Spider-Man Fans Want Arkham Origins-Style Prequel
While last week's PlayStation Showcase didn't please everyone, what it did demonstrate is PlayStation has a lot of its eggs in the Spider-Man 2 basket right now. What PlayStation probably won't want to hear is some of you already have half an eye on what might be coming next. As for what you want to see from Insomniac's Spiderverse, a few fans want to go backward on its timeline rather than forward.
Ironsmashweb made the Spider-Man prequel suggestion on Reddit, even mocking up a cover for the make-believe PS5 game. On it are a number of heroes you meet in the first Spidey game, plus some you don't, including Mysterio. The Spider-Man fan suggests the prequel be similar in scope to Arkham Origins, the prequel that launched between City and Knight in the critically acclaimed Arkham trilogy.
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The suggestion appears to be that the game would fill what is likely to be a sizable gap between Spider-Man 2 and 3, if there is even going to be a 3. Similar to Miles Morales, an origin game for Insomniac's Peter Parker would presumably be slightly smaller and use the same map, but it would make the wait for a big new game a little easier to deal with.
A lot of you have suggested an Origins game actually be pretty similar to Miles Morales. That you assume the role of a younger Peter as he tries to get to grips with his new powers. While a few players think that might be a little boring, suggestions include running out of web fluid as Peter won't have figured out some of the science behind it, and that the blows which would typically knock out villains don't pack quite as much of a punch.
It's also worth noting the Arkham trilogy's Rocksteady didn't develop Origins,
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