One Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Side Mission Is Clearly Hinting At DLC

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, much like its predecessors, has a variety of side missions to explore across the game's open world map, and one of them could be the precursor to the game's yet-to-be-announced DLC. While 2020's didn't have any DLC, the first title in the series, 2018's did, and developer Insomniac Games could have some in store for its sequel.

[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.] set up one of the key characters for its DLC through side missions, with Peter investigating a series of burglaries committed by Black Cat. While neither Black Cat nor her alter ego Felicia Hardy appeared in person in the main game and only taunted Peter via calls, she had a more prominent role in the first chapter of the DLC. It's possible that Insomniac could be using the same narrative tactic with .

One of 's side stories sees Yuri Watanabe taking on a sadistic cult known as «The Flame.» This is a direct continuation of, which saw the then-police captain spiral and begin taking the law into her own hands. This happened after her squad was ambushed and massacred by Hammerhead and an off-the-books undercover sting led to the death of another of her officers. As a result, by the time Peter reunites with Yuri in, she has fully embraced her new vigilante alter-ego, Wraith.

Wraith has no problem with killing criminals, stating that she would rather lose sleep over the one person she's killed than all the ones she didn't save. This leads to a clash with Peter, who prefers a non-lethal approach to crime fighting. Despite this, the two do ultimately work together, and Yuri even opts to save Peter from a fiery demise over pursuing the escaping cult at the end of this storyline. Insomniac could choose to continue Yuri's story