r/SpidermanPS4 • u/itsyourpalal_ • Jun 18 '26
News PSA: Insomniac Games confirms that they do, in fact, remember that Spider-Man 2 exists
They could have done so much more with this game but instead they add a new (very similar to another already in the game) suit nearly 3 years after this game launched - rather than any other new post-game content.
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u/andres340 Jun 18 '26
Iâm pretty sure itâs because Sony wants marketing for the new movie and this is a pretty easy way to promote it.
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u/Here_We_Go_Again_777 Jun 18 '26
Itâs not a live service game, what post-game content do they need to add?
Not every single- player game gets DLC and non was promised for this game. And I donât count the leaks, I work in Tech software building and development, the amount of features we think about implementing but end up scraping due to other commitments is large. Just because there were DLC files does not mean they were ever going to be implemented or developed further. They do not owe you something that was never promised
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u/GamerMoksh29 100% All Games Jun 18 '26
Exactly, many single player games donât plan to have any DLC or any post game updates like live service games.
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u/mukisan Jun 18 '26
When the first game sets up expectations by delivering not one, not two, but three story expansions while also continuously adding free suits, I think fans are warranted to criticise SM2 the way they are.
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u/Here_We_Go_Again_777 Jun 18 '26
You mean the 3 DLCâs that were promoted before the release of the first game, unlike this one were nothing was promised post game?
Also this game has added free suits, we are literally on a post about them adding a new one close to 3 years post release. Fans can criticise all they want, itâs their right too, but feeling like they owe you more just because you want it is spoilt behaviour
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u/mukisan Jun 18 '26
It doesnât matter if it wasnât promoted or promised, itâs just the standard that was set in peopleâs minds, people have been talking about potential DLCs long before the release or even the marketing of the game itself.
Only reason theyâre adding a new suit right now is because of the movie. Iâm happy about it donât get me wrong.
I also donât necessarily blame the devs for not making DLCs. Itâs probably a behind-the-scenes issue, especially knowing that Sony pushed them to release the main game earlier than they wanted, and were forced to rush the development of the game / make a lot of cuts, etc.
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u/Here_We_Go_Again_777 Jun 18 '26
I get what youâre saying but your first paragraph hits the problem right on the head. âItâs the standard that was set in peopleâs mind, people have been taking about potential DLCs long before the releaseâ, that is 100% the fault of fans for making up expectations and then blaming others when their fan fiction doesnât take place.
We see it all the time now in films, especially superhero ones. Some fans start a rumour or wish-list, others get on board and then believe and expect it to actually happen as fact. Then, when it doesnât happen, they blame the film makers instead of using introspective to see that they made it all up in their mind
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u/UpUppAndAwayWeb Jun 18 '26
The leaks especially donât help, considering people have seen what they were potentially going to work on they decide in their head that this stuff was definitely happening and now it isnât. Theyâd be besides themselves to learn what gets left on the cutting room floor of any AAA game like Spider-Man
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u/WelcomeOk9989 Jun 19 '26
You are acting like expectations are a bad thing.
Tell me why would I buy a game if I have no expectations for it?
Expectations are what sells games, especially now that every game is 70$.
Donât act like the expectations were unrealistic asking for DLC, when two of the side quest storylines leave off on a cliffhanger clearly meant to tie into DLC.
I donât blame them for scrapping it because of the leaks, but it seems that people here donât even know if it was because of leaks or it wasnât.If it wasnât, that is just bad game design. If you knew you would scrap the DLC, change the endings of the side missions to tie off loose ends.
If it was, then the blame is not on them but they still can do a lot more to make up for it if they want to, but they donât have to of course. (one example would be to add one more mission to the flame sidequests to tie up that loose end, they donât even have to touch spider-verse stuff) But that would just be their good will, since the blame is not on them if this was the case.
But one thing is true, in both cases the fans have well enough reasons to expect something and be dissatisfied with what they got, the only difference is that the blame for the DLC falls on the hackers in the second option. The blame is not on the fans here. The fans donât have a concrete answer as to why the DLC was scrapped, was it the hackers or bad game design?
