Parents need to know that Marvel's Spider-Man is a superhero-themed action/adventure game available exclusively on the PlayStation 4. Players take on the role of the popular Marvel superhero, swinging through the streets of New York in his crime-fighting quest to keep the people safe from both generic crooks and fantastically powered supervillains. Here’s what I thought of the game in my 4/5 review: “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a brilliant expansion of Insomniac’s beloved superhero adventure from 2018.
Marvel's Spider-Man is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.Based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man, it is inspired by the long-running comic book mythology and adaptations in other media.In the main storyline, the super-human crime lord Mister Negative orchestrates a plot to seize control of New York City's criminal. At its core, Insomniac Games’ new adventure strives to make you feel like Spider-Man. And, thankfully, Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4 succeeds at nearly every swing across Manhattan’s rooftops. Editor's note: Spider-Man: Miles Morales is releasing on November 12 for both PS5 and PS4.For this review, Jordan played on a PS4 Pro. Other GameSpot staff tested the game on PS5 and found it to.
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales PS4 Review – Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the stand-alone expansion to Insomniacs wildly successful PlayStation Exclusive Spider-Man. However, touted as a PlayStation 5 hallmark title. Some may have missed that Miles Morales was also released on the PlayStation 4, thankfully if you could not acquire a PS5. The PS4 version of Miles Morales is just as great as its PS5 counterpart.
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales PS4 Review
Another Great Addition To A Seven Year Old Console
Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a great addition to the Spider-Man gaming franchise. Taking on the role of Miles provides a very different experience than that of Peter Parker. Miles is looser with his combat and less experienced when it comes to his swinging.
I would love to talk more about the game’s combat and story, but this review will primarily focus on the big difference between the PS4 and the PS5 versions of the game. For a more in-depth review of Spider-Man: Miles Morales, check out our PS5 review written by General Manager John-Paul Jones.
For those worried that Sony Worldwide Studios and Insomniac Games may not have given as much time and energy to the development of the PS4 version, worry not because just as much love went into it as the next-generation version.
For all intense and purposes, Miles Morales runs on par if not better than the original Spider-Man did when it was released. It is a gorgeous game with some amazing lighting and particle effects. Set during the wintertime in New York, the city is preparing for the holidays, so you’ll see plenty of holiday lights that light up the city.
A Gorgeous Game With Amazing Particle Effects
One of the most talked-about features of next-generation is Ray Tracing and what it’s capable of when it comes to reflections and how light is manipulated. This is obviously a difference you’ll find between the two versions of the game. The PS4 version though still gorgeous doesn’t produce the same soft natural lighting that’s found with Ray Tracing.
When hanging out on top of a rooftop, you can clearly see the difference between the natural lighting that’s produced. During sunset on the PS5, you get reddish light from a sunset illuminating the city.
In the PS4 version, the lighting is harder and bolder. The shadows from buildings are more defined, and distant objects don’t provide realistic shadows instead, settling on less lighting coming into a specific location.
While swinging through the city, I also noticed that in the PS4 version, I got more motion blur. This could help keep the game at a solid frame rate, but this motion blur was not noticeable on the PS5.
Runs At An Almost Perfect 30 Frames Per Second With Slight Hiccups
Speaking of Framerate, the PS5 version provides two gameplay modes. Performance: runs the game at 60 FPS without Ray Tracing and Fidelity: A solid 30 FPS with Ray Tracing turned on. The PS4 version unfortunately only comes with a standard mode though: solid 30 FPS with no Ray Tracing.
Much like the original Spider-Man, Miles Morales still runs incredibly well at 30 FPS. I only noticed a few hiccups and frame drops mostly when pulling off the most spectacular attacks and when there are too many particle effects happening on screen at once. It didn’t happen often and wasn’t as noticeable as you may think.
The biggest difference between the two versions comes with the games loading times. It’s long been known just how fast games can load on the PS5, but the difference in Miles Morales is staggering. Doing a test from the main menu to the gameplay Miles Morales took about 4.23 seconds to load on the PS5. The same test was done on the PS4, and it took about 35 seconds to load.
