Spider-Man 2 Just Removed One Of The Game's Coolest Hidden Features

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While is one of the biggest releases of the year, it also came with a number of bugs, which a recent update has helped to alleviate — unfortunately, the patch has also removed a hidden exploit that allowed players to free-roam the city as Venom. The first game in the series to feature both Peter Parker and Miles Morales as playable protagonists, also had a major focus on adapting the popular symbiote storyline from the classic comics, including the introduction of iconic Spider-Man villain Venom alongside fellow Marvel antagonists Sandman and Kraven.

While much of revolves around the symbiote and its effects on Peter Parker, affecting the way the story plays out and giving him new abilities to differentiate his gameplay from Miles, it also inevitably marks the introduction of an adapted version of Venom. However, as Kraven takes up the main villain role for much of the game's first half, Venom's first full appearance doesn't come until a story mission relatively far in the game — where players get to take control of the character and fight enemies with a unique moveset and abilities that don't appear anywhere else in the game. However, by using an exploit, players could continue to play as Venom in free-roam.

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Unfortunately, a recent patch for has removed the exploit — a glitch that allowed players to break out of the bounds of the story mission while playing as Venom and get back to free-roaming the city while still controlling him. Similar glitches were found for story sections where other characters, like MJ, were playable, but the Venom glitch was especially popular, as it allowed players to access a sort of third «Spider-Man» playstyle, with