The world map featured in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is roughly twice the size of the one found in the first game.
Speaking during an interview with Famitsu, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Creative Director Bryan Intihar revealed that the game’s world map is around twice the size of the one found both previous games. In terms of new locations that have been added to the game world, he mentioned both Queens and Brooklyn.
According to the Spider-Man 2 Creative Director, Brooklyn and Queens are rather small residential areas, and they have their own charm in comparison to Manhattan. He added that Insomniac Games has created exciting new situations that haven’t been seen in prior entries, such as battles taking place along rivers that pass through cities.
With regards to the game switching between Peter Parker and Miles Morales, Game Director Ryan Smith told Famitsu that there are sections where the character switching is dictated by the story mission at hand. However, when exploring the open world outside of story missions, players can freely switch between both characters.
In his message to fans, Intihar’s stated that he wants players to feel that Spider-Man 2 isn’t just a sequel, but a new experience for the two heroes. The personal conflicts of Peter and Miles are also depicted, and he hopes that fans will find the parallel between both individul stories interesting.
Previously, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier suggested that Insomniac Games is targeting a September, 2023 release window for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. The release date for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 had also been hinted by the voice actor who plays the role of Venom. In his response to a tweet, Venom voice actor Tony Todd hinted at the release date for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PlayStation 5. According to him, the game will hit store shelves during the month of September, 2023.
Todd further stated that Sony Interactive Entertainment will be conducting a massive publicity campaign for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 in the month of August, 2023. Based on what he has been told, commercials for the game will begin airing during that month. Todd urged fans to have patience and look forward to their favorite game hitting store shelves soon.
Steelballpun on June 2nd, 2023 at 22:58 UTC »
Who gives a crap about map size anymore. We’ve all learned by now content is more important than large empty spaces with procedurally generate events. Hell Yakuza and Judgement games have tiny maps but a huge amount of content. Disco Elysiums map is tiny as hell but that game feels so layered and deep. Memorable content is what sells a game, not map size.
Lourelectric on June 2nd, 2023 at 21:51 UTC »
"It is four times the size of Fallout 4"
Trout-Population on June 2nd, 2023 at 16:32 UTC »
I imagine Manhattan is returning and Brooklyn and Queens will be added. Very nice.