EDIT: Around 18:30, I fuck up and say that heavy takedowns aren’t in the game, when they _definitely_ are! I somehow never did it once in my playthrough. Ignore that nonsense.

Electro's comeback joke makes me think that if he wasn't doing evil shit, he and Peter could actually be buds lol

That Snow New York city thing, it aged well. Loving the Miles Morales trailer.

I would like to mention that I love the small details in things. For example, when Spidey is web-swinging through the city and he's on the phone, Yuri will say his lines like he's running, taking heavier breathes to converse and if your sitting still he talks normally. I think that's amazing.... Spectacular even.

*I D E A:* In the sequel, Miles is the more stealthy Spider-Man, and has the cloaking option alongside a venom-blast takedown. To compensate, he's not quite as powerful in regular combat. Meanwhile Peter isn't nearly as effective in stealth situations but is better for just running in and beating the shit out of everything.

I really need the hardest difficulty in the next game to be called “Parker Luck” haha

This video aged EXTREMELY well

this man just guessed the both next insomniac games almost spot on.. good job?? (MAKE ANOTHER SPIDER MAN VID!!!!)

The puddles changed from the trailer so the game is a -9/10

The Mary Jane and Miles segments brought out my inner speedrunner. They were a little too telegraphed to the point where I did them all in like 30 seconds.

Coming back after 5 years after he’s gotten so much that he asked for

18:34 that is literally in the game. Word for word what you said is in the game. You use 2 focus bars to take one heavy down. Please god tell me you're trolling.

Can't believe he guessed the snowy city scenario with miles morales game

Here's my analysis of this incredible game. It really makes you FEEL LIKE SPIDERMAN

Eminem of spider man games. I Died. Great video once again

I definitely enjoyed the MJ and Miles sections on my.first playthrough since I didn't know anything how the story would go and I loved especially the Osborn apartment exploration. But on my second and third ng+ playthroughs, I really wish Insomniac would add a skip option on these sections while playing ng+.

I cant believe you managed to fucking predict the snow/christmas change for the new game

Honestly, the only thing that I would change about the web-swinging is the auto release. That's the only thing I don't like.

Here is a comment I found earlier "Features wish list for a sequel: Traversal: Honestly, you hit the nail on the head with the freedom bit. Since their focus was on accessibility, I’d prefer to see these in a separate "complex swinging" option à la Spider-Man 2. -Allow Spidey to touch the ground while swinging -Double-handed web-zip by holding X instead of tapping(which launches you further but uses both web-zips) -Upwards web-zip perhaps by tapping X with no directional input -No line breaking if you hold R2 -No auto-swinging -Give wall-crawling its own button(as well as better, more responsive wall- crawling) -Wall clings and rebounds -Consistent momentum physics(specifically, I mean that entering some animations causes you to lose momentum since they can start playing at a preset speed not always consistent with your momentum, thus feeling unnatural) -Allow running down walls -Classic pole swinging -More tricks -Higher speed cap -Allow the charge jump to hold(and release) a charge while in the middle of the parkour and perching animations -Option for fall damage -Charged jump while perched. Extras and gimmicks: -Hang enemies off street lamps -Web attach to a helicopter going to Ellis Island -Create a web hammock and lay in it -Web attach to the back of a speedboat and skid across the water -Enter Peter's apartment whenever -Allow Spidey to pet a dog -Allow you to change the weather effects(This may be already coming) -Option to set the crimes frequency via a slider(sometimes you just want to swing without any alerts popping up) Side Activities: While the crimes were great, I also personally wanted to see some inconsequential interactions with the world, small stuff that gives a bit of charm to the world(that don't involve using fists) -Rescue a cat from a tree -Help up a fallen elderly person off the ground -Rescue a floating balloon for a kid(that tests how quickly you can gain height, not speed) -Donate to the homeless -Stop a purse snatcher -Simply sit down on a bench or fire escape and chill -Grab a quick hot dog or from a hot dog stand or a drink from a diner or coffee shop(like in Mafia 2) -Rarely rescue someone from a burning building, with firefighters just arrived on the scene(so you can justify that they'll take care of it if you skip it) -Rarely bring someone directly to the hospital from a car crash or injury/ collateral damage, with ambulances already heading to the scene -Very rarely rescue civilians from sinking boats with rescue boats already heading to the scene -More web swinging races and an option to submit scores to a leaderboard for them -Ability to create your own drone challenges and race them! Combat: -More combat finishers -Double (non-heavy)enemy finishers(using 2 focus bars) -Allow slight camera control during finishers to begin targeting next enemy -Web of Shadows AOE swing kick(Would love to knock criminals down like bowling pins again) -Endless wave mode for the combat challenges and hideouts(with optional leaderboard) -Slightly more responsive gadget wheel(remove the half-second delay) -Use left/right D-Pads for gadgets -Allow you to complete the hideouts with stealth only -More interesting and fleshed out stealth mechanics Suits: -All of the suits from this game carry over to the next game -My personal pick for an original suit: www.reddit.com/r/ marvelstudios/comments/8bmv35/ spiderman_wakanda_vibranium_armor_concept_art/ Graphics: -Spidey's reflection always showing on glass(Just real-time for Spider-Man himself, not everything) -More car variety -More NPC variety, also kids World: -All boroughs of New York explorable -Some select few buildings enterable, like coffee shops, comic shops, etc. (the more "public" places) General: -In-game Photo Mode gallery -In-game Cutscene gallery -Assassin's Creed Origin style "see other people's photos on your world map and can vote on the photo of the day". -Fallout 76 style "see other photos from other players in your game's loading screens and fast travel areas". -Option to turn off the recurring Control Hints -Option to turn off Lens Flare"

