I could see it working for this better than Batman (I thought a lot was lost when they lost the claustrophobia of Asylum), but that chase scene...I don’t know how you make that work without it being an on-rails, Uncharted style affair. And if they need that to service the story, but to yank you out of the open…

I dunno - it never bothered me that Ultimate Spiderman on PS2 and Spiderman 2 had bad story or indoor segments. That wasn’t why I played them anyway. I just wanted that freedom and openness. This eludes to a large ‘stage’ that you have hit your marks on, with a little freedom to fight and get to the next mark, all in…

That’s the part I’m worried about - it looked great, but a little too perfect to be controlled, you know? Or that the controls are handled like Uncharted would - hold up and watch Spiderman hop over tables, barely miss signs, etc. - than having a level of control like...maybe I don’t want to run over these, can I…

Yeah, and granted, I did love the touches they have with the animation, and the whole thing *looks* incredible. But that’s another comparison with Uncharted - will it look amazing and actually be boring to interact with?

Combat is looking a lot like Arkham City...

b-but...it’s so MATURE now. It’s above being a good playing action game! Don’t you see how tonally somber it is? Can’t you appreciate its greatness?

I went from so stoked to a little worried.

Remember when the first one used cartoony aesthetics and animal people to introduce kids to dark and weighty themes in a safe and semi-surreal way?

It will probably be like five more years until it comes out,

No, I agree with that. Any time hardware is used to push innovations in how games are played, or games are designed to include new/lapsed audiences, Gamers lose their collective minds over it.

but can you drive a car off of a plane and parachute it onto the course?

This is the natural progression of things

Not dead, but definitely not dependent on hardware. Which makes the justification of buying said hardware far harder, to the point of being impossible. There’s so much entertainment that’s good, looks good, and can be had for a fraction of the cost of cutting edge that promises nothing than the superficial.

This is so niche and kinda wonderful.

Sure, but that feels more like making excuses for the industry at this point, than optimism grounded in history that points to that being the case.

I’m kinda glad and saddened all at once.

Or if you don’t care, because you don’t own a 4K TV/monitor, then it’s $500 for nothing. Or $500 plus new TV/monitor just so things can look better...ish.

Isn’t Adult Swim Games the Adult Swim of games?

Yeah, sounds expensive to me!

I’d give you more stars if I could!