Remember Puddlegate? The world seemed simpler in 2018 when the hottest debate topic amongst vocal segments of the PlayStation audience was whether or not developer Insomniac Games had "downgraded" the visual fidelity of a puddle for the final release of Marvel's Spider-Man. In reality, the puddle had been moved, and the lighting changed following its debut at E3 in 2017.
Still, it was a thing for a brief moment, and it seems that for some at Insomniac, the matter was taken personally in the fashion popularised by Michael Jordan. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 features some of the most relentlessly detailed puddles yet conceived for an open world action game, which seems pointed to us, especially considering how much time players will spend in the air.
With the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 almost upon us, reviews are out in the wild, and press, content creators, and industry folks with access have been posting impressions of the game. On YouTube, GamerInVoid devoted an entire segment to comparing these new puddles with those of Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, which you can see above.
Over on X, the website formerly known as Twitter, Shinobi602 shared GamerInVoid's analysis, prompting a response from the official Insomniac account, which revelled in this moment of ultimate victory.
Do you think Insomniac has vindicated its puddle-craft? Post your critiques in the comments section below.
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Lmao that's gold. I remember when the internet was losing their mind over the whole puddle debacle. Crazy times.
That whole puddlegate nonsense was such an absolute joke that I was shocked that some on here who I regarded as having intelligent opinions were giving the nothing burger credence. And people still haven't learned their lesson. Some are still complaining about SM2's graphics because they can't get their heads around how natural lighting looks.
I would like to see more devs react like this because they work their arses off for years going through goodness knows how much stress in an industry with an appalling job retention record, only to have their work nitpicked to death by armchair developers on Twitter and comment pages every time their game gets previewed.
@AdamNovice
Whiny f---ks on Twitter as loud as they are, are a very small demographic. Vast majority of people see the game, thinks it looks good, buy it, play it, and that's the end of the story. They don't whine about the most miniscule b------t that means literally nothing.
As Uncle Ben once said, "with game puddles comes great responsibility". I'm glad they got it right this time.
Love after puddlegate and idiots decrying a downgrade, digital foundry on release claimed the opposite saying the games cloth and texture work had increased in quality, and the puddle has just been moved.
I loved how with the first game they released free puddle stickers in an update for photo mode.
Always thought the original game looked great, but less so now after seeing it side by side with the new game 😅 Very excited for Spider-man 2!
Yeah they will find something else in the game to have a chew on..
I had completely forgotten about puddlegate. What a dumb thing that was. Guess Insomniac never forgot though. 😄
What a great looking puddle. I saw a puddle outside yesterday that didn't have that level of detail 🤣.
All jokes aside though I remember reading about puddlegate and just thinking "don't people have anything else to worry about in life?" It didn't look that bad at all and then when Insomniac explained why the puddle looked different, a few idiots actually argued with them and accused them of lying. I'm glad to see them have the last laugh. Game looks amazing and I can't wait to play it after work on Friday. My office is literally next to GAME so I can pop in and get it on my dinner break
Does it ever even rain in spider-man games? 🤔😅
Puddles more realistic than real puddles, no buy for me.
lmao, never really understood the obsession with the puddles in this game. Well good on Insomniac for making improvements on the puddles just to shut twitter I guess
Realistically, the sediment in puddles would hinder the reflection of the light in the way it's seen in Spider-Man 2. It's like they went out of their way to make them so realistic they made them unrealistic. Hard pass on this game if I'm going to be looking down from the skies seeing stupid looking puddles like that the whole time blinding me
@VideoGameBoy #sedimentgate?
Haha, fantastic stuff. Can’t wait to play this and now I will be taking extra care to admire the puddles and appreciate the extra work that went in!
Insomniac is based. This is next level trolling lol
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