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Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – The Bastard Child of Forgotten Games I DualShockers

Dana Abercrombie writes:

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 starts off with disappointment from the beginning. When I first started the game, it took forever to load. I would compare it to waiting on lines at Comic-Con, dying of thirst and hunger but you know if you get off that line you’ll never make it to any of the panels you’ve waited for hours to see. Yes it’s that bad. Cue The Hunger Games’ whistle. However, if you happen to have the patience of a solider (Black Ops division) then you’ll discover the magical world of bad graphics and the overall feeling of emptiness as your childhood is destroyed before your very eyes.

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nidhogg3652d ago (Edited 3652d ago )

The text in this stub made me laugh. Is this game really that terrible? I was hoping to play it soon.

sarshelyam3652d ago

It really isn't that bad. I do, however, have an issue with the Menace/Hero system that's in place. They really require you to pay this game with Peter's moral code. Do everything...be everywhere. Not optional, even if it is an open world. It's one thing to add Menace points when you fail a mission, that makes sense, but to penalize me because I couldn't even make it to the opposite end of the map to simply start the mission...noooooooo! That's simply not fun.

nidhogg3652d ago

Yeah. I've heard comments about that and damn did the game feel like a hassle to play especially since you are forced to go Jesus Christ on all of Manhattan. but seriously?? just so you don't reach a side mission you get penalized? What I think here is that Beenox is trying to create their own "deeper" version of gameplay but it just turned out to be just a Bioshock notion of do good, do both, or do evil. or am I wrong? Still, I'll play this since people like you tend to say it "isn't that bad" so meaning it has to be playable by some point.

sarshelyam3652d ago

Nope...you either do the mission and succeed, for Heroic points, or you fail and/or don't even try the mission and get Menace points. You have two factors against your success in this design.

That is, in and of itself, the crippling feature of a game. I don't know about you but when I'm given an open-world to explore, I want to be able to enjoy it...and explore. I'm constantly applying the breaks because at any given moment there are dozens of possible side missions. If I make full Rank 3 Hero, the only way to maintain that is to continue participation in the side missions, and succeed...else I'm cut down a notch, or even placed into Menace status which has the entire city against me.

Again, if Beenox allowed us to turn that off, the game would be fun. It doesn't look next-gen (I'm playing on PS4), but it's fun swinging around and unlocking new costumes, etc.

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Judge Delays Ruling on FTC's Attempt to Exclude Evidence in Microsoft's Favor in Activision Case

The legal battle for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with Microsoft countering one of the FTC's latest moves and the Judge delaying a relevant ruling.

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thesoftware73081d ago

Look, to be honest the FTC should just stop.

MS has A/B and nothing has really changed yet...if you are worried about 5-10 years from now...just drop it cause the future is unpredictable.

Take this week's news, that 4 Xbox exclusive are going Multiplatform.

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FTC and "Gamers' Lawsuit" Lawyers Denounce Microsoft's Layoffs in Activision Blizzard Legal Battle

The FTC and the lawyers behind the "Gamers' lawsuit" against Microsoft over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard are denouncing the recent layoffs within the respective legal battles.

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Abriael91d ago

It's like watching a bad legal drama.

XiNatsuDragnel91d ago

Best part there's no dramazation lol

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Microsoft Allowed to Probe Sony and Ubisoft in Legal Battle Against FTC, but Regulator Fires Back

The legal battle between Microsoft and the FTC over the Activision Blizzard acquisition continues. The house of Xbox just scored a major point but the FTC is firing back.

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XiNatsuDragnel92d ago

Yeah man I think Microsoft here getting to probe is kinda wrong unless you only have accessed to necessary information not complete access imo.

Abriael92d ago

Obviously they aren't giving them the password to Sony's computers and telling them "help yourself."

Eonjay91d ago

"Microsoft allowed to probe Sony and Ubisoft"

Sounds hot...

ApocalypseShadow92d ago (Edited 92d ago )

Maybe Microsoft should also talk and get help from their "congressional influencers" at The Capital. They had plenty to say on the matter before the acquisition. They are mighty quiet after the purchase went through. Almost as if they had a stake in the matter.

Abriael92d ago

Could you perhaps explain how this is related? I'm honestly curious since you seem to bring it up rather often.

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S2Killinit91d ago

He is pointing out how corrupt MS is, and how money talks. I think.

KwietStorm_BLM91d ago

I would say read between the lines but it's pretty damn clear as it is.

Bathyj92d ago

You should be careful upsetting Sony too much Microsoft.
You might need them to sell your subpar games soon.

TornRaptor92d ago

The games will become the best things ever all of a sudden.

Bathyj92d ago

Yeah I really doubt that.
I'm struggling to think of one I really cared about missing.

Hofstaderman91d ago

Bwhahahaha. Ain't that the truth.

Mr_cheese91d ago

The only exclusive im personally interested in from Microsoft is Elderscrolls and that's not even got s release date.

Everything else is genuinely of none interest.

OtterX91d ago

Microsoft never waits for the probing to be consensual.

derek91d ago

This isn't a major victory. They're essentially being allowed to call witnesses in regards to agreements they reached with Sony and Ubisoft which was initially blocked because Microsoft didn't make the request through the proper channels. This case is dead, there is no way the ftc will be allowed to unwind this acquisition.

Sephiroushin91d ago

they probably know case is death but want some proof to sue them for a few millions regarding other stuff, the ftc loves to sue everyone, be sure that as soon as all this end they will just go sue MS and end in a settlement.

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