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PlayStation fans will never forget that one PlayStation Showcase where Insomniac announced not only Marvel's Spider-Man 2, but also Marvel's Wolverine. As soon as they were both revealed, fans around the world started thinking this could be the start of PlayStation's MCU and that we'd soon see Wolverine and Spider-Man together on PS5. That's something I'm so proud of the team for. That they were able to really make a game that not only is, 'Oh, it's Spider-Man 2, there's two heroes," but it's a story that requires both of them. And we see their relationship, change, evolve, grow, as much as we see any of the other relationships in the game." Spider-Man 2 Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar Discusses What Happened to the 'Undies' Suit and Other Missing Costumes I will tell you… I haven't told anybody this,” Bryan Intihar told IGN, “we did have a Venomized Sandman concept.” The other thing is we talked a lot to the character team," he says. "What are the character team excited about making? They put so much time and effort into those suits. I want them to wake up every morning and go, 'I'm excited to work on this character. I'm excited to work on this suit.' So we leaned on them as well, because a lot of them are hardcore comic-book fans, and they have their suits." A lot of those are PS4, and then even the ones that showed up in the remaster, they have to be basically PS5-sized or whatever," he says of the suits. "They have to be upgraded. So there's a work factor to get it in there."
Beyond that, Intihar discussed how great it was to also see their relationship blossom and grow and see Miles take the lead at times after Peter had been his mentor for so long. We knew eventually we wanted to get to a point where Pete and Miles were together as peers, as Spider peers," Intihar said. "But I think if you look at, obviously, when you're working with the symbiote, the theme of addiction is very prevalent. I know people in my life who suffer from a different type of addiction. It doesn't just impact the people, that person impacts the people around them. And that was something we wanted to show. So, it's not only how is it impacting Peter, but also how is it impacting MJ? How is it impacting Harry? How is it impacting Miles? And then the fight with Miles and Pete is when we try to say is like, Miles is there for Peter, right? So when the Miles team was working on Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, what I thought they were brilliant at was them not only showing Miles learning the kind of Spider-Man he wanted to be, but also him connecting to his new community in Harlem with those quests. I mean, all those people that show up at the very end are all the quest givers of that area. And so I think that's kind of like, find the elements of the character and story that people love and bring that to them, but how can you add your own spin? And I think that kind of direction what we've done with the whole franchise from the beginning is like, respect the DNA of the character, but don't be afraid to mix things up from time to time." Was It Always in the Plan to Let Us Play as Venom?With no release date set for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, fans speculate which Spider-Man variants will return, including possible appearances by live-action Spider-Men. The creative team must have something major in store for the highly-anticipated sequel.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse introduced Spider-Man India, voiced by Karan Soni, who became an instant fan-favorite. Does that mean we might play as Carnage in a future installment, especially after that tease? Intihar wasn't willing to reveal much, but he did mention that Carnage is on a different level than Venom. Sure, NYC is obviously so much a part of Spider-Man, but that doesn't mean he can't leave the confines of the Big Apple for a bit, right? Intihar doesn't go so far as to confirm one way or another that we'll see Spidey and his amazing friends in another setting, but he does share where he'd personally like to see the hero swing to.
It’s worth remembering that Spider-Man 2 contains loads of Easter eggs, many of which point to other Marvel superheroes. There are nods to Doctor Strange and Wong. The Fantastic Four’s Baxter Building is present and correct, as is The Avengers tower. Ganke mentions the Rand Corporation, which teases the existence of Iron Fist. While superheroes other than the Spider-Men are conspicuous by their absence in the game, something a recent comic book referenced, perhaps Insomniac plans a Heroes for Hire or Defenders spin-off / DLC of some kind. There is no denying there are a TON of incredible Spidey suits in Marvel's Spider-Man 2, but there are a few missing costumes from the 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man, like the "Underpants Pete" or "Undies" suit. We also talked to Intihar about the divisive Mary Jane missions in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. He began by admiting that he and the team know the MJ missions weren't the most well-received parts of 2018's Marvel Spider-Man. That fact made them consider cutting them for the sequel, but instead of taking the easy way out, they chose another direction. In an alternate reality, a version of the Clone Saga storyline happened, only in this one, Peter was more of an asshole to Ben Reilly instead of treating him like a brother. When Peter found out that he was possibly the clone, he got extra pissed about it right around the time when the Carnage symbiote was nearby. He became Spider-Carnage and created a plan to destroy the multiverse. While there have been alternative versions of Peter and Miles throughout the Spider-Verse movies, they have yet to show any Gwen variants, despite her major role in the franchise. However, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse could finally be where they introduce a Gwen variant, and perhaps one that has actually bonded with the Venom Symbiote. In a June 2023 interview with Phil Lord and Chris Miller, they made it clear that they do have plans to include Gwen variants, without giving away any spoilers.
It's pretty easy to see that Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales were all leading to a much bigger story of these two Spider-Men coming together, but why was it so important to have it be in this game? With the launch of Marvel's Spider Man 2, Insomniac now has three Spidey adventures under its belt. While each game offers a ton of surprises and improvements from what came before, all of the games are set in New York City. Even though Pete does some crazy things with the symbiote, he never totally crosses the line," Intihar said. "With that in mind, we wanted to show a kind of unfiltered Venom and give players this ultimate power fantasy of what you could do with the symbiote. We wanted the player to go, 'This is how brutal this character could be.' We wanted to show that it's really going to take both Pete and Miles to take him down, because Kraven couldn't do it, all of the hunters couldn't do it, and all the Oscorp people couldn't do it either."We all know Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is about the big set pieces and swinging around an open-world NYC and all those wonderfully loud comic book moments, but the thing Intihar and the team at Insomniac are most proud of are the quieter moments. The moments that show us being a hero is more than throwing punches and saving the world. It was hard enough to make Sandman,” Intihar continued. “No, nothing like, ‘you can't do this because of this extra Y or Z.’ I think it comes down to more of like, can we do it with the time we have and at the quality we want to hit?
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