Insomniac Games has released the latest story trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at the San Diego Comic-Con and during the trailer, we got to see a lot of new Venom details. This is our first proper look at Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and it sets up the story in the game. We get our first proper look at Mikes Morales who is now all grown-up as well as Peter Parker who looks much like the character-reboot version from the PS5 Remastered version of the original Marvel’s Spider-Man.
Check out the latest trailer of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 before we jump into additional details:
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Senior Narrative Director Jon Paquette gave a deeper look into the story:
At the beginning of our story, our Spider-Men are at the top of their game. But both Peter Parker and Miles Morales are struggling with their personal lives. Miles is trying to find time to write his college entrance essay, but he keeps procrastinating and focusing on Spider-Work instead. Meanwhile, Peter is underwater on payments for Aunt May’s house, but he can’t sell, it means too much to him. And just like Miles, Peter tries (and fails) to find balance with so many responsibilities. MJ wants to help Pete with the mortgage, but her job is on the line now that J. Jonah Jameson is back at the Bugle and looking to clean house. Our heroes have arrived at a confluence of crossroads, with uncertain futures, and some tough decisions ahead.
After the arrival of Kraven’s hunters in the city, players will need to figure out why they are there and who, and what, they are hunting. Spider-Man and MJ will try their best to dive deep into this mystery however the symbiote begins to threaten New York and everything and everyone close to Spider-Man. Peter’s new Black Suit affects his personality and gives him new, powerful symbiote abilities and the new trailer shows a little bit of these new skills as well. The trailer also reveals how the symbiote is taxing his relationship with Miles, MJ, and Harry.
Since Miles Morales looks to Peter Parker for mentorship, this starts to create additional problems and beyond figuring out what is next for his life, Miles continues to struggle with the death of his father at the hands of Martin Li, aka Mister Negative. The latest trailer showcases Mister Negative once again which means that it was not the last time that we did not see the last of him. Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar detailed the new abilities that we will be able to use in the game:
We’ve always thought of our Spider-Heroes as ‘acrobatic improvisors,’ and in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, we wanted to equip them with new ways to do so during combat. This includes Pete’s Spider-Arms and Symbiote powers, while Miles now brings two forms of bioelectric Venom to every fight. And when you start combining these abilities with all-new Spider-Gadgets like the Web Grabber, it can lead to some exciting combos.
In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, we will have an even bigger playground to swing around in with East River, Brooklyn, and Queens being added to the full map. Coney Island is also making its debut in the game and the map will be really huge this time around. Senior Game Director Ryan Smith commented:
We are really excited for people to try out the Web Wings. For us it was a cool opportunity to bring something people have seen in comics and movies and integrate it in the game. Swinging is the core of our Spider-Man traversal, so we designed the Web Wings to work with swinging and complement it. That way you can weave back and forth between the two to build up speed and height. When you use the Web Wings with our wind tunnels, though, that’s one of the ways to go across the city super-fast and really push the speed of traversal, which was one of our goals. Thanks to the power and speed of the PS5, Web Wings, add another layer to our traversal system and change up how you look at getting around the different parts of the city.
If you love collecting Collector’s Edition, Spider-Man 2 is coming with an amazing one with a 19-inch Collector’s Edition statue of Venom fighting both Peter Parker and Miles Morales.
For the game, Venom was brought to life by the actor Tony Todd and his voice brings a new monstrous design for the character. Senior Art Director, Jacinda Chew explains:
Our Venom was inspired by the comics, but there have been so many interpretations that it was fun to pick and choose what fits the game. He has a unique take on the white spider icon and has the anatomy of a human. He also has powerful tendril attacks that can take many forms. It was challenging to find the right balance between liquid and solid in Venom’s materials as going too watery makes him look weak and going too solid can quickly turn him into a tentacle monster. Venom must look both powerful and semi liquid at the same time.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is now available for pre-order on the PlayStation Store, and it is slated for release on October 20, 2023, only on the PS5 console. If you own a PS4 console, you are in bad luck because the new title is only targeting the current generation of the console. Sony also revealed a limited edition Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PS5 bundle at the event.
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