Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered has finally arrived on PC, almost two years after its release on PlayStation 5 and just four years since its original release. However, it’s not exactly the kind of game you could play on either platform. This version contains exclusive enhancements designed to make it the best way to play the award-winning webhead’s best game to date, but I can’t speak definitively about those just yet.
I’ve been playing Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered for a few weeks now, and this is the third time I’ve joined Spider and Co. on this particular quest to take down the superhuman crime lord Mister Negative. Even though I was familiar with the game, it didn’t take me long to immerse myself in the story and the web again, and it’s just as fun to play as the first time.
Unfortunately, I was unable to familiarize myself with the edition of the game you are about to play. At the time of this writing, the developers at Insomniac Games and Nixxes Software were still addressing some technical issues ahead of launch. As such, I’ll update this PC review with my final thoughts on performance shortly after launch when the final build is released.
For those already familiar with Marvel’s Spider-Man, the game itself remains unchanged – it’s still one of the best superhero games you can play today. So if you have never played it before, you can be sure that you are in for a surprise.
You spend most of your time in the game swinging from building to building over the bustling streets of Manhattan, and that’s definitely one of the most fun parts of Marvel’s Spider-Man. . In other open world games, getting around can seem like a chore, hence the prevalence of fast travel in this genre, but I never wanted to use it here because flying through the air is just awesome. I found myself repeatedly running towards the tallest building I could find, jumping off its roof and launching myself to the ground at high speed only to break my fall at the last second by throwing a web – some games. Capture high-speed traffic just as effectively as Spiderman.
What’s even more amazing is that the rest of Marvel’s Spider-Man’s mechanics are almost, if not just as fun. If the combat and stealth sections are reminiscent of the Batman: Arkham games, they’re certainly not knock-offs, thanks in no small part to the fact that Spidey has genuine superpowers in addition to his unique set of gadgets. There’s a lot of depth here, and he always feels like there’s something new to master, even after taking on a bunch of goons without taking damage and sustaining 100+ combos.
You’ll have plenty of opportunities to develop and improve your combat skills between the main story missions and the endless variety of side activities that Marvel’s Spider-Man has to offer. While the first can be completed in about ten hours, if you’re anything like me, you’ll spend three times as much time searching for collectibles, stopping petty crimes, sightseeing, or completing objectives in Manhattan. That’s not counting the three chapters of The City That Never Sleeps DLC that’s part of the Remastered Pack, which gives you over 20 additional hours of pranks and jokes.
While most of these side quests are satisfying to complete, they can get repetitive after a while due to their sheer number, and it certainly doesn’t help that you hear a lot of repetitive lines if you’re hoping to complete them all. To be clear, the quality of the writing means that they just spoil the immersion rather than being boring, but it all adds up after a while.
All of the characters in Marvel’s Spider-Man feel well executed when it comes to dialogue or action. Otto Octavius in particular may have received his best adaptation yet, and that’s no small feat with Alfred Molina’s impressive performance in Spider-Man 2. It’s clear Insomniac has a great deal of respect and understanding for the material. of origin from which it is based, resulting in a captivating story that moved me during its explosive sets and quietly empathized with me in its more mature moments.
The same degree of adoration is clearly present in the game’s visual presentation whether or not you activate the PC-exclusive enhancements. Looking in the settings menu, you’ll find a pretty solid set of graphics options. Your usual suspects here include unlocked frame rates, plus features like Nvidia DLSS, Nvidia DLAA, support for ultrawide gaming monitors, and, of course, ray tracing.
The amount of modularity here is fantastic, and it should be easy to find the best balance between quality and performance for your system, no matter what level of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered system requirements your setup meets. I say to have to as it remains to be seen how the game performs with a tandem release with game-ready drivers from AMD and Nvidia.
However, talking to developers about performance issues and their ability to provide quick fixes, as well as the quality of other PlayStation PC releases, gives me some confidence. In fact, I was told that we can expect even more custom graphics settings at launch, which is of course welcome, but that’s not what’s in front of me right now. What I can say is that I didn’t encounter any bugs or glitches, but I did find that the game can be very CPU intensive (even with my Intel Core i7 11700F), especially with ray tracing enabled. This results in frame rates that vary widely between indoor and outdoor environments, ranging from 120fps to around 48fps. Expect performance and other updates within days of release.
Before I close this review, I’d like to briefly talk about how Marvel’s Spider-Man translates to keyboard and mouse. While it’s fun to play and has the ability to customize the hotkeys to your liking, I’d suggest plugging in the best PC controller you have. The DualSense is great with its haptic feedback and resistive triggers, but an Xbox controller will work too. Steam Deck also checks if this is your jam!
Marvel’s Spider-Man doesn’t push the boat, but it does what it sets out to do with such a high level of quality that it’s hard not to admire its performance. Even after four years of potential contenders, it’s still one of the best superhero games ever made better by the power of PC.
Source : PC Gamesn
