Spider-Man 2 (2017 PS4 Video Game)

Spider-Man 2 is a 2018 action-adventure video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, serving as a sequel to the highly-critical and successful Spider-Man video game that game out three years prior. The game went into development in late 2015, right after the first game sold over 4 million copies within the first two weeks of release and got mostly positive reviews, in which Insomniac Games decided to make a sequel to continue on the journeys of both Peter Parker and Spider-Man.

Rating
T (Teens) for Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Violence, & Sexual Reference

Gameplay Dynamics/Features

 * 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 still 60, but Insomniac Games heard gamers' complaints on how leveling up was a little too casual; Insomniac has made it so that it is harder to level up and takes skill to do so, completing certain objectives, some challenging and some just regular objectives
 * 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 Staten Island, the Statue of Liberty, the Raft, Ryker's Island, and Queens all playable in, wholesomely expanding from the last game
 * There are a total of 35 (vanilla base) game suits in this game, which players can unlock by gathering tokens, completing crimes, doing Bugle assignments (which some lead into special side missions), 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
 * This game continues on the aspect of exploring not just Spider-Man's life, but also that of Peter Parker's, who is in his last year of college; the player can go to the Empire State University, the Daily Bugle, 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)
 * 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)
 * Players can choose to hang out with Mary Jane, Harry, and even Ned and Eddie Brock, who are both introduced in this game (Ned being a student at ESU who Peter befriends and plays an important role throughout the story and Eddie being Peter's childhood best friend, but plays a minor role in the story)
 * In separate story DLC, both Black Cat and Daredevil are playable. Daredevil's combat focuses on his hyper-hearing, billy clubs, and parkour moves, while Black Cat is very agile and very much similar to Catwoman in the Batman: Arkham video game franchise. In both DLCs, players have the option to roam the world as Daredevil and as Black Cat.

HLTB
Main Story (alone): 22 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities): 40 hours

100% Completion: 55 hours

Playable Characters

 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Yuri Lowenthal)
 * Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Charlie Cox; playable in separate story DLC)
 * Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Erica Lindbeck; playable in separate story DLC)

Protagonists

 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Yuri Lowenthal)
 * Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Charlie Cox)
 * Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Erica Lindbeck)

Main Story Antagonists

 * Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven The Hunter
 * Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin
 * Quentin Beck/Mysterio
 * Dmitri Smerdyakov/Chameleon
 * Flint Marko/Sandman
 * Richard Fisk/The Rose
 * Ana Kravinoff
 * Daniel Brito/Fancy Dan
 * Raymond Bloch/The Ox

Side Mission Antagonists

 * Mark Raxton/Molten Man
 * Mud-Thing
 * Cain Marko/Juggernaut
 * Frederick Myers/Boomerang
 * Tony Masters/Taskmaster
 * Phineas Mason/Tinkerer
 * Prowler
 * Mendel Stromm
 * John Jameson/Man-Wolf
 * Norton Fester/Looter
 * James Sanders/Speed Demon
 * Ace Spencer
 * Raymond Bloch/The Ox
 * Alfredo Morelli
 * Alex O'Hirn/R.H.I.N.O.

Supporting Characters

 * Mary Jane Watson
 * Aunt May
 * Eddie Brock
 * Harry Osborn
 * J. Jonah Jameson
 * Ned Leeds
 * Detective Yuri Watanabe
 * Flash Thompson
 * Captain Jean DeWolffe
 * Agent Stanley Carter
 * Mayor Norman Osborn
 * Matt Murdock

Synopsis
Just one year after the violent war on crime, Peter Parker continues on his journey as Spider-Man and still struggling to maintain his life in order, balancing out both of his identities and daily lives. This whole year following the violent war on the streets, Spider-Man has been chasing leads on the real culprit behind Silvermane, who Spider-Man finds out was being payed by an unknown culprit. Former councilman Wilson Fisk's rise to fame and power as CEO of Fisk Industries seems suspicious. Peter, not feeling he is distracting himself from his daily responsibilities as Peter, spends his waking days chasing after Fisk, who Peter finds out is the culprit behind everything; the Kingpin of Crime. While the public hails Fisk as a god and Norman Osborn becomes mayor, a dangerous hunter known as Kraven puts his eyes on Spider-Man, claiming Spider-Man as his "Last Hunt". Peter struggles to survive, witnessing both his lives clashing together when Kraven and Fisk both put those he holds dear in danger. Will Peter be able to expose Fisk's lies? Will Spider-Man become the hunter or the hunted?

Ending
Spider-Man is able to clear the corrupt name Chameleon and Mysterio gave him through disguise and illusions (throughout the climax of the game) and after a long battle at Fisk Tower in which the Kingpin nearly kills Spider-Man, only to survive because Mary Jane and Ned came to the rescue and brought him to the hospital to get treated on. After healing up, Spider-Man realizes Fisk is never going to stop and that Kraven will pay for killing DeWolffe. Fisk ends up leaving town, but Spider-Man manages to get to Fisk's son, Richard, who goes a-wall and betrays his father, telling Spider-Man that he is going to find where his father is, creating a small partnership with Spider-Man. After Spider-Man and Yuri attends DeWolffe's funeral, leaving the entire city on edge, Yuri, Daredevil, Mary Jane, Ned, and even Flash (who is a big fan of Spider-Man's, as shown throughout the story) encourage Spider-Man to take down Kraven, as Kraven is the missing piece. Spider-Man and Kraven have a final showdown, where Kraven is able to use a powerful Kravinoff relic to turn himself into a monster, wrecking havoc in New York; Manhattan and Queens both. Spider-Man must stop Kraven and eventually does, claiming Kraven is not worthy of being a hunter. Spider-Man is left feeling empty inside, but Daredevil takes his broken hand (from fighting Fisk and Kraven both in just the span of a day) and ensures Spider-Man; the two will work together on finding Fisk and putting him behind bars forever. The game ends with this, but other events take a toll on Peter's life that encourages him to keep on going; renowned scientist, Otto Octavius, hires Peter to work for him after graduating with his Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree, Mary Jane gets a staff job at the Bugle, and Harry announces to Peter and MJ that he is going to Europe, but does not tell them why. Chameleon and Kraven, with Spider-Man finding out the two are half-brothers, calls SHIELD to send them to a highly-secured prison offshore, Ana Kravinoff has seen the evils of her father and goes off somewhere no one knows of, and Mysterio is still out there somewhere...

After Credits Scenes
After Credits Scene: Spider-Man just got done chasing down the remaining Kravinoff mercenaries and ties them up for Yuri to get. Spider-Man swings away and a teenager is recording this all going down. The teenager's friend tells him, "Com'on man, let's go." The teenager stays there to take multiple pictures and his friend says, "Miles!" The teenager turns around and reveals himself as Miles Morales...