Spider-Man 2 review: Super sequel is the best reason to buy a PS5
2018 feels like a long time ago now, but it's a year fondly remembered among superhero-loving gaming fans.
That's because, five years ago, Insomniac Games wowed players with its first Spider-Man game, then an exclusive to the PS4.
The game introduced the brilliant Yuri Lowenthal as the voice of Peter Parker, allowing players to swing through a beautifully rendered version of Manhattan as they punched, kicked and thwipped their way through an action-packed story that also packed an emotional wallop.
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In 2020, Nadji Jeter's Miles Morales took centre stage for a smaller story that still showed impressive depth to its emotional storytelling.
And now, in the year of our lord 2023, Insomniac is ready to drop the full sequel. Spider-Man 2 is web-launching into our lives this week, and we're pleased to report that its another slam-dunk of a superhero game.
The title opens by throwing you straight into the action as Peter (now kitted out with some extra 'iron spider' limbs that you might remember from the Civil War comics or Infinity War movie) and Miles (still using his electric 'Venom Blast' powers), who are working together to take down one of the classic members of the Spidey rogues' gallery. If you thought the Kingpin-bashing start to the first game was good, wait until you get a load of this opening salvo!
The game also doesn't waste any time in introducing its new big bad: the fierce and frightening Kraven the Hunter, voiced by Jim Pirri, is a big-game hunter that has multiple superpowered beings from Marvel's version of New York in his sights.
Interestingly, he isn't too fussed about the two Spider-Men to start with, but that all changes when
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