Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Devs Confirm Miles Will be the Main Spider-Man Going Forward
NOTE: There are major spoilers ahead for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Insomniac Games has been pretty bold with the narrative choices it has made in its Spider-Man games so far, and the developer kept that going with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. The sequel, which launched last month, ends with Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, essentially retiring and his former mentor and now-crime fighting partner Miles Morales graduating to the role of New York’s only Spider-Man.
And as that ending suggests, Miles is going to be the “main” Spider-Man in the Insomniac series going forward, as confirmed by advanced writer Brittney Morris and narrative director Ben Arfmann in a recent interview with Gizmodo.
When asked if ending the game with Peter hanging up his mask and Miles becoming the main Spider-Man was something Insomniac had always planned, Morris said, “It always felt very natural, and I think we all collectively thought it would happen. To me, it shows a great deal of evolution from Miles; at the beginning of the game, we see him struggling to figure out what he wants to do with his life. By the end, we had Miles carrying the burden of saving the city, and also carrying Pete when Pete wasn’t strong enough to carry himself at various points.”
Arfmann added that it was decided “pretty early” in development that Miles would end up taking the reigns from Peter.
“The idea of a two Spider-Man story was always really essential to this game. I think pretty early on, we knew that we wanted to have that moment of handing the reins over,” he said. “And as we developed it, as we started to lay down more track leading up to that moment, it just felt more and more right.
“I think it was Jon [Paquette, narrative director] who wrote that scene in
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