Spider-Man - PS4

Zero-Cool

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Can you post your site/review link so we can read in more detail and give you some juicy clicks?

It's actually print so won't be out til Friday. Old school.

Osmosis Jones

Deleted User wrote: »

It's actually print so won't be out til Friday. Old school.

Ahh we'll all be finished it by then, I heard the play-time is only 4 hours!!!

ThePott

Score isn't up but Metacritic has it at 35 positive reviews to 3 mixed.

Gamer Bhoy 89

Shops are after breaking the release date

Zero-Cool

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Can you post your site/review link so we can read in more detail and give you some juicy clicks?

Any questions you might have that aren't covered in any reviews just ask away though

EoinMcLovin

GameInformer - 95
GamesRadar - 90
Pushsquare - 90
Destructoid - 90
Gamespot - 90

ERG89

Seems positive

Osmosis Jones

Lots of reviews saying "the best Spiderman game ever" like that doesn't really say much we haven't had a good one in over a decade

Gamer Bhoy 89

I literally just asked on Twitter when the embargo was lifted -- I asked way too soon.

It's gonna be hard not to watch any of these videos between now and Friday. I have barely seen any footage of the game bar the ones where Spidey is swinging through New York, but literally nothing else. Can't wait for this

EoinMcLovin

The Digital Foundry Analysis video supposedly spoils the main villain

Somedaythefire

the ACG review is good.

Mr Crispy

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

The Digital Foundry Analysis video supposedly spoils the main villain

Thanks for the heads up - I would totally have watched that!

Osmosis Jones

Anyone who ordered from the Game Collection get an email from them? Just got one saying mine's been cancelled due to a processing problem.

EoinMcLovin

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up - I would totally have watched that!

Gamespot video review spoils it too

DontThankMe

For all the moaning Michael's complaining about how short it is potentially gonna be. You can get your 20 hours of gameplay for €13. If you pre-order it from smyths for €55 availing of there €5 discount and then trade it in to cex a few weeks later for €42 cash according to their trade in price on their website.

gimli2112

87 on Metacritic with the guardian's 60 probably dragging it under 90. Main criticism is it starts of great but it gets a bit samey

Zero-Cool

gimli2112 wrote: »

87 on Metacritic with the guardian's 60 probably dragging it under 90. Main criticism is it starts of great but it gets a bit samey

60, Jaysus, sounds harsh.

Exclamation Marc

Zero-Cool wrote: »

60, Jaysus, sounds harsh.

Yeah they gave it 3 stars out of 5. The flaws of a five star rating system makes it look worse on Metacritic unfortunately.

Zero-Cool

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

3 stars out of 5. The flaws of a five star rating system unfortunately.

Ah ok, makes more sense but yeah, still ****. Made worse when devs get their performance measured by the metacritic rating.

johnny_ultimate

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Made worse when devs get their performance measured by the metacritic rating.

That’s unfair on developers, but that’s a fault of the industry itself rather than a critic whose job it is to honestly appraise a game.

All other mediums typically have a broad range of critical reactions to any given release. There’s too much of a rush towards hyperbole when it comes to AAA games, and it’s not a healthy situation when a 3/5 positive score is considered harsh (not directing that at you, BTW, it’s basically widely accepted in the gaming sphere!). It’s IMO not a good thing that you so rarely see bad reviews for major releases.

Any game should be able to receive a mediocre or bad review without the online reactions you see when a reviewer has a muted response to a game. And of course nobody’s job should ever be at risk because of a few three star reviews!

nix

gimli2112 wrote: »

87 on Metacritic with the guardian's 60 probably dragging it under 90. Main criticism is it starts of great but it gets a bit samey

Thats why my anticipation for this game plummeted, it looks like a button mashing romp like the batman games, which to me, got tedious after awhile. I'll still likely play it, but i can see myself growing tired of the combat fast, but ill likely love everything else about the game :pac:

Zero-Cool

Yupp, the age of
79 and below = absolute ****
80 - 87 = crap
88 - 89 = good
90 - 95 = awesome
95 and over = Mario or Zelda.

Osmosis Jones

People were going mad when IGN "only" gave The Witcher 3 a 9.3 ffs.

ERG89

Osmosis Jones wrote:

People were going mad when IGN "only" gave The Witcher 3 a 9.3 ffs.

Tbf it's far better than some games they gave a 10 to.
Better than when they reviewed Evolve far more favourably than DOOM.

Zero-Cool

Fairly impressive. Seeing these now reminds me of the Cory Barlog reaction when the reviews went live for God of War, reminds you of the kind of hours these guys put into their games and what these numbers mean to them.

nix

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Fairly impressive. Seeing these now reminds me of the Cory Barlog reaction when the reviews went live for God of War, reminds you of the kind of hours these guys put into their games and what these numbers mean to them.

haha, i hardly know most of those companies

marcbrophy

Is there a 60FPS mode for PS Pro?

Wing126

marcbrophy wrote: »

Is there a 60FPS mode for PS Pro?

No, it's locked at 30.

