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Spider-Man 2 Not Winning Anything At TGA '23 Proves Insomniac Played It Too Safe

Despite several nominations, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 did not win a single award at TGA 2023.

ApocalypseShadow288d ago

Ridiculous. It was games like Balder's Gate and Zelda's to lose being realistic about it. They garnered a huge amount of popularity this year. And games like Alan Wake returned and hit it out the park. But it doesn't take away from Spider-Man 2's reviews or record breaking sales from being a high quality game. It's a game that gives you more Spider-Man to enjoy. And voting is subjective. Games get snubbed. Just like Harry Potter did just recently.

Played it safe. What? You wanted Peter Porker in it? Ice Man and Fire Star? Every known Spider-Man in the Spider verse? Aunt May web slinging from the rooftops? They could add tons of characters from the comics that Peter Parker interacts with. Still doesn't mean they would win an award.

It wins by being a high quality game for Insomniac being a consistent developer who delivers them.

crazyCoconuts287d ago

I agree, they can't and shouldn't vary too much from the formula. It's already perfected in many ways. And it's not designed to be a 50 hour Zelda game that's been in development for like 5 years- of course Zelda will win. But Insomniac can crank these out every couple of years and make Marvel and Marvel fans happy

AdonisIsBeast287d ago

How is it that Zelda was in development for the same amount of time, yet provided gamers with 5 times more quality content

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neutralgamer1992287d ago

By the years end it will be the best selling game of the year. That’s the award Sony and insomniac cares about

itsmebryan287d ago

@neutral
You really think Spiderman 2 will outsell COD, a game that sales on 3 platforms (PS5, Xbox, and PC)?

Petebloodyonion287d ago

Totally agree with you on this Shadow!

sparky77288d ago

There were just better games that deserved the awards more than Spiderman, hopefully Sony takes note and ups their game.

phoenixwing288d ago

Zelda only gets mentioned because of its cultists who literally meltdown if it's not praised 247

InUrFoxHole288d ago

No man. Zelda is just a better game.

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Michiel1989287d ago

keep thinking that if it makes you sleep at night

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Crows90288d ago

Well not really. Theyve had so many nominations and winners there's nothing to worry about.

Funny that you single out Sony ..where was MS? They didn't have single nominee for gotyr for how many years now?

tagzskie288d ago

@Crows90 And heres a REALTALK that can hurt some. If spiderman 2 are up against starfield, redfall and other only xbox games, you already knows whose gonna win. Its just that Baldurs gate 3, Zelda and alanwake 2 deserve their respective award. It really deserve it.

YodaCracker288d ago

And yet, Microsoft’s first party won 3 awards (2 for Forza and 1 for Hi-Fi Rush) versus Sony’s zero. Well hey, they won for a TV show, so I guess that’s something, lol.

Crows90287d ago (Edited 287d ago )

@yoda

They won for audio and racing...yeah Sony doesn't release the same racing game every single year I believe...so no they wouldn't be in the running
...it's odd though since there was significant negative talk about forza this year and positive around motor fest.

And yeah Sony released a gotyr contender not a rhythm focused game. Bad Sony I know

BehindTheRows287d ago

Yeah, up your game Sony! That 90 Meta score and RECORD-BREAKING sales report shows you need improvement!!!

The team to take notes this year is Bethesda, but I know you’d never admit that.

Ironmike287d ago

Why do u all keep mentioning metacrtic one and I mean no one takes that site seriously anymore but I agree spiderman should have won something its a great game

Armyofdarkness287d ago

This time I agree homeboy, although Spider-Man 2 is pretty good. You would not know that though because you did not play it!

Sonic1881287d ago

It was definitely better than Starfield

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-Foxtrot288d ago (Edited 288d ago )

Here’s the thing, and I’ll get disagreed to hell and back for this but…despite buying and enjoying the game, despite liking the improvements the game made and the quality of life updates which really built on the foundation the first game built, the story let the second game down, it was overstuffed.

They had Kravens Hunt and a Symbiote arc in one game along with trying to juggle Peter and Miles.

This game featured Harry, Peter’s best friend and was a key character in the Symbiote story but it felt like we didn’t get much development with him because the game was giving us two Spidermen. Rather than seeing their relationship develop they switched to Miles which then gave us Mile centric missions involving characters like Ganke, Hailey, his mother, Uncle Aaron etc. Miles should have just been kept for a Miles Morales sequel. I like Miles but they are pushing him hard, I mean they are acting like Peter is ready for retirement yet he’s still in his prime years.

