Spider-Man 2's Narrative Director Explains Why Venom Isn't Eddie Brock
Spider-Man 2's narrative director, Ben Arfmann, has explained why Insomniac Games changed Venom's identity in its universe and didn't feature Eddie Brock.
As we've all known ever since Spider-Man 2's first teaser trailer (yes, the one with that infamous image of Miles and Peter staring ahead at the camera), one of the big bads of the story is Venom. Interestingly, however, Insomniac Games changed things up significantly by having someone else take up the gooey mantle instead of Eddie Brock. Spoilers for Spider-Man 2's final act follow.
Before release, Spider-Man fans had a ton of guesses for who might end up being Insomniac Games' version of Venom, with one theory even suggesting that it was going to be Peter Parker himself.
Earth-1048's version of Venom is Harry Osborn, something that's been made pretty obvious for some time now thanks to all of the post-credit teases and the story trailer basically spelling it out. This is a big change for Spider-Man canon as, aside from 2012's Ultimate Spider-Man series, Harry Osborn has never been Venom before.
This caused some mixed reactions from Spider-Man fans when it was first revealed, but seems to have been more positively received now that the game is out. Even if public opinion on the switch has changed, fans are still wondering why it was done in the first place, something that Spider-Man 2's narrative director has now explained.
Ben Arfmann recently took part in an interview with Gizmodo's i09 to discuss all of Spider-Man 2's late-game spoilers. One of the main points of the interview is Venom's new identity, with i09 asking Arfmann why the team decided to go with Harry Osborn for this version of Venom over Eddie Brock. Arfmann responded by explaining that, although the
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