Zero-Cool

Found this interview with the devs about it being locked at 30fps on pro.

https://www.gamepur.com/news/28776-spider-man-dev-explains-locked-30fps-decision-ps4-pro.html

marcbrophy

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Found this interview with the devs about it being locked at 30fps on pro.

https://www.gamepur.com/news/28776-spider-man-dev-explains-locked-30fps-decision-ps4-pro.html

Cool, I'm not complaining or anything, just didn't know the answer. I've been playing GTA V for 5 years at 30, so I'm used to it

It looks pretty smooth on Jim Sterling's video for sure!

Zero-Cool

Anyone looking to buy this cheap, I just preordered mine from Gamestop for 36 euro. 2 games from the list below plus 1 euro.

https://www.gamestop.ie/%E2%82%AC1-Trade-Offer

Argos are selling Rise of the Tomb Raider on PS4 for 15 euro and Scribblenauts Showdown for 20. There are better deals if the games are in stock in your local store but they have plenty of 20 euro games so you could at least get it for 41 euro by making a detour first. Worth taking the time to go through the list of games in Argos 20 euro and under and compare to the Gamestop list.

Also, Smyths have plenty of 20 euro games on that list as well.

Edit:
Not sure why the argos links would work so took them out.

Sparko

Argos have Borderlands: The Handsome Collection for Xbox One for €14.99, so assuming you can mix and match console games you could use that and Rise of The Tomb Raider and get it for €31.

Wasn't planning on getting this yet but starting to consider it now!

Zero-Cool

Sparko wrote: »

Argos have Borderlands: The Handsome Collection for Xbox One for €14.99, so assuming you can mix and match console games you could use that and Rise of The Tomb Raider and get it for €31.

Wasn't planning on getting this yet but starting to consider it now!

Yupp, my local was out of Borderlands

Osmosis Jones

Is it possible to check online if a specific gamestop still has pre-orders available?

neirbloom

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

People were going mad when IGN "only" gave The Witcher 3 a 9.3 ffs.

To be fair IGNs review of The Witcher was terrible, really undersold the game. You could tell the review just skimmed past the main quest just to get the review out.

Varik

neirbloom wrote: »

To be fair IGNs review of The Witcher was terrible, really undersold the game. You could tell the review just skimmed past the main quest just to get the review out.

Still better than skimming past someone else's article to get their review out.

nix

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Anyone looking to buy this cheap, I just preordered mine from Gamestop for 36 euro. 2 games from the list below plus 1 euro.

https://www.gamestop.ie/%E2%82%AC1-Trade-Offer

Argos are selling Rise of the Tomb Raider on PS4 for 15 euro and Scribblenauts Showdown for 20. There are better deals if the games are in stock in your local store but they have plenty of 20 euro games so you could at least get it for 41 euro by making a detour first. Worth taking the time to go through the list of games in Argos 20 euro and under and compare to the Gamestop list.

Also, Smyths have plenty of 20 euro games on that list as well.

Edit:
Not sure why the argos links would work so took them out.

Can anybody avail of this or is it gamestop membership only?

Also, see the way it says "Offer valid on standard edition only" does that apply to the game you're trading it in for or the games you're trading in? I have one of the games on the list already but its a "Limited edition"

Rossi IRL

Got a dispatch notification from Gamestop

Zero-Cool

nix wrote: »

Can anybody avail of this or is it gamestop membership only?

Also, see the way it says "Offer valid on standard edition only" does that apply to the game you're trading it in for or the games you're trading in? I have one of the games on the list already but its a "Limited edition"

I don't think you need membership but if you did, I'm sure you could sign up there and then and it would be free.
I think it means you can just use the deal to buy the standard edition of spiderman and not back it money for the special editions. Haven't a clue on the limited edition version of your games though. I'd say best bet to ring a store and find out

Thar_Cian

Sparko wrote: »

Argos have Borderlands: The Handsome Collection for Xbox One for €14.99, so assuming you can mix and match console games you could use that and Rise of The Tomb Raider and get it for €31.

Wasn't planning on getting this yet but starting to consider it now!

I did just that today. I've had the special edition pre-ordered with Smyths since April, but I can't justify an extra €34 for a steelbook, a small artbook and a sticker.

Zero-Cool

I'm really trying to avoid clips of this but I saw a costume you can unlock is the

90's cartoon one. Cel shaded to make it look more cartoony.

Looks absolutely class!

martyos121

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I'm really trying to avoid clips of this but I saw a costume you can unlock is the

90's cartoon one. Cel shaded to make it look more cartoony.

Looks absolutely class!

Ah that sounds deadly. Link?

Zero-Cool

martyos121 wrote: »

Ah that sounds deadly. Link?

I saw it on Reddit bit can't find it now. Checked YouTube and there are spoilers galore so clicked off, sorry man.

Temptamperu

I pre-ordered this after the reviews. First Pre-order since No mans sky.

Zero-Cool

martyos121 wrote: »

Ah that sounds deadly. Link?

Found it

Spoilers

https://youtu.be/Bu04rKs_fDg

EoinMcLovin

How to get a free theme if you have a US psn account

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZyLQXGzu2E

Zero-Cool

Class!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEo42AX65o0

gimli2112

PS4 v Pro. Looks identical to me.

Varik

Both coming compress & down ressed from youtube.

Same reason some PC devs release video to super high bitrate video to download as well as youtube.

Going by stills you likely to get less artefacts to better compare but then you only get a tiny idea of how it looks.

gizmo

The Digital Foundry analysis will be far more useful in gauging and understanding the differences between the platforms.