Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Is The Buggiest 2023 Game With MetaCritic’s ‘Universal Acclaim’

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A few days after release, it has emerged that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has some serious bugs and issues.

The official Reddit for the game’s bugs list these as major issues:

Over on Twitter, ACG AKA Jeremy Penter made this observation about the growing reports of bugs:

“I feel very comfortable now saying the Spiderman 2 day 0 patch, Elden Ring day 0, and the Hunter Simulator day 0 are all part of a particular very small set that have induced more bugs or perf issues in their games. I have brought this up many times on the podcast that it CAN happen but is rare.

However, this is 100% for sure a thing with Spiderman 2. Been testing it all night.”

And then, user dark1x, AKA John Linneman of Digital Foundry, supported Jeremy’s assertion:

“Yep. I played a bunch today and had multiple bugs that never occurred during the review period.

Menu stopped pausing the game

No Menu SFX

Suit FX getting stuck

Asset loading hiccups

Missing rain sound (restarted – fixed)

Very unusual but, like you say, it has happened before.”

While it does seem that these issues did not affect most player’s experience of the game, there needs to be a conversation about these issues.  And no, this isn’t about console wars.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 received a 91 MetaCritic score from 150 critic reviews. That gives it the distinction of receiving universal acclaim from said reviewers. However, these review scores are not based on the version of the game that some players received, and that’s a problem.

Remember, MetaCritic is more than some award or medal that the industry gets to brag about. Game developers can lose their jobs or see their bonuses and pay cut if their project does not get the MetaCritic their employer is aiming for.

This is not a fair system, at