Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 review: A more Venom-ous bite
venturebeat.comSpider-Man 2 has a lot to live up to. The first game was one of the most entertaining PS4 titles and gave players the full experience of being Spider-Man, swinging around New York city to their hearts’ content. Could the sequel offer the same joy, beauty and an equally interesting story while delivering on the dual-protagonist concept? Yes, yes it can — though Insomniac skimped on a couple of areas they shouldn’t have.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 offers a version of New York where both Miles and Peter exist on the same timeline and are both Spider-Men. It also adapts the infamous Black Suit comic story line that introduced Venom to Spider-Man’s redoubtable rogues gallery. How does the game manage to balance multiple protagonists? By making “balance” a key part of the story.
To accommodate its multiple heroes, Spider-Man 2 has expanded the map. Miles and Peter now have Brooklyn and Queens to look after, and they have access to a whole host of new Spider-gadgets and traversal mechanics to deal with the city’s crimes. This makes for an experience that feels fresh, cheerful and still comfortingly familiar. That said, the game doesn’t improve on some things from the original that could have used the polish. (Also, just for housekeeping’s sake, when I say “the first game,” I’m referring to both Spider-Man and the Miles Morales expansion.)
In the new title, Peter Parker and Miles Morales share top billing as Spider-Man, and both are going through their own fresh growing pains. Peter, still grieving the loss of his Aunt May in the previous game, is struggling to adjust to life truly on his own, especially when his inherited mortgage comes due. Miles, meanwhile, is so focused on being Spider-Man that he’s pushing away his supportive
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