The next major PlayStation 4 exclusive is a thrilling 'Spider-Man' game that lets you web sling around New York City — take a look by Ben Gilbert on Sep 5, 2018, 12:19 PM Good news, PlayStation 4 owners — there's a gorgeous new game from Sony that's only available on your platform of choice. Better yet: It stars your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! 
In "Spider-Man," Sony has a gorgeous, charming, thrilling new game. I've been playing the new game for the past week, and have near-universally positive things to say about it. Whether you like "Spider-Man" (the character) or not, there's something for everyone in the new "Spider-Man" game. Check it out: SEE ALSO: We just got our first real look at 'Cyberpunk 2077' — here are 31 things we learned about the futuristic video game people can't stop buzzing about "Spider-Man" is set in a stunning re-creation of New York City's borough of Manhattan.  The version of Manhattan that "Spider-Man" lives in is almost as beautiful as the real thing. It's not quite as large, or as detailed, but it's got all the familiar landmarks you'd expect to see: Union Square, Central Park, and much more. As a NYC resident, I found it shockingly easy to navigate the Manhattan of "Spider-man" without using the in-game map — while it's not a perfect re-creation of America's best city (I'm admittedly biased), it's a damn good one. That it's possible to navigate solely based on my knowledge of the actual Manhattan is incredibly impressive, and a testament to the level of detail in "Spider-Man."
The biggest difference in Spider-Man's Manhattan is that the police are seemingly incapable of stopping near-constant terrorism.  In Spider-Man's Manhattan, heavily armed militias are a shockingly normal thing to see. That's largely due to the presence of supervillains like Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk (among others, who I won't spoil here). We're talking about a superhero game here, so it's no huge surprise that the city is rife with bad guys to beat up as Spider-Man. That's the whole game — beating up bad dudes and slingin' webs! That said, it's a little disconcerting that the police are so dependent on Spidey.
It's insanely fun to just swing around Manhattan.  It's hard to overstate how much fun basic movement is in "Spider-Man." After over 20 hours with the game across the past week, I've yet to tire of high-velocity traversal. If you've seen any of the "Spider-Man" movies, you're already familiar with how swinging around Manhattan works — it's nearly identical in the PS4 game, but you're in control. Spidey can run up buildings, dart forward through the air, and — of course — shoot lengthy lines of web that he can swing from. Manhattan feels like a giant playground that Spider-Man gets to play in. Since he's Spider-Man, there's no negative impact from falling hundreds of feet to the ground, or from smashing into a building at full speed while swinging. In every possible instance, Spider-Man turns impediments into opportunities for more fluid movement.
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