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SPIDER-MAN
DOES WHATEVER A SPIDER CAN
BY EMMA SCHAEFER

P

eter Parker is swinging back into
action in Spider-Man, the latest big
superhero game headed to the PlayStation 4. This isn't the young and inexperienced hero-to-be from the latest run of Marvel
movies, nor one of the many incarnations of
Parker from the comics. Insomniac Games' version of Spider-Man is all-new, letting players
jump right in without any prior knowledge of
the series-though there will still be plenty of
references for long-time fans.
This version of Parker is 23 years old,
and has been in the hero business for eight
years. He's an established hero, and some of
his friends are clued in to his identity. While
Spider-Man fights the Inner Demons, a new
gang vying to grab more territory under the

lead of Mister Negative, Mary Jane works at his
side, fighting back in her own way as an investigative reporter. Parts of the game let you play
as Mary Jane, giving you a glimpse of SpiderMan's activities from an outside perspective.
On the Spidey side, however, it's all about
web-slinging action. Parker has a huge variety
of new moves that let him zip across the
city at high speeds and take down the Inner
Demons. Running freely through the city,
he can sprint on walls, attach web-lines to
buildings, and use his momentum to launch
himself skyward. Spider-Man's webs can also
latch onto the environment, toppling scaffolding into a group of enemies, for example,
or slamming two foes into each other. With
a much larger open world than any previous

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This version of
Parker is 23 years
old, and has been in
the hero business for
eight years.

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