PC players have a lot to try out when they boot up Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered. This beloved Marvel game was up until recently a PS4 exclusive title, but the remastered edition is bringing the web-slinging fun to PCs. So, PC players may just now realize how much there actually is to do in the game.
Marvel's Spider-Man is one of the most acclaimed video games released under the Marvel name. It sports a sprawling and detailed interpretation of Spidey's world, an excellently fluid combat system, and an open world full to bursting with unique activities. It's hard to even know where to start when booting it up for the first time - a problem many PC users may be facing in Spider-Man Remastered.
It can be overwhelming even knowing where to start in this game with the vanilla content, and never mind the additional side quests, activities, and DLC. Fortunately, with some proper direction, picking somewhere to begin and allowing the rest to fall into place is pretty easy. These side quests and activities are perfect distractions from the main story and serve to illustrate what makes Marvel's Spider-Man so much fun.
Searching For The Backpacks In Marvel's Spider-Man Is Great World-Building
What makes the world of Marvel's Spider-Man so much fun is how it plays with the timeline of events, spreading the story of Spider-Man across 8 years instead of just 4 or 5, as is the case with Marvel's sliding timescale. However, 8 years is a long time, so the writers had to add in a lot of details and new life events to pad it out. The backpack collectibles in Marvel's Spider-Man are world-building done right. They aren't necessary for understanding the story, but going out and collecting them helps the player better understand the story and the weight of what's going on. For instance, Peter and Mary Jane are broken up for much of the story, and if the player doesn't go after the backpacks, they'll understand that just fine. However, going after the backpacks will lead the player to several key items that give that breakup more weight. Items like the restaurant menu from their first date and a failed recipe paper give this relationship that's over at the start of the story so much more texture than it would have had otherwise.
Kingpin Construction Sites Are Great Combat Challenges In Spider-Man Remastered
There are many ways in which Marvel's Spider-Man respects Spidey's history. From casting actors like Dwight Shultz as Vulture again, to remembering that The Kingpin Wilson Fisk started out as a Spider-Man villain before he was a Daredevil villain. While taking him out sets the whole story in motion, Fisk would be a pretty poor crime boss if stopping his schemes ended at putting him in prison.
One of the first major side quests in Marvel's Spider-Man is handling Fisk's remaining large operations, which are all working out of Fisk-owned construction sites. The sites are filled with Fisk goons, which the player will have to eliminate if the operation is to be shut down. There are many base challenges like this, all of which are fun, but the high-rise settings of the Fisk quests make the combat much more fun.
Landmark Hunting Between Missions In Spider-Man Remastered Is A Lot of Fun
Marvel's Spider-Man's open world isn't perfect. In fact, some even argue in favor of fixing the problems by shifting to Spider-Man 2099's Nueva York. However, what it does succeed at is letting the player completely sink into the Marvel universe and feel like they're really there. This is accomplished through the brilliant use of landmarks. Scattered throughout the game's brilliantly detailed map of Manhattan are various landmarks from across the Marvel universe, ranging from the obvious such as Avengers Tower to the wonderfully obscure like Damage Control. Hunting these down and snagging a photo of them is some of the most fun a player can have just wandering around the open world.
Just Swinging Around NYC In Spider-Man Remastered Is Worth Your Time
If there is anything that Marvel's Spider-Man absolutely needed to get right, it was the web swinging. Fortunately, not only did Insomniac pull it off, but this is without a doubt the best swinging in the history of the series. The movement in this game is so fluid, responsive, and varied, that one photographer made poster-worthy screenshots using Spider-Man's photo mode. If the player doesn't wish to do the main story or chase side quests, there is plenty of joy and fun to be found in just swinging around New York, stopping various crimes or talking to people.
There are tons of little Easter eggs that the game in no way calls attention to that can only be found by disobeying the mission marker and striking out alone. For example, going out alone is the only way that the player will find the grave of Uncle Ben, which has a sweet little moment where Peter talks to Ben's grave and assures his uncle that he is still doing right by him. There are also little mini crimes that Spidey can thwart just by wandering around near them. The movement is so fluid and the world so responsive to the player's actions that one Spider-Man player used web-slinging to get a chair for somebody. The absolute best thing about Marvel's Spider-Man isn't the villains, as entertaining as they are, it isn't the story - as well written as it is - but the web-slinging. That's what makes a player feel like Spider-Man.
This is barely scratching the surface of all the fun stuff there is to do in Marvel's Spider-Man. There are optional villains to be fought, like Taskmaster and Screwball, other collectibles to find, and even other Spider-Man suits to track down and unlock - all of which come with their own unique power. This isn't to say that the Advanced Suit isn't cool, because it might be the best Spidey redesign, but merely having the option to wear suits like the Raimi costume makes for even more fun on top of what's already here. PC players getting this game for the first time are in for a treat, because Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered is going to keep them busy for quite some time.