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Here we are, one day before the dreaded "The Marvels" is set to bomb in the movie theater amidst all of the controversies of multiple failed TV series, and only a couple hit movies since Endgame (No Way Home, GOTG3). Not to mention the reshoots, strikes, and overall uncertainty. Suffice it to say, these past few years of pandering have brought my faith in the MCU to an all time low.

Until now.

Loki is pretty much the only thing that has me hanging on to the franchise, and I'm sure I'm not the only person in that boat. This episode of television has opened the door Marvel (Loki) to wipe the slate clean and start over. With Loki as the new "He Who Remains" and "God of Stories" he can pull any character from any universe (dead or alive) together and I believe marvel will use this as their way of bringing Sony, Fox, and Disney characters onto the same screen.

Anyways, thats big picture. Pertaining to the series, I thought that this was a wonderful ending. Loki's new "HWR" suit looks badass and he finally gets his throne! Mobius gets a taste of the real life, and Sylvie (who was unbearable until the last episode, I must say) can now be content that all of the branched timelines are back to life. I also really liked Jonathan Majors' performance as his more primal form. If his variants are like him, I believe that he will make a formidable enemy, or enemies. After extended conversation with Loki and himself, it is clear to me that there was merit to his reason despite Sylvie's hatred. I hope Marvel sticks it out with him, but if they decide to recast him, I think they can still make it cool. They can pretty much cast anyone because they will all be variants. Matter of a fact, I think it would be awesome if all of Kang's variants were played by different actors.

In conclusion, this episode completed the fruition of Loki's character development in the best way possible and in my opinion, opens the door to some sunshine into what has been a gloomy, dark, and boring 4 years since Endgame.

I have no complaints about the mechanics or story. Action and swinging are very smooth and I love the new symbiote combat moves. On top of that, the story was fantastic. However, when I saw I had 25% of the game completed after my first sitting, I knew that all of these great aspects were going to be short lived.

It has been 5 years since the first game released, and 3 since the "hold-over" Miles Morales game. Suffice it to say, I was able to platinum this game in just 27 hours. For clarification, that means that not only the main story was completed, but every side quest and challenge along with it. I did not skip any cutscenes. Heck, I only even fast traveled a couple times. This is a $70 AAA game.

For comparison, I have not yet achieved platinum on Spider-Man 1, but I have 34 hours logged and only half of the badges (story completed). This game was much shorter in length and had two Spider-Men compared to the first game, where miles morales was an NPC for all but 10 minutes. God of War Ragnarok, another flagship SIE game, takes around 60 hours to platinum and around 40 for the main story alone. The predecessor God of War 4, takes about 26 hours just for the main story.

In conclusion, I was just looking to see more. They intentionally left us hanging with a couple loose ends so they can sell us DLC in the future. I think these should have been integrated as side quests in this game. It is just a shame to see that this game was 5 years in the making and SIE couldn't even put out 30 hours of gameplay. As a lifelong fan of Spider-Man and someone who bought a PS4 just to play the first game, this is kind of a let down. Again, the action and story are wonderful, but I personally don't feel like I got my $70 worth.

Have to automatically give this a 10 solely because of the majestic performance put on by Jeff and Lester in the heat of the moment.