“The Nerdies” are the end-of-year awards from Nerds on Earth. They are only awarded to the most excellent of things, and are selected by Nerds on Earth writers and editors, with input from readers via our social media.
Our category today is “Best Video Game,” which really needs no further introduction. This year’s slate was great, but we narrowed it down to four before opening the vote to determine the winner of 2018’s Best Video Game.
2018 Nerdie Award for Best Video Game
Spider-Man
Spider-Man on PS4 hearkens back to the (possibly former) best Spider-Man game of all time—Spider-Man 2, but it’s not fair to only compare it to that game. Web swinging feels right and allows you to feel like everyone’s favorite wall-crawler as you *thwip* through the vibrant streets of New York.
The story is engaging and is the best Spider-Man movie that’s not a movie. You are pulled into a world that has real stakes as you see a different side of a Spidey who isn’t just learning his powers but fully gets who he is but is still learning to live in an ever changing world.
For those reasons and more, the winner of the 2018 Nerdie Award for Best Video Game goes to Spider-Man. – Josh