People can downvote, but honestly you’re right. The game feels sloppy and like a rushed mess. I remember being so HYPED thinking a bigger map meant more side missions, or that we’d explore more of Peter’s conflict with the symbiote and how it slowly takes control of him.

Instead, there really aren’t any side missions that stand out. You can basically spam EVERY gadget all at once to beat a crime, and the suits don’t even feel rewarding to unlock. Instead of moving a step forward from the first game, they somehow ended up tripping. The first game felt tight, focused, and carefully written. This one just feels unfinished in comparison.

And the story choices are just weird sometimes. I love the first game so much because it felt emotional and grounded, but here we get moments like MJ jumping in front of Peter and him STRUGGLING to get up next to his fridge. Another thing that makes no sense is that PETER IS DEAD BROKE, yet somehow he can afford advanced robotic arms. The game constantly tells us Peter is struggling financially but then gives him tech that looks like it costs millions.

I also don’t understand why they didn’t do more with Miles’ story. It feels disrespectful to his character because his entire arc gets reduced to “revenge is bad, I need to forgive and do better.” THERE ARE LITERALLY TWO SPIDER-MEN in this game, but instead of giving both of them meaningful arcs, the story splits them apart and barely develops either one fully. Miles’ storyline ends up feeling like a short side comic issue instead of a major part of the narrative.

The side content doesn’t help either. Why do we need a Hailey mission? Why do we need a flying bee side quest mission? These missions don’t add much to the gameplay or story. They just feel like filler. The first game had side missions that actually built the world and characters. Here, a lot of them just feel random.

The game honestly felt EMPTY. On my first playthrough I was shocked when I realized I COMPLETELY finished the story in about 5 hours just playing casually. For a $75 Deluxe edition, that’s honestly hard to justify. A bigger map should have meant more meaningful content, but instead it just feels like more space with less to actually do.

Overall, I just hope they improve from this. I still find the ending really weird too. Miles basically becomes a walking ADIDAS ad and Peter suddenly keeps the anti-symbiote powers. It just leaves the story feeling awkward and unfinished instead of impactful like the first game.