Marvel's Spider-Man

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  1. Alvokun
    Aug 29, 2022
    9
    Amazing game, no pun intended. It's a sandbox with addictive gameplay and a lot of objectives to complete, apart from a rather good story. I recommend it either if you like it Spider-Man or not, since it's great as an action game per se. Leaving aside some minor bugs in combats (such as enemies getting trapped inside walls), it's technically very solid, and there are very little loadingAmazing game, no pun intended. It's a sandbox with addictive gameplay and a lot of objectives to complete, apart from a rather good story. I recommend it either if you like it Spider-Man or not, since it's great as an action game per se. Leaving aside some minor bugs in combats (such as enemies getting trapped inside walls), it's technically very solid, and there are very little loading times (which is very important in this type of game). The three DLCs are also remarkable: interesting intertwined story, more challenging than the main game, new kinds of missions... Overall, Marvel's Spider-Man is very worth playing if you like superheroes and/or action video games.… Expand
  2. josei1985
    Sep 29, 2019
    8
    Un más que divertido juego sobre el hombre araña. Con varios combos y trajes desbloqueables para poder utilizar. Una historia muy buena y un combate muy placentero. Un gran exclusivo sin duda.
  3. AlexBert
    Apr 12, 2022
    8
    Very good game. Interesting story and nice graphics. The side missions and chores seem a bit too repetitive but overall good enough. Would have liked some more in depth boss fights.
  4. hime
    Aug 30, 2019
    8
    Очень классная и затягивающая игра, но она настолько короткая, а задания в открытом мире настолько однообразные, что выше 8 никак поставить нее могу.
  5. ZeoN
    Nov 26, 2021
    10
    Uno de los mejores videojuegos del sistema PS4 sin duda alguna. Uno de los superhéroes favoritos de mucha gente regresa en una aventura con una acción y jugabilidad trepidantes unido a unos personajes genialmente desarrollados. Su historia es bastante competente. Recomendadísimo.
  6. MonkiReviews
    Apr 24, 2021
    9
    The best Spider-Man game so far. The game play is awesome. It feels like a real city, and the web slinging is really smooth and realistic. The story is amazing, all the characters that are there are fun to see, like the villains. The Spider-Man suits are all good, and make the game so much cooler than it already was. The extra side missions, are a little repetitive, but that is the onlyThe best Spider-Man game so far. The game play is awesome. It feels like a real city, and the web slinging is really smooth and realistic. The story is amazing, all the characters that are there are fun to see, like the villains. The Spider-Man suits are all good, and make the game so much cooler than it already was. The extra side missions, are a little repetitive, but that is the only part that is like that. I recommend it.… Expand
  7. LOVEPIZZA
    Sep 2, 2020
    10
    Nearly perfect in every way and certainly deserving of a 10! The combat is excellent and the traversal is intoxicating. Maybe there could be more to do in the free roam after you've beaten the game, but at that point you've invested 30+ hours so... maybe its not really a complaint
  8. MrIceman
    Apr 16, 2019
    8
    Hands down the best spiderman game to date, the web slinging is smooth and so much fun that you could just swing around the city all day, the combat has so much depth and actually requires some skill even on normal difficultly, story is magnificence as well.

    Don't forget about all those puddles, so much puddles. Just another in the long list of bangers sony has brought this    Hands down the best spiderman game to date, the web slinging is smooth and so much fun that you could just swing around the city all day, the combat has so much depth and actually requires some skill even on normal difficultly, story is magnificence as well.

    Don't forget about all those puddles, so much puddles.

    Just another in the long list of bangers sony has brought this generation, with so much more to come.

    10/10    … Expand
  9. abekdd
    Feb 16, 2019
    8
    Seguramente, y esta afirmación no es quedarse corto, uno de los mejores títulos del catálogo de PlayStation 4. La jugabilidad es una pasada, convirtiendo incluso las "repetitivas" (por poner un pero) misiones secundarias en algo ameno, sencillo y entretenido de realizar. A nivel narrativo es, de largo, el juego de Spider-Man que más sobresale en este aspecto. Soy incapaz de darle un 10 porSeguramente, y esta afirmación no es quedarse corto, uno de los mejores títulos del catálogo de PlayStation 4. La jugabilidad es una pasada, convirtiendo incluso las "repetitivas" (por poner un pero) misiones secundarias en algo ameno, sencillo y entretenido de realizar. A nivel narrativo es, de largo, el juego de Spider-Man que más sobresale en este aspecto. Soy incapaz de darle un 10 por las misiones con Mary Jane y Miles que, lejos de ser malas, rompen por completo la mecánica y el ambiente de juego para sumergirnos en largos minutos de sigilo. Sin duda alguna, un juego recomendadísimo que todos podrán disfrutar.… Expand
  10. Goofy_008
    Apr 17, 2021
    9
    Es un buen juego me gusto la historia, implementaron el gameplay, me gusto que se implemento un similar sistema de combate de Batman Arkhan y me parece muy bien
  11. estradas
    Jul 23, 2023
    9
    Very fun to play. Great combat.

