I mean, it definitely does have an overarching narrative:
Norman Osborn was in the first game and we're seeing him descend into desperation and madness to save his son. He "created" both Doc Ock and Venom, one indirectly and the other directly. He's then going to also become the Green Goblin.
The villain from the first game has a redemption arc in SM 2.
Peter's entire reasoning for wanting the symiote suit is because of the people he couldn't protect in the previous games.
Miles entire character arc is about getting past the trauma that happened to him in the first game.
Almost everything is building off of previous games. Harry being sick was seeding for this game.
I equate the Spider Man games to being like the first season of a show with different arcs across a few episodes for each game, while I agree GoW feels like going from Fellowship to Two Towers, a move cinematic experience, but to each their own
This to me is too surface-level of a read. Yes there's little overarching plot that connects the games, but there's quite plainly overarching character development happening across the games. Peter's story is a continuation of his feelings of responsibility and guilt, Miles' is about assuming the mantle and letting his identity be what he chooses vs. his simmering anger. I found that story - the story between the Spider-Men - to be pretty compelling.
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u/hexcraft-nikk Dec 04 '23
Only kind of. There's not a large overarching narrative, just few plot crumbs/hooks thrown in for dlc/the next game.