With the game just two weeks away at the time of writing this article, we want to know how your hype levels for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 are holding up. The PS5 exclusive is pretty much Sony's flagship game of 2023, and since we have no real information on what the next 12 months hold for PlayStation Studios, it does feel like a lot's riding on Peter Parker's return.
Given the brand — and what will no doubt be a massive marketing push — there's very little chance of Spidey 2 disappointing on a commercial level. But are there questions to be asked about the game itself? What does it have to do to top the first Marvel's Spider-Man? Or Miles Morales? The press previews have been incredibly positive — and we think the gameplay footage has always looked fantastic — but we're looking for your opinions on the matter.
And so without further ado, have your say in our polls, and then feed us your honest thoughts in the comments section below.
How's your hype for Marvel's Spider-Man 2? (3,338 votes)
- My hype is maximum, I can't wait
- I'm not super hyped, but I'm looking forward to it
- I'm not feeling it right now, but that could change
- I'm struggling to get hyped
- I have zero hype
Did you play the first Marvel's Spider-Man? (2,914 votes)
- Yes, I've completed it multiple times
- Yeah, I finished it
- I've played it, but haven't finished it
- No, I haven't played it
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Aye not bad although im 51 im maybe not the target demographic for these kind of questions 😀
Really hoping it's campaign is super fun and tense and a really fun satisfying platinum. Also hoping for some more expansions similar to the 3 City That Never Sleeps expansions
@Smiffy01 never too old mate. There isn't an option for going dark and don't want to know anything until It's in the PS5.
I'm not the biggest fan of superhero games, especially those with comic characters, and I have no idea why because I absolutely love Infamous, for example. Still, I'm somehow looking forward to it as I had fun with the previous ones. But I'm not overly hyped about it
I'm not really feeling it honestly. Open world games have the same tired formula for the most part lately, and I'm tired of it. Spiderman 2 could be different, but I cannot get hyped for the life of me. I don't when know if I'm picking it up launch day, but I'll definitely get it somewhere down the lime.
The generic open world filler that was stuffed into the last one, alongside a very kid like tone makes this a very tough sell for me. Especially seeing the game include struggles like making time to study and prepare for college and what not.
It feels like spiderman is perpetually stuck in a static state where the dude never matures, never ages, and thus the thematic material continues to stay at a 'just hit puberty --- high schoolish level.' I understand he was slightly older than that but I'm talking about tone here. If the game was more than a visual spectacle and had some really amazing elements, I guess i could look past all of that. Yet the combat grows very repetitive, and their open world mechanics were essentially what translated to yet another open world rendition of outpost clearing and map reveal / icon chasing, was just not my bag.
There's no denying the cinematic presentation on display, but the very safe iterative nature of some of these churned out sequels is starting to really show the cracks in Sony's first party consolidation where diversity and innovation is pretty much nonexistent in favor of sequels and shameful remasters/remakes.
Love Spider-Man on PS4 (Platinumed it), and I actually had even more fun with Spider-Man: Miles Morales which was the PS5 game I got on launch day. Definitely hyped for this. After the Batman universe, Spider-Man is a very close second on my list of favorite superhero IP.
I think my mindset with gaming has changed a bit. Do i have it preordered? Yes. Do i love Spiderman? Absolutely? Am i counting down the seconds and minutes? No not really. Im so busy at the moment that i dont really have time to get overly impatient for its arrival. Im sure it will be great when it arrives though!
@MightyDemon82 Haha cheers bud 👍
Since I was disappointed by both HFW and GoW:R I'm not super hyped but I' still looking forward to it
I just hope the game doesn't constantly tell me what to do and spoil solutions to puzzles after like 2 seconds
Lol Mr know it all experts already, despite the game not being released yet
@PenguinLtd I understand he was slightly older. I am referring to the tone. I don't think the tone of these games was at all more mature than the live action fair, aside from maybe the first of the 3 most recent ones.
Yet as I said if you gel with that i can totally understand the appeal on the story front, but even then, the open world mediocrity was still a huge negative 1-2 punch for me.
Zero hype. Both the first game and the second game were fine enough, but nothing to fuss over. Not really a superhero person, so that may be my bias, but I just felt like people overhyped the first game and I expect it’ll be the same for this one. I’ll find a way to try it without purchasing. If I’m wrong about how I feel, I’ll admit that and change my mind. I am interested in trying, but not buying currently. The release slate is simply too stacked for me to think otherwise right now.
I do wish Sony would’ve had other first party titles lined up this year. People trampled over Xbox the past two years, but Sony arguably had a similar situation this year.