    9/10 gameplay
    9/10 graphics
    8/10 story
    8/10 environments
  12. elreydelmambo04
    Jun 14, 2019
    8
    Fantastic! This game is espectaculary genially. He has 60 or 70 houts of history and 15 of DLC
  13. katieelizabeth
    Jan 1, 2022
    8
    Spider-man is a decent game. The graphics are quite nice, and the game does excellent job looking and feeling like Spider-man. The voice acting is quite good and generally the game has very high production values. The story is also quite good. The controls are spot-on.

    It's not a perfect game however. Spider-man had so much open world busy work. The designers took the worst aspects of    Spider-man is a decent game. The graphics are quite nice, and the game does excellent job looking and feeling like Spider-man. The voice acting is quite good and generally the game has very high production values. The story is also quite good. The controls are spot-on.

    It's not a perfect game however. Spider-man had so much open world busy work. The designers took the worst aspects of the Ubisoft open-world design and implemented it fully. A lot of the busy work doesn't even make logical sense - like why would Peter waste time taking pictures of landmarks for? And why are crimes happening every 5 seconds? And why does every Ubisoft tower need hacking to unlock icons on the map? It's completely asinine and once you've done them for even a few minutes, you've seen everything there is to do. This is very outdated open world design and I actually feel like the game being more linear would have made it better seeing as how poorly utilized the open world actually was. Like how is that I can play Skyrim for 150 hours but I get bored of the Spiderman open world after an hour? That's a problem.

    The variety in the open world was also quite lacking. There were skyscrapers, docks and a park. All the police towers looked exactly the same. The rooftops were copy-pasted way too much. There was some cool parking garages and tunnels to explore, but absolutely no reason to actually go down there for longer than a few seconds to get the backpack.

    I also feel like accessibility didn't go far enough. The white spider-sense is very hard to see at times for me - an audio queue or a slow-time option would have made the game more accessible for people with poor vision like myself. The backgrounds are just too realistic and there's too much white light from the HDR for the spider-sense to stand out for me.

    Also, a 60fps option could have been added for PS4 Pro users - there's no reason this game couldn't run at 1080p or something like that to enable better frame rates. Locking the game at 1440p to 4k @ 30fps for every user is a very poor and inflexible decision. Not even the PS5 or Xbox Series X can run many games at native 4k @ 60fps, but a 1080p video card in a PS4 Pro is being forced to pump out 4k visuals? That is crazy. On PC, I play games on my GTX 1080 - a very equivalent card to a PS4 Pro GPU - and I run everything at 1080p or 1440p to attain 60fps or better... so why are Insomniac trying to live beyond their means and push to 4k for? It's incredibly stupid and it just hurts the gamer. That GPU is not designed for 4k gaming. That ability is reserved for the PS5 and Series X, and it still has trouble.

    Spider-man is competent, reasonably polished and engaging enough to play, but it doesn't wow me and the utilization of the open world is very poor. The fact that it's so close to the arkham series would further push me away from giving it a higher score as well - this was done 7 years prior. Hell, Skyrim even had a much better open world and it was done 7 years before this as well. Sorry, it just did not hit that bar for me, not when the bar was raised so high for open-world games by 2018. Ultimately, I think there's a lot to improve here and I hope the next release handles the open-world much better.    … Expand
  14. VozAlta
    Oct 7, 2018
    7
    Spiderman is a game that is worthy and a well-written Marvel experience. It's that game that we've hoped for, all of us who really grew up with the Spiderman comics, and it twists and 'modernise' the plots a little bit. But that's not a bad thing.

    What is a bad thing though, is that the game absolutely revs the PS4 Pro to shreds while in-game. I know, you're thinking that I might've got    Spiderman is a game that is worthy and a well-written Marvel experience. It's that game that we've hoped for, all of us who really grew up with the Spiderman comics, and it twists and 'modernise' the plots a little bit. But that's not a bad thing.

