#insomniac spider-man 2 spoilers

[byfulcrums]

can we talk about how many times peter apologizes in this game cuz it's insane

[arekayic]

ok i finally got to watching the spider-man 2 gameplay and wow……. (spoilers btw)

first of all my previous post about parksborn was spot ON we’re gonna get soooo many gay moments but harry’s prob gonna die or something… harry also dresses gay lol

and secondly from dialogue we can tell that harry knows peter’s identity.. which differs them from a LOT of other peter and harrys. this might help them hate eachother less? (copium) we can also tell from what the commentator was saying is that peter’s trying to get the cure for harry’s disease, which eliminates the theory of the symbiote possibility splitting between harry and peter (which i didn’t believe anyways) but now i’m thinking, does harry become venom before or after peter has the suit? i personally think after BUT it kinda looks like the symbiote suit is in a lot of the game, and what makes harry snap as well? does peter not get the cure from doc connors? i am actually so hyped but also SO SCARED. harry enjoyers rarely win and this game doesn’t spare so i doubt we’ll get a good ending (sobs)

and lastly, miles’ storyline. i don’t have much to say because we don’t know much BUT i’m so excited for the mr. negative stuff!!! i NEED miles to get some sweet revenge,,, even though we know the end of that will probably be like ooo spider-man can’t kill so he should be spared ooo BUT WE ALSO KNOW that this game will be amazing so hopefully that plot doesn’t end like that.. i’m also excited to see miles juggle his school life friend life and spidey life AND i’m also excited about the spiderverse(?) side quest :D

[fave-snapcube-jokes]

they're obviously health potions, peter

from marvel's spider-man 2 part 3 - snapcube 2

[redmandm]

WHERE are my fucking lawyers dawg I'm going to JAIL 💀💀💀

[jazbell]

totally how that scene went right.

bonus:

[drempen]

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[morkhan]

It is so buckwild to me what Insomniac did with Harry Osborn and Venom.

In the vast majority of Spider-Media, Venom's defining character trait is his hatred of Spider-Man, and at first, it looks like Insomniac might be going that route. They give Harry ample reason to be absolutely furious with Peter, to resent him, resent the life he gets to live, a beloved superhero with a girlfriend, healthy and strong, a genius of such caliber that even his own father seems to prefer him to Harry. His supposed "best friend" who seems to be withholding lifesaving medical treatment just because he likes how it feels on him, because it's not enough that he be better and stronger and smarter than poor, sickly, doomed Harry, no, he has to be stronger than himself, stronger than the old Spider-Man could ever hope to be. It's not enough for Peter to have his own powers, he has to have Harry's as well, and if that comes at the cost of Harry's life? Well, that's just the cost of doing business. As long as it makes him a better Spider-Man, that's all that matters, right?

It seems like they are going down the route where Harry gives into his anger and resentment, the symbiote whispering in his ear and exacerbating his worst aspects until there is nothing left of the sweet boy that Emily Osborn raised to be so deeply good, only a supervillain hellbent on revenge and world domination.

But that's not what happens.

Instead, almost everything Harry does after the Venom symbiote takes over is framed as helping. As a genuine, if twisted belief that the world he is making is a better world. Instead of seeking revenge against Peter, Harry/Venom wants to convert him. Wants him to stand beside him as they "heal the world" together. And the odd thing is, this only becomes more true with time. At first, Harry/Venom seems almost indifferent to Peter, and angers quickly when Peter calls them a "thing." But we see that the idea of Peter doing this with him, the need for his best friend to be beside him at the end of all things, eventually becomes so important to him that it is ultimately a weakness the heroes exploit.

Think about that; Harry Osborn's love for Peter Parker is so powerful that it almost seems to be corrupting the Venom symbiote, infecting it and twisting its mind as surely as it twisted Peter's, but in the opposite direction. It's so wild to watch the scenes at the end of the game and hear Tony Todd, in his deep-ass Venom voice, read lines like "Thanks for coming, Pete 😊" with the same casual inflection and tone as Harry would. Saying "This is where we became best friends. Now it's where we become brothers!" and sounding so pleased and excited that you'd think he was talking about Pete's mom marrying his dad and not infecting him with alien mind goop.

It's so incredible to me that the defining trait of Insomniac's Venom isn't hate; it's love. A twisted, warped love that doesn't fully understand itself, but a sincere and true love nonetheless, one that holds to the very end.

[mustasekittens]

I'm the hero.

i wanted to reimagine this scene but if they didn't have their masks on. I'm so fucked up rn i feel so insane. | individuals+original ss under the cut!

individuals + original screenshots

[german-garbage]

I can't get over how excited Harry is upon finding out Peter is Spider-Man and the possibility of them being superheroes together :')

[byfulcrums]

I love how they're working with the symbiote. It's not mind controlling Peter, it's manipulating him; making him feel things are worse, pitting him against his friends. And I also love how they didn't downplay the whole thing. That scene where Symbiote Peter was chasing MJ? Horrifying. Pure gold

Also! Peter vs Miles! I've always wanted to see that. And it was so angsty too! It was great. I love this game

[kirichiro]

[createandconstruct]

Thinking about Peter's absolute cry of anguish after the final boss battle when he finds Harry unresponsive. Thinking about how all he can say is I'm sorry. Thinking about the fact that in Peter's head it was him at May's side sobbing I'm sorry. Thinking about how "with great power comes great responsibility" can never be separated from the guilt Peter feels. Thinking about how that guilt extends to May. How it extends to Ben. How it cripples Peter so much that he tells Miles that he can't do this again. Thinking about Peter's voice as he'd begged Harry to fight - pleaded with him to not make him do this. Thinking about how when consumed with the symbiote Peter had screeched out I'm the hero, I don't get saved! Thinking about how that's not just pride, how that's not just responsibility, how it's guilt. How it's always been Peter and the weight of the world, the life of his loved ones, and their blood on his hands. And now it's Harry's and Peter just breaks. Always the hero, he's done the right thing, but this time it's the last straw. His best friend. The last sacrifice Peter Parker can take...

...and it's then... that Miles saves him.

[divomria]

Peter, on a date with two redheads, wearing turtlenecks :D

[carbon--14]

spider-man 2 (insomniac games, ps5, 2023) out of context

[drempen]

I like how Anti-Venom just sorta sticks around after you finish the game

[whyficat]

~ Roll Like we Used To ~ Insomniac's Spider-Man 2