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PlayStation’s Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man, Out September 7

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    NytewarriorNytewarrior Registered User regular
    Cool. Thanks.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    A buddy of mine who's playing this now just asked a question I'm stuck on
    What's up with naming a black character Jefferson Davis?
    Is that ever commented on in the comics? Is it an empowerment thing, taking the name away from the president of a racist slaver nation?

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    MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    It's 100% so that Miles would be Miles Davis if he took his dad's last name

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    David_TDavid_T A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    A buddy of mine who's playing this now just asked a question I'm stuck on
    What's up with naming a black character Jefferson Davis?
    Is that ever commented on in the comics? Is it an empowerment thing, taking the name away from the president of a racist slaver nation?

    I don't think so, I think the story outside the comics was that Brian Bendis named him after a friend of his and not, you know, the other Jefferson Davis, but I don't think it was ever made an issue in the comics.

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    What the fuck is the weird augmented reality game show mission

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    KaplarKaplar On Google MapsRegistered User regular
    What the fuck is the weird augmented reality game show mission

    Subscribe to my vlog to find out.

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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    What the fuck is the weird augmented reality game show mission

    It is a pull from the comics that I didn't expect!

    Also, fun fact
    If you scan the QR codes in real life, it redirects to Insomniac's site

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    I guess NG+ isn't coming out today

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    I finally completed all the districts

    Or precincts, maybe, because this Spider-Man is a goddamned cop

    Cop fan boy aside, this is the best Peter Parker Spider-Man I've ever seen, sorry Tom Holland, you're a close second

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    JayrichoJayricho Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    I think you mean he’s a...
    Spider-Cop

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    The annoying thing is, they could have written the cop bit better.

    Oh, I've hacked into the police network. Oh it has boosted my receiving system to my own network and can now see my old bag signals.

    Saying he can get into all the networks nearby is weird, unnecessary and too surveillance statey.

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    SnicketysnickSnicketysnick The Greatest Hype Man in WesterosRegistered User regular
    The scanners thing is exactly how I was reading it as well. An improved comm system that integrates data from alarms and traffic cams etc. Not HACK ALL THE THINGS including all civilian phones and whatever. It never comes up so it's easy to just treat it as that and not act like Spider-Man has a badge now despite a bunch of evidence to the contrary.

    But I'm not american so it's nothing close to as sensitive an issue re Cops. (it's there, sure but still).

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    KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    I finally completed all the districts

    Cop fan boy aside, this is the best Peter Parker Spider-Man I've ever seen, sorry Tom Holland, you're a close second

    Yeah, the performance is so fucking good.

    Ending spoilers:
    "I don't know what to do!"

    That broke me.

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    JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    A buddy of mine who's playing this now just asked a question I'm stuck on
    What's up with naming a black character Jefferson Davis?
    Is that ever commented on in the comics? Is it an empowerment thing, taking the name away from the president of a racist slaver nation?
    Maddoc wrote: »
    It's 100% so that Miles would be Miles Davis if he took his dad's last name

    There's a YA novel (that I don't think is set in any particular continuity) by Jason Reynolds that I believe actually addresses both of these issues

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Well don't keep me in suspense here

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    JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Oh I don't remember if there's any specific commentary, I just know they bring it up

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    klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    I'd call him that to give him a ready-made personality; he'd have no sense of humour anymore because everyone would ask him what the deal was with his name, and he's sick to death of it.

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    Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
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    NytewarriorNytewarrior Registered User regular
    Welp, I know what I'm doing tonight.

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    klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Question: can I take my tricked out Spider-Man into Ultimate NG+ and go for both trophies at once?

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    Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    klemming wrote: »
    Question: can I take my tricked out Spider-Man into Ultimate NG+ and go for both trophies at once?

