We Found The Worst Playable Character In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
features a solid roster of playable characters, but one minor inclusion is definitely way worse than the other options. Bouncing between a variety of protagonists was a concept first introduced in the original, which occasionally set Peter's story aside to follow the footsteps of Mary Jane Watson or Miles Morales. Neither of these offered gameplay that was quite as dynamic as Peter's, with Mary Jane's segments, in particular, receiving some flak, but improves both of these options while introducing another that falls behind either.
The upgrade to Miles gameplay in is obvious, as his full-fledged Spider-Man abilities explored in are expanded upon in the newest franchise entry. Improvements to Mary Jane gameplay come in the form of subtler but thoughtful tweaks, reworking generally lifeless stealth gameplay to add more agency and excitement. The approach to Mary Jane, in particular, makes it obvious that Insomniac knows how to respond to feedback and build meaningful improvements off of it, but it seems like a new character could have benefited from that process of audience review.
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Hailey Cooper has an engaging personality and an important role in the story, but it's hard to say the same for her gameplay. Although she doesn't command a large playable presence overall, she does receive one segment as part of an FSNM app request. A flashback tasks Hailey with covering up graffiti with a mural to help out the owner of a flower stall. Painting murals could be an engaging diversion if done through an interesting gameplay approach, but an awkward spray paint minigame fails to offer much fun or agency.
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