Real Spidey Fans Might Never See Spider-Man 2's Most Impressive Feature

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is set to improve on both of its predecessors with a wealth of new mechanics. This includes the option to switch between both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, special combat abilities such as Peter's more brutal Symbiote moves and Miles' improved bioelectric attacks, and new ways to traverse the city with a wealth of web-swinging animations and other options. However, despite these enhancements, some players may never see the game's most impressive feature: Insomniac's overhauled Fast Travel mechanic.

sports a map that is almost twice the size of and. Insomniac has built upon the Manhattan of the series' previous titles to add new areas and has also included the East River and other boroughs such as Queens and Brooklyn, areas that hold plenty of significance for both Peter and Miles being their respective hometowns. With such a larger map, it makes sense that the game would include fast travel like the past games to get from one area to another quickly, but Insomniac has taken this mechanic to a whole new level.

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Fast Travel is not a new feature in open-world games and has been handled in a variety of ways over the years. For example, involved going to one Fast Travel point to enable moving to another Fast Travel point in Night City, whereas the series and involved unlocking Viewpoints and Research Labs to use as fixed fast travel points directly from the games' maps, with including some novel cutscenes of Spider-Man on the subway to make its loading times more entertaining on the PS4.

As noted by Forbes' Paul Tassi, an element of unlocking is required initially in, as players will need to clear a certain amount of activities per district, but