Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is almost here, and it sounds like fans will have a very full-featured adventure to jump into, although there will be a few minor things missing at launch. According to Insomniac community director James Stevenson, Spider-Man 2 won’t have a New Game+ mode or the ability to replay missions at launch. Thankfully, you shouldn’t have to wait too long for those features, as Stevenson says they should arrive via an update “before end of year.”
No – we’re working on an update for those features but they won’t be in Day 1
— James Stevenson (@JamesStevenson) October 17, 2023
Insomniac is also encouraging fans who buy Spider-Man 2 on a physical disc to download the game’s Day 1 patch for the optimal experience.
“The disc contains the entire game and is playable from star to finish with no patch or online requirement. But for the best experience, we highly encourage physical/disc-based players to download update version 1.001.002 on launch day — prior to experiencing the opening missions for the first time.
This update features polish to the gold master version of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 available on disc, which improves the opening sections of the game and includes other general refinements to your Spidey experience, including some additional Accessibility Options.”
Haven’t been keeping up with Spider-Man 2? Wccftech’s Alessio Palumbo found it to be an impressively-polished, if somewhat familiar, adventure in his full review…
“While the game as a whole is extremely polished, I did encounter a few crashes and even a couple of bugs. Specifically, when going to an open world event, there would be no enemies despite the mini-map indicating otherwise. Sony is about to release a new patch with some bug fixes, though.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 feels like the perfect, albeit safe, evolution of the formula first introduced with the 2018 game. With a highly emotional story, much-improved traversal, great visuals and performance, and industry-leading accessibility, this sequel is very likely to win over most fans of the original. However, a bigger shake-up may be needed for the inevitable Spider-Man 3.”
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launches on PS5 tomorrow (October 20).