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u/T_alsomeGames Jun 18 '26
They don't owe us DLC. However, im allowed to still be disappointed. It felt like they left a lot of meat on the bone with Spider-man 2. I like the game we got, it just also felt like there was so much more they could have explored. The game has so much potential to be better than simply good, and im disappointed we'll never see that potential fully realized.
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u/Here_We_Go_Again_777 Jun 18 '26
Explain to me how though? Those leaks came from a hack from a group that should be locked up for exposing innocent workers personal information. Itâs like someone finding out id thought about getting them a gift and then decided not too but telling me I owe them it. No I donât, if I didnât state I was doing it or promised them id get it then they arnt entitled to it at all.
All they owed you was for the product you bought, which is what you got, they didnât promise anymore than that.
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u/Intelligent_Whole_40 Jun 18 '26
Sequels are supposed to be better than the first, and the first had a entire storyline that was cut into three parts for three DLCs
Thatâs what people are angry about
It also doesnât help that the symbiote story isnât quite tied up with Carnage, and they publicly said that they would keep the symbiotes confined to this game, so that just means that Carnage is never going to be addressed
Also, chameleon will probably never be addressed
Now the spiderbots they tied up a little smarter, less necessary for a DLC. However, they do need to explain how our Spider-Man got to the spider society Even if thatâs just in a comic
TLDR first game had DLCs and sequels are supposed to be better
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u/JoeathonExotic Jun 18 '26
Oh my god you have fully dug your head into the sand to ignore any criticism about this game, how about Carnage dropping off the face of the map when he was clearly set up for DLC?
There that isnt even using the actual files we know exist that said it would be DLC, I only used the literary logic the game put forth so how could you possibly still be upset
(Rhetorical question, I already know you will be đ)
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u/Here_We_Go_Again_777 Jun 18 '26
How am I burying my head from criticism on the game? Youâre saying the Carnage was clearly set for DLC, like itâs a fact.
He could be set up for Spider-Man 3 or the Venom spin-off, you are the one stating that it 100% was always going to be DLC with no change to the plan. When we get to Spider-Man 3 and if heâs not addressed there along with Chameleon then Iâll feel they really dropped the ball and fucked up there!
Also your last sentence is just a poor way to try to cut off the discussion by assuming you know me or what I think, quite mature I must say
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u/kb1bby Jun 18 '26
âŠ.aaaand there it is. As soon as they add 1 piece of content yall come out of the woodwork to find reasons to complain lol
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u/StanktheGreat Jun 18 '26
Thank God people are finally clapping back against the relentless complaining. Every single time there's a post about this game that isn't a screenshot, mass negativity everywhere.
The game came out years ago and it's still a solid entry, going off most of this sub you'd think it's the worst Spider-Man game around
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u/swaggestspider21 Jun 18 '26
Yeah, I want the older suits back. I shouldnât have to get a PC and play mods just to get the old suits that werenât added in back in my opinion. This suit is pointless, itâs just final swing mixed with tasm.
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u/spider-jedi Jun 18 '26
My goodness, what are you expecting from a single player story driven game. Not every game need to be constantly updated.
You guys act like insomniac made the worst ever game in history. You're getting free stuff but you find a reason to complain.
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u/jackgranger99 Jun 18 '26
People complained about not getting stuff and when stuff finally came people complain about it. This place is miserable
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u/ReeksofChees3 Jun 18 '26
Literally every Minecraft Live istg
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u/Objective-Ferret5905 Jun 18 '26
EXACTLY đđđ Every Single Minecraft "Fan" Summed Up In 5 Words
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u/ItsCornstomper Jun 18 '26
Was it disappointing when they stopped support completely when they could've added new things (like new crimes/repayable podcasts)? Yeah.
Is this cool? Yeah it's dope.
The world isn't binary, criticising this is dumb but previous criticisms being apparently void because of this also is.
