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Oct 20, 2023 · TOGETHER. Spider-Men, Peter Parker and Miles Morales, return for an exciting new adventure in the critically acclaimed Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise for PS5. Swing, jump and utilize the new Web Wings to travel across Marvel’s New York, quickly switching between Peter Parker and Miles Morales to experience different stories and epic new ...
May 24, 2023 · Updated: May 25, 2023 3:29 pm. Posted: May 24, 2023 2:12 pm. In one of the most exciting reveals of today's PlayStation Showcase, Marvel's upcoming Spider-Man 2 got a 10-minute gameplay...
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 takes everything Insomniac learned from its previous two Spider-Man games and finds new ways to raise the bar of superhero game design. No frame is left untouched. No character model is left with subpar lighting. Simply put, after playing for 3 hours, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 looks set to continue Insomniac’s winning streak.
We were dropped a ways into the game on level 25 versions of Miles Morales and Peter Parker. Each is dealing with their own difficulties in life, with Peter trying to pay a mortgage and help cure his friend’s disease while Miles is simply trying to write his College entry essay but Spider business keeps distracting him from the task at hand.
Besides the personal battles being fought by Peter and Miles, there are also other factors at play that will push them further to the edge. Parker has donned the symbiote suit known as Venom and it’s affecting his personality in ways he doesn’t realize. And Kraven is doing everything he can to upset the peace in New York by attacking Peter, and forcing Doctor Connors to transform into an even more powerful version of his alter ego, the Lizard. The Doctor Connors storyline is particularly bittersweet, as you’re really hunting down a father who wants nothing more than to return to his family, but now he’ll be doing so with a few Spider-Man and Kraven-inflicted injuries.
This fight will actually take you across a large portion of New York City that Insonmiac boasts is two times larger than the previous games. Taking full advantage of the PS5, Spider-Man 2 will allow you to travel across the city faster than ever, not only because of the zippy new web slinging animations, but also because of the Web Wings that you can access at any time with a press of the triangle button. Web wings are a lot of fun to use versus swinging, but they will lose momentum over time, so you will still need to use your webs, unless you’re in a wind tunnel. The wind tunnels will let you go to specific places in the city extremely fast by flying incredibly quickly to that destination on the air currents. But in addition to all of these traversal options, you can also simply swap to Peter or Miles on the fly instantaneously, a la swapping between Trevor, Franklin, and Michael in Grand Theft Auto 5.
I had the opportunity to ask the Insomniac team about how the PS5 SSD allowed them to accomplish instant travel, and faster web swinging. Mike Fitzgerald, Core Technology Director at Insomniac, clarified a few other details, including that the slingshots where Peter or Miles will pull back on two extended webs and catapult themselves forward allows Spider-Man to travel three times faster than in the first game. And that characters are “more detailed and lifelike that help [them] tell better more nuanced stories.” Insomniac also noted that the Dual Sense controller is being used in some unique ways, like a mini-game that we got to play in the reactor that will force you to pull the triggers with just enough pressure to move onto the next segment. And they outlined that the audio team took the time to develop the soundscapes for missions so that 3D audio can be fully utilized. Ambisonics and positional audio were used for objects in the scene, making for a more realistic audio experience making for clearer indications of the player versus a target location.
More noticeably on the Graphics side of things, Spider-Man 2 will only have two visual modes, Visual and Performance. The third mode was removed because no matter which you choose, Ray Tracing will be turned on by default. The baseline for Performance mode will be what was previously referred to as Performance Ray Tracing mode with a better framerate and resolution simply because the PS5 can handle it. Fitzgerald clarifies, “There’s no mode in this game that has the Ray Tracing turned off because there’s really no need for it. We figured out how to deliver what is the right Spider-Man picture and visuals and we want to make sure every player is seeing that.”
The visuals of Spider-Man 2 are impressive. The character models are more expressive when delivering their lines, resulting in more believable performances from the actors that will in turn do a better job of pulling at your heartstrings. The ray-traced reflections add more depth and realism to the world. Breakable environmental additions make it feel like you’ve succeeded in unleashing havoc in an arena after a devastating combo.
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Oct 20, 2023 · Overview. Marvel's Spider-Man 2. ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’ swings to PS5 on October 20, 2023. Developer. Insomniac Games. Publisher. PlayStation. Available On. PS5. Genre. Action-Adventure. ESRB Rating. RP (Rating Pending) Release Date. October 20, 2023. Latest News. Games. 'Marvel's Spider-Man 2' Update Adds New Game Plus and New Suits on March 7.
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May 24, 2023 · Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 features not one but TWO playable Spider-Heroes, as Miles Morales returns in the sequel and is a key player in the story. In this demo, Miles is in Harlem hot on Lizard’s tail.
May 24, 2023 · In this demo, Miles is in Harlem hot on Lizard’s tail. Speed is of the essence in many ways than one. First, get a glimpse at the near-instant switching between both our playable Spider-Men. And if that wasn’t enough, traversal gets a significant speed boost in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2!