Platinum'd Spidey I back in the day and am in the process of getting it for Miles. Absolutely love this series!
I am very excited. Already pre-ordered and ready.
I'm super excited - I've waited so long for the map to be expanded from just Manhattan
Have superhero fatigue at the moment plus I haven't seen anything yet that screams I must drop everything I'm doing and preorder. I do hope it does incredibly well for Insomniac who are a game making machine
@QuietintheCorner Agree. The last years outputs from Sony has been amazing. Demon's Souls Remake, Miles Morales, Astro, Sackboy, Returnal, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Ragnarok, HFW and GT7. And now they're about to top it all with Spider-Man 2. Sony is super mode.
@Mauzuri You think that Sony's lineup has been lacklustre the last few years? That's funny, because I feel the opposite way. Just in 2021 and 2022 we had Returnal, Ratchet & Clank, Gran Turismo, Horizon, God of War. I play on all 3 console platforms and honestly, I haven't enjoyed any game from Xbox or Nintendo in that same time frame as much as any one of those games I just mentioned. Especially not Pokémon, as one of the examples you mentioned.
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I thought the first game was 'OK' - nothing 'special' and had a LOT of what I would call typical of an 'Ubisoft Open World' game - towers to unlock the map, lots of filler side activities (backpacks, photos, side missions, enemy bases etc), repetitive 'puzzles' in the lab, boring instant fail 'stealth' and a reliance on QTE's. Most battles result in a similar structure of dodging until you can web sling somethiing to get a chance to attack the boss, repeat 3x and follow the QTE's to win.
It played well and Swinging was fun. Combat borrowed heavily from Arkham and Treyarch's Spider-Man 2 (which also had great swinging) and so felt familiar and solid enough. Being a 'Sony' Game helped the final release deliver a 'solid' experience at launch that felt ready to release (Maybe the 'single' Platform helps too to ensure its polished) - which can't be said of other games but I felt like Insomniac took Ubisofts open world template and borrowed from Treyarch's Spider-Man 2 (an influence on Batman's Combat) and wrapped it in a Spider-Man skin.
As such, I doubt I'll buy Spider-Man 2 at launch. I don't think any game is worth spending £70 just to play in the first months of release when I can wait until its cheaper in a sale. It would really have to be something special, a complete game changer to convince me to purchase sooner...
I didn't love the original Spiderman like most people seemed to. I mean it was a fun game and swinging around the city was cool but by the end I felt I had my fill. I haven't even played Miles Morales yet so I'd need to get through that first before playing 2.
I’m looking forward to it, but can wait for a sale. That said, there are some annoying Xbox fanatics out there trying to spoil the game for others and that annoying behavior alone makes me want to just pay for the game day one. For now still on the mindset of waiting.
I'll borrow it off a friend in the Xmas break. I don't really buy PS5 games on release anymore, if at all. I can't actually remember the last one I bought on release... Ratchet and Clank maybe. The £70 price hike killed all the hype I had. Just made me feel like a mug when I booted up a game after paying that much.
I’m not hyped at all, to be honest. I enjoyed the first one as a small in-between affair. Miles Morales has been in my (free) backlog for over a year now though. I’ll might play Spider-Man 2 eventually in a year or two, but won’t pay full price for such a short game.
Looking forward to it, but other games are taking priority.
I’m more interested in Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Wonder, and Super Mario RPG (I mostly missed that one during the SNES days and only ever dabbled in it via emulation). I was sad that Alone in the Dark got pushed into 2024 as that was also up there for me.
Spider-Man 2 will be on my Christmas list.
I'm not hyped yet, but that's purely because I never got round to playing the first one. The series is on my radar, I want to give them a try some day.
I’m very excited! Spider-Man and Insomniac are a dynamic duo and I can’t wait to see what they’ve come up with.
I finish 🕷spiderman last week.its a amazing game.and easily one of the best games ever made. 🕷spiderman 2 is going 2 be amazing as well.word up son
I'm excited for it but with Mario Wonder releasing the same day, I'll likely be putting my copy of Spidey 2 on the shelf and focusing on Wonder first.
spiderman was an ok game most of it had been done better in the arkham games years before
spiderman was a 7/10 good main story but the rest of it was an open world collectathon
miles morales was dlc sold as a full game 5/10
Meh.. I’m ******** deep in my first run through of Cyberpunk.. don’t think I’ll be jumping to play a kiddy game right afterwards.. it’s definitely high on my list though as I loved the first 2 games..