i think someone (i can't remember who) said something about aunt may's death sort of being a foil to uncle bens? peter is faced with another selfless vs selfish decision, except this time he knows the consequences that will lead with either choice. before, he didn't have to seriously mull it over sorta, it was one of those heat of the moment things just letting that guy go. but now, if he chooses the selfish choice of using the serum to save aunt may, the rest of the infected will die (since they needed time to clone it or something). i think it's kinda smart

As far as Mary Jane and Miles, I appreciated the moments for their story value, but they're not great mechanically. As for Aunt May, I think it was a good idea to kill her off. It solidifies Peter's transition to fully independent adult. The editor's denial of Peter growing up in comics (to the extent that Peter basically betrays his own personal motto "With Great Power, blah blah") is why the "One New Day" comic was such a fucking travesty. Also, more manual control for Spidey is really needed. I don't like the swings automatically letting go of the webline; I would like a little more control with web zips as explained here; and the charged jump, while welcome, isn't all that viable when moving. Plus, that weird sort of "you can't touch the ground while swinging" thing ruins momentum and lowers the skill ceiling.

Hey you called that shit about the snow. You're fucking awesome

I'm gonna put down a timestamp for this video Story- 1:45 Setting-11:14 Combat-15:13 Web Swinging- 22:47

so i'm not the only one thinking that Web of Shadows has a lot to offer in terms of web swinging system overall

cool video man 9/10 makes you feel like spider-man

so glad you criticised the swinging honestly. Everything you mentioned is what i had issues with when playing except another issue i find annoying is how when you connect to a building at nearly a right angle you just swing straight instead of being pulled towards the building through gravity but your basic critique of having the swinging require much more manual input i have to agree with 100%

Yo imagine, if you would, in the sequal having to chase down face venom multiple time and trying to figure out who he is while also getting to know harry. And all the while norman is using his goblin gear to both commit crimes and steal what he thinks will save Harry's life and at the end having to fight a version of the red goblin!

Pretty much spot on with the nitpicks of webswinging and charge jumps and all that

You are definitely on the right track about the improvments. My favorite Spider-Man pose HARDLY ever gets animated and it made taking screenshots (you know, to send to friends and the person who gifted me the game as a "Thank You") a complete pain in the ass. It's the one where the "webslinged" arm is under the crotch, two legs just sprawled out in front and the back hand ready to fire another thwip. Huge bummer on my end. But really the advanced swinging is something Insomniac MUST try. They love their traversal mechanics, so I challenge them to go balls to the wall with it. I recently also watched Far From Home and would have loved to see boss fights more akin to the actions in the film and even the game does this a lot too in cinematics, it's when the webshooter is set to more of a "spray" and just coats a tree or a building to net something. Would be cool to activate this to disarm missiles or catch debris because honestly throwing grenades and military rockets back at thugs kinda made me think "oh so it's not as "realistic" as I thought". I just want them to pick a lane. Also another improvement I'd like to see which might surprise readers is "build a suit". Peter is smart to make his own designs. Don't like to me webhead fans, you tried to make your own custom Spider-Man concept art just like Toby's character in the Sam Rami films. I'd love to see Spider-Man take a challenge where he needs to constantly improve upon his suit. Obviously you can play the game fully AND with ease with the classic designs, but you already see this "build a suit" in game by swapping powers with costumes. It would be killer to have a variety of heads, torsos, legs, webshooters, and features that offer me a unique Spidey to call my own. How cool would it be to mix and match what you want and more powers? I'd love to have the "web wings" paired with the Iron Spider arms (which help with traversal) but yet keep a more toned down design. Again these are things that I feel Peter has full capability of and Insomniac can totally deliver and part of the Spidey-Experience is almost akin to Batman or Iron Man, suit upgrading. They did it with the Anti-Oct Armor, would love to make my own.

