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

[DonFerrari]

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

method114 said:

You don't see how it's unreasonable to ask developers to not only make great games but to move their genre forward in an important way? That's not only unreasonable it's impossible for any dev to do so consistently.

Not only does the quote have nothing do with consistency in regards to innovation (?), but just like everything relating to video game critique it is all about the degree and not the direct quote itself. I'm sure if the reviewer felt that this was the best superhero game ever made, and that it perfected the genre without being "revolutionary", he would have given a much higher score and his summary would be way different. However, because that is not how he feels, the lack of innovation sticks out even more. 

Honestly, this shouldn't even need explanation. How much people want out of a game is not just due to basic descriptors, but how well core elements are pulled off. If you would have read the entire review like I did, you'd see why it got that kind of criticism. 

If he took 5-15 points because of lack of pushing the genre in a meaningful way ok. And if he doesn't put issues or errors you could understand as "perfecting the genre" if you want.

 

But he took 30 points, that is exaggerated. Unless they usually take 30 on average just on that it already points a grave error on their score.