Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2022 PlayStation 5 Video Game)

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is an action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man.

After the success of the first game this game was widely anticipated amongst fans and critics alike. The game received universal acclaim from critics for its elaborate set pieces, character design, music, graphics, characterization, web-swinging traversal mechanics, and combat. Development on the second game started soon after the release of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

Synopsis
Three years after the events of the first game, Peter Parker balances his new job as an ESU Professor while old friends and foes alike return to threaten the city he protects as Spider-Man. Peter Parker and Miles Morales must navigate these waters together, and stop these threats from destroying New York.

Main Characters

 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man
 * Miles Morales/Spider-Man
 * Mary-Jane Watson
 * Harry Osborn/Venom
 * Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
 * Eddie Brock/Venom II
 * Yuri Watanabe/Wraith

Secondary Characters

 * Flash Thompson
 * Curt Conners/The Lizard
 * Silver Sable
 * Felicia Hardy/Black Cat
 * Ganke Lee
 * Rio Morales
 * Danika Hart
 * Otto Octavious/Dr. Octopus
 * Lana Baumgartner/Bombshell
 * Fabio Medina/Goldballs

Main Villains

 * Green Goblin
 * Venom
 * The Lizard
 * Wilson Fisk/Kingpin

Secondary Antagonists

 * Mysterio
 * Inner City Demons
 * Fisk Goons
 * The Goblins
 * Roxxon Energy
 * Kraven the Hunter
 * Taskmaster
 * Screwball

Gameplay

 * The game gives you a choice of three players to use throughout the game, Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and Yuri Watanabe as Wraith (an intentionally lethal character).
 * Gameplay is unique and specific to each character, with dodging/movement easier to accomplish with the Spider-Men, as Wraith is more of a gunplay/brawler type of character
 * Suits now have a perk for each character (Ex: Peter has Suit Powers, Miles has Lens Mods, Wraith has Weapon Mods, with all three still having Suit Mods.
 * Mods are now acquired by completing certain missions (Ex: Stealthier Suit Mods are acquired by completing a certain number of stealth missions).
 * Suits are now *slightly* customizable (jackets/normal clothes/backpacks for the Spider-Men, and different color customization for Wraith), and take damage through the game
 * Wraith must wait for laser pistols to cool down before further use, has swords/knives/hands during the meantime
 * Skill trees play to the strengths of each character, Wraith unlocks new weapons, Miles unlocks new power specifications, Peter unlocks new gadget opportunities, traversal/combat skills from the first game/Miles Morales stay.
 * Three DLC missions specific to each character, highlighting different skills

Story
During the Fall of 2021, Peter Parker begins his new job as a Physics Professor at his alma mater, ESU. Life is good for Peter, he's engaged to Mary-Jane, shares his schedule as Spider-Man with Miles, and had recently reconnected with his best friend Harry Osborn (who now runs both Oscorp and Roxxon Energy, following the very public disgrace of Norman Osborn and Simon Krieger.) However, Wilson Fisk is due for a parole hearing in court, and it's in the public opinion Fisk will walk a free man. Meanwhile, Miles Morales had just graduated from High School, taking a gap year to focus on his adventures as Spider-Man. The game begins with him escorting Wilson Fisk to his parole hearing, surveying for criminal activity. As he swings along, Miles hears an explosion in the distance, and swings towards it. Miles immediately sees a giant hole in the middle of the bank, and the first mission stars: Miles takes out bank robbers. Finally, Miles beats the bank robbers and notices two women leaving the bank with cash in a trunk. Miles is about to thwip to the truck when he sees a giant gold ball tear a hole through the back of the truck. Miles turns around to find mutant and X-Man Fabio Medina, otherwise known as Goldballs. Miles gets over to the truck, and notices the assailants are gone, but left the cash. After asking who he is, Miles berates Goldballs for his reckless behavior, which is when he hears the loud crash of a car. Miles immediately knows what's going on, but by the time he gets there all he sees are Fisk goons fighting the police. Once Miles is finished with the goons, Wilson Fisk had been long gone. Miles tells Ganke what had happened, on his way to his recently freed Uncle's apartment for some advice.

We return to Peter's perspective. Peter is finished for the day, having not taken too many classes in order to balance his other job. Grading papers, Peter gets a call from Harry to have lunch and catch up on what they've missed. They get pizza together, and catch up on what they've been doing from when Harry "left to Europe" to when he "returned" about a couple months ago.