Marvel's Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps: DLC Done Right
8,889Marvel’s Spider-Man for the Playstation 4 is one of the best games on the console. It had fluid traversal, addictive combat and stealth, a story that had passion, and most of all, it was all executed expertly. While I did have a fair number of criticisms towards this game I was still excited to revisit the three DLC expansions released for this game that were all tied under the City That Never Sleeps saga. I went through the same motions I did when the base game released in that whenever a new DLC was coming up, I would completely clear my schedule for a day and enjoy myself, essentially ghosting everyone until I 100% completed the expansion. I remember the expansions quite fondly and I believe that they still hold up to the day, barring a few instances.
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DLC, or downloadable content can be a tough subject to tackle. Some argue that expansions should be in the game from the start and that DLC’s feel like cut content that is being drip fed to you for a price that is never comparable to the original game’s price. I only feel that on occasions in which the DLC is extremely short or if data miners find the finished portions of the DLC within the base game. So things like paying $5 for Goro in Mortal Kombat 10 did not sit entirely well with me. Some expansions that did sit well with me were InFAMOUS First Light and the Batman Arkham Knight Expansion.
I liked the story presented here a lot as it expanded upon the unfinished arcs of the base game and did it so well that I argue this DLC is essential to experiencing the entire Spider-Man PS4 storyline. Black Cat was a character that I really wanted more of in the base game and having her play a role in this story was really good and I appreciate the plotline with her Son, as it made me look at Peter and Miles' relationship from a different angle. I was trying to imagine what it would be if Peter did have a kid and he continues to explain how he isn’t ready and how he doesn’t think he would even be a good dad.
Hammerhead was fine. He was just a basic villain who wanted power and money. He doesn’t stack up well against the villains from the base game though because his motivation is purely power. Doc Ock was destroying the city for revenge, The vulture was helping so he could find a cure for cancer. On top of that there were just other villains I would not have minded seeing, like you know who we need? The Spot. For real though I thought Hammerhead was just whatever and that’s fine because the real stars here were the supporting characters.
The funny thing is though, it is kind of where this DLC falls short for me. My own definition of what a good DLC is, is that it is not mandatory to get the full experience from the game. The issue is that this DLC is so well done in my eyes and that it’s story does so much to wrap up the plotlines of the base game and set up plot lines for the next entry, Miles Morales that I’d argue this DLC is mandatory to get the full experience.
The City That Never Sleeps: DLC Done Right Chapters
Intro: 0:00
Gameplay: 4:06
Boss Fights: 9:09
Crimes & Sidequests: 11:41
Story Summary: 15:46
Story & Character Thoughts: 19:44
Conclusion: 24:47
Post Script: 25:20
Video made by That Boy Aqua. If you have not played marvels spiderman or even heard of spiderman ps4, then do not watch this review. You should play the games if possible and if not then at least watch my marvels spiderman review. In my spiderman ps4 review I specifically talk about everything in the game and a good majority of the video acts as a marvels spiderman remastered review since that's where my footage came from. In my marvels spiderman critique and my marvels spiderman analysis I aluded to a potential the city that never sleeps review and in this the city that never sleeps critique I tell you why I believe that it is DLC done right. While this marvels spiderman dlc review covers the season pass, it does not discuss the possible marvels spiderman 2, it is strictly a spiderman ps4 dlc review and instead of acting like a spiderman turf war review, spiderman the heist review, and a spiderman silver lining review, it is a review of all three of the DLC's as an entire package. Again, most of the context behind this video lies within the that boy aqua spiderman review. I enjoyed this DLC a lot and I hope that we get some sort of miles morales dlc soon.
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