Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Player Finds Hilarious Glitch During Intense Story Moment

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A player has found an amusing glitch during one of the game's more serious story moments. While Insomniac's games have not been afraid to shy away from more serious topics and intense moments with the fates of major characters, was significantly darker than its predecessor due to its take on Kraven's Last Hunt and the arrival of Venom.

In a video uploaded to Reddit, BagOfSmallerBags demonstrates one of the game's glitches, which sees Peter Parker's Spider-Man — in the Spider-Punk suit — bouncing on a stream of lava.

BagOfSmallerBags claims that they put their controller down during a cutscene, and as gameplay resumed, they found the entertaining glitch.

The "" glitch occurred during one of more intense story moments, as Peter and a symbiote-powered Harry Osborn — who resembles Agent Venom from the comics at this time — try to break a reformed supervillain, Tombstone out of one of Kraven's lairs. Throughout the game, Kraven has been hunting several superpowered individuals, seeking a "" as part of his "", resulting in the shocking deaths of many of Spider-Man's classic rogues gallery.

After kidnapping him at Coney Island, Kraven's hunters lock Tombstone up in a Steel Mill, with molten metal and fire in nearly every direction. In the story, this serves the purpose of letting long-time Venom fans know that this version of the symbiote isn't impacted by fire, which is a departure from its counterpart in other media, but it also makes for a far more intimidating environment overall as the heroes traverse it looking for a way to escape as the facility begins to burn down.

Of course, knowing there's the possibility that Spider-Man can't die if he touches the molten streams below does remove some of the tension somewhat, as the idea of him bouncing on it as if it were a trampoline does add an unexpected element of humor to the level. Fortunately, most players will miss this entirely, as the fast-paced sequence does push them to the finish line rather quickly, so it