Marvel's Spider-Man

Momentum web-swinging set the standard for traversal feel in superhero open worlds.

Released 2018 Developer Insomniac Games Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform PlayStation 4 Genre Action-Adventure Era Live service & the long tail

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Marvel's Spider-Man inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Chained Combo Strings ~~1991~~Photo Mode ~~1997~~Seamless Streaming Open World ~~2001~~Grapple & Tether Traversal ~~2004~~Radiant / Generated Activity ~~2006~~

Descends from

Batman: Arkham Asylum ~~2009~~

The Marvel's Spider-Man series in this dataset

2018

Marvel's Spider-Man ~~this page~~

2023

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 ~~2023~~

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