Great review, the best i've seen out there. You've addressed almost all of my gripes with the game. But i'd like to add a few more stuffs. For the combat, i say give me the hotkeys like Batman. I want to wreck shit up without having to open up a menu. The dpad is good too, but i would have to take me thumb off of the left joystick which isn't ideal. For the swinging, i think some transition animations between swinging and running up walls would be nice. It looks off when Spidey is swinging and immediately running on wall. Some additional moves from old Spidey games as well: backflip when running on walls, running down a building instead of jumping off of it (WoS), sliding on walls (WOS). That's being said, i want a more physics based web swinging. I should be swinging blindingly fast after diving off the Avenger tower. And there should be fail states in the swinging just like the combat (Fall damage, bumping into building, ...). I want something that is hard to master just like the combat. But if i can't have that then please throw me more TaskMaster challenges because i love them so much. I love putting my swinging and combat skills to the test.

13:43 okay so he predicted Spider-Man Miles Molares' setting

I really liked that part at the end where you timed the cutscene to nod with the "Yeah. That's fine." I dont know why but that really got me for some reason. 10/10 video, and I agree with you on the swinging

13:44 you were right about the snow my man. Spot on.

You *are* able to take down heavys using 2 focus bars. I've done it ingame a few times.

33:00 Just saying. Web of Shadows Swinging was just too good not to replicate and refine. The amount of details and variety on offer need to be siphoned to other shit. So you are right on point for that. So here are my thoughts that 100% aren't just me saying do Web of Shadows. 1: These webs hold no varied momentum. I need to be able to WINDMILL around the corner of a building to slingshot my ass back the way I came if I have the skill to do so. As it is now I feel like I'm constantly at Slow Speed or Normal Speed. At this point it's faster for me to get across the city using Point Jumps instead of Web Swinging. That shouldn't be right. I feel like Point Jumps are supposed to be the momentum carrier. They hold your speed for the next swing. Maybe they slow you down a bit so you are baited to get that speed back through swinging. But right now web swinging is a punishment for not landing the next Point Jump. I wouldn't feel like that if Web Swinging was so fluid that it beats Point Jump 9 times out of 10. 2: These animations are stiff. And there aren't enough of them. I need at least 10 different ways that Spidey swings around a corner. Another 15 for my web release. Basically the moves that they expect you to use OFTEN need some flair sprinkled on. All the dynamic poses that Spider-man has in the comics should show themselves here imo. I have a shitty background in 3D Art and I've fiddled with animation. A team working on this really have no excuse not dedicating 25 frames of work and some interpolation for animation variations. They aren't doing it from scratch. They are moving joints around and keying the frame. Could probably do 2 every day with correct reference just with 1 person and a good rig. Back to stiff animation tho. They don't convey movement well enough. I can't tell if it's the swing arcs of this game. It kinda looks like he's just letting the web take him from the beginning to the end of the swing. Instead of using his legs to cut through the air in the traditional fashion we are used to. Imagine a kid on a swing. They move their fuckin legs to create motion and maintain it. I know the game wants real but come on now. No reason to be the image of some guy desperately hanging onto a rope dangling over a chasm. This is a mature and seasoned spider-man. Show it off! 3: It just feels sticky at times. Idk I like being able to run on the ground while still having the web in my hand. I like running on the walls while still webbing. If I wanted to stop I'd let go of R2. This is just a control nitpick so it's not that big of a deal (SuckingWebOfShadowsCockHardOnThatOne.png)

"We'll definitely going to see pure energy electro at some point" I truly wish this aged better.

This video was very spot on. Some of the things you said were addressed in Miles Morales actually.

I got waaaaaayyyy too good at this. After a week I was taking on entire outposts in open combat on the hardest difficulty. Usually when you get so good at a game it's because it's easy. Or you'll have gotten bored. But it stayed super fun and challenging.

I've honestly only really watched 2 videos and I love that I've found this channel, the humour you do is hilarious and I like the way you talk about things with sincere honesty "SHOOT AT THE CAR WITH ALL OF YOUR FUCKING ROCKETS!!!"

Hey man! Loved your review! Can you discuss the DLC? Maybe? lol They brought back Silver Sabel and it was better than the main story for sure.

13:41, With the current information we have available, the “pulling an Arkham City” seems like a good /suggestion/prediction, good job mate

Everytime he talk about something he want for the next game...he talk about something already in the next game ! This guy got what he wanted !

