It’s officially been a year since Insomniac Games released Marvel’s Spider-Man exclusively on the PlayStation 4, and the impact of the title has been so huge that we thought it was a moment worth celebrating. Sony, of course, recently capitalised on the success of the title by re-releasing it in Game of the Year form; if you happen to be in the UK, you can also snag it with an uber-cute custom cover as part of the all-new Only on PlayStation range.
Creative director Bryan Intihar, who we had the pleasure of interviewing prior to the launch of the critically acclaimed open worlder, had the following to say about the release’s anniversary:
When all’s said and done, the superhero effort could go on to become the best-selling PlayStation exclusive of all-time, having racked up sales in the region of 13.2 million units in less than a year. A sequel is all but guaranteed with Sony recently acquiring the title’s Burbank-based developer, and we can’t wait to see how the series will evolve in the future. In the meantime, PlayStation VR spin-off Marvel’s Iron Man VR is slated to be the next collaboration between the Japanese giant and Marvel Games.
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Loved this game. Can't wait for the sequel.
Thanks Insomniac! Looking forward to seeing what the future holds with you all!
For those who haven't seen it, there's a nice article on the U.S. PlayStation blog with Insomniac discussing the inspirations for the various Spidey suits. It's pretty cool.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/09/03/the-secret-history-of-marvels-spider-man-suits-as-told-by-insomniac-artists/
Spectacular game, I was quite surprised just how good the main story was. I'm hoping they go all in with a Venom plot for the sequel but sure whatever they come up with will be good.
Just in honour of this I will spiderweb my wife tonight!
Who'd have predicted at the start of the generation that Spider-Man would be the one that finally got Insomniac to join Sony's WWS. Especially when just days before the game was announced most of us thought that if such a game was going to happen it would be Sucker Punch doing it instead.
@themcnoisy
Such a great game. Can not wait for the sequel.
Loved the game that much I actually platinumed it, my only plat so far. Well worth a play through, hoping for more dlc, not sure I could go through the main story again.
Playing through it now, and I do really like it. More than I thought I would. It doesn’t innovate really and certainly borrows from many other games and franchises in its gameplay, but it does work well. It’s just fun to play, even if it isn’t original. All games can’t be Death Stranding.
@Th3solution
It's another open worlder, but the fluidity of the web swinging makes it so much fun!
@lacerz True. The traversal is the claim to fame here. The structure of the world, the Ubi-tower fractionated map, the Arkham style combat, the echoes of InFAMOUS’s DNA sprinkled in.... all comes together to make for some fun romping around NYC beating up baddies. It has a polish many of its progenitors didn’t have, and that helps too.
Enjoyed my time with the game, but looking back it's possibly one of the weakest PS4 exclusives that I've played, saved only by the web swinging. Instantly forgettable story, repetitive missions and gameplay. I hope they play it less safe for the sequel. At least it was an easy platinum!
@LemonHaze ?!... I think you’ve misread my comments. Or I’ve misread yours. Anyways... carry on with your day, sir. Or go play some Spider-Man, if you wish.
Fantastic game - hopefully we see more one in the near future.
Good game, almost as good as Knack.
One of my favorite games this generation. It was fun just traversing through the city. The combat felt great. Excellent writing, voice acting. And all those awesome Spidey suits to boot. Batman has always had the best comic book hero video games but this one gets Spider-man into that conversation.
I love Insomniac and always have. They are such talented developers. I would love another Resistance or Ratchet and Clank, but I'm sure Spiderman 2 will be next. It's agonising waiting for their games, but worth it in the end. I must admit though, I haven't played Spiderman yet, though I've heard amazing things, and what a current sales number.
I only just got the platinum trophy a few weeks back (I completed the mainline story but didn’t get round to cleaning up the districts). Still yet to do the DLCs (even though I bought the season pass). Great game and just hoping issue between Sony and Disney does not impact the sequel for PS5.
@Panic_Attache I'm still having trouble getting the platinum, can't seem to be fast enough to get Ultimate scores with the Taskmaster or Screwball Challenges.
I'm missing enough Challenge tokens to buy all of the suits, wasted them on Gadget upgrades and too lazy to do a New Game+.
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