Sony capped off its big PlayStation Showcase event with the first good look at Marvel's Spider-Man 2 gameplay, confirming major new features that will be in the open world superhero game. Insomniac Games hit it out of the park with its first open world Spider-Man game, and so expectations are understandably high for the sequel.
The Spider-Man 2 reveal trailer confirmed precious little about the new game beyond that it would feature Peter Parker and Miles Morales teaming up together against Venom. The new Spider-Man 2 gameplay footage gives fans a lot more to chew on.
The footage begins by setting up the Spider-Man 2 story. As theorized, the game will be about Kraven the Hunter making his way to New York. Kraven and his goons are hunting down the Lizard, aka Curt Connors, putting them in direct conflict with Spider-Man. Harry Osborn is on the brink of death, and it seems the only person that can save him is Connors. So even though the Lizard is going on a rampage, Peter Parker and Miles Morales are trying to save him from Kraven.
The gameplay trailer was lengthy, showing a full sequence in the game that began with Peter Parker fighting Kraven's goons in the suburbs of Queens. Parker is now rocking the symbiote suit, which gives him access to a new suite of powers that weren't available in the original game. Peter makes quick work of the hunters, and then the option appears to swap immediately to Miles in Harlem. This confirms the theory that Spider-Man 2 would have a GTA 5-style character swapping mechanic.
The Miles section of gameplay sees him come face to face with the Lizard, and eventually he and Peter regroup and team up. Notably, Miles and Peter both have web wings, something that was hinted at in the recent Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer. Ultimately, the Spider-Man 2 gameplay trailer ends with the Lizard getting away and Peter in pursuit. Miles notices that Peter appears to have a far more aggressive personality than usual, suggesting that the symbiote suit is already having an adverse effect on his personality.
Unfortunately, an official Spider-Man 2 release date wasn't provided by the gameplay reveal trailer, but PlayStation fans were assured that it will launch at some point this fall. If the full game can live up to the incredible footage seen in the trailer, then it seems safe to say that Spider-Man 2 is definitely going to be a Game of the Year contender.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 launches this fall, exclusively for PlayStation 5.