Spiderman PS4 Review Thread - Currently 87 Metacritic (97 Reviews)

[DonFerrari]

shikamaru317 said:

DakonBlackblade said:

I find it incredibly funy that some ppl think a game with a 87 metacritics somehow hasn't lived up to the hype. Its only every once in a blue moon we get games that reach God of War level of critics, and that doesn't even necessarely mean you, the gamer, will enjoy a 90+ game more than a 87 one.

The game was kind of overhyped here on VGC to be fair. Not only have I seen people saying that it would outsell Batman: Arkham City to become the bestselling superhero game of all time (Batman Arkham City sold around 15m including digital) and people calling it GOTY already, but look at how many people were expecting 90 or above here on the prediction thread:

zombie9ers 93
taus90 91
melbye 97
qwark 92
errorist76 89
pachofilauri 90
train wreck 88
coktoe 90
random_matt 87
dr.vita 91
mummelmann 90
oneeee-chan!!! 93
manuelogando40 85
barkley 86
jranation 91
eric2048 91
mr_no 87
hiku 93
kyuu 88
pikashoe 87
farsala 88
handofprometheus 87
zodiarkrebirth 93
mar1217 90
finalrpgfantasy89
pokoko 85
asriel 89
kerotan 92
jrpgfan 92
bristow9091 88
pitzy272 89
cerebralbore101 95
raulbalarezo 92
flashfire926 90
bralod 88
keiji 91
zkp 92
shikamaru317 88
bananaking21 86
ninson95 85
tmfwang 93
skmblake 88
xxain 88
manlytears 90
ghetoobillgates 95
globalisateur 88
pwerlvlamy 85
potentherbs 92
dgc1808 87
omarct 89
fauzman 85
keybladewielder 87
smartie900 89
kbbm824 92
noctis_nox 91
donferrari 90
radek 91
angelv577 89
medisti 89
john2290 88
chris hu 92
robotin 86
klyxver 84
otbwy 94
peeporonni 91
s.peelman 86
sunstrider 93
madword 87
snoopy 86

 

That's not to say that 87 isn't a good score, it is still quite good, but it's also nothing amazing. As a Spider-Man fan I'll most certainly still be playing it, hopefully it can live up to Spider-Man 2 (2004) in my eyes. 

So expecting a 90 is an overhype when the game hit 87? Curious metric there.