Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Brought Back One Character For No Reason But To Die
brought back an enduringly popular figure from the previous games in the series, but it did so only to almost immediately kill him off in one of the most unbearably emotional scenes in the entire game. weaves a dramatic narrative with numerous characters, and though this tug at the heartstrings of long-time fans of the series is quite cheap, it is devastatingly effective. Ultimately, brought back one character for no reason but to die — their death is not narratively important, nor does their death present a lingering point of conflict.
[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.]
Introduced to players as a minor figure in the first game in the series,, the pigeon caretaker, John Howard quickly became a fan-favorite character in Insomniac's series of video games. This lovable recurring character often appeared around New York in side missions, tasking Spider-Man with finding (and returning) his missing pigeons, or asking him to protect them from threats. Though harmless, incredibly kind, and near-universally beloved, Howard, in his only notable appearance in the game, is unceremoniously killed off-screen in one of, what is undeniably, one of the saddest and most shocking deaths in .
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Early in, Spider-Man will receive an FNSM App Request directing him to Howard. Situated in the southwest corner of the Financial District, Howard can be found sitting at a dock, blissfully watching the coming and going ferries with his prized flock of pigeons. Claiming that his birds are feeling cooped up, Howard wants Spider-Man to take them on an adventure for him, requesting that Spider-Man accompany his pigeons to their new
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