"Something Never Experienced Before": Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Review

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is electric, telling a breakneck story of two protagonists and everyone in their immediate circle with continually escalating, incredibly crisp gameplay. Right from the outset, feels as though it’s taken a significant step above its 2018 and 2020 predecessors. A large and varied cast of characters is impressively juggled while players are set loose as both Peter Parker and Miles Morales in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. City-wide spectacle is constantly juxtaposed with intimate, character-driven moments, all underpinned by the truly unsettling emergence of the alien symbiote hoping to reach the height of its potential as Venom.

With its third game in the action-adventure series, Insomniac Games once again asserts itself as one of the leading developers of current-gen experiences. Leveraging the hardware of the PlayStation 5 and its DualSense controller, picks up the lingering threads of and in a game that delights in even its smallest details. Both Spider-Men must navigate recent, heartbreaking losses alongside a number of other personal tribulations, all while shouldering the burden of being New York City’s web-slinging protectors. Such responsibility is made nigh unmanageable by Kraven bringing his Great Hunt to the city, which unleashes new and old threats alike.

Superhero media, and Spider-Man stories especially, often revolve around the need to balance one’s personal life with the unending demands of vigilantism; is no different. Peter is sorting through Aunt May’s estate, aiding Mary Jane in her journalistic career while also trying to convince her to move in with him, reconnecting with a seemingly cured Harry, and attempting to hold onto a teaching job at Brooklyn Visions Academy, all while committed to the