Recently finished Spider-man 2 and I had a blast
I got the platinum recently since it arrived on PS Plus and I really enjoyed the game. I don't get where the hate came from.
When it comes to the open world, I found completing everything more fun and less repetitive/grindy to 100% compared to the other games. The side plot with the flame and wraith was pretty interesting. I completed the game fairly quickly but that's not a bad thing at all it's better to have a focused meaningful experience.
The fast swinging and wingsuiting was super fun and the abilities were pretty satisfying to use. It would be difficult going back to the slower pace of the older games.
I think the narrative and story with both Kraven and Venom worked really well. Some of the dialogue was iffy but I think it was still far better than in Miles Morales. Even the MJ missions this time felt less cumbersome than in the first game though she had even more plot armour this time lol.
It's a shame there are no DLCs because they could've been super cool. I guess Carnage will come into play in the next game. Also the game was fairly easy it would've been nice to see some harder difficulty options.