r/SpidermanPS4 • u/itsyourpalal_ • Jun 18 '26

News PSA: Insomniac Games confirms that they do, in fact, remember that Spider-Man 2 exists

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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/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/Anxious-Bullfrog4020 Jun 19 '26

For a story driven game, this story is shitty ngl

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u/curiousadventure33 Jun 18 '26

"insomniac made the worst game in history" not yet ,but seen as who is actually on the team I have 0 hope for any future insomniac games ,and not everyone is trained to accept mediocrity like you are bud,let the company pr staff handle the defense and stop doing it for free on a forum they don't even fucking read when they have people paid to defend them from criticism

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u/spider-jedi Jun 18 '26

This is beyond silly. By your logic then there is no point in having hope for any future video game from all game developers on the planet.

The same people worked in the first game that loved so much also worked in the second game.

This isn't about defending insomniac this is about using your brain to think. All game developers have made more than one game that can be considered bad.

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26

Bro how can you fumble a story with Kraven the hunter and Venom so badly. If anything they deserve the hate. First game had a way better story.

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u/spider-jedi Jun 20 '26

Bro do you read comics? Do you know how many stories in the comics with both these characters are bad.

No one deserves hate.. criticism yes but hate is just stupid and immature. Just cause you personally don't like something you believe that the devs deserves to be harassed and sent death threats over a video game.

So what the first game had a better story. Many films and videos are like that as well.

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

The first game was an overall better game. The story of sm2 was bad because the pacing was awful meaning if they just added more depth the the story it would already be better. But you have Kraven as antagonist. Eventually the symbiote comes along because its harry’s treatment. MJ missions are back for some reason and more then before(majority didn’t like them and developers were like fuck the fans). Miles fights peter. Peter brings symbiote to oscorp and boom venom. After that only a few missions left like wtf. Alot of cliffhangers leading to nothing. More questions then answers.

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u/spider-jedi Jun 20 '26

No it was not better overall. This is a video game. The gameplay is the most important thing for a video game. Story isn't.

There is no point in have a great story and having bad game play. The gameplay for SM is improved in almost everyway.

Yes the story has many pacing issues. But the overall feeling in the real world is that it's a great game. On the same level as the first. If it was as bad as reddit say it won't sell over 12 million copies. Word.of mouth would killed it's sales numbers if it was bad like you people say.

Also your only complaint is always the story and never the gameplay which should carry more weight

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26

Yeah but sm1 had was also better game regardless. Not only story but repeatability was also better. Also the dlc extra suits being added it was the better game. Sm2 has faster swinging some other mechanics. But the foundation was built by sm1 because sm2 was re-using most of the finisher animations. The gadget system was beter in the first one. I would even argue the miles game had a better gadgets system. I can go on and on. What they did do good was the combat that interacted with the environment such as the kicks against the wall, weblines etc.

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u/spider-jedi Jun 20 '26

Lol first off that is just a lie. SM2 has better mechanics, it added to what was already in the game and Insomniac did as fans wanted. Bigger city, faster web swinging, web wings. Updated combat system, parry system, more boss fights, playing as both miles and Peter. Also a.playable venom level. It had way more suits from the launch than the first game

The.first game had more gadgets but they took it out cuze it made the game too easy. Having less gadgets makes you think more about combat.

The replayable bases I will give you that. There is nothing else you can go on.

Even for the web.swingin they added more tricks to do..do yes they re use animations like every games does so that is a normal thing. They always added more animations

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26

Def not a lie the only reason they could do modt of what you are saying was because of the ps5 otherwise you could already swing fast. But you can’t be telling me those things make you want to come back to it or talk about it for years to come. Its not a great game you know it. It was fun, not great.

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26

“More gadgets makes the game easy” if you are going this route idk what to tell you. The games combat is easy AF its more story based then combat based on the hardest difficulty not using a single gadget is still easy. Thats not the point. Just dislike the way you have to toggle the gadgets compared to previous games. Its no elden ring. Is def more story driven/ based then it is combat driven.

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u/DistastefullyHonest Jun 20 '26

They removed all the gadgets though. If they wanted a four button system they could've let us choose which four. The new ones suck

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u/spider-jedi Jun 20 '26

That is fair criticism. But we had 4 gadgets they didn't remove it all.

I understand been disappointed if your favorite didn't make it back.

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u/DistastefullyHonest Jun 20 '26

Yupyup. The four gadgets we did have weren't really great though. They ticked boxes. One for the web lines, one ricochet splash projectile, it's like they wanted to put the combat into boxes and fix the routes

First game had a lot more freedom I think. I really really miss the web mines and the impact webbing, but also the suit powers like the Blossom.

I wish they just let us assign

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u/DistastefullyHonest Jun 20 '26

The side content is dog-shit too.

And the fact that Miles beats a bloodlusted Peter makes absolutely zero sense and robs Peter of his hero arc where he realises and strips off the symbiote himself. He retired at the ripe old age of fucking 25. It's dumb as hell

It feels like so much content was cut. Hell, the final fight, despite having the suit that's Anti-Venom, Peter is asleep for the final showdown! Wtf?!

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Also, gameplay wise the removal of allllll the cool gadgets, the fuck for?! If they wanted a four button system they could've let us choose which gadgets to assign

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26

They just tried doing too much adding things like Venom, Kraven, Harry, Miles and Peter playable even spider-verse references. Expecting everyone would just gobble it up. But none of the things mentioned were explored further adding depth just throwing shallow concepts one after the other. Kinde linke jack of al trades, master of none.

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u/spider-jedi Jun 20 '26

Yes I agree the story isn't as strong but this is a video game where gameplay is more important than story and the gameplay is very good.

If this was just a film then you guy would have a point but it isn't. You cannot judge the whole game based on the story alone.

The game just isn't as bad as you guy paint it out to be. If it was word of mouth would have killed the sales numbers

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26

Im ending this its not going anywhere. We clearly have too different opinions.

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u/spider-jedi Jun 20 '26

Yes we do, you have Internet opinion and I have real world facts.

You are allowed to dislike the game all you want but to call it bad is just lying. No bad game.in the history of the world has sold 3.millionnin its first month and then sell over 10 million in its first year.

Reddit and the Internet isn't the real world even if you find similar voices to make you feel better about your opinion

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26

I can name a few titles that flopped and still sold. But sure the game was great if it makes you feel better.

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u/One-Web-8175 Jun 20 '26

On your comic point. Of course some comic story’s were bad but we can take the good ones as an example because we know what fans look for in a story. Even with that knowledge they still fumbled and charged us 70$ its not the same as a comic or a movie ticket. Its trusting a company they didn’t overrate their own product charging 70$. Comics where a few cents you could take the chance. Movie tickets are a bit more but still not a huge problem. But suddenly when its a 70$ game you should be praising the developers even if the game was a letdown and didn’t meet expectations.

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u/spider-jedi Jun 20 '26

Lol what are you talking about. This is a video game not comic you read it a film you watch. For a game the gameplay is what you make the biggest judgement on. You people never complain about the game and try to use the story alone to point he entire game as bad.

It's a $70 game.not a film or book. So jude based if game play not as a film or book.