Spider-Man Miles Morales: An Analysis and Critique
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Who is Miles Morales? Symbolically, physically, being a hero begs the distinction. But what about the price tag? 50$? Symbolically, that means something different. Time to find out what.
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Wait a sec how did you comment this 19 minutes ago?
@@Vergil_Sparda69 it was probably privated/unlisted and commented before he made it public
@@Vergil_Sparda69 He can Enter the Video When it's uploading you can't watch it because the video isn't ready to be watched but you can comment
The future is now old man
Oof
My man managed to go almost 10 minutes without mentioning web of shadows. Impressive.
That's a new record!
lmao.
Color me impressed
shocking honestly
did someone say *B L A C K S U I T ?*
"Exaggerated swag - " There. I just summarized the comment section for you now.
How you gonna call us all out like that?
I was expecting more Spiderverse references
Thank you. That shit was annoying
@@fraughtmonster8 how? Idk about this game, but he did have an exaggerated swagg in the Spiderverse movie that worked very nicely
True! People don't got no originality these days... I get it! It's fun but for crying out loud...
"Let's hope that Miles is better at laying pipe than destroying it" - Whitelight
Top comment joke need more likes
S++ level XD
this got me too 😂 THEY ARE TEENAGERS
had me dead
@@jaycage7976 needs more likes for stealing a joke from the literal video we’re all watching ?
@@Hasbulla761 Ah...so you’ve chosen death HAKAI!!!! Player: Zenouk has died. GAME OVER
This is an old script that I decided to use as a prototype for some new ideas back in December. It took longer to make than Blur or Split Second did, so this is technically the first experimental video even though it's uploaded as one of the last. I hope you enjoyed what was different. If you didn't, that's ok, things are already coming together. I spent all of March working on a big project and I'll need a lot longer than that to finish it. It's about Batman Arkham City. It's also what all the experiments have been for. If people end up liking it, I'll make the Assassin's Creed Ezio Trilogy videos in the same style. I know it's been long since the last AC, but I really wanted to do them and all of you guys justice. Between the big projects there will be some smaller videos. One will be on Driveclub. Another will be strange. I hope you enjoy!
yo
Im really enjoying the writing and graphics so far, its extremely captivating.
If its life is strange I'll laugh
Can't wait for Arkham City.
When are you gonna make the video on Ori and the will of the wisps?
As a black teen I can confirm that we don't necessarily have any "exaggerated swagger"
I wish we did
The exaggerated swagger is exclusive to characters
Damn
You can get the "exaggerated swagger" buff; you just have to buy the dlc "White chistmas and Green sunday".
You’re not from NYC
Story-wise, Phin was the biggest problem I had with the game. It seemed to me like the game was trying to portray Phin as an ultimately good person. She was just mislead, misinformed, and her need for revenge clouded her better judgment. However, the game made it very difficult for me to reconcile that with her actions throughout the game. She leads a group of armed thugs that terrorize the city, a group that literally tries to commit terrorist acts (like planting bombs at elevated train tracks) that only don't succeed because of Spider man. Late in the game, when she runs away from Miles and you have to chase her, she shoots dozens of laser beams at countless buildings and cars on the road, apparently not caring who she could kill along the way as long as she gets to keep the thing she needs to get her revenge. I had a very difficult time believing that character. Even if her grievances with Roxxon are understandable and justified, I don't think Insomniac made her actions understandable at all.
I don’t think it was supposed to make her out as a good person. I think misinformed and what people go through emotionally and what they are willing to do for a cause. I think it’s supposed to be a symbol of oppression of the lower class being puppets to rich people. Fin did horrible things and shouldn’t be forgiven but did one good thing at the end and started to understand.
Yh they tried to write her like an Anti Hero...but ended making her a CRIMINAL instead
Bro i doubt venom will harm 20% of people phin manage to harm lol. She definitely is a huge villain, criminal mastermind like doc ock. But i guess they use the same formula as doc ock make us understand and attach emotionally to the villain, not in a way to justify their actions but instead just understand why people do what they do, thats good character development (although i hope spiderman 2 doesn’t use the same formula, get us attached to harry, I don’t know, just to him become main villain. It would only be ok to replicate the formula if in the end peter became the real venom lol that would
Be dope)
She could have just thrown him up, then he explodes
An evil person does bad things because they are bad a good person does bad things because they think its the only thing they can do phin proves this with a final “im sorry” and than proves shes sorry with the ultimate sacrifice she did down right horrible things and was a villain but at her core she was just scared and hurt and just wanted others to hurt like she did until she finally realized what that meant
Ah yes, the exaggerated swagger of a great essaytuber
Dude. I will never get over how well these scripts are written and transitions are done. It’s ridiculous. I love every video I’ve watched from you. It’s truly my favorite channel to sit down and just study.
Well said. I agree; just a gift with verbal and visual transition.
Whitelight and Game Makers Tool Kit can literally do no wrong
*eh*
This guy actually likes Ubisoft games, so as a critic, I wouldn't trust him. And at the end of the day,the developers if Miles Morales put way more effort and blood into this gane than a UA-cam critic that complains and uses a fancy vocabulary r
Sound smart.
It's an objective fact. Anyway. Guess I better get ready to be dogpiled by the whitelightcircle jerk.