The issue is I just felt future film and TV content influenced the games story decisions

Kraven - His film is out next year

Venom - Again his film is out next year

Miles push and Spiderbots - Spiderverse films being super popular

Silk tease - Live action Amazon series is coming out in 2925

phoenixwing288d ago (Edited 288d ago )

Oh cool I'll check out that silk show when it comes out. Although your point loses some of its relevance when it comes to enemy variety fox. I mean would you have been happy with just only one type of enemy to fight throughout the game? Because the story enemies add variety for being so many. I'd rather have enemy variety and different bosses even if it feels shoe horned story wise.

-Foxtrot287d ago

Enemy type wouldn't have been an issue though, they could have done something similar to Infamous or Batman Akrham City where lesser known villains have taken over a region of the map with their little gangs with all the big villains in RAFT.

Kravens men would be spread out across the map battling these gangs to get to the leader. Kraven wouldn't necessarily be interested in "small game" but it could have been just his team trying to win brownie points in hunting them down for him. Also it would have been better to kill of some of these villains off than the Sinister Six....especially considering they killed all of them except one off screen.

Massacre, Looter, Stunner, Spectrum, Squid, Digger, Crime-Master, The Virus, Silencer, Coldheart, Grizzly, Overdrive, Delilah, White Rabbit, Slyde. So on and on. All who can be reimagined for the game in someway.

Hofstaderman288d ago

You can almost taste the Disney influence, right? Thats exactly how I felt playing the game.

outsider1624288d ago

Let's be honest here Spiderman 2 even if it had a better story it still wouldn't. They were up against Baldurs Gate and Zelda.

Heck Spiderman was up against Rdr2 and GoW and that was a better emotional story than 2.

It doesn't matter if it wins or not, being nominated is an achievement i say. Twice.

phoenixwing288d ago

Yeah that's my opinion too. It would have to have spiderman die in some epic way to get the nod and even then it would ruin the series they got going.

SyntheticForm288d ago

They're casting Peter aside in favor of a "diverse" main. Peter is simply white; that's why he has to go.

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badz149288d ago

What? Please come back again with that statement when superhero movies start winning awards left and right.

Mtgames288d ago

Miles Morales is Miles Morales

tbagmonster288d ago

NO, miles morales is SPIDERMAN, remember that.

darthv72287d ago

Miles is 'a' SPIDER-MAN, he is not 'the' SPIDER-MAN.

Miles Morales is Miles Morales and Peter Parker is Peter Parker. Both of which are spider-men

Ironmike287d ago

Peter Parker will always be spiderman but I enjoyed the combat more in mm

Mtgames287d ago

Ben Reilly is Ben Reilly

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Spider-Man 2 PC Port Expected Soon As Sony Takes Down Leaked Builds

The PC port of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 could be announced soon, given Sony's recent actions.

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wesnytsfs13d ago

I have yet to get around to playing it on PS5 was fan of the first but I might just weait for the PC version.

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Drops To Best Price Yet Alongside More Great PS5 Game Deals

PlayStation's Back to School sale includes big discounts on a bunch of PS5 exclusives, including Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

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just_looken53d ago

spiderman 2 $40 from $70 so it's priced right now as a expansion pack like MM.,

andy8553d ago

Pretty decent expansion pack then saying i got 30-40 hours out if it.

just_looken53d ago

I can get 30hours out of a job outside does not mean it was good.

But i know no matter what i post or prove people love there nerfed spiderman or playing as a blind person for 5 hours then mary jane shehulk for another 12hours.

I am so glad today's "gamer" was not around for the ps3/360 era these new gamers are way to easy to please and have killed gaming.

andy8553d ago

It was good though. Are you actually saying it wasn't a good game? And blind? The person you play as was deaf and it was 10 mins not 5 hours. Doesn't seem like you've even played it by that comment. And MJ was...30 mins at most? Not sure how you get 40 mins into 17 hours exactly

CobraKai53d ago

@just_looken

I’ve been playing since the Sega Master System. I love Spiderman 2. There’s too much going for it to be a simple expansion pack. I felt Miles Morales could fall into the expansion pack range.

If you didn’t like it, it’s fine. That’s what’s great about opinions, there are no wrong ones, just different ones.

StormSnooper52d ago

You guys have to understand, they don’t have anything even close to it on his preferred system. There is a whole psychology behind his comment.