The difference is astronomical, but on a positive note, Miles does take about ten seconds less to load than the original Spider-Man on PS4, which is a nice improvement over Insomniac’s last entry.
If You Loved Spider-Man, You’d Love Miles Morales Even More
Spider-Man: Miles Morales on the PS4 is in no way a bad game. In fact, it’s a better game than the original Spider-Man. With many more practical effects going on, improved animation systems, and the including of winter weather and a lot more of those puddles everyone talked about, Miles Morales is another spectacular achievement from Sony Worldwide Studios in what some people consider the end of the console’s life cycle.
Spider-Man: Miles Morales is now available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
Back in 1962, when the last issue of Amazing Fantasy was about to be released, Stan Lee decided to introduce Marvel’s Spider-Man to the anthology comic series. Surprisingly, the once failing comic series became a huge hit‒saved by the newly created superhero, Spider-Man! Since then, the character rose to popularity and now has its place in pop culture.
Then in 2002, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movie became a huge commercial success and it instantly became a crowd favorite. It also opened a lot of opportunities for the web-slinging hero. This includes more Spidey movies, TV series, and even games on various platforms. And one of the more recent games from this hero franchise is the PlayStation game, Marvel’s Spider-Man.>
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This action-packed game was a huge hit since its release September 2018. It garnered a lot of positive reviews from both players and critics. It truly was a great masterpiece from Insomniac Games (developer) and Sony Interactive Entertainment (publisher).
As proof of its grandiosity, it won many awards and nominations on its first year of release. At the 2018 Gamer’s Choice Awards, it bagged three awards, namely the “Fan Favorite Action Game”, “Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience”, and “Fan Favorite Character of the Year”.
The game also took home the “Best Console Game Sony PlayStation 4” award in the 2018 Gamescom Awards, which was Europe’s Biggest Game Conference. In July 2019, it was hailed as the Best-Selling Superhero Video Game of all-time in the US by Video Game Industry Analyst, Mat Piscatella. All the fanfare surrounding the game is not just pure hype. Marvel’s Spider-Man deserves the commercial and critical success it achieved, and below are some reasons why.
Jam-Packed with Endless Action
If you think that the game looks and plays out like a Spider-Man movie, then you are right! This game does take you on an exhilarating, web-slinging adventure‒just like the movies. However, it packs more punches than its movie counterparts (literally). By that, we mean that the game contains more action than you have ever seen in most Spider-Man movies.
When it comes to fighting criminals and sinister big bosses like Norman Osborn, Kingpin, and Mister Negative, the game truly highlights Spider-Man’s abilities and skills in combat. Therefore, you can expect more intense high-flying action and aerial battles from this game.
You’ll also get to see Spider-Man in different combat mechanics. In other words, you can see him fight with melees, unique gadgets, and stealth weapons. You can also customize his combat suits, each possessing a unique ability that can help him in battle. Among these are the famous Iron Spider Suit, the Dark Suit, MK II Armor, and more. All of the suits in the game are based on both movies and comics.
Highly-Interactive Marvel’s Spider-Man Storytelling
It may look and play out like the usual Spider-Man movie, but the game has its own storyline that is not based on any of its movies or comics. One could argue that the main campaign is a standalone Spider-Man movie on its own.
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The storyline of the game is not bad at all. From start to finish, every element of the story is in sync with the gameplay. From the interactions of every character to the missions of the game, every piece is sewn wonderfully‒creating a compelling narrative that makes it truly enjoyable and rewarding for the player.
Movie-Like Visuals and Soundtracks
Aside from the story, the visuals and the soundtrack also adds an interesting element to the game, making it worthy to be called a Marvel masterpiece. With its high-quality and cinematic graphics, you’ll definitely want to play the game more.
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Both the soundtracks and sound effects blend well. It adds more drama, stimulates reality, and heightens the cinema-like atmosphere of the game. Overall, Marvel’s Spider-Man is worth the hype and is truly making a benchmark in the PlayStation gaming community.