With how many excellent games have come out over the past year, one could be forgiven for forgetting about Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The sequel to Insomniac's truly special original game was one of the PS5's major system sellers for over a year, but as seems to be the trend with exclusive games recently, finally makes the jump to PC today. For superhero fans without $700 to burn, this doubtlessly comes as welcome news, but things aren't exactly peachy in New York, even putting aside the alien symbiote invasion.
Unfortunately, Spider-Man 2 seems to have followed in the footsteps of fellow PlayStation exclusive The Last of Us by launching as a buggy, unoptimized mess on PC. The game's Steam rating currently sits firmly at Mixed, with only 58% of user reviews recommending the game (and falling fast – it was 61 when I started writing this article).
The complaints are the same: bugs ranging from hair freaking out to cutscenes taking place in pitch darkness, tanking framerates, and, of course, crashes everywhere. Spider-Man is known for his perseverance, but his game doesn't seem to have inherited this quality, booting users back to the desktop at the slightest amount of stress. It's a shame – the PS5 version is one of the most fun games you can play on that console, and PC gamers are being shut out by a shoddy port. Insomniac Games has yet to comment, making their plans to remedy these issues – if they have one – unclear.
Previously:
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor hit with PC port curse
• 'The Last of Us' suffers catastrophic failure on PC debut
• Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart is the latest PlayStation Studios PC port