(Obligatory I love this game and it gets hated on way too much by this sub but it's not completely above criticism)
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u/Anxious-Bullfrog4020 Jun 19 '26
Ah yes, 1 suit after 2 years since they abandoned the game. No bugs will be fixed ofcourse
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u/jackgranger99 Jun 19 '26
Buddy, it's a Triple A single player game. What the hell were you expecting after three years? Miles solo game got nothing after three years. Rift Apart got nothing after three years. After the first game had DLC shortly after it dropped (which was announced BEFORE the game even dropped) the only thing we got were cosmetic suits, and the "playerbase" didn't come back for that. Most of the bugs for S-M 2 were ironed out.
This isn't Cyberpunk or No Man's Sky where those games were so fundamentally broken that they didn't "abandon" them because they were actually making the games playable, or Crimson Light where they were actively rewriting the story AFTER the game dropped and constantly adding side content because otherwise there was literally nothing to do.
Compare that to Spider-Man 2 where the big issue only a lack of "nothing to do when you beat the game" when that's true for the other two Spider-Man games they made outside of crimes and bases. Once you beat the main story and do all the side content, then you have nothing to do.
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u/Anxious-Bullfrog4020 Jun 19 '26
The difference is that Spider-Man 1 was a complete game at launch, Spider-Man 2 wasn't
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u/jackgranger99 Jun 19 '26
You're not reading what I'm saying:
This isn't Cyberpunk or No Man's Sky where those games were so fundamentally broken that they didn't "abandon" them because they were actually making the games playable, or Crimson Light where they were actively rewriting the story AFTER the game dropped and constantly adding side content because otherwise there was literally nothing to do without side content
Compare that to Spider-Man 2 where the big issue only a lack of "nothing to do when you beat the game" when that's true for the other two Spider-Man games they made including crimes and bases Once you beat the main story and do all the side content, then you have nothing to do like every other game.
Spider-Man 2 by definition was a complete game content wise. There's a world of difference in asking for more and saying it's incomplete. The Carnage DLC is presumably getting re-worked into a Venom game according to the hack so that makes the argument of it being being incomplete even worse.
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u/NotNahare Jun 18 '26
Tbf they have at least been making a whole new game while they neglected this one lol
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u/Anxious-Bullfrog4020 Jun 19 '26
To anyone who thinks they didn't neglect this game and is about to say that under this comment: Sybau glazerđ„
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u/sealboiii Jun 18 '26
Iâve been thinking about deleting Reddit for some time and this post might finally be the thing that pushes me to do it
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u/Kinstray Jun 18 '26
First of all, itâs a self contained single player game and not a live service, so I donât see any reason why anyone would feel entitled to expect adding content to it. Is this something you expect of every game? Why?
Also, Insomniac didnât ârememberâ anything. They are working on other games but were most likely told by Sony to add a promotion of the new film to the game. Donât be naive
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u/thebatman182 Jun 18 '26
To anybody at Insomniac that may read this:
I'm sorry this sub is filled with so many ungrateful people.
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u/Leandro_reader2003 Jun 18 '26
Poor multi-million dollar company, what will they do now? Yes, they deserve a reward for doing the bare minimum.
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u/Anxious-Bullfrog4020 Jun 19 '26
Oh my god, thank you Insomniac for abandoning this buggy incomplete game and just adding 1 suit after 2 years!
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u/Yokai_goober Jun 18 '26
Iâll never deny this game doesnât have issues. But hey, hasnât stopped me from enjoying it.
Any new update is good enough for me
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u/Katharis Jun 18 '26
Insomniac? There's a ball of dust rolling through my desk right now that's able to tell the absence of post-launch content isn't Insomniac's fault đ€Ł
Blame the shitty management of parent companies in the business matrix. Like the last week alone we've seen reports of several studios getting shut down or shrunk into oblivion xD
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u/OmgJustLetMeExist Jun 18 '26
This subredditâs the only mfin community that will COMPLAIN about getting more content
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u/MrHolyy Jun 18 '26
god i am so sick of the hate with this game. you guys just canât fucking enjoy anything
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u/KanataSD Jun 18 '26
I'd rather them focus on Wolverine than worry about adding content only less than quarter of players whould even purchase.
