Summary
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2is the latest AAA game not to come with a New Game Plus mode already in hand. This is likely due to other parts of development taking priority, which is admirable if true in this case sinceMarvel’s Spider-Man 2is packed with exciting story and optional content. Likewise, New Game Plus isn’t a feature that all players desire, content to only play through story-driven games once when they launch and maybe once again in the future when a sequel is coming out. That said, players who aren’t ready to dive bare-bones back into a ~20-hour or longer story will likely be upset when such games don’t have a New Game Plus yet.
New Game Plusprobably won’t let players usesymbiote abilities or Li’s lightning-based abilitiesuntil the point in the story when they’re unlocked, but it would be fun to play through early missions with a fully upgraded suite of gadgets and traversal abilities.Marvel’s Spider-Man 2will have a New Game Plus mode eventually, but when the feature does arrive the game arguably needs DLC or another piece of content to give players a salient reason to play it again.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s New Game Plus Needs DLC Accompaniment
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2is relatively short. That’s not necessarily a hindrance, but knowing that its story and optional open-world content can be completed in a few short days means that a New Game Plus mode may only truly appeal to fans who are adamant about playing through the story with certain skills or suits already unlocked from the beginning.
Otherwise, many fans have likelyalready PlatinumedMarvel’s Spider-Man 2and may not have any reason to retread that optional content. New DLC is unexpected at this point due to no announcement being made yet, but it’s always possible that an unprecedented story expansion could arrive alongside New Game Plus, which would be its biggest boon.
Story Threads a Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 DLC Could Follow
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s NG+ Could Take Pointers from God of War Ragnarok’s
WhenGod of War Ragnarokfinally released its own New Game Plus, it thankfully did so with an accompaniment of other exciting goodies. Two of its most engaging skins were introduced via the Cloak of the Black Bear and its gear set for Kratos, as well as a Spartan Armor skin for him that leaves Kratos completely shirtless.
Other updates were made, too, and made diving back into the game with a New Game Plus playthrough more than simply playing the game again with everything players already had. This obviously doesn’t need to be matched one-for-one to haveMarvel’sSpider-Man 2’s be successful, but it offers a decent blueprint.
NG+ without New Content Would Give Little Reason for Players to Return so Soon
IfMarvel’s Spider-Man 2’s New Game Plusis going to be similarly impactful, it will at least need new suit additions to give players something else to wear. Fortunately, that’s what Insomniac is already known to have done with the first game, so future updates with new suits aren’t out of the realm of possibility at all.
It will be interesting to see if Insomniac decides to make its New Game Plus addition a celebration with additional goodies or if it comes by its lonesome. Nonetheless, the latter may be a mistake when most players have already seen all the contentMarvel’s Spider-Man 2has to offer right now.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
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Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they fight to save the city, each other and the ones they love, from the monstrous Venom and the dangerous new symbiote threat.Explore an expansive Marvel’s New York with faster web-swinging and the all-new Web Wings, quickly switching between Peter and Miles to experience different stories, epic new abilities and high-tech gear.Wield Peter’s symbiote abilities and Miles’ explosive bio-electric powers in battle against new and iconic Marvel Super Villains – including an original take on a symbiote-infused Venom, the ruthless Kraven the Hunter, the volatile Lizard, and more from the Marvel Rogues’ Gallery.
