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. The game's initial release date to PlayStation 4 consoles in October 26, 2018.

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 (Robin Atkin Downes; 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 (Robin Atkin Downes)
 * 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
 * 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
 * Detective Stanley Carter
 * Mayor Norman Osborn
 * Matt Murdock

DLC Villains

 * Stanley Carter/Sin-Eater
 * Anatoly
 * Agent Brock Ward
 * Arcade
 * Abby
 * Kilgrave/Purple Man
 * Steve Josephson
 * Nobu
 * Akatora
 * Akuma
 * Azuma Goda
 * Bakuto
 * Black Lotus
 * Ghost Maker
 * Gorgon
 * Calvin Carr/Chemistro
 * Lester Poindexter/Bullseye
 * Frank Simpson/Nuke
 * Daniel Brito/Fancy Dan
 * Raymond Bloch/The Ox
 * Abe Jenkins/Beetle
 * Montana
 * John Jameson/Man-Wolf

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...

DLC
There is a story expansion pack known as Goodnight New York, which comes in a giant bundle season pass that includes of four story DLC, two of them telling stories of Spider-Man and two of them revolving around either Black Cat or Daredevil. The expansion pack/season pass altogether is $40, while each individual DLC is $12. The first DLC, revolving around Spider-Man, releases in December 2018. The next DLC revolving around Black Cat as the playable character releases in January 2019 and the next one with Daredevil being playable releases in March 2019, while the last DLC revolving around Spider-Man releases in May 2019. Synopsis: In the aftermath of DeWolffe's death at the hands of Kraven, shaking the whole New York Police Department, Yuri informs Spider-Man that Stanley Carter, the most violent and possibly sociopath, police detective, has gone missing right after DeWolffe's death. Carter was an old lover of DeWolffe's, so DeWolffe's death possibly traumatized him. Spider-Man and Yuri, along with search squads spread throughout Manhattan and Queens, look for Carter, only to find themselves on the crossheirs of a crazed serial killer, who quotes the Bible and justifies his actions as "God's will". Whatever Spider-Man and Yuri does that involves finding where Detective Carter has gone to, this serial killer, calling himself the Sin-Eater, attempts to take both their lives and manages to kill dozens of trained SWAT officers. With SHIELD being forced into this situation, Spider-Man must stop Sin-Eater in his tracks and find out who this serial killer is, as well as find the missing Detective Carter...
 * Sin vs. Redemption

New Features: Boss Battles: HLTB:
 * 1) Avengers: Infinity War's Iron Spider suit (Ability: Iron arms/legs deal much damage, even on Spectacular difficulty)
 * 2) 2005's Ultimate Spider-Man suit (Ability: can web-throw enemies without having to web them up)
 * 3) New investigations to solve (Carter's disappearance reveals much more disturbance within the police department)
 * 4) New token type (Investigation Tokens, which are required to unlock both the new suits)
 * 5) Missing persons' cases to solve (because of Sin-Eater's actions)
 * 6) New enemy type (crazed sniper and knife-wielding serial killers)
 * 1) Anatoly
 * 2) Stanley Carter/Sin-Eater
 * 3) Agent Brock Ward
 * 4) Agent Maria Hill (hypnotized)
 * 5) Stanley Carter/Sin-Eater

Main Story (alone)- 5 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities)- 10 hours

100% Completion- 13 hours

Ending:

Spider-Man fights Sin-Eater on the deck of the SHIELD helicarrier, where Sin-Eater attempts to turn all the SHIELD agents, including Nick Fury himself, on Spider-Man. Spider-Man defeats Sin-Eater, unmasks him and finds out Sin-Eater was Carter this whole time, who admits he has a double personality. Spider-Man arrests Sin-Eater and both Spider-Man and Yuri come to an agreement that Carter is too dangerous, therefore he must be under SHIELD custody... Synopsis: After Spider-Man convinces Black Cat to make a drastic change from a cat burglar to a crime-fighter, Felicia accepts his offer and begins fighting crime around the city. However, her life in luck is left short when someone begins toying with her brain, leaving confusing and dark clues for her to find. After Felicia finds all these clues, she is mysteriously kidnapped and placed in a volcanic structure in France, where she finds herself in the eyes of Arcade, the manipulative man who toyed with her when she was a child. Inside this dangerous volcano, Felicia finds herself full of people manipulated by Arcade and wanting to kill her, as she runs across the likes of Kilgrave and superhero, Jessica Jones. Will Black Cat be able to escape this cave and stop Arcade from forever manipulating other people, including herself?
 * Nine Lives

New Features: Boss Battles: HLTB:
 * 1) Completely different and more agile combat with Black Cat
 * 2) Cat gadgets such as bolas and a unique ability known as "Bad Luck"
 * 3) 2008's Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows HD Remastered suit (Ability: Bad Luck meter refills every second)
 * 4) Arcade's challenges to complete to earn tokens (needed to unlock new suit and continue on with story)
 * 5) Giant side story arc involving Kilgrave and aiding Jessica Jones in taking him down
 * 1) Abby
 * 2) Steve Josephson
 * 3) Arcade
 * 4) Kilgrave/Purple Man
 * 5) Jessica Jones (manipulated by both Kilgrave and Arcade)
 * 6) Arcade

