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[FinalStageBoss]

That was a scripted story mission, QTEs there don't bother me.

I'm sure we'll get to freely swing around the city

 

[SgtCobra]

WHAT @ people saying the combat looks bad. Looks fluid and acrobatic as fuck. Plus the graphics are insane.

I' honestly puzzled at these statements. Don't really know what people want, Bayonetta-esque combat?

 

[Zackat]

too many QTE's

The webswinging was incredible

 

[gimmmick]

Game of the show. The animation is so smooth, the gameplay is shaping up to be everything we want out of a spiderman game. This will probably be the best comic book video game to ever release.

 

[Rhaknar]

Day 1 unless something goes terribly wrong, looks amazing.

 

[Kambing]

Will still obviously buy, but not a fan how much QTE was used...

 

[Lifeline]

QTE complaints seem...exaggerated. The way i saw it they were only used during the set piece moments, like literally every other game. The actual gameplay was fine.

 

[fargofallout]

That's what has to happen in set pieces. Obviously it's a scripted section of the game. Games can have variety.

I know I'm sort of an anomaly, but I hate everything about them. They completely ruin a game's flow. I detest instafail QTEs that make me have to restart a sequence like that because it completely destroys the tension, and god forbid you mess a sequence up a couple of times, because it goes from tension to annoyance.

Granted, these might not be instafail, but still. Showing that sequence alone is enough to make me wary of the game. They add nothing to a game. I would rather set the controller down and watch the cutscene than watch for button prompts.

 

[kostacurtas]

Unbelievable...

Really fluid, great mechanics for movement/combat, excellent animations, fantastic combos.

I am not really sure how this hardware produces these kind of graphics...

God of War and Spider-Man, next year is already amazing.

 

[immortald3ath]

Most anticipated PS4 game for me.

 

[Strangelove77]

Looked great.

 

[AzureFlame]

the Spider Man movie we desreve.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Visually it looked great but the over reliance on QTEs is a bummer. I really hope they aren't that prevalent throughout the full game.

 

[Pachimari]

They got swinging right so I'll buy this game.

They didn't have momentum down with that swinging...

Are we Peter or Miles in this game?

 

[Evolved1]

Running on the buildings looked pretty dumb and was overused.

I prefer SM2 how he'd glance off them when swinging close at speed.

Waited a year to see swinging and they showed 90% boring zipline batman shit... 30 seconds of just-okay swinging. Idk. There were some cool aspects but that demo was a letdown tbh.

 

[Puruzi]

Stuff like that makes or breaks a game for people and I feel like it's a good reason too

It's not gameplay though. It's a setpiece, it would LITERALLY just be a cutscene if there weren't QTEs

It doesn't matter at all

 

[crack-king]

lol, those reactions here. The alternative to QTEs in that sequence would be no input at all. This was the only way for a little bit of interaction.

The rest of the gameplay looked great.

 

[the_firewithin]

looked amazing. the flow going through the city was great

 

[Pizza]

Damn Dan Slott must be digging this. REEEEALLY good use of newer Spider-Man stories and holy fuck it looked good. It seemed like a great mix of what everyone would want in a Spider-Man game at this point

QTE's fit Spider-Man great. He does lots of crazy shit that wouldn't translate to raw gameplay well! Also catching people as they fall off a building or lifting someone up like the ps1 game and wrapping them up nicely

ALSO MOMENTUM BASED SWINGING which is what everyone has wanted since the old ps2 movie games. The person playing it made the chopper chase look easy, but nah I'm gonna be sweating for most that mission

Characterization was on point too! I loved all the dialogue and Mr Negative going full negative-colored at the end was insane

Goddamn why is it 2018 tho

 

[Mr. Smiley]

So graphics are amazing, and stealth looks alotta fun, but combat ehhhhhh.

 

[The Artisan]

Spoiler

spider

man, the graphics are looking GOOD!

how the hell did sony manage to grab this as an exclusive?

 

[Jumeira]

God damn, Rocksteady nailed it.

Haha! Seriously, their game is so damn good that devs are using their template.

I thought the game itself looked decent, despite mimicking Batman and excessive QTEs. Will probably buy.

