Summary
- Patch 7 for Spider-Man 2 fixes visual bugs and UI issues, improving the gameplay experience.
- The regular patches indicate a positive trend towards resolving technical problems.
- The devs have addressed controls, bugs, and stability.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has received its seventh patch update since its PC arrival, which resolves a host of issues affecting the game's ray-traced graphics, settings menu, controls, and more. Originally developed by Insomniac Games and ported to PC by Nixxes Software, Spider-Man 2 has been improved with several patches over time, smoothing out the rough edges that were present at launch.
When Spider-Man 2's PC version came out in January, it gave players quite a different experience compared to its 2023 PS5 counterpart, which was the recipient of widespread acclaim as well as a bunch of prestigious awards. Even though the action-adventure title carried the same noteworthy gameplay and story, the stark difference was in the annoyingly high number of bugs and glitches that plagued the PC port. A couple of hotfixes and six patches later, Spider-Man 2 has apparently benefited from the shift put in by the devs and moved from "Mixed" Steam user reviews at launch to "Mostly Positive" at the time of writing. Further adding to this maintenance work, a brand-new patch is now out for the superhero game, which addresses even more player grievances.
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The Nixxes team recently followed up its March update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with Patch 7, bringing a range of optimizations and bug fixes. First off, the update fixes those visual bugs that resulted in interior objects looking pixelated and interior plants appearing unusually shiny when the Ray-Traced Interiors setting was enabled. The flickering shadows caused by certain Ambient Occlusion settings have also been resolved. On the UI side of things, unusual app behavior, such as changes to settings not saving, when using the Exclusive Fullscreen window mode, would no longer occur. The bug that led to the Field of View option affecting the UI of mini-games is no longer an existing problem.
Moreover, certain controls-centric shortcomings in Spider-Man 2, such as the Parry: Web Blast skill not working at times and MJ's lure ability being fixed to the E key, are not there anymore. A certain progression blocker that would prevent players from neutralizing active crimes near the Photo Op in the Upper West Side district is also taken care of, with the latest update. Additionally, there are a number of improvements that have been made to the overall stability and performance of the game.
Judging by the stream of frequent patches that have been coming to Spider-Man 2, it seems that the Marvel universe-based game might soon be rid of a high percentage of its technical issues on PC. This could make the next month or so a reasonable time for those holding off on playing the game to finally dive into it. Once players are done with this web-swinging superhero adventure, they can look forward to the next Insomniac game based on a Marvel IP, Marvel's Wolverine.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Patch 7 Notes
- Fixed a bug that caused interior objects to appear pixelated with Ray-Traced Interiors enabled.
- Addressed a bug that made interior plants shine vibrantly with Ray-Traced Interiors enabled.
- Resolved a bug that caused shadows to flicker when Ambient Occlusion was set to HBAO+ or XeGTAO.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when minimizing the game application.
- Resolved a bug that caused active crimes near the Photo Op in the Upper West Side district to sometimes disappear when the player arrived at target location.
- Addressed a bug that caused Display settings to not save when changing Window Mode from Fullscreen to Exclusive Fullscreen.
- Exclusive Fullscreen will no longer reset to Fullscreen when using [Alt] + [Tab].
- MJ’s lure ability is no longer hardcoded to [E], allowing [ESDF] movement.
- Resolved a bug that caused the "Parry: Web Blast" skill to not work under certain circumstances.
- Fixed a bug where the Xbox 360 controller layout would cause the camera input to be displayed in the wrong position.
- The Field of View setting will no longer affect the UI of mini-games.
- Several user interface bug fixes.
- Various performance optimizations.
- Stability improvements.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 88 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- October 20, 2023
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Blood, Drug Reference, Mild Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Insomniac Games
- Publisher(s)
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
WHERE TO PLAY
Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they fight to save the city, each other and the ones they love, from the monstrous Venom and the dangerous new symbiote threat.
Explore an expansive Marvel’s New York with faster web-swinging and the all-new Web Wings, quickly switching between Peter and Miles to experience different stories, epic new abilities and high-tech gear.
Wield Peter’s symbiote abilities and Miles’ explosive bio-electric powers in battle against new and iconic Marvel Super Villains – including an original take on a symbiote-infused Venom, the ruthless Kraven the Hunter, the volatile Lizard, and more from the Marvel Rogues’ Gallery.
- Engine
- Insomniac Engine v.4.0
- Prequel(s)
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Franchise
- Spider-Man
- Number of Players
- 1
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Unknown
- PC Release Date
- January 30, 2025
- PS5 Release Date
- October 20, 2023
- Genre(s)
- Open-World, Action-Adventure, Superhero
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PC
- How Long To Beat
- 17 hours
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
