I recently started playing the 2018 Amazing Spider-man game. I am still very early in the story, but after some initial hurdles I must say that the game “feels” really good. It is basically what Arkham did for Batman as the game makes you feel like you are actually playing like Spider-man. The open-world, high elevation point and traversing of the terrain is also very enjoyable, and the combat that is very much about rhythm and maneuvering is also well executed.
I also like the story which isn’t hung up on an origin event and actually starts in-medias-res with Spider-man an established part of New York, Peter in college with a job and apartment, and an interesting selection of secondary characters. It is definitely early in Spider-man’s career but not everything already set in stone and I am interested in what direction the story will develop.
The game does have a couple of negatives though. In addition to a rather steep learning curve with a lot of mechanics thrown at you very early on, some boss battles feel a bit weird and you are unsure what to do or when to act, and that the game feels a bit hectic with constant barrages and reminders of doing certain story missions or random events. It also feels a bit too much “copaganda” as you are literally helping the police build up a surveillance network.