Now that the initial rush induced by the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has begun to wear off, players have had time to kick the tyres of Insomniac's open-world epic and unearth its secrets. A missing law firm, comments made by Insomniac leadership, and a bookshop decked out like an armoury have sparked inevitable DLC speculation.
We'll get into the entire sordid affair below, but just so we're all on the same page, YouTuber Caboose walks us through where to find the bookstore and how to see inside below:
Previously in Marvel's Spider-Man and Miles Morales, players discovered an easter egg, a plaque in Hell's Kitchen advertising the services of the Nelson & Murdoch law firm. In Marvel's Spider-Man 2, the plaque remains but is now blank, implying that Daredevil and company have relocated elsewhere. IGN recently brought this up with Insomniac senior creative director Brian Intihar, whose coy response certainly gets our own Spidey-sense tingling: "That's a good question. Stay tuned. Good find, though."
In the above bookshop, we can see various symbols, swords, skulls, and firearms, as well as items of seemingly occult nature. A large red flag flies above the store, and a prominent but mysterious symbol is emblazoned above the garage. It's been theorised that Insomniac intends to introduce The Hand, an order of evil mystical ninjas and that prominent symbol, their updated emblem. Between this and the Intihar comments, some believe this points towards a Daredevil crossover, as Matt Murdoch has the most experience in punching them. The Hand featured in season 2 of Neflix's excellent Daredevil series.
The Doctor Strange connection is more nebulous, mostly hinging on the fact that a symbol that kind of looks like that on Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum window is partially visible behind a bookshelf. This, along with the occult symbolism and Wong referencing the Sorcerer Supreme in a sidequest, has led some to believe that Strange could appear at some stage.
Do you think any of this could point to potential DLC? What would you like to see from Insomniac, if anything, in terms of continued support? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source ign.com, via twitter.com]
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I think either Carnage or Daredevil are the DLC plans or maybe we see 2 expansions and get both. That Carnage hook though is too much of a tease so if he's not DLC then he's in the Venom game.
It would make sense for DLC for this one as the game feels massive like the first one. Miles never did feel like it was going to expand, even though it probably could have, but it generally just felt like a side quest in it's own right.
Really loving Spidey 2 at the moment, not really got that fat but I'm enjoying every moment! Shame it's a little bit buggy compared with the last one, hopefully the patches will fix those. I've come across a car which was in a chase I landed on ready to get the bad guys, only to find I was pushed into the ground and massive clipping. This was fixed with a jump, only to find no bad guys anymore. Odd!
Could be. Could also just be an Easter Egg that has nothing to do with DLC or future plans, there are PLENTY of them scattered around New York in both games.
Given the excellent melee combat Insomniac have already implemented in the Spider-Man series, plus what they’re about to do with Wolverine, a playable Daredevil would be amazing… voiced by Charlie Cox… now I’m dreaming.
That letter from wong gave me the biggest smile,I thought ,this guy gets everywhere 😂
Daredevil is the most suited to the style of combat in these spidey games, I'd be intrigued to see a full Daredevil spin off game from Insomniac, with actual law work tied in to gameplay, where Daredevil slaps people, and Matt Murdoch gets to put those slapped people behind bars later on using any collected evidence, wits, etc. But that type of game would have to have a failure threshold, where you can mess up investigations and lose in court to really be good. And I think Imsonmiac games are much nore linear, so far.
I wish they would make a DareDevil game. Could be Marvel's version of Batman. A darker more violent theme.
If there's Daredevil DLC this game becomes an instant buy. So I'm half hoping it's not Daredevil lol.
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