Marvel Games Executive Creative Director, Bill Rosemann recently sat down with
The Telegraph and discussed the upcoming and highly anticipated video game,
Spider-Man PS4, and how it could potentially be the start of their own gaming universe similar to the infinitely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe constructed by Marvel Studios President, Kevin Feige.
"There was. I mean, they tacked on that Nick Fury scene at the end of Iron Man but did anyone think it would culminate in The Avengers? Or now Avengers Infinity War? That was a pipe dream. The first intention was, let’s just make the best Iron Man movie. We’re approaching it the same way. This is going to be hard enough. Let’s just make the best Spider-Man game. Let’s do that. The rest will take care of itself. Who knows what the future holds? We just want to make sure each individual game is awesome, is great. Again we don’t want to trap people and contain people. We want to give them freedom."
Despite Rosemann's coyness, and reiterating that he doesn’t
“want to put the cart before the horse,” he isn't denying that the fun easter eggs, like the Sanctum Sanctorum, won’t evolve into something more down the road.
Rosemann goes onto explain that the references are to make the player feel as if they're merely a small cog in a living, breathing Marvel clock.
"This is Marvel’s New York. This is a Marvel game. It’s not in a bubble. It is the New York that you want Spider-Man in. So yeah, uh, if you’re a Marvel fan coming to play this game you’ll see familiar names and logos and locations and we’re lucky that you’ll see, oh, that is the Sanctum Sanctorum?! It’s not going to be a focus but you’ll be able to swing by it. You’ll feel like, this isn’t just any New York City, I’m in the Marvel universe. This is Marvel’s New York. There will be a lot of elements that will make you feel like it’s part of a larger story."
The creative director is taking it slow, focusing on the task at hand rather than possible future endeavours - exactly how their cinematic counterpart succeeded where other cinematic universes, such as Universal's Dark Universe or Warner Bros' DC Extended Universe, stumbled. This dedication to the game itself rather than a franchise will no doubt excite gamers for Spider-Man PS4 even more.
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