@@kittykitty101001 You're entitled to your opinion pal, even if it isn't a good one lol. No dogpiles here
@@kittykitty101001 Yeah, you can disagree with the message, that’s a personal thing, but I’m commenting on the actual quality of the video and the production value. it’s a really well written review even if you don’t agree with the message or the critic delivering it. I hope nobody fights you on your opinion, cause it’s yours to have.
I'm starting to feel like i'm the only person who enjoyed the lab puzzles in Spiderman PS4(i literally kept going back to the lab to see if i'd unlocked more throughout the game.)
Same, I thought those were pretty fun.
I enjoyed them too, but I gotta agree with WL that I wasn't sad to see them cut from Miles Morales.
The biggest problem is they aren't hard enough to be engaging. I like that style of puzzle a lot, but they never progress beyond "medium" difficulty, at best. Any error you make in the puzzle takes 5 seconds to correct to, what is usually, the only other choice.
Me too
Me too,... the first time. Now I skip em everytime
Please make a "GTA IV: 13 Years Later" video in the future. And don't forget to cover EFLC as well.
Colourshed is the only person I know who made a good retrospective video about GTA IV and EFLC (when this comment was posted).
EDIT: It might turn into "GTA IV: 14/15 Years Later" because Whitelight might cover the Ezio Trilogy Assassin's Creed games (according to his comment) before even considering any GTA game and he will probably cover GTA SA or GTA 5 (because those games are more popular than GTA IV) before making a video about GTA IV.
And play it on PC with DXVK at 120 fps!
13 years later? GTA V dropped 6/7 years ago... Edit: I'm dumb, I saw GTA V but you said "GTA IV"
No idea why he would cover SA, V maybe, but a IV video would be a masterpiece
It's really been that long? Every time I pop into GTA V and steal a Minivan or an Emperor or a Dilettante, it's hard to believe that I'm driving models that are well over a decade old. There are so many things about IV that still hold up.
Yeah, I've been eyeing GTA for a while now.
Really dug your breakdown of the swinging mechanics, and how they lack complexity. Feel like I don’t hear that touched on often enough. WOS is still king, 13 years later.
I disagree, I think we have a new king on the throne.
@@amarenieves7296 I disagree I think we have a new prince
@@zenxpopo2116 I can see that perspective too, but let marvels spiderman 2 come out, guarantee that it will overthrow WOS and Raimi's spiderman games out of the water
There's extreme depth to the swinging mechanics. You just need to understand it's more simulator-y than game-y. Once you truly figure out the swinging you have complete free movement in 3D space.
Loved the swinging in WOS but I keep expecting them to wake up and bring back the Spider-Man 2 physics, swinging should feel like a Tony hawk game in my opinion lol
I’m honestly offended by how incredible every video Whitelight put out is
Insane ik
@@IlMemetor72 May the father of understanding guide you lmao.
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Why offended?
Yeah everything offends someone
I'm ridiculously excited for this, I never even played the game but Whitelight has the most calming voice and intelligent takes on videogames.
Check Oxhorn
@@SalusFuturistics nice to see a fellow Oxhorn fan in the wild
@@SalusFuturistics but oxhorn is a let's player
The game is really good I got it for christmas and I love playing every single second of it
@@ileutur6863 He goes alot deeper than that shallow catchword
IVE BEEN WAITIN’ FOR THIS ONE
You see that, Shinji!?
I'm still waiting on that Darksiders 3 review 👀
Its great that you point out some of the flaws with the game in your "Story Structure" section, but you neglected to mention the issue in the beginning of the game that I had and was hoping you'd mention. In Spider-Man PS4, Pete took down Rhino while also dealing with Scorpion WHILE dealing with all the other stuff during the story. They made it a point that he was injured and exhausted from fighting and dealing with stuff, yet he gets his ass handed to him by that same version of Rhino while Pete is in top form? Then the Roxxon guy straight-up ignores him to heap praise onto Miles? Seriously? I'm all for making the main character (in this case Miles) cool, but that was not the way to do it for me.
If bryan intihar was the one behind this game....it would have been different.
This was my biggest Issue with the Intro. Rhino is usually one of the easiest villains Spider Man always faces. He always makes him his bitch. So seeing him struggle and pretty much lose to rhino literally makes no sense.
The Roxxon guy was "hyping" Miles because he was interested in his bioelectrical powers and wanting to use it for Nuform, not because he thought miles was the better Spidey, how did you not get that?
As for Rhino whooping Spidey's ass, understand that beating up a huge wrecking ball in an empty parking lot is way different compared to fighting the same wrecking ball in a concrete jungle filled with people, people you want to save and thus Spiderman cannot go after Rhino as aggressively as he did in the first game, cause if he did even more buildings would've been damaged and people would've certainly died
@@govardhanposina17 Yet if he had "aggressively" taken him down, that mall and multiple properties would have been just fine.
@@HitmanZeroX0087 You're not getting it yet, Spiderman can't really knock out Rhino, he never has, it's always depicted that Spidey beats Rhino through his quickness and agility and using environmental objects to beat him up, now how was he supposed to do that in a populated city?
Who the fuck thinks calling spiderman powers venom power, but not related at all to Venom, was a good idea. It's like they purposely decided to go with the most confusing, less interesting, and creatively bankrupt idea possible
right? also wtf they got to do with "venom" when they're based on bio-electricity?
