Posted on 09/28/2018 at 11:08 AM
| Filed Under Review
Fuck I actually do remember Shadow of Rome. Wish that game was better than it was. As for Spidey's stealth elements, there's actually enough elements here to make for good (not great) stealth gameplay, they're just always segmented. MJ has items to distract guards and a taser while Miles can hack into things. There's also a bizarre segment where you control MJ and have Spidey pick out guards in your way and an area at the end that feels surprsigingly nonlinear. If all these bits came together, I feel it could work. But instead I get what feels like the tutorial for a better stealth game every time there's a stealth segment.
Peter Parker's suitless bits can be justified when he does lab and detective work. The lab bits are admittedly just that pipe minigame Bioshock also ripped off, but the detective bits can have fun puzzles. Thing is there's unjustified parts where you just walk around as him for way too long, have a cutscene, then it's back to normal. They have the tools to make these weaknesses work in a sequel and while I'd be happy to see a sequel axe these, I am curious if they could make them work.