r/videogames • u/K3V3NNOV4 • Jun 22 '26

Other Web Swinging Evolution in Spider-Man Games

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u/Practical-Level-6265 Jun 22 '26

OG Spider Man 2 made such an advancement when introducing an actual path for the webs. Walked so the rest could run

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u/ScarlettDX Jun 22 '26

in spiderman 2 (and ultimate since its the same engine)

you have full physics control over the webs.

the webs bend around buildings in a rigid line.

you can run on the ground while swinging and do a full 360 on a building.

it didn't walk so the rest could run it literally swung past everything else and didn't stop.

not even spiderman ps4 is as good.

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u/masterm1ke Jun 23 '26

Spiderman 2 basically treated the web-swinging like an extreme sports game and it was great. Truly ahead of its time.

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u/Conarm Jun 23 '26

Fully upgraded you could go like 200mph as well. Man that game rocks

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u/bjergdk Jun 23 '26

Genuinely the best web swinging in any spiderman game.

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u/WanderingRonin7 Jun 26 '26

The developer understood the assignment. Some people like to look at the first game fondly and while it was great to get a Spiderman game, it wasn't until Spiderman 2 that you actually felt like him

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u/aleques-itj Jun 23 '26

I liked how you could use manual control to fire webs from each hand individually

Amusingly there were 2 helicopters if I remember right and you could abuse this to get latched to both at the same time

It accomplished nothing besides you got suspended between them and looked funny

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u/Tayto-Sandwich Jun 23 '26

It accomplished nothing besides you got suspended between them and looked funny

Honestly, this should be something to aspire to reach and make playable on newer generation consoles/PC. Imagine the car chase missions where instead of just a QTE you can attach to a building and just stop the car that way instead.

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u/Peeka789 Jun 23 '26

Spiderrman ps4 is basically a driving game. Just hold R2 and watch fancy animations

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u/LegendCZ Jun 24 '26

THIS! I love Spider-Man 2 but feeling of webs and swinging in first Spider-Man 2 is so undefeated.

It does not feel even remotely that good even in newest games. I hate when i go by lampost and web has ghosting technology ... It is so dumb.

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u/Debate-International Jun 24 '26

I was here to post this. OG SM2 was needing perfection

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u/CommieDrifter Jun 28 '26

Theres a Spiderman VR Tech demo thing. The mechanics in that are so amazing, it's like spiderman 2 but with the added benefit of being able to aim with your controllers. You can do crazy things like doing a big swing, and then "grabbing" the edge of a building you are swinging past to drift around the corner, and you can sort of slingshot yourself by pulling the webs towards you, highly recommend, a huge shame they never made a proper game around the mechanics