There’s been a lot of Spider-Man video games over the decades, from the chunky PS1 game to the pizza-delivering wonder of the Spider-Man 2 movie tie-in. But no other game has managed to capture the complex relationship between the superhero and Peter Parker as Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man. It’s not just the definitive Spider-Man experience, it’s unequivocally one of the best superhero games of all time — and Spider-Man is finally on PlayStation Plus, if you somehow haven’t played it yet.
The real key to what makes Spider-Man shine as a representation of the character is the delightful new universe Insomniac Games crafted. The studio was clearly inspired by the comics and films, but deliberately crafted an entirely new world, with the intent of exploring new facets of Spider-Man and the people around him.
