Over the past five years, Sony has published a lot of amazing and groundbreaking games exclusive to PlayStation. Insomniac’s “Marvel’s Spider-Man” is no exception.

“Spider-Man” starts players off eight years into the superhero’s career. That said, the game makes players feel as if they did not miss a thing, because it does a good job recapping Spider-Man’s past.

The game pits players against Spider-Man’s greatest foes including Electro and Vulture. The game has a “Batman Arkham” vibe to it, as the fighting and combos feel almost as smooth and fun to perform as it does to play Batman in his own game series.

The main missions in the game are super entertaining and truly make players feel like they are Spider-Man saving the city from crime. Parts of the missions can be tedious, such as the puzzles at Oscorp or the matching puzzles throughout the game, but the game does let you skip these puzzles after a few minutes if you do not want to play them.

The side missions range from fun to boring. Fighting and swinging at criminals is fun to do and never gets old, but collecting backpacks, solving puzzles and taking pictures do, despite the fact that these side missions don’t take very long.

The game shows an almost exact representation of New York—where Spider-Man lives—where iconic buildings like the Empire State Building look extremely realistic. This game also nods to other Marvel properties that are based in New York, such as the Avengers’ tower, Daredevil’s gym and Jessica Jones’ Alias Investigations.

Players can use skill points to buy skills that make it easier for Spider-Man to fight his foes. The game also lets players unlock a variety of suits that Spider-Man can wear and swap at any time.

The boss fights are not anything to write home about. They have amazing set pieces and look graphically amazing, but most of them boil down to doing the same moves, which isn’t the most interesting formula for a game—especially when comparing it to the “Batman Arkham” boss fights.

The game also lets you play as Mary Jane on stealth missions, and if you get caught the mission fails. The missions start off boring and they slow the game down; however, further into the game the missions speed up. This comes as a welcomed change and offers a different perspective to the game’s events.

Overall, the game looks breathtaking, has smooth and responsive gameplay and the life inside the game feels like a regular New York day. All of these attributes make “Spider-Man” both a great take on the Spider-Man universe and probably the best Spider-Man game to be released thus far.