Great game, but... I don't know, sometimes.
The Last of Us is one of my favorite games, but that doesn't mean I want literally every first-party Western Sony title to be a copy of it. "Cinematic" third-person games with some forced stealth sequences, an interest in open-world push, and an overall focus on narrative, character, and performance. The thing is, like a lot of these games,
Marvel's Spider-Man does indeed have a mostly good story, but it's not without hiccups. About two-thirds of the story focuses mostly just on Mister Negative and the Demons, but then the plot gets a little hijacked by
the assembly of the Sinister Six. This is strongly foreshadowed by
Peter's apprenticeship with Dr. Octavius, which is a big plot running through the game as well, following "Peter Parker's story" rather than "Spider-Man's story." It makes sense that the two converge eventually, but the way it's executed made me feel like we needed a couple more hours of content or something; for the purpose of the game itself,
Electro, Vulture, Scorpion, and Rhino come out of nowhere. Like, "sorry we made you deal with this Literally Who for so long - here's some Spidey fanservice now." Oh, and I also don't like how sometimes the game stops after a big mission and makes you just dick around for a little before you get a phone call to prompt the next main mission. I'd rather the process be streamlined.
The combat is pretty damn satisfying, as is the web-slinging, so I'm definitely quite hyped for my PS5 bundle to arrive with
Marvel's Spider-Man 2. I just wish
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales would actually go on a real sale (the lowest I've seen it is $20, which is the price I sent for the GOTY version of this game, with all the DLC, totalling way more content than what I've heard of Miles's expansion. I think it's on PS+ right now, actually. But do I want to jump immediately into another game and a half of the same shit?