    What is a bad thing though, is that the game absolutely revs the PS4 Pro to shreds while in-game. I know, you're thinking that I might've got my console tucked into something or that it's badly ventilated or not cleaned or whatnot. It's not. Reviewers rarely comment on these things, but there's that.
    I don't necessarily point on things as good or bad as a measurement on what score I'd consider Spiderman with. Let's just say this: when the story goes on, it is really flipping good, and when you're swinging around webbing stuff - you really do feel like you have great powers and great responsibility. But everyone else doesn't seem to have that much of any responsibility? Citizens of New York are kind of dull. Not much is going on other than traffic. There are side missions and tasks that are quite fun, but it gets repetitive really quick.

    Spiderman is that game where you do stuff in order to unlock trophies. You could absolutely go for the Platinum trophy in this game, just do everything fairly good. But you don't play it for too long, because then it mostly feel like you're doing in-game chores. So my experience was really mixed. It's absolutely the best Spiderman game we've played and if you're a Marvel-fan it's a no-brain decision to get it. If you're thinking "I don't know.." about buying it, you could absolutely wait for a price-drop. If you're thinking I'm an idiot "Of course it's great!" then buy it immediately. It's a solid buy, but comes with some minor faults and the risk of feeling dull after playing for some time.    … Expand
  15. BenFoldsLaundry
    Nov 16, 2020
    8
    What a year 2018 was for video games.

    This one can be a bit of a grind at times, but incredible gameplay keeps things just fresh enough because it's so satisfying. The re-creation of NYC given to you as an open world is stunning. A solid story. The best thing about this game is that you feel like Spiderman. They absolutely nailed the feeling of swinging through the city.
  16. mxamjad
    Feb 10, 2019
    10
    The best Spider-Man game. Love it! The graphics are awesome, the gameplay is amazing and overall it's the best game of 2018.
  17. EdwardG
    Aug 23, 2020
    9
    Spider-Man is a great game because it's got great fundamentals - a great story, great combat, traversal, pacing, graphics and music. It's foundations are so strong that, although there are some more generic elements to its open world, they're easily forgiven and are still reasonably fun to play.

    Spidey is just so fun to control that it doesn't matter that there's a lot of busywork in    Spider-Man is a great game because it's got great fundamentals - a great story, great combat, traversal, pacing, graphics and music. It's foundations are so strong that, although there are some more generic elements to its open world, they're easily forgiven and are still reasonably fun to play.

    Spidey is just so fun to control that it doesn't matter that there's a lot of busywork in this game. The web swinging and combat are brilliant and make even the less interesting tasks fun.

    Better still is that the actual story, and the more scripted elements of gameplay are, for the most part, fantastic. The narrative moves along at a brisk clip, constantly throwing you into new exciting set pieces involving a whole host of Spider-Man villains that are a joy to see and fight. Even the missions where you aren't playing as Spidey are still quite fun and move the story along in interesting ways. I also loved all the unlockable upgrades and suits which were really appealing and gave me things to aim for.

    The characterisation of Spider-Man in this game is brilliant, and Otto's decline is so well handled. The ending of the story was great, setting up a sequel and delivering a strong emotional final note.

    I really enjoyed Spider-Man, and although it's not a perfect game it is a very fun one. It falls a bit short in its open world but excels in most other aspects, making this a must play PS4 title.

    The DLC is not as compelling as the main game and has even more busywork, including some annoying 'Screwball Challenges' but it still delivers more of the same great Spider-Man gameplay and tells an interesting enough story that makes it worthwhile.

