The real hero of Spider-Man: Miles Morales was Phin.

Phin was the only character with any real sense of weight and action. She demonstrated flaws, acted in accordance with her beliefs, and thought about nothing other than doing what she ultimately wanted. Much like any true villain worth their salt, her goals were noble, but her actions were not. She was human. Though it took a while for Phin to come into her own, she ultimately shone so brightly (figuratively and literally) that she overshadowed Miles in his own game.

By now, I expect most of you would have played Spider-Man: Miles Morales, so I don't have to repeat the storyline, mostly because I was kind of over it by the time I restarted playing the game just a week ago. I completed about 50% of the game in a grand total of 3 sittings. Which, for a side game, is honestly pretty good. We need shorter, more complete games. Though I like Miles as a character, I was far more invested in Phin.

The game makes a lot of strange decisions' when it comes to the narrative, and while I won't pick apart the game, one of the things that upset me was simply that EVERYBODY knows who Miles Morales is. His mother, friends, the entire staff at the FEAST Homeless shelter, random people on the street, and his enemies. Our two podcasters are probably the only (unnamed) people who don't know that Spider-Man is Miles Morales. One of whom tries to get a date with Miles Morales when he is speaking to them as Spider-Man.

There were a couple of very odd quirks in the story that, ultimately, I don't particularly care to evaluate. I was interested in seeing how this would ultimately play out, and I think Insomniac did a really good job with Spider-Man in this run.

Will I be playing Spider-Man 2? Probably not. As simply as I can say, the game feels like there is so much potential, and I have no doubt that the writing and gameplay will only improve as the sequels continue. However, as I noted in my original Peter Parker's Spider-Man review, by the time I got through the DLC, I was exhausted. Despite doing most of the side quests in the game (going up to 90% completition) Miles Morales' Spider-Man often suffers from the same problems. As the game came to a close, it became tedious to complete, and I found myself, in both cases, just doing my best to get it done so that I could move on to something else.