Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist Reviews
As the first piece of DLC for Marvel's Spider-Man, The Heist offers a few exciting story missions and some very cool extras.
Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist is a solid start to this post-launch content, yet I still would have liked to see more of a focus between the two characters.
More of the same, but it offers the same fun and smooth playing style with more light on Black Cat.
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More than anything, The Heist leaves you begging for more, and I guess that's what the idea was. It's just enough more Spider-Man to get you back into the swing of things, but it leaves you hanging with an abrupt ending and minimal new side content. But at only $10, it's worth it to get back into Insomniac's lovingly created New York.
Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist didn't bring any new abilities or gadgets and ends in a few hours after the beginning at the most interesting moment. Nevertheless, fans of the original story will be happy to spend some more time in the company of Peter Parker and his friends, so if you liked the base game, you can buy this add-on.
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The Heist It's a disappointing DLC for a superb game. While people might be interested in Black Cat character, at the end they would probably gonna feel that $10 dollars for this are not worth it.
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What stands out about Spider-Man: The Heist isn't the content, though there are a fairly substantial amount of cutscenes, but how little it adds. Even if some things are different or new, they don't much value. Costumes don't add new powers, nor do abilities change, so the main motivator is story, followed by trophies. Combine this with there just being a hint of an upcoming confrontation with a major villain and it's the type of experience that might lead to greater things but isn't great itself. So, unless you're dying to play more, I strongly suggest waiting to see where this adventure goes.
The narrative surrounding Black Cat and Spider-Man is interesting and engaging, but the side stuff is recycled and disappointingly thin.
The Heist is a DLC that seems incomplete. The story is interesting, but it ends up a bit too soon and therefore without any conclusion. We know there are two others DLCs on the way, but there is a feeling that an arc of the plot hasn't been finalized. In addition, the main missions and side activities are quite similar to the base game, presenting little or no novelty in the gameplay. It's worth it because it's more Spider-Man, but do not expect something really interesting.
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Still an enjoyable experience, but a lack of new content is really dissapointig.
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While The Heist has a strong story—or at least the start of one—it doesn't fill out the world or give Peter any additional gameplay growth. Mary Jane gets another boring stealth segment. There's a single requisite set of collectibles. Added suits give visual flair only. Embracing Peter's human side as he swings through the city was always a strong point of Marvel's Spider-Man, but I had hoped the DLC episodes would begin to improve on some of the weaknesses in the main game. Instead, The Heist makes them more apparent than ever. Perhaps the complete The City That Never Sleeps arc should have been released as single robust expansion, rather than three piecemeal episodes that are just giving us more Spidey at a trickle.
The game equivalent of a fortune cookie after a filling meal, The Heist is simply more of the same in a bite-sized package. There are few new ideas here, and a weak ending and overly short experience should make fans wary.
This first DLC does not bring with it anything new, and is aimed at those who are looking for an excuse to return to the game in the form of an interesting story, but for those looking for something substantial this isn't it.
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If you've platinumed the game and crave a few more hours of gameplay, The Heist does the job just fine. Just don't expect a wildly stimulating plot or any radical new additions. It's more of the same, and for some, that's okay.
Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist DLC is more of the same.
All in all, The Heist is DLC at its best. It brings an excellent character into the foreground, complements the base experience just enough, and doubles down on why Marvel’s Spider-Man was such a great game to begin with.
As such we'll only give it a review score once all three DLC episodes, referred to in their entirety as The City The Never Sleeps, are out. The Heist is by no means essential but it marks a decent start to what could be another intriguing Spider-Man story. However, it's already clear that these post-launch adventures will only extend, not enhance, your overall experience with the original game.
As a continuation of Marvel's Spider-Man for PlayStation 4, The Heist is okay.
Perhaps all three acts together will be a complete package worth a purchase, but this just feels like more of the same, except rushed out to meet an audience and lacking the unerring attention to detail that made the main campaign so special. Whilst Black Cat herself is pretty excellent, the story around her isn't one that is gripping, at least, not yet.