It's funny, when I played the game I had you in the back of my head. When something happened I would think "Whitelight will like this" or "Whitelight is gonna hate that". You've made an impact on my gaming experience.
This man called Sable "E-Girl Stalin." I can't. 😂😂😂🤣😭
Bro if Stalin looked like that the world would be completely unopposed
Phin's writing really annoyed me too, as well as her boss fight at the end. It did something many fights that annoy me did and sadly, it did it repeatedly through the phases: pretend that you can't beat the villain, while you're actually beating the crap out of them. You beat Phin's toys and you wail into her, a human, who shouldn't be able to take that many hits when you're not hitting her gadgets but her body itself. If you're good enough to dodge and attack at perfect timing and effortlessly go through the fight, it still does not matter: "You can not win!". I always hate it when games do this. Make it an impossible fight at first, with HP that doesn't go down or armor that doesn't break, or attacks that oneshot you, that's fine. But if you can CLEARLY win, because you need to win to go through the phases or end the fight and the story tells you that you're struggling or can't win while you are doing the opposite, annoys me immensely. It breaks immersion like almost nothing else.
What do you mean I can't win? You use some toys I have learned the trick to, making them insignificant and I have superhuman speed, strength, senses, flexibility and durability, while you have a fragile human body. You shouldn't even be able to haul these words at me, but here you and the story are telling me that you are supposed to be tougher? Don't make me laugh. It is too unbelievable to work in my opinion; just like the points Whitelight highlighted about Phin's writing. Her stubbornness and unwillingness to listen, her inability to see the proof before her very eyes (Miles getting beaten up time and again and she still believes he set her up or got her caught and that all he does is lie, while she also kept her identity hidden AND never really lets him talk). She is just an unbelievable character to me and... well, she indeed did not ruin the game, but she did ruin most of the story for me, especially the final moments. Her being the last boss was expected, but disappointing.
Everything you said about the boss fight against phin is true.
What are you talkin about she's a female minority fighting powers that are systemically stacked against her because of her female minority status so even though she may commit a few domestic terror acts here or there kill a few people every now and then those are just happy accidents of her pure beautiful ideology that she just isn't executing correctly the real villains are the people who failed to understand her and her perfect ideology and her perfect moral crusade personal responsibility is a concept invented by the bad guys who own the buildings right?
Yeah, it was honestly annoyingly painful for me to watch Miles be beaten up by Phin in almost every cutscene. I know that he is supposed to be holding back since he still believes in her, but come on - how many concussions do you need to understand that the person you were friends with is gone? Just knock the chick out and talk about it later.
(SPOILER: duh)
Yep, i was actually glad she died at the end.
It really sucked that ISM1 had such great writing with Otto and Pete and then this game had one of the worst pieces of writing with Phin and Miles. They tried to make me feel soooo bad for Phin and it just NEVER worked. I was waiting the entire game for Miles to point out how Phin was literally leading a gang of murdering terrorists, how she became just as bad as Roxxon, how she literally defiled Rick's memory, and it just.. never happened. It was so, so annoying. Also her anger at Miles "lying" to her was so dumb especially with how SHE never told him she was the Tinkerer who almost killed his mother.
Honestly i think Phin is one of the worst Spider-Man villains we've had in a long, long while, and that really sucks. Looks like Kraven and Venom will be good though, which has me happy.
38:20 The reason one guy is safe and the other is risky to take down is because it is prompting you to perform different takedowns. The system doesn't just gauge if you will be seen, but also if the takedown* will be heard. It also only shows the risk for the safest takedown method available to you in the moment you are looking at them.
The first enemy is valid for a safer perch takedown, so it is showing the visible and audible risks for a perch takedown. Because no one is breathing down their neck or looking directly at them, you wouldn't be detected. However, the second enemy can only be taken down by a web strike takedown at the time you are looking at them, which is incredibly loud. So even though guy one and three are looking away, they'd hear the takedown being performed behind them and be alerted.
When you jump down to perform a grounded takedown on guy two, the reason no one is alerted is because the move being performed is not the same as the one you were warned about. Ground takedowns are as quiet as perch takedowns. So because no one was looking at them or was right beside them, you were fine.
This is also why you don't get detected for your second example at 38:31. When you were shown a danger warning, it's because you were being prompted for a web strike, which would have been heard by the person below your target. But you moved in for a ground takedown, making it inaudible to the other person.
*things that make noise caused by, but are not directly a part of a takedown (i.e the enemy is thrown into a destructible object because of the animation, breaking it) will not change the risk of the takedown.
And the light shines through, telling us
"Go get popcorn, Whitelight uploaded a video"
Fucking shit, I'm actually flabbergasted at how incredibly well written this video is. I aspire to make something similar someday. Congratulations on such a great piece of work. I'm very much looking forward to whatever comes next from you.
It's like I'm watching a BBC nature documentary about video games, although the background music might've been a tiny bit too loud at times.
I digress, the script is all over the place and this style just speaks: pretentious.
It's pretentious drivel.
@@RandomDude85 what was actually pretentious?
Well I'll be
A budding video essay channel. Time to subscribe and listen, so that I can follow your journey.
How Peter lost to Rhino after beating his ass in the first game. I’ll never understand.