    Although I've levelled a few criticisms against this game and its DLC, I've got to score it 9/10 because the fun factor is just so high in Spider-Man - seriously, none of its issues managed to detract from my overall enjoyment of the game. This is a fantastic title and one I highly recommend.    … Expand
  18. Dragonfly44
    Oct 25, 2020
    9
    The story and acting are great and the combat is enjoyable too, but its nothing compared to the feeling of swinging around the city as Spider-Man. 93/100
  19. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Jun 21, 2023
    9
    This is the best Spider-Man game ever made. The gameplay itself borrows much from Rocksteady's "Arkham" series. Controls are fluid, but there are many moves to memorize. Story missions are terrific and rival "Uncharted" when it comes to movie-like scripted events. Graphically, "Spider-Man" is gorgeous and very colorful . The framerate never buckles as you glide through the Big AppleThis is the best Spider-Man game ever made. The gameplay itself borrows much from Rocksteady's "Arkham" series. Controls are fluid, but there are many moves to memorize. Story missions are terrific and rival "Uncharted" when it comes to movie-like scripted events. Graphically, "Spider-Man" is gorgeous and very colorful . The framerate never buckles as you glide through the Big Apple performing all sorts of aerial acrobatics. Side-activities are fun, but can get a little repetitive. But this is a knockout entry that fans will absolutely love. The quality is up there with Marvel's movies. My only complaint is I wish it was longer. Overall, I'd rate it with a 9 out of 10.… Expand
  20. CoreGamer1408
    Jul 7, 2020
    6
    Failed to impress, but what other super hero games we got to game on hey? I don't include Batman Arkham series, because as we know he is not super. Spider-man is flashy I give the creators that. Oh those MJ stealth sections are so bad. One of the little kids in the family seemed to like it. because they finished it. Hard to get excited about another Spider-man game again. Well afterFailed to impress, but what other super hero games we got to game on hey? I don't include Batman Arkham series, because as we know he is not super. Spider-man is flashy I give the creators that. Oh those MJ stealth sections are so bad. One of the little kids in the family seemed to like it. because they finished it. Hard to get excited about another Spider-man game again. Well after playing several previous Spider-man games that were mostly more miss than hit.… Expand
  21. wangweixun
    Dec 7, 2020
    9
    I didn't care for any super hero but I surprisingly loved this one. It was free when I bought my PS4 Pro but I didn't play it until I ran out of games to play. I was wrong.
  22. diamondd
    Sep 11, 2019
    2
    After about an hour you'll get bored. This is a good looking game but it has been done many times before. Sunset overdrive gives you exactly the same thing. That got boring too. Overated by fanboys this game ends up in the bargain bucket after a week.
  23. aditya1101
    Apr 29, 2021
    8
    Really awesome game, the controls felt really complex at first but the more I played the better it flowed and once I started getting toward the end of the game it really just felt amazing to control spiderman. Beautiful visuals, really enjoyed the story (despite not being super duper up to date on spiderman lore), and just overall a super solid game.
  24. dingobreath
    Oct 22, 2019
    8
    I've played many spiderman game over the years and managed to nit-pick most of them. This IS the best spiderman game to date. It has a very solid story, great swinging mechanics and decent game play. I recommend it to fans of the comics and films.

    The only downside for me would be the initial basic fighting moves is limited and not quite as good as something like the batman arkham    I've played many spiderman game over the years and managed to nit-pick most of them. This IS the best spiderman game to date. It has a very solid story, great swinging mechanics and decent game play. I recommend it to fans of the comics and films.

    The only downside for me would be the initial basic fighting moves is limited and not quite as good as something like the batman arkham games. The physics are pretty good though and the city is filled with lots to do. Was originally going to rate it lower due to quick time events and puzzles, but they even included an option to turn those off or to skip them.

    Also the stealth sections have a fairly generous checkpoint system for those who don't really like stealth sections.

    Pretty good effort IMO.    … Expand
  25. jrdnnn
    Jun 21, 2019
    8
    The best Spider-Man game ever, with true passion put into its creation; this isn't just a great Marvel game, it's a great game across the board. Years of lackluster movie tie-ins with occasional strokes of genius helped inform the design of this entry and it's the most refined superhero experience available.

    The visuals are excellent, particularly the beautifully-rendered. sunset-soaked    The best Spider-Man game ever, with true passion put into its creation; this isn't just a great Marvel game, it's a great game across the board. Years of lackluster movie tie-ins with occasional strokes of genius helped inform the design of this entry and it's the most refined superhero experience available.

    The visuals are excellent, particularly the beautifully-rendered. sunset-soaked scale replica of New York and the facial animations of the main cast. It's no easy feat to recreate a real-life city with all the major landmarks and make it seem real and lived in. The game world is bustling and alive and never feels artificial. Crimes pop up randomly, there's traffic jams, pedestrian conversations are realistic and the weather/atmosphere/day-night effects are stunning. Add to this fantastic sound design in the voice acting and score (which reacts and changes depending to your current activity - genius!), you have a lovingly-crafted presentation. The story is so good, and surprisingly emotional, grounded by probably my favourite Peter Parker ever. Seriously, he is the most capable, likable and relatable Spider-Man yet.

