Spider-Man PS4: 10 Ways It Blows Every Other Spidey Game Out The Water

Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is better than ever, by a long shot.

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Insomniac Games

Superheroes and video games have a fairly turgid history. While The Avengers and the Justice League could barely find a good game between them, two heroes in particular stand cowl and cape above the rest when it comes to interactive entertainment: Spider-Man and Batman.

Similarly to the caped crusader, Spidey has had a topsy-turvy career in gaming. The Spider-Man PS1 game was excellent for its time, as was the sequel, and then came the one everyone holds fondly to their chest: Spider-Man 2. Arguably the best movie tie-in game of all time, Spider-Man 2 finally gave us a to-scale New York to sling around that really made us feel like Spider-Man. That game doesn't exactly hold up particularly well now, but it still acts as the bar for Spider-Man games - despite some fairly good titles like Shattered Dimension and Web of Shadows following on the PS3/360.

Well, step aside Spider-Man 2, you have been well and truly bested. Insomniac Games' Spider-Man, exclusive to the PS4, is by a very long way the greatest Spider-Man game ever made. It looks and plays like your nostalgia-drunk brain remembers Spider-Man 2 being, but goes far, far above and beyond those metrics.

10. Not A Movie Tie-In Or Origin Story

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Activision

One of the simplest yet most important reasons Spider-Man PS4 is a great game, is that it is not a movie tie-in.

Almost every Spider-Man game has been either an origin story, or a movie tie-in. Those two parameters define how creative, interesting, and, ultimately, good a game can be. Even the beloved Spider-Man 2 was a tie-in to the Sam Raimi movie.

In the case of Spider-Man PS4 however, Marvel approached Insomniac Games and offered them a clean slate. With any superhero it wanted at its disposal, Insomniac chose Spider-Man, citing his down-to-earth backstory and personality as the main appeal.

As such, Insomniac was able to craft a fantastic, original story that took place well into Peter Parker's career as hero - as opposed to yet another origin story. This is a fresh take of Spider-Man in video games, and one that sets a hell of a base for future instalments.

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