Insomniac Games is paving the way for modern Spider-Man games. Now, Insomniac also branching out further now with the latest announcement of a standalone Wolverine game that will likely be set in the same universe. Spider-Man games in the past couple of decades have offered emergent gameplay concepts, though some games were more successful or preferred than others.

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010) and Spider-Man: Edge of Time (2011) are two examples that decided to bring forward an emphasis on multiple playable Spider-Man characters, distinguished from one another in different costumes or with different abilities. One fan and graphic designer has shared their interest in these two Spider-Man games receiving a remaster from none other than Insomniac.

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Rock Rider, who is a graphic designer for The Escapist, has recreated each games' box art, replacing each game's original Spider-Man character art with models from Marvel's Spider-Man. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions' box art features Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Man 2099 in the front, followed by Peter Parker's Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man Noir, and lastly the Ultimate Spider-Man continuity's Peter Parker, who wields the alien symbiote throughout the game. Rather, Spider-Man: Edge of Time simply features Spider-Man in Marvel's Spider-Man's original, classic suit.

Rock Rider's design of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions' box art needed to be changed, however, because a symbiote suit cosmetic does not exist yet in Marvel's Spider-Man's suit catalogue. Instead, Rock Rider used the black-and-green Stealth Suit, or 'Big Time' Suit. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions has players hopping from one dimension to another and playing as different Spider-Men to retrieve artifact slab shards.

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Spider-Man: Edge of Time features a two-way time gateway portal where, on each end, one Spider-Man must work together with the other to thwart Alchemax scientist Walker Sloan. Each title deals with dimensional rifts and, as Rock Rider states, would make for exciting additions to Insomniac's Spider-Man franchise.

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If Insomniac was to remaster either Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions or Spider-Man: Edge of Time, they already have a phenomenal blueprint for such gameplay and level design with Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. Ratchet and Rivet sling themselves through pocket dimensions and travel distances instantaneously with the PS5's remarkable load times. Either Spider-Man game's proposed concept could certainly take advantage of that technology for quicker swaps between characters or environments.

Spider-Man: Edge of Time is much more story-driven and focuses only on Peter's Amazing Spider-Man and Miguel's Spider-Man 2099, but they are again isolated into separate dimensional rifts for the majority of the game. Interestingly, actions in each dimension alter the fabric of reality for the other dimension, which is frequently seen through scripted gameplay. These moment-to-moment details, such as massive Atrocity tentacles obstructing paths through rifts, would also translate well to a PS5 remaster from Insomniac.

That said, it is likely Insomniac plans to continue working solely on original games and Marvel's Spider-Man sequels, though that is ultimately what fans desire as well.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is currently scheduled to release in 2023 for PS5.

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