WithSpider-Man: Miles Moralesbecoming a critical darling and one of the best PlayStation 5 launch games, it has been praised for its characters, gameplay, and the seemingly infinite amount of Easter eggs that are still being revealed.
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However, with great power comes great responsibility, and though the developer Insomniac have knocked it out of the park once again, there still remains several annoying instances where there game’s enjoyment suffers.
10Length
ThoughMiles Moraleshas quickly become one of thebest Spider-Man games according to Metacritic, the credits of the game roll surprisingly early. It isn’t a full on sequel toMarvel’s Spider-Man, as it’s being labelled as an “expansion” and it does come with aslightlycheaper price tag, but it’s way too short, clocking in at around eight hours. And compared to it’s predecessor it seems even shorter, being a third of the length.
9Time Capsules
There are someawesome hidden sidequestsin the game, but when it comes to the scattered time capsules, it just doesn’t make any sense. Though it’s fun to scavenge the city looking for these secrets, it’s can be rather annoying. Just like the backpacks in which Peter keeps his keepsakes in the first game, anybody in the city could have found the time capsules, even the ones that are high up or kept on a boat.
8Roxxon
It’s a brave move for Insomniac to make the main villain of the game a character that casual fans have never heard of and has never featured in a movie before, but it’s also a risky move.
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By the end ofMiles Morales, after the final battle and Miles has left a path of destruction in his wake that somehow didn’t kill anybody, there are stillunanswered questionsabout Roxxon. Not only that, but the villain just seemed like a stop gap between the first game’s Doc Oc and the villain of the official sequel, which is hinted at in the post-credits.
7Puzzles
The combat is one of thethings that we love about the game, but the same can’t be said for other parts ofMiles Morales, especially the puzzles. The puzzles are long and laborious, and much more frustrating than they ever where inMarvel’s Spider-Man. In the first game, the puzzles served as a nice breather between battling enemies, but inMiles Morales, it slows the game down and would be better as an optional side quest.
6Controls
Adding shortcuts to the D-pad is one of the things youdidn’t know you could do, and it’s actually really helpful as it saves a ton of time. However, as there is an uncountable number of abilities and attacks in Miles’ canon, it so easy for players to slip up and trigger something they didn’t mean to do, which can be super annoying when in the middle of a battle.
5Constant Interruptions
Aside from the aforementioned puzzles, the story is a fast paced, high octane, action thrill ride. Though that sounds exciting, it can become rather annoying. Even while swinging, Miles is bombarded with calls from Ganke, his mother, Peter, his uncle, or even J. Jonah Jameson. As fun as JJJ’s rants are, it becomes almost impossible for players to immerse themselves when swinging with the orchestral music playing due to the constant interruptions. They can be turned off in the settings, but some of them are tied to the story, so there’ll always be interruptions.
4Glitches
In the time since its release just over a week ago, fans have enjoyed finding tons of Easter eggs and references to other Marvel characters, but what they’ve also found is that the game is riddled with glitches. They aren’t exactly small glitches either, as players have seen Miles turn in to bricks, lampposts, and other random inanimate objects. Not only that, but players have seen the character fall through the ground, leading to them to having to reboot the entire game.
3Connection to the original
Exploring the map is one of thebest tips you need to know, but if fans have played the predecessor, they’ll find that the map has barely changed except for a sprinkling of snow. And thoughMiles Moralesis great for newcomers, it doesn’t serve fans of the 2018 game quite as well.
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Very few of the characters return and it’s annoying that now fans will have to wait another couple of years to find out how Peter Parker’s story continues. However, there is an appearance from Gloria, one of the better minor characters fromMarvel’s Spider-Man.
2Frame Rate Issues
One of the best things aboutSpider-Man: Miles Moralesis its abundance of different Spidey suits, the best of which is the Spider-Verse suit, which lets plays slow down the frame rate so that it looks the the 2018 movie. However, the game unfortunately suffers from a ton of real frame rate issues and lagging. Towards the end, the game can be unplayably choppy and massively hinder the players’ experience.
1Combat Struggles To Break Free Of The Original
Though the combat in the game is great, Miles controls almost exactly like Peter did in the 2018 game. The biggest new additions to the combat system are the Venom strikes and camouflage, but the camouflage is just an easier way to perform stealth moves and silent take downs. And few players even use the Venom attacks and instead opt to just stick with the original moves.
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