E3 2018: Everything We Learned From Sony's Spider-Man Demo

7. Combat Looks More Arkham-Like By The Day

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Though WB Games disappointed everyone by failing to include either Batman: Arkham or Superman in their E3 showing, the series' legacy lives on. Monolith's Lord of the Rings games (also under the Warner Bros. umbrella) sport a similar free-flow system to the one pioneered in Arkham Asylum, and now Insomniac's Spider-Man looks to be doing the same.

Dozens of thugs or villains can appear on the screen at any one time, and Spidey has to outmanoeuvre them all in a very free-flow-like way. Punches and kicks are mapped to the square button, Spidey can dodge much the same way Bats does and he even has his own selection of gadgets to quick-fire in combat too.

This isn't to say that the game isn't original - it very much is - but Arkham's influence is more than apparent. It looks to be a positive one too, with each punch, kick and grapple looking as though it genuinely connects.

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