Insomniac has proven its storytelling capabilities with Marvel’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, but the developer could run the risk of overloading Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s narrative with too many plot threads just like Spider-Man 3 before it.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is an open world action-adventure video game based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and the 2014 film of the same name.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will have to strike a delicate balance between continuing the journeys of Peter and Miles, telling the tragic story of Venom, including a few villains and side quests, and possibly setting up Marvel’s Wolverine through a cameo appearance from the Canadian Mutant himself. On the other hand, if the main narrative of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 runs off in too many directions, it could leave players overwhelmed even if there is plenty of screen time devoted to each possible thread. While Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 had a couple of hours to weave their many plotlines into a singular and cohesive narrative, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will likely have upwards of 20 hours or more to expand its many storylines and side quests. However, there is an important distinction to be made between a blockbuster movie and a AAA video game: time. If Insomniac adds too many different story arcs to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the finished game could risk being overstuffed like Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. In an ironic twist of fate, 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 would similarly end its own series by struggling to balance too many disparate plotlines in a doomed effort to set up an expanded Spider-Man cinematic universe to compete with the MCU. Many of these plots were rushed and underdeveloped, and the resulting backlash against Spider-Man 3 eventually led to the Spider-Man film series being rebooted. Within roughly two-and-a-half hours, Spider-Man 3 tries to juggle Peter being infected by the Black Symbiote Suit, his relationship troubles with Mary-Jane, Mary Jane’s floundering acting career, Harry Osborn looking to avenge his father’s death as the New Goblin, Flint Marko becoming the Sandman, and Eddie Brock becoming Venom. 2007’s Spider-Man 3 movie remains a divisive entry in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man film series for many reasons, the most noteworthy of which being that the movie simply has too many characters and subplots for its own good. With all these possible plotlines being introduced or coming to a head in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, it feels like the next Spider-Man game could repeat a critical mistake from previous Spidey media.
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