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What is a symbiote? It is defined as a close relationship between two different species. Sometimes this is mutual, granting benefits to both, commensalism offering the benefit to one without the harm of the other. But some... are parasitic, infecting the host and feeding off its organs, twisting and distorting them to the detriment of the host, even to death. These are all characteristics of a symbiote, but one venomous character has become synonymous with the symbiote. A character so popular on the back of its host that it can’t help but infect the media of its opposition, at times to its benefit and at others, not so much. But let’s leave that idea to fester while we focus on another. The concept of Being Underrated.

When something is referred to as Underrated, it is done as a means of explaining that the general public does not appreciate or value a product properly. If something is deemed Overrated, then one believes that public opinion levies too much praise to a product. As I have made that very statement, I can bet that you have had at least one video game come to mind. I know I did, Arkham Origins. Originally the black sheep of the franchise, it has in recent years been hailed from the rooftops as being an underrated gem that didn’t get its deserved praise because it had to fill the collosal boots of Arkham City. But at what point is an underrated gem, no longer underrated? If the general public believes that a product is underrated, is it still overrated? This is a question that applies to today's subject, Spider-Man Web of Shadows. A game so underrated that I believe it has entered a new sphere.

But let me pose a question first, what does one do, when their favourite product is underrated? Simply, convince others of its true value. But in attempts to do so, some have fallen victim to embellishing a product with hopes of selling it to their audience, leading the product itself to become distorted, at the detriment of itself. I’m guilty of this myself. I was so convinced that the public was wrong about Assassin’s Creed Unity that I was blind to the game's flaws. In discussions online I’ve seen many, including myself, praise Web of Shadows as one of the most underrated and even one of the best Spider-Man games of our time. I don’t believe these takes are wrong. Web of Shadows has some excellent mechanics and systems with some setpieces being etched into my mind, but perhaps we are elevating this game so high that it is becoming Overrated. An overrated product breeds disappointment, which in itself perpetuates the overrated label until the poles shift again and the game is back to being underrated, which will bring lower, and eventually exceeded expectations. These labels are ones that feed off of games like Web of Shadows that have highs the likes of everest but the lows of the dirt, so let’s take a look at what is supposedly one of the most underrated Spider-Man games, and see if it truly is underrated and how a parasite of its own has festered and corrupted it from within.

#spiderman #webofshadows #review

Spider-Man Web of Shadows. Of referred to as the most underrated Spider-Man game. Is Web of Shadows REALLY Underrated? That is what I intend to answer in this Spider-Man Web of Shadows Critique, Spider-Man Web of Shadows Analysis, and Spider-Man Web of Shadows Review. Web of Shadows 14 Years Later holds up well and this Web of Shadows review, Web of Shadows Critique, Web of Shadows Analysis, and Web of Shadows Retrospective will discuss how. This Spider-Man Web of Shadows Retrospective will look at others who have called Spider-Man Web of Shadows Underrated while analysing the Spider-Man Web of Shadows Gameplay. Web of Shadows is hopefully the first in a long line of Spider-Man reviews on this channel.