Main Story (alone)- 7 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities)- 9 hours

100% Completion- 10 hours

Ending:

After Arcade threatens Felicia; giving her the choice to either kill Arcade, allowing the files of her double-life as Felicia and Black Cat be released to the public for the government to see or kill Jessica Jones and end this all. Black Cat must choose (with Arcade being the canon ending). However, she does not really kill Arcade and only stops him; Black Cat must rush to delete all of her past files off Arcade's computer and end this all. After she does this, Black Cat has finally redeemed herself of her sins and heads back to New York (where the player is able to roam around as her)... Synopsis: Six months into hunting down Fisk security and the organized crime under Fisk, Daredevil encounters the Hand, who have risen to power in Manhattan and puts the life of Hell's Kitchen on a big risk. Daredevil must delve deep into the Hand's power and fight off against the powerful new leader known as Nobu, who proves to be a threat to both Daredevil and Matt Murdock...
 * Devil Samaritan

New Features: Boss Battles: HLTB:
 * 1) Completely different and gadget-enhanced combat system with Daredevil
 * 2) Gadgets such as the billy club and sling ring, as well as the unique ability known as "Hyper-Hearing", which comes in-handy when looking for enemies during both combat stealth; stealth especially
 * 3) Classic comic book Daredevil suit (Ability: Hyper-hear to greater distances, coming in handy during stealth)
 * 4) Yellow Daredevil suit (Ability: Billy clubs are instant takedowns)
 * 5) Four different side mission story arcs; one involving Bullseye, who returns to taunt Daredevil, one involving Nuke, who wishes to explode Hell's Kitchen and takes multiple hostages in both Hell's Kitchen and Harlem, one involving Chemistro, who is selling alchemy weapons around New York, getting Daredevil involved with the likes of Luke Cage and Iron Fist, and one involving Fancy Dan, who forms the group known as the Enforcers to take over and aid several gangs around New York
 * 6) Four new enemy types (super soldiers, the Hand ninjas, alchemy-wielding and enhanced individuals working for Chemistro, and mafia/tech mixed thugs led by Fancy Dan
 * 7) Four new hideout story arcs (all ran by all factions, all with different backstories and motivations)
 * 1) Akatora
 * 2) Akuma
 * 3) Azuma Goda
 * 4) Bakuto
 * 5) Black Lotus
 * 6) Ghost Maker
 * 7) Gorgon
 * 8) Nobu

Main Story (alone)- 11 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities)- 16 hours

100% Completion- 19 hours

Ending:

Daredevil creates a special equipment for himself with the help of his friend and crafting companion, Melvin Potter and enters the deep hole in which the Hand have created under Hell's Kitchen and face off Nobu and end this once and for all. Daredevil must stop Nobu in this bloody battle and after stopping Nobu, Luke Cage and Iron Fist has both put away the remaining likes of the Hand. Daredevil thanks both Cage and Danny for assisting him and Daredevil tells the both that he still has a loose end to tie together; Fisk... Synopsis: Peter gets invited to a party at the Daily Bugle, even after he put in his two week notice after being offered a job at Octavius Industries as a lab assistant. Peter goes to the Bugle and finds out that Jameson is having a two-purpose party; one part commemorating Peter's leave of the Bugle and MJ's new staff job (with Ned and Eddie both getting full-time print photographer/journalist jobs) and one part celebrating Jameson's son, John, going off to the moon. Once John is on the moon, he comes back a different man when he arrives back on Earth. Jameson, for once, has emotions and worries for his son and Peter, knowing his old boss is very obviously in distress. Spider-Man later finds out John mutates into a Man-Wolf at night and can talk. However, Man-Wolf is not the stereotypical mutated villain like the Lizard was; Man-Wolf is trying to do the right thing by killing criminals and every once in a while, Man-Wolf's brain cells go crazy and accidentally cause harm to innocent civilians. Spider-Man must chase after Man-Wolf and claim John back. In the meantime, does this mean Jameson will appreciate Spider-Man as a hero and not a menace?
 * Moon Werewolf

New Features: Boss Battles: HLTB:
 * 1) 2002's Spider-Wrestler suit (Ability: Unlimited focus)
 * 2) 2008's Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows HD Remastered suit (Ability: can web-spin enemies for a very long time or even until the ability is turned off)
 * 3) New challenges to complete
 * 1) John Jameson/Man-Wolf
 * 2) John Jameson/Man-Wolf

Main Story (alone)- 3 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities)- 5 hours

100% Completion- 8 hours

Ending:

Spider-Man is able to turn John back to his regular old self, reuniting John with Jameson in an emotional turn. Jameson, for once, thanks Spider-Man and has a moment with Spider-Man, but in the endgame dialogue, a caller on JJJ's podcast tells Jameson to admit to the public that Spider-Man is a hero and Jameson jokingly continues calling Spider-Man a menace.