“Web swinging is..good. But it could be better” - Some oil tycoon/part time bounty hunter
underrated
And Spider-Man 2 will take us there.
We said web swinging, not web - sutting @@youngspecial64
I love your voice it's so relaxing, I'm hoping you review the DMC and other Batman Arkham games.
He’s gotta do Devil May Cry now
Ohhh I'd be so down to hear what he has to say about DMC3!!
Dmc3 is practically its own video essay…. But I still want him to make one
What an absolute treat of a video. As a big Spidey fan who adores both games and still plays them now, you brought up praise and criticism I've shared for ages. Truly hope Insomniac only improves further from here in further projects, Spider-related or not.
The new swinging animations were already worth the price of admission for me, tbh.
Your videos have been one of the things I look forward to most these days. They're such a nice haven, a place where I can kind of just relax and let spacetime ooze over me for a brief (in the grand scheme of things) moment. You are an inspiration and I hope you remain passionate about doing this for a good long while.
The Assassin mentor
The Fastest Goddam Click of my life
Same lmao
I was appalled at the conversations between miles and Aaron. No loving black uncle would use that kind of milquetoast language with his black nephew.
I agree. It's like these characters have no charisma or identity of their own at times :/
Thank you for calling out Phin's motivation's. Her getting that level of mad for not telling her that you're Spider-Man made me so angry. He's a super hero for goodness sake (and they hadn't been in contact)! Really the only people that needed to know were Pete and Ganke. (Pete so he can show him the 'how-tos' of being Spider-man and colaborate with him and Ganke because he makes an awesome sidekick/media manager). Why should he tell everybody who he is? Glad you called that out too. It really did feel like everybody knew his identity.
but at the end of the game everyone knows anyway. all his Harlem friends, and his mom, and Aaron.
I dont know why comic book writers are so afraid of secret identities nowadays. it's integral to Spiderman, he cant be everywhere at once.
I think it makes sense for Miles to share his secret identity with people who are close to him. That’s what makes him the most different from Peter. Peter was always a loner and an outcast in highschool so when he got his powers, it was only natural for him to keep this information to himself. Meanwhile with Miles, we see that he is someone who is defined by his community and close relationships. It’s simply a huge part of his upbringing. Miles takes the “friendly neighbourhood” concept of Spider-Man to a more elevated level. And we see at the end of the game that the benefits of sharing your burdens with others is that they can have your back when you need it.
I loved this game even with all of its drawbacks and gotta admit that the side-quest with Miles' Dad also made tear up, Insomniac sure know how to create compelling characters.
Miles Morales became a 50$ 8 hour game because twitterites couldn't accept him being a 8 hour DLC content.
Literally begging insomniac into scalping them.
The ending didn't do it for me because of how contrived Phin's motivations were, how dull the villian is, how Uncle Aaron is really underutilized, and how your best friend who's a hacker just takes all tension out of every part of the game bc he can do anything anywhere as long as the plot demanded it. Not sure if I've ever played a game where I'm so in love with some elements, and just can't stand other crucial parts of it lol
33:54 I feel in this instance, the game was showing Mile's confusion more then fear, because up to this point in the game Miles has seen Roxxon as a non-threatening force. Even saying "What happened to Roxxon being here for us?" I also think it was a slight reference to police brutality, with the civilians recording with cellphones and such.
The reference wasn't so slight......
The police brutality that doesn't actually exist.
@@rajyavardhansingh4491 oh word, that's how you feel?
@@kmac9372 facts are facts
@@rajyavardhansingh4491 Police Brutality doesn't exist for a fact ???
I hate Fins death. It doesnt make sense to me. She could have tossed him or jumped off him and landed safely in her boots. But instead chose to go suicide by best friend? Make your best friend live with that?
She wanted to sacrifice herself. Did you see the way she looked at the civilians before going to save miles?
Even in the final fight, miles said something to her about how they can stop and help her, but she said that it's too late and what she did was irredeemable
I love almost everything else about the climax of this game, but I just can't get over the fact that Miles actually OBLITERATED his best friend!? That's pretty messed up...
And then three months later, Miles is listening to his hip-hop and having a great time!? Dude should have permanent trauma after something like that.
Ok good overal but I had a few issues with this vid. Main one being you bezar trouble with catagorizing the game. It's an expansion pack sequal. They as old as the industry. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood/Revelations, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Crash Bandacoot 4 was essential that. The legendary Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 was at its core, just more rids and scenarios with a few tweeks for.
Coming back from Web of Shadows and Spider-Man PS4 videos, I found that late-era Whitelight became much more sophisticated in his writing style, vocal presentation, accentuation and diction. But trying to create his own unique "Whitelight video essay" aesthetic, he tends to overshadow the main ideas he tries to give about the game, the main point he tries to make with his video.
