I played the miles morales game in a week!

These Spidey PS5 games truly know how to trap you in a video game web, that's for sure! A week ago today I started to play the Spider-Man: Miles Morales game and WOWOWOW was it good! So let's talk about it, yeah? And here is where I give the "if you haven't played the game and don't want spoilers stop reading now" warning. So...if you haven't played the game and don't want spoilers, stop reading now! 😋

Okay, let's get into my thoughts on the game. I want to start by saying that I thought the game was awesome! Specifically the gameplay throughout. Maybe it was because I finally have a handle on the controls since I've played the Spider-Man game, but I also think it had to do with Miles' enhanced powers as well. Getting to venom punch and camouflage was super fun and made missions so awesome! I also feel like (for the most part) it was much easier to know what to do. In the past I'd always get stuck trying to figure out where to go or what I was supposed to do next. The only thing that really tripped me up at first was the electric web connectors, but once I got the hang of it and understood what the game wanted me to do it was super enjoyable!

In terms of the storyline, I do have to say I wish it was a bit longer. Maybe it's because the original Spidey game had a bunch of DLCs where this one doesn't, but it felt so short to me! I thought the beginning was SOOO so cool, it had a super strong start and I loved that you could fight alongside Peter. Honestly, I kind of wish we had gotten more of that and had more of a mentor story with Peter as the player plays as Miles! When he was just like "yeah, I'm leaving tomorrow" I was laughing so hard, he gave poor Miles like no notice 😂 but I guess this gave Miles the leap of faith he needed to become Spider-Man, so in that sense I enjoyed him being able to learn on his own as the story continued.

Throughout the story plot I thought it had really awesome intense scenes that I really enjoyed to play through, but overall I wish there was a little more to it. As I was playing, I felt that the Phin storyline was pretty predictable and you kind of always had a sense of where it was going. Like, Miles ends up telling her he's Spider-Man, she gets mad, then redeems herself at the end by saving Miles, etc. It felt very formulaic to me. Still an enjoyable plot, don't get me wrong! I just wish they added some deeper side plot and more to the storyline to make it a little less obvious. I was happy to see that they included Miles' Uncle Aaron, though! I love his character and he is an AWESOME Prowler! But also totally saw that twist of him turning against Miles to "protect him" but also still being on Roxxon's side, hahaha. I will say though, the one point that I wasn't expecting was that Miles' mom would find out! I was very surprised by that section of the story and loved how they handled her reaction to it. That she was understanding while also being worried rather than being angry with him. I also adored Ganke's character! I really hope we see a little more of him in Across the Spider-Verse actually, because he is so fun! 

Speaking of other characters, I really wish we got more gameplay with some of the other characters in the story! I would have loved to have a Ganke mission, where you're helping Miles hack into something, or even getting to play as Miles' mom for a scene. That was something I definitely missed from the first Spidey game that I think would have really enhanced this one.

One difference to this game from the first one that I really enjoyed was the inclusion of the app that Ganke and Miles had made! I thought it was so much fun and an awesome creative way to see your map missions. I also think the side missions were so much more fun in this one too! Though I do gotta say, when I saw that pigeon guy was back I let out an audible groan HAHAH I really don't like pigeon guy. Those pigeons are so hard to catch! I'm still chugging away at finishing the map and getting all of the different suits, so I'm excited to keep playing this week and get it to 100%! And I loved Peter's holo missions too! Those are so much fun, and I loved hearing holo-Peter's encouragements throughout the training process.

I also adore the little easter eggs we get in this game, too. My absolute favorite was when Miles has the flashback to seeing his project in the museum, and he bumps into Peter and Octavius discussing their lab work. I stood there and listened to the whole conversation with them, I was SO excited to see them! Little head nods to past and future plots like that one absolutely make the game for me. I loved those back in the first Spidey game too, with all of Miles phone calls asking for Spidey training! And you can even see it being insinuated for the upcoming Spidey game this fall, too, with Peter talking about "having somethings he needs to catch up on" and "looking for a job". 

And last but not least, the soundtrack. Oh my god, the soundtrack was EVERYTHING in this game. It made swinging through the city SO much fun. I've been listening to the songs from the game on repeat this week, they just scratch that itch in my brain so so well. It made me miss the Spider-Verse era and is making me even more excited for when Across the Spider-Verse comes out this summer! Overall, I love both Spidey games for different reasons, because they are such different stories but with that classic Spidey feel. I'm so excited to get the new game this fall, and I can't wait to play more Miles map missions this week. These games have such a special place in my heart, and I am so glad that I got over my "I don't play video games" mentality to pick up a controller and try these. They have only enhanced my love of Spider-Man even more <3 Maybe sometime down the road I can stream some Spidey gameplays! What do you all think? 😉