2023 Video Game Innovations EVERYONE Should Copy

3. Instant Fast Travel - Spider-Man 2

There are some games where you wouldn’t want to fast travel. Maybe you need to keep an eye out for crafting materials, or you’re just a sucker for a wander. Or a horse ride. Or a souped up car. Depending on what you're playing.

Then again, sometimes you just really want to get where you’re going and personally I’ve been playing a lot of Cyberpunk lately and while I’m loving it, having to go to a fast travel point to fast travel is a constant annoyance.

This seems to be a gripe which Spider-Man 2 developers Insomniac Games agree on as the sequel implemented a mechanic that allows for instant fast travel. After completing the second node in each of the game’s discrete boroughs, which you can do by completing content within each district, with just the hold of a button you can fast travel from exactly where you are to any location you want in the unlocked area of the map.

You’ll even retain your momentum so if you’re swinging around one street you’ll continue to do so on a completely different spot. While you might just want to enjoy traversal, the flexibility of this mechanic is a game-changer.