Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Tells “A Full Story”, Features New Mechanics and Abilities

"We really are completing this hero's coming of age in our game," says creative director Brian Horton.

That we’re getting a new Spider-Man game so quickly after Insomniac’s debut with the series came out two years ago is surprising- pleasantly so, but surprising nonetheless. That’s something that’s being made possible thanks to the game’s smaller scope, with it being a standalone, more contained successor to it, similar to how Uncharted: The Lost Legacy followed up on Uncharted 4– but that won’t mean that Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales will have nothing new or interesting to offer.

Speaking recently in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Brian Horton – creative director on the upcoming PS5 launch title – said that Insomniac are ensuring that the game tells a complete story, and wraps up the coming-of-age arc for Miles that they kicked off in 2018’s game. Horton says that thanks to Miles Morales’ more compact storytelling, it will be able to tell a much more emotionally resonant tale.

“This is a full arc for Miles Morales that started in Spider-Man,” Horton said. “We really are completing this hero’s coming of age in our game. It is a complete story.”

“When we started crafting it,” he added, “we realized that, with a little bit more of a compact storytelling style, we could tell a very emotionally impactful story that would fit really well as an experience that would take Spider-Man 1 and [Miles Morales] and do justice to this character.”

Horton also says that Miles Morales as Spider-Man isn’t simply going to be a reskin of Peter Parker’s webslinger, saying that Miles is going to be “his own Spider-Man.” According to EW’s article, the game will give him his own animations, movements, mechanics, and his own unique powers, including the likes of bioshock and invisibility- which we saw a glimpse of in the game’s reveal trailer.

Additionally, the article also includes a new screenshot from the game, which you can view below. All the PuddleGate fans out there will probably immediately notice the ray-traced puddles front and center.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales will launch for PS5 this Holiday. The game will feature an optional 4K / 60 FPS Performance Mode as well.

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