I’m just not too excited to swing around the same city for another 20+ hours.. New York is so overplayed and overused in all forms of media to the point where it’s sickening..
I say this while I got my copy preordered already at GameStop.. I KNOW I’m gonna play it though and I KNOW I’m gonna love it.. but I’m not EXCITED for it ya know?
I liked the first one. But I didn’t fall head over heels in love with it. I enjoyed the main story campaign but I was turned off but all the collection elements, which I mostly ignored. I thought Miles was a better overall game, though.
I’ll be playing Mario Wonder first. Since I’m actually hyped for that.
Not sure yet if i'll get this. I liked the first one but it got pretty repetitive pretty fast. I think the Arkham games did what it did, but better, a few years before it.
Will see if they added some more variance to the gameplay or not.
Just okay, I just don't have the energy to be excited about superheroes story again, it's just so boring. After 20 years of marvel I think I want to move on from superheroes genre. I do like spider-man ps4, I got platinum for that game.
Lately I've been playing my analogue pocket more than my ps5/switch games, playing metroid fusion gba, chrono trigger snes, and some other classic console/handheld cores. I'm hyped for super mario wonder and mario rpg remake though.
Finished the first, got the plat, enjoyed it. 30 minutes in to MM, which was one of my first PS5 games, I was bored to tears. It was the same thing, and this looks like yet more of the same. Zero hype I’m afraid.
The first one was pretty generic in my opinion. Felt like a Ubisoft game. Nothing wrong with that, I like Ubisoft games but I really expected much more.
So... zero hype. Would try on PS+ though.
I have preordered it yesterday, just in case ps stars will do a collectible for preorder like it was with God of War case.
I'm kind of burned out on open-world right now. I'm going to wait until this hits around the $30-$40 range. I played the first game and 100%-ed it. I loved it, but I'm going to hold off for now.
I am excited for it, somewhere in between the first and second choice. I will get it day one if Lords of the Fallen does not review particularly well, but man that games looks excellent and will take precedence if I see some 8-9/10s
Much more hyped for Mario Wonder (and even Sonic Superstars). But I'm still excited for Spider-Man 2; it's just a question of when I'll get around to it.
I would hope PlayStation faithful are excited, though. Being that this is basically carrying PS5's 2023 all by itself.
I want to know more about it first. But yeah not very hyped currently. But I will pick it up when the DLC is out. I still gotta finish Miles Morales anyway.
Zero hype to be honest, no interest as well. I don't really have any interest in super hero stuff in general so that's got a lot to do with it, that and I feel like the material has become so over-saturating in entertainment over the past decade especially. To top it off I never beat the original Spider Man game and I got the remaster through PS+ Premium. I feel like this can easily be a one n done interest for me.
I am definitely getting Spider-Man 2 around Xmas. Mario Wonder & Forza Motorsport I need to pick up too. Spider-Man is a brilliant game. I almost forgot Lords of The Fallen, Jesus there are so many good games out & coming out.
Pre-ordered the Deluxe version just today actually, yeah i'm very hyped.
Enjoyed seeing the huge double advert featuring Miles and Peter on the Oxford Street Underground station platform - really felt that relationship between them!
It will be good but I’m not expecting to be blown away honestly. Maybe a 8.5.
I played the first one for about an hour and a half and I couldn't believe how much hype that game had behind it. I mean it was cool but it was just a comic book character Disney game. Some things just have hype as their lifeblood and I think a lot of it just has to do with the collective psyche on the internet.
I'm hyped but would rather a new "infamous" game
I was extremely excited...
...Until the Tekken 8 beta was announced for the weekend when SM2 is released. Might use Spidey to ease burnout from all the matches I'll be using but Tekken is the priority.
I’m looking forward to it, fan of insomniac, not so much Spider-Man. If they stripped out the marvel license and renamed it arachnid dude I’d probably be hyped.
Hard to be hyped about a sequel that, at least from the trailers, seems to be a souped up first game(s). Even the areas are partially the same.
I'll get it later on at a discount or maybe I'll go directly for the improved (and by then complete, DLC and everything) PC version.
Right now I'm a lot more hyped by Lords of the Fallen - finally launching next week \o/ Can't wait!
I am very much looking forward to getting my hands on the game, but I have a lot of awesome games to play until release, so I am not chomping at the bit. That’s not to say I’m not hyped, but this has simply just been a really good year for games! 😅
It will look great, play great, etc. But for the life of me I cannot get into any of the spiderman games. The cut scenes are too much as well. I hope people really enjoy it though. I still need to finish Demon's Souls, GOT, Lies of P and Starfield anyway among the many others in my backlog.
