Highlights
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will introduce fall damage, adding a new element of danger to the high-altitude patrols of Peter Parker and Miles Morales.
- Players can choose to disable fall damage if they prefer a less risky gameplay experience.
- The game's map will be twice the size of its predecessors, featuring Queens and Brooklyn as new locations to explore.
Gravity is an ever-present danger in the life of a web-swinging crime fighter, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is taking an interesting approach to fall damage. Insomniac’s series of open-world Spider-Man games is well-regarded for many reasons, includingits high-flying web transversal gameplay that lets fans do whatever a spider can above the bustling streets of New York City. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will offer players even more sights and heights, as the game’s map is reported to be twice the size of its predecessors thanks to the addition of Queens and Brooklyn.
The recent Marvel’s Spider-Man wasn’t the first licensed superhero game to give players a free-roaming sandbox to run, jump, and swing through as Marvel’s legendary arachnid-themed vigilante, and past Spider-Man video games like the 2004 Spider-Man 2 movie tie-in and Ultimate Spider-Man featured fall damage. If Spidey were to collide with the pavement at a great height in any of those titles, he could lose a significant portion of his heath or even die. Insomniac left this fall damage out of 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man and 2020’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, allowing Peter Parker and Miles Morales to pick themselves up after an impromptu landing from 20 feet up.
While this is similar to how actual spiders can survive falls from impossible heights, some fans have wished for fall damage to return in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and Insomniac is granting their request with a twist. In a recent video, YouTuber Blitzwing pointed out that Spider-Man 2 will let players take fall damage - adding a new element of danger to Peter and Miles’s high-altitude patrols. More risk-averse players can disable fall damage if they would rather let the spider heroes survive a drop from New York’s tallest skyscraper.
Fans of Insomniac’s previous two Spider-Man titles have been waiting anxiously for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 since its announcement in 2021, and they will be able to dive into it on October 20. Spider-Man 2 continues where Marvel’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales left off, as Peter and Miles are faced with a slew of new villains like Venom and Kraven the Hunter. Peter Parker’s infamous black Symbiote costume will also make an appearance, granting the veteran web-slinger new abilities at the risk of corrupting him forever.
Deadly supervillains and parasitic alien outfits won’t be the only dangers players will be faced with in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, as the game’s optional fall damage means that every jump and swing could spell disaster if Spidey isn’t quick with his web-shooters. This is just one of the ways Insomniac is looking to give players a more immersive gameplay experience, but fans can choose to deactivate it if they would rather play through the latest Spider-Man title without having to worry about the perils of gravity.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 releases on October 20, exclusively for PS5.
Source: GamesRadar
