is probably the best thing to come out of the whole franchise since the Raimi films. I 100% completed it on PS4, and I'm going to do it here again. As someone who has grown pretty worn out on superheroes in the past few years thanks to the complete market oversaturation, this has made me wonder if it was me that was the problem, or just the media. Okay, I'm rambling. The point is, this takes pretty much everything good about SM2, Ultimate Spider-Man, Web of Shadows, and cranks it up to 11. The sheer detail that has been pored into every aspect of this game, the suits, character design, worldbuilding... Insomniac really knows their ♥♥♥♥, and they respect it. If you've been a fan of the franchise in the past decade or two, you know how unfortunately rare that is nowadays with the people who get their hands on the character. I really cannot recommend this game enough. It's not super innovative, but what it does, it does it really damn well.

I'm someone who you could call a bit of a Spider-Man fan. Have been since I was a wee lad. Got my hands on anything I could. Read the hell out of reprints of the main comics and Ultimates, loved the Raimi films to death (yes, even 3), played any game I came across. Then I ended up growing up, rediscovered my love, read through every comic I could until I couldn't stomach them anymore (thanks Quesada and Slott), rewatched the movies (yes, even TASM2), and this fell into my lap, one glorious afternoon in 2018. Plain and simply, this game gives me that feeling I had as a young one who was completely in awe of the world of Spider-Man. I think this is probably the best thing to come out of the whole franchise since the Raimi films. I 100% completed it on PS4, and I'm going to do it here again. As someone who has grown pretty worn out on superheroes in the past few years thanks to the complete market oversaturation, this has made me wonder if it was me that was the problem, or just the media. Okay, I'm rambling. The point is, this takes pretty much everything good about SM2, Ultimate Spider-Man, Web of Shadows, and cranks it up to 11. The sheer detail that has been pored into every aspect of this game, the suits, character design, worldbuilding... Insomniac really knows their shit, and they respect it. If you've been a fan of the franchise in the past decade or two, you know how unfortunately rare that is nowadays with the people who get their hands on the character. I really cannot recommend this game enough. It's not super innovative, but what it does, it does it really damn well.