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[-] LostWanderer@fedia.io 14 points 3 days ago

Honestly, that feels like a shame...Those Insomniac bubs dropped the ball BIG time with this game. It's going to be the best example of what not to do in game design for years to come. How cute, cursed, and fun. If they were going to make a watered down and dismal game, they should've just let Ubisoft handle it and take more hits to their already harmed reputation.

[-] mohab@piefed.social 11 points 3 days ago

They thought they could just copy and paste whatever they did in Spiderman, an open world game, into a linear action game… and it'll "just work"

I think this arrogance is born out of the misconceived belief that linear games are inherently inferior and easier to design than open world games. I'm glad it backfired; they earned it.

[-] LostWanderer@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

That feels like a very clear read to me as well, they were woefully unprepared to design a compelling linear game. I wouldn't call making linear games easy, because they can get just as repetitive as an open world title faster. So many careful decisions are required to make a linear game come alive, fun, well timed diversions...Thematic cohesion that breathes live into the world and makes it feel lived in. Also, it shouldn't have been too difficult to not insult the gamer's intelligence with all the markers and guidance, the weird and unjustified breakable placement. The "hidden" chests is so crazy, like it wasn't even that difficult to find some of them. Even the Logan that they crafted, felt incredibly wrong as he was more of an asshole with a heart of gold. The under utilization of cool characters like Mystique just screams mistake to me. The initial impression I got from watching this review is: Insomniac thought they could make an uninspired, borderline slop game and have their praises sung.

Insomniac better pay for this incredible misstep, they better get fuck all in terms of sales, and low ass ratings. Critically torn the fuck apart for the right reasons (not stupid culture war bullshit from stupid hate mongering tourists in gaming spaces).

[-] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

As a long time X-men fan that lived through the Fox movies era, I am convinced that the franchise is cursed.

Now they are bringing X-men into the MCU when it’s on life support. I would say people are generally apathetic on the MCU with some outright hostile to it. Unlikely that X-men will change that.

this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026
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