I HAVE THOUGHTS ON SPIDER-MAN!
Ok so, first, let me say, I absolutely love this game. I think it's the best superhero game PERIOD. Sorry Infamous and Batman Arkham. I think it also might be one of my favourite depictions of Spider-Man. For me, Tobey Maguire never felt anything like the Spider-Man I grew up reading in comics and watching in the 90s cartoon. Andrew Garfield came a little bit closer. Tom Holland was the closest by far, but this Spider-Man, man, he feels like Spidey AND he feels like Peter Parker. It's not just the banter when he's fighting, it's what he's saying. It's how he's saying it. He's cocky and rude and cheesy BUT he's also endearing AF. It's great. I can't get over it.
I'm pretty far in, not at the end but I can tell I'm getting close. I'm in the process of listing my house to move across country, so I haven't had as much time with the game as I would have liked. But it's fine, I'm savouring it like a fine wine. They're doing some bold stuff, specifically Peter's relationship with one key villain. It's great and just gives the whole thing more weight.
My biggest complaints is forced stealth sections where you play as different characters, which happen regularly enough it ruins the flow of the game. Stealth as Spidey? Great stuff. Stealth as Miles or Mary Jane? Nope. Nope. NOPE. It removes the best parts of the game, traversal and combat. Not to mention it takes way too long and happens too often. Usually you have one or two gimmicks to help get around enemies but it's nowhere near as satisfying as secretly webbing up enemies when you're Spider-Man. It's too bad because anytime either of these characters get focus in the story, you know you're probably about to play as them and it puts a damper on all their scenes. This is the best depiction of MJ. She's not a model turned actress, she's a bad ass (kind of cheesy) journalist who isn't afraid to cross the line to get the story. This should be fun BUT it's not. I should mention that, while I complain, for reasons I won't explain, the last MJ section I played was great. But that one was pretty different than her and Miles' other sections.
10/10, GAME OF THE YEAR!!!