With Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales released Insomniac Games on 12. November 2020 the sequel to the action adventure Marvel’s Spider-Man. So the friendly spider from the neighborhood returns after about two years and is now trying to build on the success of the prequel in the form of Miles Morales. In addition, the latest Spider-Man game is a PlayStation 5 launch title. For this reason, Hardwareluxx went to New York City and paid a visit to the Avengers Tower and the Daily Bugle, among others. How Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales did it, you will learn in this allusion.

Even if most people with Spider-Man first Line associate photographer Peter Parker, Marvel has been pursuing a slightly different approach to the spider for many years with the Ultimate Universe. Miles Morales had to live in the Ultimate Universe (Earth 918) witnessed the death of Peter Parker and has followed in his footsteps ever since. The idea of ​​parallel universes was also taken up again and again by Stan Lee and Co. in the short stories of the What If …? Series. Various short stories can be found here that show an alternative sequence of events in the Marvel universe. However, the great success of the “Ultimate Spider-Man” ensured that Miles also in the “real” Marvel universe (Earth 616) his May drive mischief.

Morales played an important role in the first part of the action adventure and was an integral part of the story. Also, in the past you could take control of the teen on some missions. Insomniac Games has given all Spidey fans at Marvel’s Spider-Man a preview of the upcoming PlayStation adventure in advance. Because Peter Parker and Miles Morales differ in a lot more than just their home universe.

The latest Spider-Man adventure can be played on the PS 4 as well as Sony’s PlayStation 5. In addition, it will be possible to easily transfer your PS4 save to Sony’s next-gen console and pick up where you left off.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is available for purchase as both Standard and Ultimate Editions. In the latter, in addition to the main game, a download code for the remaster of the first part of the series including the three additional DLCs – “The city that never sleeps” – is included. Anyone who wants to dive into the world of Marvel’s Spider-Man for the first time with the upcoming next-gen console is well catered for with the Ultimate Edition. The GOTY version of Marvel’s Spider-Man is currently around 50 Euro, but this is not the remastered version of the game.

Gameplay

Already the first part caused a lot of joy among all Spider-Man fans with its open world and an almost seamless transition between individual cutscenes and real gameplay. At times you felt like you were in the middle of a comic and helping to create the story yourself. This is exactly where Insomniac Games comes in with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The sequel takes place again in the same New York that gamers used in part one before Mr. Negativ and Dr. Octopus was rescued.

This time the players do not slip into the role of Peter Parker, but swing happily through Manhattan as Miles Morales. In addition to the main story, there is the possibility to complete numerous additional missions. Among other things, there are different stations on the map where the hobby superheroes have to complete a training program – created by Peter Parker himself. In addition, there are again a multitude of random crimes to be thwarted, as well as wild chases through the whole city and much more.

Furthermore, in Course of the game three skill trees expanded and the visual appearance image can be customized by Miles Morales. The individual suits can also be customized with a visor and suit modification. A photo mode and various web shooters, which you already know from the first part, are also available. Furthermore, the players expect new products, such as the Venom strike. This causes Venom-Shocker on impact, which means that shocked enemies suffer additional damage from basic attacks. In order to carry out said strike, however, an appropriate status bar must first be loaded. You can do this by dodging enemy attacks or landing a hit on enemy units.

A total of four different levels of difficulty are available at the start of the game. With “From the Neighborhood” players are challenged only minimally in fights. In addition, Miles cannot be incapacitated. “Friendly” is suitable for gamers who want to enjoy the story without challenging fights. “Incredible”, on the other hand, is intended for hobby superheroes who want a balanced experience with certain challenges. “Spectacular” is aimed at all Marvel fans who want to compete in challenging fights. The opponents are also stronger and a little more aggressive. Anyone who has already had a lot of experience with Marvel’s Spider-Man should be able to cope with the difficulty level “Spectacular”. For all Marvel newbies, however, the highest level of difficulty is not recommended right at the beginning. Here you should first fall back on friendly or unbelievable.

Story

First of all, we have to decide whether we want to see a summary of the events that led to the entry point of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales or whether we want to get started right away. The summary shows again all the important moments from Marvel’s Spider-Man and brings all newcomers up to date.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales starts in the New York subway and we watch the protagonist as he strolls calmly through the snow-covered city. The idyll does not last long, however. A short time later we get a call from Peter Parker, who needs our help to guard a convoy of fled criminals and super villains. Said convoy is on the way to the prison on Ryker’s Island. We lose no time, slip into our superhero outfit and swing to the agreed meeting point.

When we reached the convoy, a technical defect occurred after a short time, which meant that the extreme can free dangerous cargo. So we are facing our first super villain with Rhino. In addition to Aleksei Mikhaliovich Sytsevich – as the villain’s real name is called – other criminals have been able to free themselves. Fortunately we still have Peter Parker at our side, so he will take over Rhino first and we will devote ourselves to various groups of criminals.

After we knocked out the opponents in the usual Spider-Man manner et, we follow the “real” Spidey and the path of devastation through the city caused by Rhino. We have to maneuver the super villain through a department store, among other things, and make sure that it does as little damage as possible. The chase ends on a factory site, where there is a great final battle. As soon as we have knocked out Aleksei, reinforcements will arrive and the day is saved again thanks to Spider-Man.

Afterwards Peter Parker informs us that he will leave the city for the time being and that we have to take care of New York City from now on. In typical Parker fashion, he makes the teenager swear a silly Spider-Man oath and from now on Miles Morales is the only Spider-Man in town for the time being.

Conclusion

With Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Insomniac Games presents primarily a sequel that is largely based on the first part of the series. Both in terms of optics and animations, there are many parallels to the predecessor. Various gameplay elements were also 1 to 1 above taken over. Thus, the new Spider-Man adventure is more of an expansion than a completely new game.

Even if players who previously played New York in Marvel’s Spider-Man in front of various super villains If you have saved, meet a large number of old friends, this has no negative impact on the fun of the game. The new story and the additional elements make Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales an extremely entertaining title. The new part picks up exactly where the predecessor left off.

If you have already enjoyed Marvel’s Spider-Man, you shouldn’t miss Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. But even newbies can use the Ultimate Edition for around 80 Euro directly into the world of Immerse yourself in Spider-Man and Co. and next to the second part the first adventure of the year 2018 experience in a prettied version.

Thanks to the open world, the gameplay and the many different characters that appear in the game, Insomniac Games has succeeded again with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, a Spider-Man – To publish a game that will not only captivate Marvel fans.

As a point of criticism, the elements already known from the first part or respectively Mention animations. Here one could certainly have tweaked the adjusting screws. So the whole thing sometimes looks like an extension with a very extensive content, which is more reminiscent of a DLC than an independent full version. Nevertheless, as a Marvel fan, you shouldn’t miss the PS5 launch title. Even if a lot of the content appears similar at first, it is worth taking a closer look.