Spider-Man vs Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Which Should You Buy?
Replayability
Once the final boss has been beaten and our protagonists look over the world… or city they’ve just saved with a proud look on their faces, there’s often one question looming in players’ minds: What else is there left to do now?
Replayability is a big deal for many players when it comes to video games now, especially when they’re coming in at $60 a pop. Fortunately, both Spider-Man and Shadow of the Tomb Raider have a fair amount of replayability, dependent on how much you did as you were playing through the game.
First and foremost, both games have a number of side activities that you can completely ignore as you push through the main story. Spider-Man’s Black Cat challenges, Taskmaster challenges, Research Stations, collectible backpacks, bases, street crimes and much, much more means that you can put upwards of 30 hours into the game and still have bits to see and do.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider, on the other hand, has all of this in the form of its crypts and challenge tombs that you can find and complete as you’re exploring the game’s lush environments on your quest to save the world and stop Trinity’s plans.
There isn’t quite as side content to complete in Shadow of the Tomb Raider as there is in Spider-Man, and a lot of it can feel like generic fetch quests or heading to a marker and little more. However, if you loved the main story as a whole and want more of it, Shadow of the Tomb Raider has a slight edge on Spider-Man in that it currently has a New Game Plus mode. Though, it’s worth noting Spider-Man is also getting a New Game Plus mode at some point, but no date has been confirmed as of yet.
Winner: Shadow of the Tomb Raider