Unlike before, things like game's soundtrack and overall details of world design and visuals are given almost no attention, which is understandable, as most of it derives from PS4 game and is poorly related to the main theme of the video. But this new approach, with a complex structure that defies a regular section-by-section analysis, jumps from one thing to another in order to better feed into the main idea without concentrating on the details, makes it really hard for me to follow this main idea, develop a bigger picture, form a thesis that perfectly summarizes the sections of the video, accumulates all the analysis, good and bad of the game, the personal connection to the game and its aspects and outlines the place of the game in the gaming world and its future. Deciphering the flowery language and unraveling the convoluted video structure becomes the main obstacle between me and the idea that Whitelight is trying to give me. I appreciate this video more now than I did when I first watched it, after studying the evolution of Whitelight's style and approach over the years and recognizing his distinctive and idiosyncratic voice in the game criticism community. But I still believe that his original approach, more simplistic, pragmatic and formal if a little stiff, section by section, game aspect by game aspect, managed to give me a better understanding of the game and Whitelight's position on it. He grew to be much more skilled at what he does, but his mastery of presentation and accentuation didn't necessarily match his skill growth, or, I believe, at least not yet.
In simple terms, he would merge criticism and praises in a way that I couldn't really understand what was that he meant or his position on a certain aspect of the game.
this is an EXCELLENT comment. Perfectly articulates my feelings about Whitelight's evolution. He's gotten more sophisticated but he's gotten harder to follow. Maybe it's a good thing because I'm more likely to take breaks and digest what he says but at the same time when his vids pop up in my feed I feel like I'm taking some sort of trial when I click. It shouldn't require in depth analysis of language to enjoy an in depth analysis of a game. Especially Miles Morales.
As much as i love Insomniac games the webslinging and and combat feels so watered down and stale in comparison to other games before.
"Fin, short for muffin."
quotes like these are underappreciated Lol
Let's hope miles is better at laying pipe than destroying it lmaoo
whitelight: And have the exaggerated swagger....
Me: 👀
whitelight:...Of a Black suit
*Well Played*
"did you dislike Miles?"
YES
"probably no."
Oh.
IDk, the only version I like of Miles is the first spiderverse movie. Every other version feels completely unnecessary. this game was alright, but just like every version of a Miles story, I like pretty much every other character other than miles. He's like a less compelling version of harry potter, and similarly only based on his aesthetic appeal.
Whitelight is on my top tier content to listen while eating
It’s a proven fact that you can only listen to the BEST stuff while eating. Just the way it is
I never understood how my friends really felt bad and one even cried when the girl in miles morales died but didn't care when Aunt May died in the first game. Aunt May had less screen time in the games but I mean come on it's aunt May and they connected to some annoying teen. I swear that just confused the shit out of me
I think most people felt aunt mays death, at least i did i cried lol
People completely new to Spider-Man won't really get how significant Aunt May is as a character in Spidey lore, because the PS4 game doesn't start at the origin lol
@@kingt0295 I cried when May died.
When Phin died, I said out loud "Saw that coming!"
@@Reydriel Yep, they should watch the *amazing* Sam Ramey trilogy
@@CraftageNate the acting when peter was so close to hooking up the cure to save may but pulled himself back because he knew he had to hold onto it to save the city got me. It was a brilliant scene
I think insomniac wants an easy cool looking swing system, than a in depth swing system that has a skill gap. I personally really like the swing system but its boring after awhile.
Why would I be doing homework when I could be watching the new Whitelight drop
15:00 I CANNOT PUT INTO WORDS HOW HARD MY SPINE SHOOK HEARING JUST THE WORD "exaggerated"
ah shit man I love your vids but I cant watch this because I want to play it for myself first...On PS5 which i´ll probably get around 2023 as it seems :(
You the game is on ps4 as well, right?
....why does this sound like a essay you're trying to write for a collage professor? How do you go from your insomniac Spider-Man video where you actually critique the game to this video which sounds pretentious? (I don't care about what Spider-Man or miles Morales symbolizes, all I care about is what does this game so good and what it does bad.)
^^^^^
loved the original review of Spider man. his video structures used to be fantastic, with plenty of substance to his arguments. I still haven't finished this one. and I've been subbed for a good few years. The channel may not be for me anymore, and that's fine. im personally just not a fan of the amount of words used that basically amount to nothing. i used to like his straightforward takes with jokes here and there. but most people seem to like this reviewing style so 🤷♂️🤷♂️hope he grows a lot more as time passes but i just cant really watch his vids anymore.
A yes the game were spiderman leaps off of rooftops with the exaggerated swagger of a black teen.
this man has reviewed this game with all the exaggerated swagger of a black teen
I just got this game on PS4, while I do think it's a little over priced at almost 50 bucks, I'm enjoying it
I agree with you on the front end, because I also kopped it for its full $50 price tag, but then again, it was a gift from someone.
But on the back end, I can't complain because you also get the insanely gorgeous PS5 version included. Not to mention that it is an effortlessly entertaining game. Miles Morales is one of my top games of 2020. I honestly, smile every time I play it. It's just great game.
The ending cutscene always pulls at my heart strings so damn much every time I see it
Same. Played trough the game twice after I watched this video and still shed a tear or two
Not mine
12:16 LOL trust whitelight to earn a great laugh in the middle of a serious meditation on video games and heroism XD
If you want to play an insomniac game with a great traversal system, play sunset overdrive.
Speaking of which, mr. Whitelight sunset overdrive when?
Whitelight X Sunset Overdrive. Hmm, interesting.😏
I don't know if it's in your wheelhouse, but I would absolutely love to see a critique on Persona 5 Royal. You mentioned the much needed buildup for the motivations of the villians and that game is all I could think of.