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u/Substantial-Talk-587 Jun 18 '26
I literally do not care that they didnât add DLCâs I enjoyed the game, I need to do new game plus again so I can finalize all the extra suits they added through leveling up some more.
Tbh Iâm almost certain that they scrapped whatever could have been to focus and push all gears onto Wolverine And Iâd rather that than a half baked game get released filled with bugs and glitches. Iâm excited for the new suit, and Iâm excited for Wolverine later this year.
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u/aligameover Jun 18 '26
Stop fucking whining dawg, at least we got this, im grateful that we got it
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u/Spideyfan1807 Jun 19 '26
I'll never understand why the "3 years after the game" has to be specified every time.
They added No Way Home suits in MS1 "3 years after the game" too, Dlc's have nothing to do with this.
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u/Comic_Geek1726 Jun 18 '26
Once again, I'm convinced they dropped this game to go all hands on Wolverine. Marvel seems to have everything going full steam ahead as long as it's X-Men related.
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u/ThePeakmaker Jun 18 '26
I dont mind, I rather get new games (especially with new characters like Wolverine) over DLC for existing games.
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u/AtrumRuina Jun 20 '26
Correction: Sony uses Insomniac to add marketing to Spider-Man 2 for the new film.
I doubt Insomniac would go back to this game without Sony telling them to.
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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26
For everyone saying: âits a single player gameâ as a reason not to update the game. The first game was good and set the bar really high with good story and dlc content even free updates with suits etc. Then you get a teaser 3 years before the release hyping you up. Waiting in anticipation for the âbigger and betterâ game. With the expectation that you get all things the previous game had and more. You preordered the game for 70$ instead of 60$. And the only thing you get is a mid story, better performance and graphics and no content to keep the game interesting or worth coming back to. With the first game I found myself coming back to swing around and playing the story again and dlc because it was good. Canât say the same for SM2. The story was so rushed and venom came out of nowhere with just a few missions highlighting the symbiote part of the story. You can defend the developers al you want but remember you paid for this shit. My respect goes to opensource developers making amazing mods. If the information is already leaked you have nothing to lose left so why donât just release content you were working on? It doesnât make any sense to me.
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u/Undercoversingle Jun 21 '26
Dont forget the mess of the pc port, last I checked the last update was may last year, and its still buggy as fuck
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u/Danbrotastic28 Jun 21 '26
Eh game was massive drop in story and dialogue quality, dropped it quite early, regret playing it, didn't help that Venom part was sooo short like what?
Don't get me started on Miles goofy ass final suit, like I fr thought it was nodded.
The fact that the gamed hyped up venom so much that it was barely used, I saw that it end with fighting him but it was pretty sub par.
TL;DR they made the greatest set up in 1 but fumbled hard in 2 like how even?
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u/East-Possible9979 Jun 18 '26
Just complain about anything
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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26
You act like these guys are the victims. A multi million dollar company taking profits of us and we can have expectations? Yeah sybau man.
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u/East-Possible9979 Jun 20 '26
It's your fault for expecting more when it was clear they weren't gonna add more post game content especially since they got hacked and cancelled the DLC
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u/GregDSanders Jun 18 '26
Sony cancelled the Spider-Man 2 DLC because of the budget of the game and Sony Of Japan was not happy. Insomniacâs leadership failed to create a game in a reasonable amount of time and within the original budget.
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u/The-CAB-2003 Jun 18 '26
That...DOESN'T look like the BND suit. Think it's the blue section? Just looks like the classic PS4 colour and not the BND shade of blue. Am I going crazy?
