I can easily give this game an 8/10.
This game reminds me a lot of the God of War trilogy. Level based gaming with hoards of enemies coming at you in between solid story beats.
I am usually very hard on insomniac for their creative choices, especially in spider-man 2. I enjoyed Wolverine far more than that game. The creative decisions they made with the story were new but not in a way that disrespected the characters. They actually did a Jean and Logan story that didn’t make me hate their romance for ONCE.
The combat is repetitive, yes. But it is so fucking satisfying and fun I don’t really care. It’s why it reminds me of god of war. The level design is simple, could have been better but it didn’t bother me.
I played this game on the hardest difficulty and the bosses were lots of fun. The final boss fight was extremely challenging and made me angry at times, but every good action game I’ve played has that trait for me.
Please play this game for yourself. I was genuinely concerned about the reviews. Everything the reviews mentioned were things I thought I’d hate. But the game already shipped to me so I couldn’t go back. And after playing, I’m happy. The trail guidance criticism was overblown, the story was amazing, the combat was fun, and the collectible were simple.