2. Peter & Miles' New Abilities Are A Blast To Use
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Way more noteworthy than the unlockable skills are the abilities themselves, which also evolve over the course of Marvel's Spider-Man 2. When you start the game, players will have Peter's new mechanical arms to integrate into combat, while Miles will have his typical selection of Venom Blasts. Both of these skill sets change over time and in new and exciting ways, enhancing traversal as well as stealth and combat, but the most pronounced change is of course the symbiote.
Pete's new threads are a blast to use in combat, and come with abilities that excel at both dealing damage to enemy groups and to those unfortunate guys you just fancy picking on. The suit also comes with its own God of War-style rage mode, which can insta-KO smaller enemies and make mincemeat of the bulkier ones too. This can prove particularly handy if you've had a hard time getting your parries right against some of the new enemy types, or just fancy expediting a certain boss fight.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