It's one of only 3 must have games for the remainder of the year, the other two obviously being Mario Wonder and Mario RPG. Everything else can wait.
@Shinnok789 SP2 has already been confirmed to be more than a souped up sequel, which is funny coming from you because LotF is literally just the first game revamped and expanded on 😂. You just played yourself.
I keep thinking I’m done with AAA’s. Of all the games I’ve loved in the past couple of years, they’ve been indies (Deaths Door, Tunic, Chained Echoes). But then I remind myself about Death Stranding, and Hogwart’s, not to mention the life consuming BG3 (still not reached Baldur’s Gate after 150 hours and I love it!). In summation, life’s complicated. I’ll probably get it after I finally buy HFW & GOW2. I just don’t feel I “need” it
Excited but a little worried about franchise fatigue. Just the second official installment but with all of the versions and added content and the Miles version, this feels more like the fifth installment.
Don't really have any interest in this for some reason. Played the first twice and enjoyed it but thought Miles Morales was a let down. Will be interested in seeing the reviews
I am really looking forward to it. I have my own concern of "What if it feels too similar to first game?" but I'm hoping that it's different and improved enough. I am extra excited about both the story and symbiote gameplay. Day 1 baby!
I'll play it next year on sale. The first two are quality games but I was done with both long before I actually finished playing them.
Given Insomniac's track record I don't expect 2 to be particularly innovative and I'm also assuming they dropped MJ missions, which I actually really enjoyed - I know I'm in the minority on this one.
Eh, I can wait till it becomes free on PS+.
The first spiderman was good but waaaay overrated and I haven't tried Miles Morales yet.
I'll prob get the platinum at some point but there are so many games in my backlog that I'd rather play.
Not very hyped. I still have to go through the first games.
Maybe once i do, like them and spiderman 2 is on sale i will get it.
Not a marvel or DC fan so this universe does nothing for me. Zero hype. However i finally bought FF16 and am really really enjoying it so far. I am only 4 hours in so didn’t see much of it. But enjoy it a lot. Still playing diablo 4 on Series X so now i have 2 game on 2 consoles going like i like to have. Spider-Man while really well made and will be a huge seller, just isn’t my cup of tea. Really wish insomniac got to work on a new IP and released from Marvel but Money talks and i respect that.
I really likes the first one I just don’t like miles morales n think addition of second spider man was really unnecessary
I don't hype for ANY game these days. It's foolish. It amazes me that we keep getting worse games every year and people still preorder (especially digital version preorders are beyond moronic) and get mega hyped for games.
What's wrong with you?
Excited to play it but not in a rush, Mario Wonder takes priority for me that day.
I will probably pick it up next month.
Do I preorder this for Day 1 or cave on Day 2 and buy it then?
Honestly i was actually not a huge fan of the first Spider-Man. I liked it well enough, and did finish it. I actually liked Miles Morales much better. I think it felt more focused and didn’t have all the terrible puzzles and stealth garbage. I’m kind of burned out on Sony’s first party actually. I’ve had to force my way through the few I’ve played. I still have never even played GoW Ragnarok. I’ll be interested to see if this new Spidey game will hit the mark for me.
I'm hyped, alright ...
...for Mario Wonder.
Nope. Zero interest. Not into playing super heroes.
Super excited. But I’m leaving for vacation to visit some friends the night it comes out and will be gone til Tuesday. So the earliest I will play it is Tuesday night after work.
I’m trying to forget the game exists until that Tuesday lol
I have just Started Spiderman Remastered and will also whiz through Spiderman MM over the next 2 weeks. So far it seems good. I am not a Marvel fan and I have never seen a Spiderman movie, but the game is pretty fun. I have Spiderman 2 pre ordered but I can't say I am hyped because I expect it to be like the game I am playing now but with dual protags. I could be wrong and I hope I am pleasantly suprised!
Looks like more of the same, so not really that bothered. Hope I'm wrong and they pull something new and innovative out the bag, but from what they've shown so far it looks like more of the same. I can't be bothered playing the same game again.
Zero interest & no hype here. I've never really been into comic-book superheroes.
Because I bought the Spiderman spec ed console I've got the game code scratch card and I'm itching ( pun intended ) to scratch it off.
@RobynAlecksys Joke's on you bub, next week's LotF has very little in common with the first title gameplay wise, go see trailers for yourself, or better yet, play the game too see the difference.
