Insomniac Games' critically acclaimed superhero blockbuster Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is now available on PC. A sequel to the 2018 action-adventure, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 sees the Spider-Man -- both Peter Parker and Miles Morales -- face off against a rogue’s gallery of iconic Marvel Super Villains, including Venom and Kraven the Hunter.
Already a masterpiece on PlayStation, the game swings on to PC with all-new, enhanced features. There are new ray-tracing options with individual quality settings that allow you to fine-tune the game's performance and visual fidelity.
"Ray-traced reflections quickly catch your eye in the skyscraper-filled city of Marvel’s New York as you swing along its many glass surfaces," explained Julian Huijbregts, communications manager at Nixxes, the studio that developer the PC version. "Meanwhile, we’re offering ray-traced interiors, shadows, and ambient occlusion options that add an additional layer of believability with realistic shadows and increased depth to the game."
"If you have a high-performance PC with Super Hero-tier hardware, you can take advantage of our increased raytracing geometry detail setting," he added. "This enables the use of higher quality meshes for raytracing, resulting in more detailed and realistic reflections. You can also use the raytracing object range slider to increase the range at which objects are considered for raytracing. Furthermore, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PC includes NVIDIA DLSS Ray Reconstruction1, which improves raytracing quality on supported hardware."
Of course, achieving this sort of performance and fidelity will ultimately depend on your system hardware. Nixxes has provided a full breakdown of the different PC specs needed to play the game. There's the usual minimum, recommended, and high, along with specs that will enable high ray tracing and very high ray tracing.
For those looking to swing into the action, there are two versions of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 available on PC: the Standard Edition and the Digital Deluxe Edition. If you've pre-purchased eithe redition, you'll unlock the PC Purchase Perks, which includes the following:
- Arachknight Suit early unlock for Peter with three color variants
- Shadow-Spider Suit early unlock for Miles with three color variants
- Web Grabber gadget early unlock
- +3 Skill Points
Meanwhile, the Digital Deluxe Edition includes 10 unique suits -- five each for both Peter Parker and Miles Morales -- as well as additional photo mode items and +2 skill points.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 received universal acclaim upon release for PlayStation 5. Labeled a "must-play," the game scored an impressive 90 among critics with a "generally favorable" 8.8/10 with users on Metacritic. It was praised for its narrative, characterization, and gameplay, while receiving numerous end-of-year accolades.