Marvel’s Avengers PlayStation Spider-Man DLC Has No Story Missions, First Footage Revealed

PlayStation-owning fans have been looking forward to having Spider-Man swing into Curiosity's Avengers since earlier the game's launch, simply unfortunately, it seems the DLC may not alive up to expectations. Co-ordinate to a preview from IGN, the upcoming Spider-Man "With Nifty Power" consequence won't include whatever traditional story missions ala previous DLC featuring Hawkeye and Black Panther. Instead, you can look frontwards to a series of challenges, with some sound logs and static comic-book manner "cutscenes" advancing the story. Then why is Crystal Dynamics scrimping on the Spidey story? According to Avengers director Philippe Therien, they didn't want to devote too much energy to something that was only going to be available on a single platform, apparently and simple…

We desire to spend our efforts on content that anybody can enjoy, and so nosotros chose to spend a lot of our free energy on the Klaw raid that's coming up at the same time. Really that's a simple determination for us. Spider-Man tin can play all the content, only then we release a slice of content that'southward good on all platforms. Really that was a decision that'south been that fashion since the first.

Well, points for honesty I suppose, only it'due south yet pretty disappointing. If Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics didn't want to put any try into console-exclusive content, they shouldn't have offered it in the first identify. At the very least, they should have been honest from the go go because this was apparently their position right from the beginning.

Meanwhile, IGN has also released first gameplay footage of Spider-Human in Marvel's Avengers, and well, he looks okay. Maybe if Insomniac's Spider-Human games didn't be I'd be more excited, but they do, and Avengers Spidey doesn't look nigh as fluid or badass. You can check out the footage for yourself, below.

Marvel's Avengers is available now on PC, Xbox Ane, Xbox Series X/Due south, PS4, PS5, and Stadia. The Spider-Man Hero Event arrives on PS4 and PS5 on November xxx forth with a major free update for all players.