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pwnmaster300053d ago (Edited 53d ago )

lol I was in the ps3/360 era and spider man 2 would of been a massive hit still.

Please don’t try to represent us gamers from that time. You are not a good example, always complaining and being negative lol.

CobraKai53d ago

@just
I mean, it’s New York. You can’t exactly change the map.

It sounds like you’re hard to please vs gamers being easy to please. You mentioned great games. Games whose sequels had very similar gameplay with each other with very minimal changes or upgrades.

Im with pwnmaster. Don’t speak for us. It sounds like probably only started gaming from PS360 era.

Rebel_Scum53d ago

Peter Parker lives in New York, where else do you expect the map to be?

Using the same map/location is not a problem.

On topic: In my region the base game is $80. Still not low enough for me to dive in. Not that Im in a rush. Havent even finished the 1st one’s dlc yet.

just_looken53d ago

The map still has asset's buildings the the first game its like madden yeah same stadium but can you change that madden 14 logo?

Not to mention they never added shield basses basically unique interiors you can explore off missions or add in jersey.

pwnmaster300053d ago

Sony pony??
Are you a child? Lmao

Just stop man. It’s embarrassing.
We can like games and not be a fanboy.
Gaming shouldn’t be taken this serious. Relax lol

just_looken53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

"lol I was in the ps3/360 era and spider man 2 would of been a massive hit still.

Please don’t try to represent us gamers from that time. You are not a good example, always complaining and being negative lol. "

You come at me calling me a bad example talking like this game is gods gift to us and on any sony article you defend them no matter what.

But now i am a child? what because i used logic again this site you throw facts at people they cry to the admins to get me off here again or play the victim card.

pwnmaster300053d ago (Edited 53d ago )

Lmao gods gift to us what. I said it would have been a massive hit not a perfect game. It’s a good game get over it.

And this is why I said what I said.
“ But i know no matter what i post or prove people love there nerfed spiderman or playing as a blind person for 5 hours then mary jane shehulk for another 12hours.”

And you’re still proving me right. God forbid people like a certain game.
And BS about me on every sony article defending them. I like games and praised every games I

“ But now i am a child? what because i used logic again this site you throw facts at people they cry to the admins to get me off here again or play the victim card.”

Your opinions are not facts and the fact you think they are is sad. Step off video games for awhile.

just_looken53d ago

Na its fine you go ahead belive 200 million dollars makes sense for 1 game when 80 created a trilogy on 360.

I live without blinders unlike others.

pwnmaster300053d ago (Edited 53d ago )

“I live without blinders unlike others.“
🤣😂🤣 thanks for the laugh. Have a good night brother. Fight that good fight your fighting.

repsahj53d ago

Saddest Xbox loyalist on N4G. XD

StormSnooper52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

He is a duplicate account. He changes names to get a new lease on life and people would respond to him. Sad indeed.

MetroidFREAK2153d ago

Definitely more than an expansion pack... the Miles Morales game from 2020 is that... ya silly goose

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Needs A Proper DLC, Not More "Insomniac Original" Suits

Despite multiple, very convincing leaks about a DLC, the only thing Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is getting is more suits. Where's the DLC, Sony?

RaidenBlack93d ago

... i think Insomniac's planning a Venom based spinoff similar to Miles Morales

Inverno92d ago

The first game came out in September, by October it had its first dlc release and by December "The City That Never Sleeps" had concluded. If you're wondering why there hasn't been any DLC for Spiderman 2 it's cause they didn't work on it alongside it's main development. It's been a pretty normal practice for devs to work on DLC that way which is why they have extra content out so quickly. Most likely we'll be getting Venom stand alone next year and Wolverine the year after that.

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-Foxtrot92d ago

I thought this but you have to think Insomniac wasted a lot of their time of that live service game which was cancelled

That was probably supposed to be the “extra” for the game.

purple10192d ago

https://youtu.be/KkZ3zwuzPo...

I don’t know if every Sony game that got cancelled was correct,

Also I don’t know how they are making twisted metal season 2, but cancelled the game? Surely the show is meant to drive popularity and visibility of the game where the real profits are made. So that doesn’t add up to me. Maybe it just changed developer, fingers crossed I suppose

Xeofate92d ago

So giving out free suits isn't enough?

You're actually asking to be nickel and dimed and Sony is bad for not nickle and diming you?