They both belong in the same genre, they even have a 1000 year difference, so they happen in the same "universe", but the similarities stop there.
Spider Man 2 happens in New York ... again... they just added 2 new areas around it.
You swing around in much the same way. Complete again a ton of "check" objectives around town... same old open world mechanic. They may add some "switch" between the 2 heroes, but basically it's not much different from the first game.
LotF launching next week is rebuild from the ground up differently. It's more RPG-centered, has a character creator, has the dual-world mechanic that completely changes how you play the game etc etc.
@Exerion76 i think you are just tired of playing the games. You should have enough rest
@KundaliniRising333 spiderman 2 is going to surpass it predecessors in quality and other aspects too so everything you mentioned like repetitive combat will be nothing to worry about. You are just too blind to see how spiderman 2 got improved a lot.
@Mauzuri nah among many other games, spiderman 2 is going to overshadow every game that is going to release in the coming months for now. Yes, there is zelda or BG3 that are masterpieces but if you talk about the rest of months this year? Spiderman 2 is the most anticipated game
@dschons if you are not a big fan of spiderman, it's no wonder you are not very into this game. Just like I'm not into bg3 or alan wake 2 or something
@Supergunshot Yeah, I think it is because I have no personal attachment to the character. I haven't read the comics as a kid like many people have. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the games for what they were but not because of the character which adds additional enjoyment for those who grew up with Spider-Man. I think all this super hero stuff is a bit "childish" for the lack of a better word with the spider suit and all that. Maybe I enjoyed Infamous more because it was a bit more grounded in that sense.
@dschons calling superhero childish is a bit of stretch. And I haven't also read the comics either. I just became interested in spidermen when I watched the movies. I'm 100% sure that's a stereotype you have just because you are not into superhero.
@Supergunshot Yeah, when you ignore the "for a lack of a better word" which I also said, then it is no wonder it comes off as a stretch.
@dschons Although I do respect your taste, but I think it might be better to stop arguing since my point of view for superhero is totally different from yours. As much as I enjoyed infamous as well, I personally don't think there is any huge differences between spiderman and infamous in terms of more "grounded plot" like you said. Enjoy your gaming life. Bye
@Supergunshot Didn't say grounded plot.
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there is never enough games coming from Insomniac Studios. BRING IT ON
Looks great. But not that interested. Its always the same old open world *****. I would of preferred a more linear experience. This industry needs to wake up and realise just because you can doesn't mean you should.
@DrVenture69 except certain Nintendo titles, I a done paying full price for AAA titles. I will at least wait till they drop to $50 or less….
@Mauzuri i have zero interest in those games (except hi fi rush, but im not buying an xbox just for it) people who by ps5 buy them bc they know what kind of games and what standar sony has with them, same with switch, something that cant be said from xbox, starfield its their most important game in the last 2 years and ended up being lackluster as hell, if that game lunched on ps5 nobody would had cared, xbox users were hyping that game like it was the second coming of jesus, like it was going to be the game of the generation when its not even a GOTY contender, se yeah xbox is really underperforming for all the money they have
@Juanalf superhero fatigue doesn't exist dude, what people have is crappy superhero movies fatigue
Too old to get hyped. I'll buy physical next month after i get my wage
Zero hype
Played the first didn't finish.
Refuse to play the kid arachnid game
@Powerplay94 I was confused by that too. Weird.
I think this is definitely a candidate for most overrated first party series ever and I can't tell if that's an unpopular opinion or not lol.
I'm definitely getting this, but probably two years after release, and it being the Game of the Year/Definitive/Complete/Director's Cut/Super Turbo Hyper Champion Arcade edition.
I'll wait for a sale, but I have little doubt that it'll be a very good game.
As for the second question, I did 100% the first game, as well as Miles Morales.
Got mine preordered, looking forward to it:)
Honestly, after playing the first one, I'm not bothered in the slightest. Slinging webs around New York is fun but the combat got boring after about twenty minutes.
Not having a go at anyone interested as I'm sure you'll enjoy it, but hard pass from me.
@Powerplay94 It is simply because ppl that are hyped just click the answer and move on. People that aren't give reasons why they aren't.
Very simple and common mechanism.
Similar to that is ppl that enjoy a game play it and ppl that don't enjoy it post comments.
Game looks awesome, and I hope it lives up to the hype. However, I will be getting Super Mario Bros Wonder instead. Between the two games, Spider-Man is more likely to be discounted to a reasonable price at some point in the future, so I will be waiting for that to occur.
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