Warning: Spoilers ahead for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.Spider-Man 2fans would love forMarvel’s Venomto have a traversal feature involving Venom’s wings. It’s a feature that would be unlike anything players have seen in Insomniac’sSpider-Manseries thus far, as even web wings could not compete with actual flight.
In December of last year, the game development studio behindMarvel’s Spider-Man, Insomniac Games, was hit with a devastating ransomware attack. The data that hackers got ahold of included the personal information of Insomniac employees,Wolverinegameplay, and a release line-up of games for the next decade. One of the games on that list wasa Venom spin-offseemingly titledVenom: Lethal Protector, which is scheduled to come out sometime next year, and fans are already speculating about what traversal could be like as Venom.
A Reddit user by the name of HauntingFly brought up the idea ofVenomhaving flying traversal. This would make sense for Insomniac to put in the game, considering Venom grows a pair of wings in one of his final forms during the last boss fight. While a lot of users agreed that Venom should be able to use his wings in the game, a few people weren’t super into this idea. Venom having wings is a fairly recent addition to his character, with their first appearance coming in a comic run from 2018. So, more old-school fans ofthe Spider-Man villainfound his wings to be a bit jarring.
Traversing a game’s world can sometimes be a huge part of what makes it fun to play. Insomniac Games has proven itself capable of creatingfun and engaging traversal systemswith games such asSunset OverdriveandMarvel’s Spider-Man. Insomniac built on the systems established in the first game andMiles Moralesto make getting around the newly expanded New York City so satisfying that it almost makes fast travel seem futile. The addition of new aerial tricks and web-swinging abilities were nice improvements, but the most notable inclusion was the web wings that Miles and Peter can use in tandem with web-swinging to get across the city. Insomniac could do something similar with Venom’s wings inVenom: Lethal Protectorto make the traversal in that game feel good for players while still making it unique to Venom and his abilities.
Even thoughtheVenomspin-off gameis slated to come out in 2025 according to leaked data, Insomniac Games has released no official information about the project. So whether fans will get to play as Venom again, let alone see him spread his wings, remains to be seen.
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Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they fight to save the city, each other and the ones they love, from the monstrous Venom and the dangerous new symbiote threat.Explore an expansive Marvel’s New York with faster web-swinging and the all-new Web Wings, quickly switching between Peter and Miles to experience different stories, epic new abilities and high-tech gear.Wield Peter’s symbiote abilities and Miles’ explosive bio-electric powers in battle against new and iconic Marvel Super Villains – including an original take on a symbiote-infused Venom, the ruthless Kraven the Hunter, the volatile Lizard, and more from the Marvel Rogues’ Gallery.