Your review reminds me a lot of whitelight’s review on it. I love both of your guy’s video, and if you haven’t seen his I think you definitely should. You guys both use different language to describe things and it’s really neat hearing it in different ways. Keep up the good work man, I’ll continue to watch your videos!

Just found your channel and watched both Spider-Man vids and I love the commentary and 28:45 is hilarious

I’d kill for a Web of Shadows 2.0 As as far as web-swinging? A good mix of Insomniac’s system and the one found in Web of Shadows seems like the best option.

I personally loved the swinging mechanic. I would sometimes turn on the game just to swing around the city. It felt so fluid and satisfying. That being said, I like the nitpicks you brought up. There were only a few moments where I was getting frustrated with the swinging (aka stupid drone challenges), but besides that I loved it! I would love to see it improved in the next game, though. Even just a little.

Great in game analysis. Here’s an idea that I think Insomniac should explore concerning the open world; do what Ultimate Spider-Man did and have us go to the other boroughs. Like let us climb a Farris wheel in Coney Island, swing past Steve Roger’s place in Brooklyn, or raid Wilson Fisk’s mansion on Staten Island. Just an idea and just throwing it out there

The Only Dude i love for those Critique's and Reviews

One thing I really hope they add to the web swinging is running on the ground while holding onto a web. I hate how it just looks like Spider-Man is floating when he gets too close to the ground while swinging, like, let him run with the web in his hand.

love your gaming reviews please do one for spider-man 2 when that comes out next month

Okay, so you talking about a Symbiote takeover in NYC really got me thinking about Carnage USA and how that story went. Imagine the Avengers taken over and used by the symbiote? Imagine having to take back Burroughs from the parasite one at a time. That would be some awesome gameplay.

Btw the auto generated English subtitles for your videos are always super accurate. Like I didn’t even know crescendoing was a word until I heard you say it

I just want the boost and release feature back for the web swinging.

OH MY GOD the super jump canceling because of the parkour shit is honestly my biggest problem with the game lol. But yeah I think a simple/advanced swing system that allows me to control almost every aspect of swinging would be amazing.

i agree, your ideas are actually pretty good, i also felt like the web swinging was too automated, and it really needed some manual control. all in all great video dude! i hope you become a famous youtuber someday!

Just now finding this video and your channel, great stuff so far! Let me say as well that a lot of the stealth aspects you talk about (haven't finished the video yet) are actually fixed in Miles Morales. You can do bases in full stealth, Miles has invisibility (although a tad op), and the remote mine is a more stealth-focused gadget than any other one

I loved the swinging, but I totally agree with your additions to the web-swinging. I literally was saying that shit out loud while playing. Nice to know there are other people who love these games as much as I do :)

i agree with absolutely every nitpick,very nice

Watching this one after your prototype vid, great job man! Definitely subscribing

I was hoping you'd talk about the different Newspapers you can read by pressing triangle on the red stands after almost every mission. Great vid tho, just subbed after watching this and that "Two Expensive Spider-man Games" at the end of my shift.

I feel like the whole “the game does things for you” is okay because the game is establishing/introducing itself to the players while also setting a foundation that Insomniac can work off of.

Honestly, I guess I missed that part where he saw it was Martin so the next scene they share I was like “why TF is peter being sus? Racist mofucka”. Still love the game

I finished the game yesterday and I agree with everything you said.. You make great videos man really enjoy your work 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

“And the joke flies completely over vultures head” That was fully intended don’t try to hide it

... Hmmmmm ... Good to see that, just as in that Prototype video I watched earlier, you really went in detail with the traversal. I pretty much agree with every single one of your points, and I also believe that giving players a casual and an advanced option should be a must, to keep it accessible, and at the same time let us relive the joys of good ol' Spider-Man 2. One small thing by the way.. I personally actually prefer having to press a specific wallrun/-crawl button to initiate a wallrun instead of just holding the trigger and smacking against a wall with him attaching to it all by himself. it sometimes happens even though you don't want it, which can be annoying. Also charged jumping up the sides of buildings and having wallrunning be affected by gravity and momentum should return. WoS fails at that too, where Spidey had awesome wallrun animations, but pretty much just always stayed the same speed throughout . guess it was required for the wall combat to be that way.

“Cake the whole city in snow”. Bruh

I love how coming back to this they did everything you said here

i really like how with your complaints/nitpicks, you reason them and further suggest improvements for the game. nice video bro!

I was never served a meal, but shall still tip you with a like.🤗

Thank you! You answered my request on your previous video!

