The Spiderman 2 from Insomniac Studios not only takes the console-based gaming to next levels but also has great features adding to personalisation and immersive experiences making it a great gifting option this Christmas / New Year.
Marvel Studio launched its next edition of one of the most popular story titles in superhero games – Spiderman. Spiderman 2 is a great and compelling reason to upgrade the console experience by purchasing the latest edition of Sony’s PlayStation 5. The game is PS5 exclusive and offers an ultra-rich immersive experience that can be personalised adding to the new fresh journey of Spiderman series. We reviewed the gaming title for a few months spanning over 30 hours including the side missions. We evaluated several elements that are summed up in to four key aspects.
Storyline – This edition has an impressive storyline upgrade than the previous one. The story time is reduced, however there are lots of exciting scenes and places to go around. Harry, Peter’s best friend in the midtown high schools makes a comeback in this edition. With this the Symbiote suit unlocks brining in the villain side of Peter adding some different flavour to the storyline. Peter also gets the anti-venom suit with the help of Miles Morales and Martin Li. New cities of Queens and Brooklyn are added in this game. This increases the choice of places and scenes making the game more exciting. Also, we can see Peter’s childhood which was spent in the Queens. Brooklyn gives us to see Miles visions academy where he had met Ganke Lee for the first time. Ganke also plays an important character in the Spiderman 2. He developed the FNSM app that brings in additional features for the gamers. One of the very interesting additions and main characters – Kraven the hunter is the main villain of the game. He wants to hunt all the superheroes and supervillains in the New York city to find worthy opponent before he passes of cancer. This brings in a lot of excitement and mystery to the game.
Overall MSM2 compared to the previous editions has lesser playtime but the significant roles of other characters bring a lot of flavours the story and also lets us experience new roles of Peter as well as Miles.
Gameplay – The overall gameplay is level up and rich, thanks to many new features in this edition. Parrying gives much required additional layer of protection making it tougher for villains to eliminate the gamer. The addition of Web Wings allows the gamers to glide through the cities. The presence of Air Tunnels boosts the glide, making it the hyperloop of the game. Sling shot gives the extra boost to take off for the traversal. The Super Sling Shot makes it extra fast. Fast travel is an additional feature that makes the travel between places instantaneous. FNSM helps to switch between Peter and Miles very easily. In addition to these many new features and updates included are Spider Arms, Symbiote Power, Anti-venom Power, Miles new Bioelectricity evolved power, gadget wheel removal among others. All these features make the gameplay top-notch!
Immersive Experience – The 30 FPS graphics lets you experience ray tracing. This gives you very natural view of scenes with shadows and reflections. You can also now view NPCs or normal people working in various buildings making it appear very very real. The haptics features of PS5 are extremely used that bring in exceptional immersive experiences for the gamers making them feel the game by being a part of it.
Personalisation – A lot many suits for various characters allows us to customise to our preferences and likes. There are a total of 68 suits that can be further personalised through a variety of 227 crafting styles. This excludes the exclusive character suits. The vast variety of suits and styles almost lets you create your very own personalised characters.
Summing up – The Spiderman 2 is an engaging and exciting addition to immersive gaming. This not only is an exclusive addition to the library of games available on PlayStation but takes the level of console-based gaming a few notches up. While the smartphone industry keeps making significant improvements in bringing immersive content consumption experiences to the handheld form factor, the console gaming industry sets a new benchmark with the release of Spiderman 2. No wonder why this game sold over 2.5 million copies in just 24 hours of its launch making it the fastest selling tiles on Sony PlayStation Studios. While the role of smartphones and laptops cannot be diminished in making games and gaming experience accessible to billions of users worldwide, the console-based gaming will continue to be gamer’s heaven looking for immersive and engaging experiences!