 

[Salz01]

This was epic. Can't believe how hyped I am about it now. It looks like they nailed a Spider-Man finally.

 

[amdb00mer]

I loved the look of Spidey, but the gameplay was too similar to the Beenox games. Plus, all those QTE. Spidey had more QTE than GoW did. Still going to get it though.

 

[op_ivy]

Looked like arkham with loads of QTE. Though visually stunning, im quite dissapointd

 

[jstevenson]

Is the game actually open world? Or are you progressing on a linear path with a deceptively open-looking backdrop?

Either way, the visuals are amazing to say the least.

You can free roam in the city and webs attach to stuff

 

[phanphare]

I was with it early when it was fighting and stringing together combos using your spider sense

then as they kept showing more I started to get less and less interested. kingpin's design is serviceable but ehh and mr. negative looks bad. like, they took one of the coolest new enemies in spider man's arsenal and made him look bad. and then the qte's.

still interested but man they really killed my hype with this showing, especially in terms of just getting the world

 

[Skinny Pete]

Holy shit are you kidding me with this? Game of the forever right here!

 

[Sibersk Esto]

A shame that Insomniac decided to spruce up the Amazing Spider-Man game's combat instead of Web of Shadows'

 

[Erevador]

They got the tone just right. Hadn't been looking forward to this, but I definitely am now.

 

[Bunta]

It's not gameplay though. It's a setpiece, it would LITERALLY just be a cutscene if there weren't QTEs

It doesn't matter at all

Exactly, do you want a cut scene or QTEs?

 

[RyanW]

It's not gameplay though. It's a setpiece, it would LITERALLY just be a cutscene if there weren't QTEs

It doesn't matter at all

But apparently it does.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Eh, looks alright. Graphics are quite good though.

 

[HMD]

Looks cool, but I don't like the art style for some reason.

 

[Bad_Boy]

Someone explain the big, ugly Spider logo on the costume??

they make you hate it, and then they let you play as miles.

Spoiler

no way they dont let you play as miles. that would be too much of a tease.

 

[beyond_death]

Hate to be part of the echo chamber but yea the QTEs bothered me too. Looked good otherwise.

 

[CueMan]

Best game of E3

 

[Realeza]

Press X for awesome.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I feel like a lot of people didn't really know what they wanted with this game.

 

[CaptainKashup]

Do you guys ever played any Spidey game ?
There's at least 6 parts full of QTE in them, it's part of the charm.

Don't think that there's going to be that much QTEs in the game, that was just a story mission, that's all.

 

[Puruzi]

But apparently it does.

It doesn't.

 

[Interficium]

I was really impressed by Insomniac's creativity with Spidey's webbing, even during the run-of-the-mill combat scenario.

 

[FinalStageBoss]

You can free roam in the city and webs attach to stuff

Can't wait!!

 

[ThatStupidLion]

That cinematography was fucking amazing.

But honestly the game appeared to be mainly QTEs

I need to see more, could just be how they do cinematic moments

 

[benzopil]

QTEman.

Combat looks fine.

 

[jiggle]

Looks great
Very dynamic and expansive

 

[NullPointer]

So many QTEs.

Looks pretty though, and seems to have crazy production values.

Structurally looks like a batman game. Is this fully open world? If so, I wonder how thats put to use.

Exactly, do you want a cut scene or QTEs?

Well if there's really a choice, neither.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

lol, those reactions here. The alternative to QTEs in that sequence would be no input at all. This was the only way for a little bit of interaction.

The rest of the gameplay looked great.

It's sad how people think the only way to see "cool" things in games is QTEs or just watching a cutscene. What about those scripted moments couldn't have been done through pure gameplay? Give Spiderman the ability to crawl on anything and have physics based swinging, and that alone allows a ton of the cool stuff when players are creative (look at Just Cause, BOTW for crazy physics based acrobatics)

 

[yet_another_alt]

If they do a Snake/Raiden surprise protagonist switcheroo, I'll very much consider a PS4. The sheer balls if they do that. Imagine!

Fuck no. Do dual protagonists but no more bait and switches, please.

 

[Bunta]

You can free roam in the city and webs attach to stuff

No surprise there, not sure why people were questioning if it was open world based off a scripted story mission.