So I agree with the overwhelming majority that this is a bad idea with how its played out...but I think maybe there *is* an idea here that could have worked.

Using the format/gameplay of a dating sim actually may not be such a bad idea here, but the problem is that they kept the trappings of one also.

Suggestion: drop…

No. I am not going to shut up because it offends your delicate sensibilities.

Videogames, movies, books, tv, whathaveyou are all art are part of a cultural zeitgeist that equally reflects and shapes perspectives.

It is both absolutely relevant and worth spending the time discussing that one of the biggest videogame…

The webswinging is almost perfect in PS4 spider-man. There’s one thing that prevents me from giving it that title that I hope they adjust for the sequel:

I agree. I really like the overallstructure of the suit and I *have* gotten more used to it but damnit....the white just doesn’t work for me. I feel like the Raimi suit had the best compromise with the not quite black and not quite silver pipping to add more visual crispness. I wonder how it would have looked if…

Right? Also: I know Pete isn’t a photographer for the bugle in this rendition (which is fine), but some days I genuinely wish they would bring that part of the character back.

*Not* because I’m a traditionalist (my favorite take is ultimate spider-man), but *HOT* damn its kind of relevant in todays viral social media…

None of your comment actually addresses the criticism being raised with the way these issues are presented or explains how they are incompatible. Even the MCU dealt with systemic corruption (in an arguably in a problematic way, but still) with Winter Soldier.

Like i’ve explained in other comments: spider-man as a…

“Maybe we should consider the game’s logic, rather than applying our own real-life logic to it. In his world, the police are great...I can roll with that. It’s a nice fantasy to have.”

As I have explained in many other comments, this is basically just a variation on the “Thermian Argument” and as such isn’t really an…

The Thermian argument is effectively an argument that asserts dominance of in universe/game rational to justify criticism against it, which is inherently flawed because ultimately all fictional worlds regardless of how far or close they are to our own are entirely the result of creative decisions made by…

“The best spiderman is when his challenged and then his faith is rewarded.”

Again though, that’s the problem the article is talking about.

Where is the challenge here?

I had no opinion because I wasn’t even aware that was a thing (not a Battlefield fan).

To this I would say:

My initial statement is not a cry or demand for realism. It is simply a statement against the suggestion that because there is an element of fantasy to something it somehow means that all bets are off and one…

“They just live somewhere they don’t have hate and distrust for cops?”
Uh....you mean New York?

“The Spider-Man universes are traditionally hopeful, and I think it’d be strange to try and tackle that issue in this game.”

That is flat out not true and frankly I don’t know what Spider-man media you’ve been consuming over…

Sure, but that’s not what I’m arguing against. The general paradigm or arc usually always ends in reaffirmation in a belief in humanity and unwillingness to give up on his idealism.

The point though is that his starting place tends to be a naive and simple black and white one. There’s heroes and villains, goodness is…

“No, I believe that the argument is that the world of Spider-Man inherently does not function the same as ours, and judging it based on our society’s problems is unfair if the in-game universe does not display the same chain of events.”

This is a demonstrably bad argument by the simple observation that it does display…

I would argue the opposite:

The core of some of Spidey’s best stories in all mediums have been about his young and naive optimistic idealism running face first into the grey and frustratingly complex reality of what the real world is actually like. That’s what makes him so compelling as the figure of a coming of age…

I wish I could downvote this to infinity. This is basically an argument that because there is a supernatural or nonrealistic element in the story it means all logic and rules are basically null and void and that’s just not how storytelling and suspension of disbelief works.

There’s a lot I really don’t like in terms of execution but the TLDR is: I don’t mind that they dropped the Expanded Universe, but I hate the fact that after 30 years of writers showing how to expand on the films and do additional stories that honored the character and plot progression of them.....they basically…

JJ can certainly overrule it and do whatever the hell he wants but it doesn’t change my central point: JJ probably never even had a plan for these plot threads he set up, and even if he actually did part 3 will at best now have to be some kind of hybridization of his plans and the reality Rian Johnson left him with.

For the record, I don’t want to go back to Jakku: but I get it.

Prior to Rian Johnson taking the reigns of the franchise and jettisoning everything there were a number of expanded universe pieces that suggested Jakku had a hidden significance that Palpatine himself took an interest in during the finals years of the…

Uh...yeah really. I mean neither is easy, and making a good movie in general is hard, but there’s absolutely no reason you can’t make an original story for a metal gear movie that’s a massive hodge podge of all the different characters and iconic elements. Your argument only demonstrates, at best, that you can’t…

I know what you’re saying, but the nature of the source material doesn’t *really* define the limitations or approach you have to take. There’s many different philosophies to adaptation. The approach this movie seems less a straight 1:1 adaptation of the narrative(s) and more an original story that takes the iconic…