Spider-Man: guess I need to swing to the store to buy some eggs "enter grand music"

Hey I can't believe this only came up in my recommendations just now but I enjoyed the video. I like most of your suggested improvements especially the idea to choose between the Advanced Swinging and Automated Swinging. I personally like the help the computer gives since I've only got my left hand and have to hold the controller in a claw-like grasp to reach all the buttons and movement sticks. So having a bit of automation is a good thing for me, having too much control with so many buttons can end up being detrimental. One thing most folks don't think about that I wish Insomniac would implement is the ability to reassign buttons and alter the controller layout to better help folks who have disabilities, and make things a bit more accessible. Overall really cool video. Are you going to be doing a video for the Miles Morales game when it comes out?

There needs to be air combat to a high-level. You shouldn’t feel like a brick you throw in the air you should feel like a bird can fly, maneuver and fight in the air. There should also be wall combat kind of like in Spiderman web of shadows But better not as fast same thing with air combat although that was damn near perfect. This is what I would add to your video I agree with most of the stuff you said.

The issue I had with the swinging is mastery never amounted to much speed. It felt like no matter how good I got at the system speed never really came with it. I do have to disagree with the automation to some point. I felt that utilizing point launches and then going immediately into a swing and then into another point launch and alternating with that really made me go a lot faster and made me think of where I am going to point launch, and how I'm going to do it. Great video with the nobody saying anything bad about the swinging system I'm glad I saw some legitimate criticism about the system. I still think this is the best swinging system in any spiderman game.

I love this video, it really does show the work that they put into it, I agree with ur points, I honestly think this next Spidey game is gonna be awesome! 😃

Youre Genuinely hilarious at times in this video and like all of the others I’ve seen so far from you

Also for your nitpick of the web zip overshooting you too far, you can air brake with dodge plus back on the analog stick

This needs more views, everything he says would work so great for the sequel

The improvements I want in web swinging is a button to go directly up. Every Spidey game has that except this one. During the web swinging, when you do a web zip, almost hit the ground and go into a swing and a few other instances, Spidey abruptly stops for a small bit and its not very fluid. I think that's the problem you had about the web swinging being a little faster. So if those can be fixed I think the web swinging can be super smooth.

13:40 Spider-man: Miles Morales :" Say no more"

Also with the swinging: I wish you could shoot a web while still holding on to your current web

13:45 literally predicted the miles morales game

So I was downloading the game before I stumbled across your channel. And I saw this but I figured I'd wait to watch it so I could experience the game for myself. This game is amazing. I've had it for 2 days and I got platinum on ps4. Edit:just remembered that ps5 spiderman is gonna be Miles.

I see you used the 70s supermarket song in the background You a man of culture

You can do takedowns on heavy enemies with two focus bars. So your wish is already there

It's hilarious how much of this is in Miles Morales

You are the only person to talk about that creepy cours correction. every time i see it im like wtf is he flying ?!! how can he move forward in the air befor he starts swinging ??!! it's sooo anoying and it's like no body sawit, im glad you mentioned it

Dude, you nailed it on the fucking head regarding webswinging. All of these changes (well most of them, i'd just do the control scheme a bit differently) would make the webswinging system a whole lot better. And by "a whole lot better" i mean astronomically better. Like, it would be THE best webswinging system ever. Period. Also, I love what you're doing and your content is rly fucking good. Keep it up dude.

Come out with the miles morals (intentionally spelt wrong) video already! Love how your Nostradamus ass predicted the snow, but I was wishing that would affect the traversal mechanics 😞

You know, they could just add another borough instead of just Manhattan.. that would be a reasonable conclusion.

I liked what you had to say. Honestly, the game doesn't seem too appealing to me due to the automated parts of the web swinging. Doing a full flip on a web over a crane in Spider-Man 2 was awesome! Shame you can't do those kind of manual in this one.

Sooooo, we not gon talk about the wall-crawling in this game? Ok then -_-

It's almost like they purposely limited themselves so the sequel could be better or something like that

For the sequel, How about instead of the city getting worse as the game progresses it gets better?

Loved the Silver Sable rant, really cracked me up.

Bro that idea with the two different swinging modes is perfect!!!

8:03 I can’t stop laughing.

Biggest problem I have: the wall crawling is awful it’s unresponsive Spider-Man gets stuck on basically any ridge(slight exaggeration). It feels like a guy with duck tape on his hands trying to climb.

I am a man who loves a good challenge in my games. Ranging from "True Vault Hunter" mode in BL2 to "Hell on Earth" in KF2. I am quite fond of becoming more and more skilled at something; so yeah a "advanced webswing" option is a bowling ball to my greased lane.... wait

I like your ideas. btw,the advance swinging mode is gonna make some funny moments.