Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Out Now - Adds New Game+, Mission Replay, More - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 March 2024 / 4,436 Views
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Insomniac Games have released the next big free update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
The update adds New Game+, the ability to replay missions, ability to change time of the day, new modes added to the photo mode, new suits, and more.
Our new update for Marvel's #SpiderMan2PS5 is live! #BeGreaterTogether
— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) March 7, 2024
🆕 NEW GAME+
🆙 ULTIMATE LEVELS
⭐ GOLD GADGETS
🔁 MISSION REPLAY
🌃 TIME OF DAY
🔥 HELLFIRE GALA SUITS
🦸 SYMBIOTE SUIT STYLES
🤖 ACTION FIGURE MODE
🔊 AUDIO DESCRIPTION
➕ AND MORE: https://t.co/YPwgMxivZO pic.twitter.com/S1KpJBf84A
Reach the patch notes below:
WHAT'S NEW?
New Game+ (NG+) Features
- Ultimate Levels: Go beyond the base game level cap in NG+
- Note: Ultimate Levels are NOT tied to any difficulty
- Symbiote Suit Styles: Unlock new story symbiote suit styles via Ultimate Level progression
- Golden Gadget Styles: Upgrade your gadgets with exclusive Golden looks
- Suit Tech Fusion: Unlock both perks in a shared Suit Tech slot
- PlayStation Trophy Unlock a new trophy for completing the story in NG+
Additional Features
- Mission Replay: Replay *that* mission (and many others) as much as you'd like now
- Time of Day: Change the time of day in the post-game via 'Gameplay' settings
- Tendril Colors: Swap symbiote tendril color in the post-game via 'Gameplay' settings
- Photo Mode - Action Figure Mode: Scale down characters for photo opportunities
- Photo Mode - Stickers: Decorate your photos with new stickers
- Hellfire Gala Suits: Added two new suits inspired by the Hellfire Gala designs
- Gameheads Fly N' Fresh Suit Pack: Two new suits for Peter and Miles, plus Photo Mode content
- Available via purchase, official details here
NEW IN ACCESSIBILITY
- Audio Descriptions: A narrator will describe key visuals and actions during cinematics
- Sub Option: Volume Slider
- Screen Reader: Audio narration relaying text across menus, tutorials, and control hints
- Sub Options: Volume Slider, Repeat Delay Time, Repeat Delay Scale
- Mono Audio: Combine all audio into a singular output
- Captions: Display captions for important in-game sounds during cinematics and some gameplay
- Sub options: Size, Color, Background Color, Background Opacity
- In-World Text Translations: Enable text boxes to show translated in-world text
- High Contrast Outlines: Outline friendlies and enemies with specific High Contrast colors
- High Contrast Outlines Friendly
- High Contrast Outlines Enemy
- High Contrast Presets: Access preset High Contrast settings for streamlined use
- Center Dot Color: Adjust the color of the center dot on screen
- Aim Arc Color: Adjust the color of the arc that displays during certain moments when aiming
- Target Arc Color: Change the color of the arc indicator when throwing certain items on target
- Motion Sensor Aiming: Aim using the DualSense Controller's motion sensors
- Sub Options include: Calibration & Sensitivity
- UI Holds: Switch UI holds to toggle
- Touch Pad in Combat: Disable the Touch Pad during combat to prevent accidental presses
IMPROVEMENTS / FIXES
GENERAL
- General improvements to game stability
- Addressed global crashing and freezing issues that may occur during cutscenes and/or gameplay
- Addressed global visual issues that may occur during cutscenes and/or gameplay
- Addressed issues where hiding HUD would prevent the next mission from spawning
- Addressed issues where players wouldn't be able to progress certain tutorials or sections
- Addressed an issue where Web Wings would automatically deploy if tutorials are set to off
- Addressed an issue where trick animations would reset during dives
- Addressed issues relating to incorrect player spawns after failing or restarting checkpoint
- Updated Webbed Suit textures
- Addressed clipping and artifact issues with some suit lenses
- Improved deformation across several suits
- Various additional fixes across the game
ACCESSIBILITY
- Made several improvements and fixes to High Contrast settings
- Addressed visibility issues across several enemy types, attacks, puzzles, and interactable objects
- Added the pause menu option to skip Adaptive Trigger minigames, joining previously included features such as:
- Turning off Adaptive Triggers via PS5 console settings to automatically skips these puzzles
- QTE Autocomplete can automatically skip these puzzles
- Made improvements and fixes to Toggles
- Enabling Swing/Parkour toggle adds tap on/off functionality for Spider-Bot Jump Jets
- Enabling Swing/Parkour toggle adds functionality for MJ to navigate squeeze-throughs automatically
- Toggle icons display properly when restarting the game
- Addressed an issue where tutorials would interfere with Swing/Parkour toggle functionality
- Addressed an issue where Swing/Parkour wouldn't enable fast enough when sprinting as MJ
- Addressed issues with Aim Mode toggle with MJ's lure
- Addressed issues with Friendly Neighborhood Challenge Level
- Symbiote nests and tanker crimes can no longer be failed
- Made several improvements to Look at Waypoint across several missions in the game
- Added Point of Interest (POI) Audio Indicator
- This feature emits audio feedback ticking when Spider-Senses are used and there is a POI on the screen to aid in judging distance, height, and occlusion
- Made several improvements to DualSense haptics
- When the Haptics setting is set to Functional and the POI Audio Indicator is enabled, the system includes an additional haptic component for the waypoints.