Persona 5 royal is one of the most excellent games of all time
Oh hey, you just changed the thumbnail today?
YOOOOOOOOO HE DID
Man, I've JUST finished watching all the other Spider-Man videos you've made 2 days ago, so this is being released at a perfect time.
Thank you for all your hard work, Whitelight! 💖
The story was a lot weaker in this one.
Hard disagree.
definitely weaker, the story was shorter and the characters weren’t as well written or fleshed out but again that’s mainly due to the shorter story as there wasn’t much time to do much
@@issy785 or you just rushed through the story and didn't take your time like most people did. I went in listening to people like you and was surprised at how long it actually was.
The City that never sleeps dlc was mostly unnecessary.... but my god, thank you Insomniac for that version of Black Cat.
Also, Billzuckerbezos. That shall be the name of my son.
Hammerhead is iconic but kinda boring. Black cat was cool tho. Plus we actually got to kick sable in the face
That top gear relation was absolute gold
14:50 thank you so much for doing this
God of War(2018) would be a great title for the ‘Whitlight treatment’™️
I really hope SM2 is a huge improvement. I’m sure I’ll love it, but I’m not hopeful that the issues will be addressed. These games are some of my favourites, but they could be so much better…
I agree.
This is hardly a critique, you're just praising it's every aspect (almost). And that while it's critically revieved as less good of a game than Spiderman 2018. The way you make your videos has significantly improved but the way you review these products has gotten pretty boring. There is plenty of bad to say about the game, the whole product feels like a DLC at full price. Yet you seem to just ignore every bad aspect of it and praise it blindly which makes for a pretty boring watch, and that's coming from a "cups half full" guy.
19:00 did you watch the video?
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I ask you to compare it to his Spiderman 2018 review, a significantly better game in quite a view aspects. If you don't believe me just look at their Steam pages, 42 thousand reviews against 9 thousand. The positivity of the reviews may be similar (2018 Spiderman still having more) but it's a little easier when the crowd you have to please is 1/4th of the other one. And I don't think that the two years in between have much to do with it since the first game is still selling more to this day. This UA-camr went hard on its every flaw, which I admit it had. But having played both games I found this one significantly more flawed and filled with issues. Yet he seems to go incredibly easy on it. And for how unfair and frustrating it may be I actually prefer his review on 2018. Despite him going harder on a game I find way better, at least he shows a little backbone as a critique and it allows for a more enjoyable watch. This critique sounds incredibly PG-3 as if he's gotten scared of pissing anybody off. As a critique and fanatic of the art you love you have every right to complain about its problems, because you want it to do better. But if going just blindly praise everything, the products you love will look more and more like a.. DLC.
@@nielslehnen6076 It's harder to bash something that's solidly fine, nevermind the fact that he did criticize a lot more than you think. Throughout the entire video he points out how many flaws were just repeated at the expense of the price point. The "praise" was just what Insomniac does best with it's plot and that's it. I don't know where the claims of blind praise are coming from when there wasn't much to begin with.
I love how the swagger line is in there.
It’s in there a lot tbh 😂
Great jab at the memed review
Eyo this one’s longer than the game
Also, 56:55, it makes sense how he survived that fall, you can't die from fall damage in the game.
Miles is a cool character but i believe that he shouldn't be called spider-man 1 because that way he has his own identity (he didn't choose his powers but he can choose his name) and 2 because it's just a bit rediculous having 2 people called spider-man it surely it gets confusing for people in world and it just sounds dumb to me... in other things like spider-verse it works because he is filling peter's space as new york's hero but in this universe he is just using the same name because?? because he's known as spider-man in the comics he comes from... it's stupid and giving him a name like shadow-spider or something would go a long way in making miles his own hero not living in the shadow of a living peter parker.
Definitely but they'll probably kill off peter in spiderman 2 or 3 so that might be why they didn't change the name
@@MooBler350 that's a weak reason for them to do anything and personally I don't see them killing Peter any time soon. I could be wrong but I feel like they want to stand out from everything else that is Spider-Man right now
@@benedapal7987 I hope you are right I don't want these games just becoming a miles origin story at the end of the day 😑
Green Lantern. Robin. Nova. Captain America.
@@Antwannnn to be fair I feel similarly about all those characters. But the issue lies in the comics, not the games.
Web of Shadows was my favorite Spider-Man game for the longest time just because of the web swinging and all the little movements that made freedom that much better. And the fighting was fun as hell
I might come out as cold, but when, spoilers, Phin dies, instead of being sad, I just said "Thank god she's dead, does anyone want Chinese?"
I really hated phin ruined the story for me. She made miles a doormat.
Web is Shadows is best Spider Man gameplay. I don’t know how they did it but the movement and fighting were top notch. Nothing beat kickflipping bad guys off rooftops or fighting up or down the side of a building.
i LOVE the this game. Of insomniac's series, it's the one i keep coming back to. The visuals, the vibe, the story are all great. I genuinely enjoy that it is a down-sized version of the initial base game.
While the story is fun, the writing is so dogshit. Insomniac approaches all dialogue and characterization with the simplicity of a children's show. I cannot agree with you more about the characterization of Miles, the most cornball, morally upstanding, award-winning genius, "oh gosh!", 15 year old who is just the greatest son/friend/community leader ever put to screen. He is so unbearably, eye-rollingly flawless that it truly takes me out of the game and detracts from what's happening. All the writing and dialogue is so either sickly-sweet or soap-opera-dramatic that it's impossible to take seriously.
