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GOWTLOZ on 04 September 2018
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shikamaru317 said:
flashfire926 said:
How was this game overhyped. If the average was 89.4, which is only 2.4 points above 87, that's not disappointing.

Okay yeah, that one guy predicted 97, sure. But there's always that one guy. I saw someone predicting ARMS to be a 95 meta.

And game has a huge shot of beating Arkham City. I think people are grossly underestimating how big of an IP Spider-man is around the world.

And clickbait reviewers deserve a mention too. Every game scores 1-2 points lower than they used to pre-360/PS3, just to get some clicks.

You really think an exclusive like Spiderman can outsell Arkham City? Between what VGC lists for Arkham City and what it sold on Steam, Arkham City is over 13m, and that is before console digital. Sure console digital was only like 10% back in 2011-2012, but 10% digital is still more than 1m extra. So all in all it's sitting close to 15m. The last Sony exclusive that managed 15m on a single platform was Gran Turismo 3. Maybe it will top Arkham City between PS4 and PS5, if it gets a PS5 port, but I just can't see it happening PS4 alone unless Sony bundles the hell out of it.

Also Arkham City was a masterpiece and its legs were boosted when The Dark Knight Rises went gold. Spiderman could be boosted by a Spidey film but that is surely years away so the boost will be small.

Spiderman looks to be a fun game but Arkham City was amazing on various levels. I don't see Spiderman having City's atmosphere, design, gameplay variety, puzzles and the side quests, which were major strengths of Arkham City seem to be missing in Spiderman, especially the last point which is where the game recieved criticism.

I don't think Spiderman will live up to Infamous 2 either. That game was a masterpiece in its own way with how fun the traversal was, everything in the city was interconnected with Cole's powers to give a potential endless platforming run through the city. Spidey just swings around without care to the environment. Like I saw him swinging in Central Park where there was nothing to pivot his webs on! Its just senseless swinging. The various powers and combat in Infamous 2 was amazing, and Spidey's combat will easily be the worst thing in the game like it was in the Arkham games. Infamous 2 also had amazing replayability with significant differences between the good and evil playthroughs.