- Added distinct haptics for Abilities and Gadgets ready with Functional Haptics turned on
- Added hot/cold haptics when doing object navigations with Functional Haptics turned on
- Added haptic feedback when interact prompt is on screen
- Adjusted haptics across different puzzles and combat scenarios in the game
- Toned down damage received haptic a bit.
- Selected Shortcuts now display in the first boot menu
- Added the ability to enable Screen Reader in the first boot menu via Square button press
- Fixed resolution and other oddities when setting Button Prompt Size to Largest
- If enabled, Auto-Heal can save the player from fall damage death if the player has a full Focus bar
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is available for the PlayStation 5.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Hope we get a PC release soon
No chance Sony are not desperate.
Not desperate but they've made it clear they are quickening their PC release cadence. Got Horizon Forbidden West and Ghost of Tsushima within just 2 months.
Wouldn't be surprised if we also get TLOU Part 2 and Demon's Souls this year as well.
Forbidden west is 2 years old. Demons souls is 3 years old. GOT is about 4 years old. Spiderman 2 is 6 months old. You will have to wait 2 years AT LEAST. Your free to do that if you wish but it's not something I would ever do
Yeah........that 2 years is going to shrink dude lol. Already is actually. We've been down to 6 months with TLOU 1 and even day and date with Helldivers 2 already and looks like Until Dawn Remake will be day and date as well, or at least shortly after launch. Writing is on the wall. Sony has said it themselves. You either have to accept that or continue holding on the copium that things will just continue as they always have.
What do you think is going to happen when they've ported all their previously released games and Sony literally owns a PC porting studio? I doubt they're just going to be twiddling their thumbs waiting for Sony to give the all clear to start working on the next port lol
Sony are not losers like MS with Xbox. When MS brought games to PC day and date they never won another NPD again. Xbox sales fell off a cliff. Keep thinking Sony is going to get desperate but they are market leaders and will prove you wrong. Like I said Spiderman 2 will come over in a couple of years.
I bet you were one of those who believed PS would NEVER port their games to PC 5 years ago lol.
Once again to correct you, I seem to have to do that all the time with you, I said nothing about Sony being desperate, but they are looking for more ways to bring in more than they are now for better profit margins, and Sony LITERALLY said they were going to be releasing PC games faster as time goes on. You really need to stop living in the past.
I’m figuring we’ll get to the point of a year before games get ported to PC.
They know that if they do that console sales will crater like with Xbox, because why buy a PlayStation if you can just get the games on PC? They would have to be extremely desperate or stupid to do that
If PS was selling like XBOX Sony would be doomed. They depend on the PS division as their main bread winner. With MS that is not the case.
Sony absolutely will bring Spider-Man 2 to PC. Why wouldn't they do so after bringing the first one and Miles Morales to PC?
Didn't say they would never bring it to PC. They're market leaders they don't have to bring their games over immediately to PC. They will in a couple of years
Insane update. The game started great and just gets better.
Great updatw
I very much look forward to replaying that mission :)
Also added the debug feature for players, lol.
Should have been there from the start
Yeah, the game just wasn't ready at launch. Arguably the buggiest game Sony has put out in quite a while, no NG+, and no Mission Replay in a single player only, story driven game. But there was no way Sony was going to miss a major holiday release of this magnitude to coincide with the release of a new console model.
Didn't really hurt the game overall though. Bugs were for the most part funny, aside from the occasional major one, and the game was short enough to where people were able to Platinum it in a single weekend and moved on.