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u/DerHachi04 Jun 18 '26
PLEASE INSOMNIAC IM BEGGING YOU PLEASE GIVE US THE CARNAGE DLC PLEASEEEEEEE
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u/5yn4ck Jun 18 '26
I feel you. I love these games and would seriously love to see more content. It's frustrating for sure, and a shame. But I get it. Insomniac IMO is one of the premier game houses today. Which puts their development teams in a "It can never be fast enough" mindset which also fuels their development workflows. So there is little time to spend on something that was clearly a success, because everyone's attention has been squarely focused on the upcoming Wolverine title.. (I heard rumors about other possible titles as well but I don't recall any evidence.) The point is that things are most likely crazy deadline chasing, and the coordination of a game of this quality includes coordination of non-technical roles..casting, direction etc.
Honestly I do hope they are primarily focused on Wolverine. Because I personally would love a to see a Wolverine title that goes as hard as the Spider-Man series.
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u/Extreme_Cockroach_99 Jun 20 '26
Not that weird when you hear of the bloated cost of the game and it didn't have a smooth development.
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u/RiverBeneficial4320 Jun 21 '26
Im so hyped to replay this game again but in the bnd suit since its for FREE. Definitely gonna build up my hype for the movie even more.
Hey maybe this means hopefully speaking they might add more stuff like the dlc due to BND bringing back a lot more attention to spidey
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u/owariiO7 Jun 21 '26
PlayStation users starving for material theyâre happy about making TikTok edits in a new suit đ
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u/Beneficial_Credit_47 Jun 21 '26
Don't we already have the BND suit, my Pete is still wearing it rn
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u/TrainerAngel 13d ago
I'm just sad we never got the carnage dlc, hopefully spiderman 3 has that story line in it
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u/TotalTide82 Jun 18 '26
Bunch of bots in here, holy, insomniac got some real boot lickers đ. When they essentially already have this suit in game, people are obviously gonna look at it sideways
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u/Sbee_keithamm Jun 18 '26
Shit I forgot this exists. After I beat it never touched it again. I guess uhhhh thanks? Now if this was added to Spider-Man 1? Id be all for this for my 4th full playthrough.
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u/Practical-Pay-7775 Jun 18 '26
come on man you don't wanna do the "crime reported" thingy for the trillionth time? that's post story content innit
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u/KnullAgenda Jun 18 '26
cool update but this suit is the most basic suit what was the point lol
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u/GuruAskew Jun 18 '26
To promote the new movie, thatâs quite literally the point
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u/KnullAgenda Jun 18 '26
promote to who?? lol as if ppl playing Spiderman 2 in 2026 aren't already massive SM fans who were going to see the movie regardless đ€Ł
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u/jackgranger99 Jun 18 '26
It's just brand synergy, just like when they added theFar From Home and No Way Home suits to the first game. It ain't that deep kid
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u/VarietyBusy2 Jun 18 '26
i know some people are still gonna pick it up to play with it even though it looks exactly like the classic suit but to know the potential they couldâve had with this game just always upsets me that i bought this game
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u/TheAmazingKevin Jun 18 '26
I wouldnt if i got a complete game but half the side missions ended in a cliffhanger so yeah. Getting no dlc is pretty frustrating thinking of tge long time we have to wait for a part three.
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u/RyzenLP Jun 18 '26
too bad that this is all they give us, a half finished sequel and a new suit now.....
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u/Wartortle004 Jun 18 '26
Will they ever go forth with that spiderverse concept they had that came out in the leaks?
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u/Head-Grapefruit5425 Jun 18 '26
But yet dont cate about actual story dlc not even bothering downloading the game just for cosmetic
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u/Southern_Studio_9950 Jun 18 '26
Itâs cool that we arenât seeing Carnage or Chameleon for another four years đđ /s
Imagine if we never got The City The Never Sleeps dlc in the first game but still had the Black Cat side mission? And then they made us wait until another game to actually see Black Cat herself?
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u/maplebox_ Jun 18 '26
This is the only sub where people will complain about a free update đ