Again, i say all this as a person who truly loves playing this game. I have played the story at least 4-5 times, love swinging around in free-roam, and have sunk dozens of hours into it. But, holy shit, Insomniac has no idea how to write real people with real problems and real emotions in real situations. Their New York is the most polite and friendly place on Earth, and, as someone who has lived here for a decade, god damn, grow the fuck up, gang.
I have a lot of critiques for your combat breakdown. For example, your critique of the danger system is rather misinformed, especially with the clip you showed at 38:20 and 38:34. The notes are very specific to the input. It was dangerous to press triangle and do a web strike takedown, as shown by the green prompt being highlighted in red, however, it wasn't dangerous to press square as the technique used to takedown the enemy would be different from the former. Web strike takedowns create shockwaves from the force, they are abrupt and powerful. Takedowns with square are not. Surely, your clips at 38:20 and 38:34 would have different outcomes depending on the technique you use, square or triangle. In both clips you show, the input is the difference maker. Using Assassin's Creed as an example, holding R1 or R2 changes the aggression of assassination animations from high to low. As a result, high profile assassinations, if they had a prompt like the ones in miles, would alert enemies while the low profile kills would appear safe. There is a suit mod in Miles Morales that allows you to see enemy line of sight that you even showcase in this video at 37:28. When using this mod, the significance of the line of sight is that any enemy not connected to it can be taken down worry free by using square. In conjunction with the previous understanding provided, this creates fluidity after marking your targets, with practice, knowing which enemies can be taken out without checking for safety. There are other mods like this one designed for stealth to take precedent over combat within the build making. Wouldn't this show, along with the trophy for completing a base while in complete stealth, that it is indeed a viable option for players to pursue if they choose? In fact, an even greater challenge than combat, to master stealth to the same degree of speed, agility, and power that is enjoyed while visible to others while managing your camo and utilizing your gadgets and opposition's line of sight. It is indeed doable, even while maintaining your combo, the system designs for it in the gadgets and skills you unlock. It's in the text. This was an option that wasn't offered in the original game and, like you said, was the prelude to combat, but here that doesn't have to be the case, and like there's a system to mastering combat, there is indeed one for stealth.
You also make a point that the combat, due to time, will eventually stale which will inevitably guide players to seek a quicker, efficient route. However, I'm confused by your wording. You acknowledge that many players have a variable sense of depth depending on their goals, as well to change this depth by the focusing on different goals in combat. True to any game really. So why do you prescribe a general description of winning in combination with variable degree of depth and satisfaction? What does it mean to "win" in Miles Morales? What balance in combat is to be sought after if the end goal is not clearly defined? I argue that there isn't one. I believe the greatest strength the combat has to offer is the freedom to pursue your own ideal version of mastery. There is no tier or skill grade assigned to the combat which means the best or most efficient way to play is whatever method proves to be the most satisfactory. If you're an extrinsic player, this means you have the freedom of choosing your own challenge. Intrinsic, whatever makes your combat most aesthetically pleasing. Sure, more can be done to improve the means in which that satisfaction is achieved, but I can only do with what I have at my disposal. You can make a goal out of anything as long as the option to do so is available. In fact, the style meter that you include to incentivize players can easily be turned off in the settings, proving how inessential it is to the core experience, but by CHOICE to keep it, CAN be valuable. You can challenge yourself as well. I noticed you've taken some damage in your clips, and since you've offered the possibility of changing your goals, why not try to make flawless runs? Why not learn new tech not clearly listed in the move list? Did you know you can combo cancel? A detail not explained in the first game which was carried over into this new title. Or webshoot enemies while upside-down? A new addition to combat flair. So much is packed in a game, so many suggestions, so many options, and so many pursuits to take in reaching your desired style of play, as well to enhance it. These are just some of my thoughts about a part of the review that I sought to challenge in hope that it challenges your own thought process a little. I found this as whole to be greatly entertaining, however, and I look forward to more of your videos. Great job! You earned a new sub.
To explain your issue with the danger indicator, it shows that when something is either too loud or in the sights of another enemy. The reason “Danny Danger” was indicated as such was because the takedown you were capable of doing from that angle was the web-strike takedown, which is the only one that makes a noise, thus meaning enemies above and below might hear it. The perch takedown makes no noise so it’s only effected by the sights of other enemies. That’s the only issue I had with your critique, everything else I think you explained quite well :)
48:36 Miles sound like his parents forced him to be in a school play 😂
I had a lot of fun completing the game. It was the first game I played on my Ps5 and boy was it great. I got the bundle with Spider-Man PS4 remaster so the price isn’t too bad even tho I played that one on my friends PS4 when it first came out.
I really like your take on the game and look forward to more videos like this!
The whole situation with this “games” qualification reminds me a lot of the death of the outsider from the dishonored franchise. I was never sure if it was it’s own game of a dlc. It felt too short to be a game but too different to be a dlc.
Either way...
This is not the sequel to Spider-Man 2.
And it should never be compared to ot.
