Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023 PS5 Video Game)

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is a 2023 action-adventure video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5, serving as a sequel to the highly successful Marvel's Spider-Man in 2018. This game takes place just a couple months after Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. This game went into development in September 2020 and releases on PlayStation consoles in June 26, 2023.

Rating
M (Mature) for Blood & Gore, Drug Reference, Strong Language, Intense Violence, & Sexual Reference

The reason the game is rated M is because of the last two story DLCs. The base game's tone (as well as the first three story DLCs) is similar to that of the first game, but it pushes the T rating (which the game would have originally been) due to the story involving the black symbiote and Green Goblin. However, Venom and Carnage are two very complex and dark characters to the point the developers decided to give the game an M rating.

Gameplay Dynamics

 * The immersive combat system is partially inspired by the Batman: Arkham video games, mixing those dodge and attack elements with web gadgets, parkour, swinging, and great variety in combat, as the combat is what Spider-Man fights like in the comic books. There are two times more web gadgets to unlock, as the skill tree has added two more categories and makes the combat even more engaging than ever.
 * The maximum level cap is 75 for Peter Parker / Spider-Man and 35 for Miles Morales.
 * Since the last game tried it's best to capture real-life Manhattan, Insomniac has finally hit it out of the park; the map of Manhattan is entirely accurate, according to some geologists from Manhattan. Insomniac has also made Brooklyn, the Statue of Liberty, the Raft, Ryker's Island, and Queens all playable in. There are also more interiors the player can enter (which will be mentioned later in this list).
 * There are a total of 65 (vanilla base) game suits in this game, which players can unlock by gathering tokens, completing crimes, doing side missions, and many other activities. There are more tokens to be unlocked and the challenge in unlocking them makes unlocking suits and abilities very worthwhile.
 * Miles has 25 (vanilla base) game suits in the game.
 * This game continues on the aspect of exploring not just Spider-Man's life, but also that of Peter Parker's, who is now working at Empire State University; the player can go to the Empire State University, the Daily Bugle (to visit Mary Jane), Peter's apartment, as well as change into Peter Parker on the streets whenever necessary (some main missions and side missions require Peter's abilities).
 * Although Peter is front and center in this game, Miles also plays a role as the secondary protagonist of the game.
 * Insomniac Games has made it so that players can customize their own unique suit and can mash abilities from other suits and add any color schemes, eye-lids, and in-game advantages they want. This ability, however, does not unlock until the player hits level 20.
 * There is actually endgame content that come after the player beats the story (certain side missions activate after the player beats the game and challenges pop up in the map to be completed).
 * There are fighting/stealth arenas players can participate in and play to compete for worldwide leaderboards, complete challenges (which lead into obtaining certain suits); arenas/maps are locations from the actual game's storyline.
 * With the symbiote playing a major role in this game, all of Peter's suits will have a symbiote variation attached from the first half of Act 1 (when Peter first bonds with the symbiote) all the way through the end of Act 2.
 * The Friendly Neighborhood App returns, with the player being able to use it as Miles Morales.

How Long To Beat (HLTB)
Main Story (alone): 23 hours

Main Story + Extras: 34 hours

100% Completion: 46 hours

Playable Characters

 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Yuri Lowenthal)


 * Miles Morales/Kid Arachnid (Nadji Jeter; playable in certain missions that require both him and Spider-Man; also playable in several unique main story missions by himself; playable after completion of story and holds a couple of unique, individual challenges and side missions; playable in separate story DLC)


 * Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Mark Rolston; playable in five unique story missions)


 * Eddie Brock/Venom (Benjamin Diskin; playable in separate story DLC)

Protagonists

 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Yuri Lowenthal)
 * Miles Morales/Kid Arachnid (Nadji Jeter)

Main Story Antagonists

 * Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
 * Harry Osborn/Anti-Venom
 * Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin
 * Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter
 * Dr. Curt Connors/Lizard
 * Aaron Davis/Prowler
 * Mark Raxton/Molten Man
 * Quentin Beck/Mysterio
 * Flint Marko/Sandman

Side Story Antagonists

 * Dmitri Smerdyakov/Chameleon (for Peter Parker / Spider-Man; endgame side villain)
 * Janice Lincoln / Beetle II (for Peter Parker / Spider-Man)
 * Alex O'Hirn/R.H.I.N.O. (joint side mission)
 * Adrian Toomes/Vulture (for Peter Parker / Spider-Man)
 * John Jameson/Man-Wolf (for Peter Parker/Spider-Man)
 * Hobie Brown (for Miles Morales; endgame side villain)
 * Mendel Stromm (for Peter Parker / Spider-Man; endgame side villain)
 * Tony Masters/Taskmaster (for Peter Parker / Spider-Man)
 * Baron Zemo (for Peter Parker / Spider-Man)
 * Fifth Avenue Phantom (joint side mission)
 * Spot (for Peter Parker / Spider-Man)
 * Morris Bench/Hydro-Man (for Peter Parker / Spider-Man)

Supporting Characters

 * Mary Jane Watson
 * Captain Jean DeWolffe
 * Eddie Brock
 * Dr. Morgan Michaels
 * Councilwoman Rio Morales
 * Gwen Stacy
 * Ganke Lee
 * Gloria Grant
 * Danika Hart
 * J. Jonah Jameson
 * Roderick Kingsley
 * Liz Allen
 * Donald Menken

Main DLC Antagonists

 * Yuri Watanabe/Wraith
 * White Dragon
 * Dr. Morgan Michaels/Morbius
 * Roderick Kingsley/Hobgoblin
 * Jason Macdenale/Jack O'Lantern
 * Lefty Donovan
 * Eddie Brock/Venom
 * Cletus Kasady/Carnage

Other DLC Antagonists

 * Bloodthirst
 * Jackson Weele/Big Wheel
 * Ana Kravinoff
 * Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino
 * Modi Thorson

Synopsis
The Osborn Legacy hovers over all of New York and curses the city. An alien symbiote attaches itself to Peter, but it changes Peter's psychological and mental state for the worst. As the war against Osborn is waged and the city slowly turns its back on Spider-Man, the conspiracy drives on.

Act 1
It has been just a month after Simon Krieger and Roxxon were exposed by Aaron Davis. Peter Parker is back in New York. He has a flashback of him and Harry in high school. Cut to present day, Peter is in his apartment, looking at a picture of him, Harry, and MJ. Peter hears a police radio