The new arcade claw milestone is a little underwhelming. It functions more like a hookshot than a grappling hook. You can’t really maneuver yourself in the air much, by the time you try to move you’re already at the hook’s destination. It doesn’t really have the momentum that would make an item like this “fun”.
I’d say the biggest problem with it is that it pulls you in much too quickly. If it pulled in more slowly, that would allow you to have more air maneuverability. Think less Zelda Hookshot and more like Spider-Man’s web shooters. Then you can swing around, or even swing across gaps. Y’know, like a grappling hook.
Maybe there could be different “modes” for the claw? The current “zip” one, a slower “swing” mode, and a version that doesn’t really pull you in at all, a “dangle” mode.