Don’t get me pictures of Spider-Man
It’s taken a year and a day, but Square Enix has finally, finally released the PlayStation-exclusiveSpider-ManDLC for its limp comic-book adventureMarvel’s Avengers. And, after multiple delays and lots of furor, Spider-Man, Spider-Man, is ready to do everything a spider can… (just not story missions).
Despite being almost a year late, it appears that theSpider-ManDLC will simply offer up Peter Parker as a selectable hero, with no accompanying story mode or campaign. It’s just Spidey. Swinging around the city and fighting criminal scum, but in a manner that looksdistinctlyless interesting and fun thanhis Insomniac counterpart. Hell, maybe even his LEGO counterpart. While Spidey can be used in allMarvel’s Avengerscontent, he will not be receiving any missions of his own.
“We want to spend our efforts on content that everyone can enjoy, so we chose to spend a lot of our energy on the Klaw raid that’s coming up at the same time,”explained gameplay director Philippe Therien to IGN.“Really that’s a simple decision for us. Spider-Man can play all the content, but then we release a piece of content that’s good on all platforms. Really that was a decision that’s been that way since the beginning.”
Weaksauce Spidey is a fitting end toMarvel’s Avengers’Spider-Man saga, just one of an abundance of marketing missteps that has surrounded what seemed to be a “can’t-miss” prospect on its initial announcement. Fans had already started shuffling nervously pre-launch, as more and more news came out aboutMarvel’s Avengersand its Games as a Service focus. Square Enix treated us to boring gameplay videos,strange product placement tie-ins, delays, and a breakdown of the title’s cosmetic-heavy slant, all of which turned off a large portion of the audience before the title had even hit.
The reveal that thisSpider-ManDLC would, ultimately,be a PlayStation-exclusiveonly furthered agitated fans, leading to avery limp launchfor what seemed to be a game designed with a long-term future. Even when out in the wild, the problems continued, withthe loss of its creative director, a fan-angering walk backon paid-XP microtransactions, and now this, Spider-Man’s belated, super-vanilla arrival — years after two incredible Spider-Man games already exist.
Regardless, he’s almost here. So if you want to see the web-crawler swinging his way through a digital world, and neither of Insomniac’sexcellent releasesfulfills that need, you can purchase the DLC forMarvel’s Avengersfrom November 30.
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