Spider-Man PS4: What Does The Ending Really Mean?

The lowdown on THAT moment, and those delicious post-credits scenes...

by Ewan Paterson
Insomniac

Marvel's Spider-Man is here, the critics (WhatCulture included) all love it, and it's likely that fans are already blitzing through the story. With an average 20-hour completion time, it's got oodles of quality and quantity, but its story also packs a punch, and even takes a few unexpected directions along the way.

Insomniac, headed by Spidey writer Christos Gage, have truly created something special, telling a narrative that compounds the wall-crawler's 65 year history into one, definitive and innovative tale all about Peter Parker's transition into adulthood. It's incredible, exciting, and truly one of the greatest Spider-Man stories of modern times.

Its ending, unsurprisingly, also has a lot to unpack. Taking into account all the tonal shifts, twists and mysteries to unravel, it's clear this is the start of something big. Like Arkham before it, Insomniac's new Spider-Man is set to launch a franchise of its own, and while we can't expect DLC to tie up any of these loose threads right away, expect an announcement for a sequel next year.

Suffice to say, there are MAJOR SPOILERS from here on in in. So if you haven't played Marvel's Spider-Man, or just don't want to know how the game ends, then you best look away now!

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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.