@@youngspecial64I can't tell I'd your pfp is a nazi one or not
@@flamebreaker7318looks like a YS for his name young special. I agree though took me a while to decide if it’s nazi or not, could be both
The only thing this game did, was to make me question why there aren’t more spider-infused people around.
There is technically a 0% mortality rate, with 100% of irradiated spider incidents resulting in someone gaining powers from getting bitten.
1. The spiders get killed by the Spider-Men right after biting
2. Not that many spiders to begin with
3. Who’s to say it’s a 0% mortality rate, assume spider c bites John Doe and he dies. Are they going to show us? Will anyone know? Just another off screen meaningless death in a story about people who are meaningful
This is a goddamn masterpiece
Buddy.......when Spider-Man 2 comes, it will take the title of bieng one of the best in history.....i bet that indeed.
@@youngspecial64 Yes, thats true
@@youngspecial64 People make promises like that all the time, last one being cyberpunk... and look how that turned out. Save your praise instead of giving false hope.
@@demetter7936 insomniac is not CD project red......you'll see dude.....you'll see
@@youngspecial64 You do realize people said the exact same thing about CD Projekt? There's posts on the cyberpunk reddit with people laughing at how ironic their before-launch comments where they say the same thing as you. "My favorite gaming company would never do that to us". Look at all the dozens of games in the past few years that were hyped up beyond belief, getting tons of pre-orders and false promises given... then they were flops.
I still haven't played this game because I haven't gotten a ps5 yet
This game has some of the best combat in a video game. It’s BUTTERY smooth and impactful.
shame that there are only like 3 enemies types: normal criminal, red criminal, purple criminal.
It's like Arkham without the enemy variety or situational Gadget combos
The sauce was great
@Hi I'm Paul I agree. The first game felt more strategic. Miles is mostly about spamming electric attacks.
To be fair, Insomniac knew Miles Morales wouldnt sell on its own so they had to make a cheaper "expansion" style to make up for it.
"What did was the anime approach; Miles gets violated by an oc-" Whitelight (2021)
I wanna watch this so bad but I haven't even played the damn game yet.
Rip
This video is longer than the main story itself, goddamn lmao
The exaggerated swagger of a critique.
I’m still trying to figure out why they designed Hailey to be thicker than a bowl of wet cement, I mean damn
The teens in this game are giving the adults from the last game a run for their money. Even Phin was unnecessary thick af
Thicker than a bowl of Oatmeal
i appreciate lol
If I might offer another comparison of this to Spider-Man. Halo 3 and Halo 3:ODST. For some reason this set up reminds me of that.
It's like christmas morning...Another Whitelight video!
Another great video dude! I completely agree on how the game is a bit too easy atm. I hope the next game offers more of a challenge, especially to attain specific, distinctive gameplay mechanics in-game by adding more difficult layers associated to gameplay that complements each other making it harder to master more unique, fluid gameplay styles overall... So that no two players are identical, like God of War for example.
However, I have a bit of hope they will achieve this in due time.
Anyways keep it up! It doesn't even seem like an hour went by when watching your vids lol Looking forward to that Batman Arkham City video!
Holy Jesus it's the one and only visceral carnage
Holy Venom and Carnage, It's VISCERAL CARNAGE!! sup dude? love your vids
@@shinbakihanma2749 Thanks dude, appreciate it! & honestly I've been better, just hanging there lol
@@Ira_Avaritia I'm glad you're doing well, bro. Keep up the good work, and I wish you the best. Stay safe and healthy.
@@shinbakihanma2749 Likewise bro, all the best! 👊✌
I watch a lot of comedy stuff, but this has made me laugh a whole lot more than most movies and shows. The interstellar and reoccurring exaggerated swagger alone are masterpieces.
How did Miles use the video game medium to express what Spiderman Was if it was all shown in cutscenes? Video games aren't the cutscenes, they're the active part. As a video game. Nothing happened.
It sounds like you didn't even play the first spiderman game, the cutscenes expressed Peter's story as well.
@@sizedoesntmeaneverything4157 everybody already knows Peters story in and out. It ain't that deep. Spiderman is Peter Parker. Miles Morales isn't spiderman. He is ONE spiderman. You have to make himself stand out. You can't just play as Batman then put Harley Quinn in the cutscenes and say "see, it was. Good Harley Quinn video game".
A Spiderman game without cutscenes is a Peter Parker game by default. Every other spider has to work to stand out. Seems you just don't have any standards and are willing to simp for anything.
@@enriquecabrera2137Godzilla had an aneurysm trying to read this, please take writing classes I beg of you. I won't even bother to argue with you until you make a coherent point.
does anyone know what song is used in the introduction?
Hi, i wonder whether could you please add a subtitle, the least the auto-generated one? I don't have even the faintest idea about how it works, so forgive me if there's a wellknown technical problem preventing the auto one to be turned on. Thanks in advance
As a guy who's been to New York, I'm mad as fuck that the only guy that seemed like an actual New Yorker was his uncle. How does he live in Harlem and not one NPC sound like Cam'ron or Immortal Technique?
Ive been waiting for you to release something
I love these analysis videos. I hope the devs see this video so Spiderman 2 can leap forward with web swinging and combat.
I also appreciate your combat and swinging variety in both Miles Morales and Web of Shadows. Rarely find anyone that knew about all of the animations the game didn't tell you about in Web of Shadows :)