The result is Insomniac showing off what this machine can do – more so than God Of War Ragnarok, more so than Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. At the heart of that is the PS5, of course, uninhibited by technical constraints of generations past. Whether it’s a huge glass skyscraper splintering into shards, reflecting the city around it in a devastating fractal as it tumbles to the street, or a ‘now you’re thinking with portals’-inspired nod to the Multiverse of Madness, the game will surprise you. Setpieces just seem to get bigger, better, deeper, wider, prettier, more spectacular. And if you think one villain tearing through downtown NYC is as big as it gets here, wait until you play the next 20 hours. From the off, in an introductory mission that shows off the scale and power of what the PS5 is capable off, the game astounds. And what a sublime use of that potential Spider-Man 2 is.
Going into Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the developer made NYC its oyster, introducing Mile Morales as Peter’s ward, and establishing the universe and setting with aplomb over 1.5 previous games. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.