    Gameplay is equally impressive. The swinging controls are pitch-perfect and traversing Manhattan is a joy. Fast-travel is neglected completely. 3 km journey? Easy, swing the whole way. Running along building faces, catapulting off edges, zipping to faraway ledges, flipping, diving, it's all exhilarating. Combat is in general very good in most respects and gets tougher and tougher as you go along. It's basic Arkham-style button bashing but with web-shooting and much faster/nimbler. The skill upgrade trees feel a bit shallow in all honesty and don't impact your combat massively and the controls can be a bit fiddly when walls/obstacles are near (Spider-Man gets confused whether you want him to dodge a punch or scale a wall then GET punched). Overall, I really enjoyed the variety of side quests/collectibles on offer most however (camera quests, collectathons, story-driven side quests, challenges, base takeovers, science experiments). I platinumed the game last night and the only tedious aspect was completing all randomised crimes, as these can be very samey. Boss fights were the most disappointing gameplay aspect in a purely [practical sense. Their design, atmosphere, story linkage was AMAZING, but the fights were so boring and essentially identical for all major bosses. Considering the variety of excellent villains this is weird, but didn't spoil the fun entirely. Stealth sections as other characters were a bit of a pace destroyer but were OK.

    I need to shout out to the unlockable suits here, they are fantastic and their unique abilities easily make the biggest impact on combat and look incredible. A great addition.

    Ultimately, this is the quintessential Spider-Man experience that shouldn't be missed, despite its few minor annoyances/pacing issues/shallow upgrade system. Swinging about is worth the price itself, in my opinion, and won't be topped!    … Expand
  26. alexandrea
    Nov 25, 2021
    7
    I liked the the game but it wasn´t this groundbreaking experience many people claim it is. I tend to get lost in the story un many of these open world games. I will give it another chance when i get a PS5.
  27. gilbertofp16
    Jan 15, 2019
    5
    The graphics are nice but the game has no history, no gameplay, everything is like Batman but Batman was 2 years ago, so there is not innovation in this game. it is not trash but I could not finish it, I was so bored to repeat the same mission over and over and over. It is not must buy, just buy for 20 dollars and then it makes sense.
  28. Projectsergio
    Jul 4, 2020
    10
    Juegazo que se ha marcado Insomniac Games.

    Si vienes de jugar los anteriores Spider-Man, (los Amazing Spider-Man), o has jugado a los Batman de Rocksteady, al principio se te puede hacer confuso los controles al combatir, pero conforme pasa el juego, terminas adaptándote perfectamente. Tiene una historia que es brutal, y se nota el sello de Marvel. Una jugabilidad impecable, haciendo    Juegazo que se ha marcado Insomniac Games.

    Si vienes de jugar los anteriores Spider-Man, (los Amazing Spider-Man), o has jugado a los Batman de Rocksteady, al principio se te puede hacer confuso los controles al combatir, pero conforme pasa el juego, terminas adaptándote perfectamente.

    Tiene una historia que es brutal, y se nota el sello de Marvel. Una jugabilidad impecable, haciendo que pasearse por Manhatan sea una experiencia muy buena. Un nivel de detalles que es una delicia, y terminando con un sonido espectacular, con una muy buena banda sonora.

    El juego es de 10 merecido.    … Expand
  29. aljirik1992
    Nov 3, 2018
    7
    Если взять ULTIMATE за "День благодарения", а "Shattered Dimensions" за Рождество, то MARVEL Spider-Man со свистом втиснулся промеж праздников...
  30. darthcooper
    Jun 20, 2021
    10
    Overall this is an amazing game. My only gripe is the tedious taskmaster challenges to unlock the suits, sadly not everyone will be good enough to complete the required amount of challenges to get the tokens.
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#14 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 116 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 110 out of 116
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 116
  3. Negative: 0 out of 116
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 11, 2019
    95
    One of the best Spider-man games in history and a victory for the future of the singleplayer AAA games.
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  2. Cubed3
    Jan 25, 2019
    80
    There are myriad good reasons why Marvel's Spider-Man is the best-selling and highest-rated Spider-Man title in years. While it has a few glaring flaws, they pale in comparison to all of the things the team at Insomniac got right. A well-acted, strong story serves as the backbone for an experience that just plain feels right for Spider-Man, and fans and newcomers alike won't be disappointed by this trip to the Spider-verse.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jan 9, 2019
    90
    This game does for Spider-Man what the Arkham series did for Batman. Immensely satisfying movement system, excellent combat, fast pace, superb visuals and wealth of side activities converge to bring a wonderful experienced, diluted only by some minor missteps in the story and a couple of stealth sequences where you control supporting characters instead of Spidey. [11/2018, p.54]
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