Spider-Man PS4 The Heist Review: 4 Ups And 3 Downs
3. The Beginning Of Miles' New Journey
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Miles may not actually appear in the DLC (so make due with this delightful shot of Spidey enjoying a double pepperoni), but he does share two important phone calls with Peter at various points in the story. It's clear that he wants to be the next Spider-Man, requesting that Pete "train him" - a request he's understandably reluctant to indulge.
What makes these two conversations so great, really, is that it shows Insomniac have a clear journey in mind for this universe. It would've been relatively easy for them to have just retroactively inserted a Black Cat storyline into the main game's narrative, but instead, we've got a genuine follow up that expands some elements from the story's ending in a genuinely worthwhile manner.
We've already theorised what Spider-Man 2 may include, but with teases for that title coming thick and fast in the first wave of DLC, it could be possible that we see more of these elements sooner than we originally anticipated.
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.