    Someone on twitter says that they confirmed that you can do this, but I do not have a direct citation/source

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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    I'm hung up on a stupid bullshit reason to not immediately start NG+
    I wanna do like, a "canon" run for costumes

    So I'll do one costume at the beginning, and then another one when the switch happens in game, and that'll be it

    The problem is, I don't know which costume to start with

    I think the "advanced" suit for me is going to be the Last Stand suit, and so part of me is into the idea of going with Homecoming's homemade suit, so that it's an upgrade from one clothing based thing to another

    But I'm hung up on indecision

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    The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited October 2018
    Goose! wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
    Question: can I take my tricked out Spider-Man into Ultimate NG+ and go for both trophies at once?

    Someone on twitter says that they confirmed that you can do this, but I do not have a direct citation/source

    you can do this

    also it changes you costume as soon as you swing out the window during the first cutscene

    I suggest saving as comic or undy spiderman

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    CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    They smartly create NG+ in a new save slot so it doesn’t erase your original file, which I’ll likely use to do the DLC stuff.

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    klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Goose! wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
    Question: can I take my tricked out Spider-Man into Ultimate NG+ and go for both trophies at once?

    Someone on twitter says that they confirmed that you can do this, but I do not have a direct citation/source

    you can do this

    also it changes you costume as soon as you swing out the window during the first cutscene

    I suggest saving as comic or undy spiderman

    I did that.
    Also it skips little things like giving you a new suit, so you'll get people complementing your new look (which for me at the time was a skeleton man with a burning skull).

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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    It feels really good to be playing through this again

    I can't wait for the DLC

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    Desert LeviathanDesert Leviathan Registered User regular
    So if I do the NG+, are the tokens from all the side missions reset? Like, instead of bashing my head against all these Gold challenges, can I just grab as many Bronzes and Silvers as I can on two runs and still get enough to unlock all my gear?

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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    So if I do the NG+, are the tokens from all the side missions reset? Like, instead of bashing my head against all these Gold challenges, can I just grab as many Bronzes and Silvers as I can on two runs and still get enough to unlock all my gear?

    It seems that way!

    At least, the game is telling me I'm getting tokens from stuff, though I guess I haven't actually checked

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    klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Yeah, you can do everything again, but any tokens you have are carried over, along with suits, powers, skills and gadgets.

    DLC is out tomorrow according to the game, which I'd be happier about if I didn't have today off work.

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2018
    My NG+ run is slower than my first run, because I know where the story is headed with certain characters and it makes me sad

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    PhillisherePhillishere Registered User regular
    My NG+ run is slower than my first run, because I know where the story is headed worth certain characters and it makes me sad
    I love how the game never really tips its hand when it comes to whether Otto was ever genuine, while leaving a ton of evidence that he was up to something sinister long before Peter figures it out.

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    klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    I've been skipping every cutscene where Sable blame Spider-Man for their own gross incompetence.
    It's turning the game into a speedrun.

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    the sable stuff was the weakest part of the writing, imo

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    Butler For Life #1Butler For Life #1 Twinning is WinningRegistered User regular
    Yeah I thought the Sable stuff was the weakest link
    I did not buy her sudden shift from "it's cool to have my mercenaries stage a fascist takeover of the city!" To "oh no I feel bad, I must go back to my home country".

    Kinda felt like they just needed to get her out of the way so they could wrap the game up.

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    The whole sable's mercs thing was definitely a shitty dodge from addressing actual fascism in American police

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    sable:
    yeah the main thing is that they don't even really do anything with her

    she shows up, is kind of a jerk in a really dumb way, and then just....leaves?

    otherwise I thought the writing was generally really good

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    PhillisherePhillishere Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    sable:
    yeah the main thing is that they don't even really do anything with her

    she shows up, is kind of a jerk in a really dumb way, and then just....leaves?

    otherwise I thought the writing was generally really good

    Isn't there a Sable DLC planned?

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    I don't know

    it would make sense though, this kind of thing is like, a classic method for foreshadowing in comics too, which is kind of funny

    reminds me of something Peter David might do

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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Some of those Sable mercs take way too many hits to bring down.

    I'm at the point where most of my upgrades need challenge tokens and I've bronzed all of the challenges and got silver on like... 2?

    This is going to be tough.

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