Fast travel in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is so incredible, an Insomniac dev had to set the record straight for confused fans
An Insomniac Games developer has chimed in on recent internet chatter to confirm that there aren’t any hidden load times when fast traveling in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
One recent clip that went viral on Twitter - see below - shows off the near-instant fast travel feature available in the superhero sequel. “The fact that you can travel to any location, even the opposite corner of the map, with zero loading is absolutely mind-boggling,” the clip’s poster said. But a small icon that pops up left some wondering if there were any hidden load times during fast travel.
Another look at Spider-Man 2's insane fast-travel system.The fact that you can travel to any location, even the opposite corner of the map, with ZERO loading is absolutely mind-boggling.Definitely the most seamless fast-travel system I've seen.pic.twitter.com/StOVtFgFklOctober 16, 2023
“Could you please patch the ability to either reduce or remove the pseudo-loading animation when using fast travel?” one fan asked on ResetEra. Another responded with “Who cares? 3 to 5 second loads are amazing.” Hear hear - three-second loads are genuinely impressive, but that’s apparently not what’s happening in Spider-Man 2.
Insomniac’s director of core technologies, Mike Fitzgerald, jumped onto the thread to say “That’s a hold-to-confirm button,” not a hidden loading bar. “If anyone wants to check,” he continued, “they can look at how late it’s possible to cancel it out when they’re playing.”
Fitzgerald continues: “Last month I brought up whether we should remove the hold-to-confirm, mostly to address that accusation we were seeing. But it was correctly pointed out to me that having a confirmation window was important for player usability, which at the end of the day is far
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