Spider-Man: Tales From The Spider-Verse VR Series

Spider-Man tales from the spider verse is an upcoming is an action-adventure VR experience created by ILMxLAB in collaboration with PlayStation and Oculus Quest released in 2023. The experience is set within the golden age of Marvel comics in the late 60-90

Differently from previous VR products by ILMxLAB, Spider-Man tales from the spider verse, transitions to storyLIVING, where players are inside a world making consequential choices that drive their experience forward, rather than the previous format of storytelling. As such, it will give players the opportunity to live their own action-packed adventure and explore parts of the spider verse

The original story features new and returning characters with multiple styles of gameplay and difficulty settings in order to accommodate a wide range of players.

The story is also told in 4 episodes with each being 2 hours, acting as a epic 4 part Spider-Man movie trilogy

Synopsis

the game is set in a alternate universe version of 616 of the Marvel universe and tells the story of the player taking on the role an unnamed college student who is a huge superhero/ Spider-Man fan

Their dreams Later come true when oscrop's attempt to recreate the radioactive spider escapes and bites the player, with their new found powers the player must put them to good use and become the new amazing Spider-Man

PLOY:

beloved hero and college student Peter Parker is killed by the hands of the green goblin in a epic showdown.

6 months has pased As the city mourns Spider-Man's death, crime has rampant up and villains such as shocker, electro and rhino escape jail and are running free in new York, oscorp has also taking the blood of the original Spider-Man and recreate the radioactive spider.

While on a school field trip, the player wanders in a secret room of oscrop containing A room with a huge spider web filled with 16 super spiders, one of these gets Loose and bites the player.

Later at home the player suffers from a fevorish nightmare being haunted by the goblin and relving the death of spider-man, next monring they soon find their hands sticking onto various objects and when arrving at school they leap out of an upcoming truck and sticks onto a bui!ding

They soon find put they have spider like powers and test them out in a abandod area, shcoked and exited they make it their duty by honoring spider-man and try to continue his legacy

They stich a suit made Out of a old blue t-shit, red tape for the blue sections and black tape for the logo, they also use a red ski mask and black sun glasses for the lens, after a few days of training the player decides to spring into action by taking on the shocker but proves to be too much as shocker beats the player and escapes.

Attention rises as the daily bugel soon take notice imposter, headline make onto the street as some speculate the return of new York's hero

It is Soon revealed Norman osborn miraculously survived the last fight with Peter but is greatly injured and hires the enforcers and later shocker to deal with him.

Next day the player runs into familr faces such as Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy, they can engaged in conversations with multiple characters asking various questions about Peter and even take some notes on what to do to become a better hero

The player figures they need web shooters and a better suir, after finding out Peter kept his various gadgets at his apartment, they sneak in and find a hidden compartment containing hidden blueprints for web shooters and other scrap gadgets like web bombs, tazor webs etc

the player finds Prototype web shooters which they can upgrade and customize with the help of a new girl at school called phin Mason, she can offer various gadgets and upgrades for the players

After obtaining A cheap Halloween suit, the player tries to live out their dream by balancing out school with superhero work, However things take a turn when they barley make it out alive when encounter the enforcers and later shocker at a construction site

The player becomes victorious but sadly their father suffers and is put into a coma with chances of never waking up, they soon learn what it truly means to be a hero and vows to become the new amazing Spider-Man!

Later Norman not wanting to let Spider-Man win (even if it is a new one) starts beginning a new project dubbed "hobgoblin"

GAMEPLAY

The player follows a linear path through the game, able to use spider like powrs to do various things as necessary to move forward to the next area, The player is able to scale buildings to ambush enemies and attack from a distance with throwing objects or webbing them up

But things take a turn when they barley make it out alive from defeating the enforcers and later shocker at a construction si.

There is a linear crafting system at the home base, where the player must scavenge different items and salvage them to make new items or weapons, eventually they can customize their spidey suit.

Theu cam select the colour scheme, web patterns, lenses and spider logos, web shooters can be upgraded with multiple design choices and improve on accuracy and colour, their utility belt gives them a alternate means to attack

They are equipped with web bombs, web grenades, tazor webs, spider drones, spider tracers, extra web fluid, ice webs, fire webs and more. All can be upgraded with more being unlockable

The game alsp offers a dailog system akin to mass efdect, the player can engaed in conversations with old and new characters, romantic options are done by doing various task like getting to know them, having one of them open up more etc

Romantic options

Mary jane

Gwen Stacy

Black Cat

Cast and characters

The Player/unnamed student/Spider-Man Harry Osborn

Norman osborn/green goblin

Mary Jane Watson

Gwen Stacy

Liz allen

Flash

J Jonah Jameson

Betty brant

The enforces

Shocker

Peter Parker (only though the beginning and video tapes)

Madame web

Vulture

Sandman

Doc ock

Rhino

Electro

Scorpion

Hobgoblin

Backround:

The project was first announced at D23 expo in 2022, ILMxLAB, Sony first teased the project on their Facebook and Instagram accounts, Later that day they confirm this is set in a alternate version of 616 where Peter died in his collage years and certain events will play differently like the black suit sags

It was also revealed this universe barrows elements from the ultimate universe such as green goblin being an hybrid of his 616 and ultimate counterpart. According to Ben Snow, the plot point involving A new spider man was inspired by the famous quote "anyone can wear the mask" miles said in into the spider verse and became the focused of the project

The crew also revealed players can male choices which will shape their experience similar to the telltail series in all 4 parts.

Their utility belt also has a wide arranged of gadgets such as web bombs, tazor webs, prototype spider drones, spider tracers and more