Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and the playable Venom … How about a separate game ?!

* for a better experience, it is recommended to include the movie titles from the Spider-Man cartoon from 1994 *

Okay, now seriously – I’ve always been a big fan of Insomniac Games. I have been following them for years, and some time ago I even decided to take a little trip through the history of the studio (in the context of checking the games they released and so on). There was one conclusion – it simply resonates with me. I buy their type of humor, approach to play, ideas for mechanics and plots that they create for players.

Additionally, they scored when they released Marvel’s Spider-Man. It wasn’t a breakthrough for me, but if I were to focus only on single-player productions, the title would probably have competed for the first place in history on my private list of the best I have had the opportunity to associate with during my short life. The game knocked me into my chair and kept me from leaving until I was awarded the platinum trophy.

The adventure of Miles Morales, which was released on the occasion of the premiere of PlayStation 5, she was actually a “Gadget’s hand” for the full-fledged part – a kind of extension of the story and a complement to something that we got only to a small extent, somewhere next to the events related to Peter Parker. Nevertheless, here, too, I had a lot of fun and enjoyed every minute spent in snow-covered New York.

What was the purpose of this introduction? Introduce you a bit to the atmosphere of how much I look forward to the next installment of the adventures of Spider-Man (Spider-Man?) From Insomniac Games …

Gossip, gossip, gossip …

As it happens with big games that do not get information flooded, but reveal only the fact of being created, are doomed to a multitude of rumors and reports. This case is no different. Insomniac Games gave us a short (but great) trailerthat answered some basic questions. We know that we will have two Spider-Man at our disposal (Miles and Peter), and that at least one of the enemies will be Venom.

Can you build on it? Well, yes. And basically there is absolutely no surprise in this. Such announcements awaken secret layers of imagination and make fans wonder how to play it in order to get the best out of it. In this case, however we even have an abundance of material. After all, there are comics widely available, a whole lot of full-length movies, and also cartoons (including one whose opening is now looped).

And that’s it – a particularly interesting rumor circulated the Internet last weekend. A week ago, it was reported in multiple forums that a certain person had access to Insomniac Games’ in-house mail sent recently. If you believe him – and I would like to emphasize here that this is a rumor, so it is worth approaching it with a distance – in addition to the two playable characters, we will also be able to control Venom.

Sounds like a dream! According to the information provided by the mysterious insider, not only could we swing an alien, but also use its unusual powers, tentacles, enormous strength and terrifying brutality. This, for obvious reasons, ignites expectations and in fact it doesn’t even sound too much of a stretch. I dare say that, with the proper polite, it would indeed make sense.

Marvel’s Venom?

However, there is a solution that makes my head even more sensible. And I mean releasing a slightly smaller game (the size of, say, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales), which would be 99% focused on Venom. Well, a bit on the alien alien and a bit on Eddie Brock, who can be properly built up with a layer of character and a relationship with Peter / Miles.

It must be remembered that Venom is no ordinary Spider-Man villain. Sure, most of them had a depth of character, a genesis, their own problems and motivations – in this case, however, it was a bit different. And although the average movies would not be the ones from Sony, they showed really well that they are two characters in one, which means that we have plots of one, plots of the other, as well as plots related to the relationship between them.

This is easily enough to create a separate game. And it could even better present this character to players than if you drop him off in a few side missions of the main installment, which will be Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. There we will get Peter and Miles threadsso the insertion of a third (or three additional ones, as I mentioned a moment ago) may blur everything a bit …

They don’t punish for dreams

A game with Venom in the lead role could be something between a production about Miles Morales from two years ago and Prototype. If you still remember the second title, you will surely understand what I mean by that. In fact, even the very abilities of the heroes of those games resembled those that can be used by the parasite when it takes over the body of its potential victim.

And since we cannot count on the next installment of the Prototype series, then Venom could kill two birds with one stone. I’d love to get something like this, and I believe it would benefit players, developers, and also the main Spider-Man games. This is something that has not existed on such a large scale, and could turn out to be a real bull’s eye. Do you know why limit yourself with such material?

Of course, there are only dreams and some conclusions that I draw from rumors. There is no support for this in the words of the bosses of Insomniac Games, or even any reports that this could happen. I simply believe that Venom is a being who deserves far more than being a mere antagonist (like Martin Li) or a third-party character (like Mary Jane). Here you need to put more heart and you can be successful. I count on it very much, and I believe it silently.

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