Since the year 1982, the Spiderman game series has been extremely popular to Spiderman fans as well as gamers worldwide, and now it’s gone beyond what we could ever imagine. In 2018, the developers at PS4 came together to create the first new Spiderman game in a long while for the PS4 that gave us a beautiful, in-depth look at the life of Peter Parker as Spiderman as well as a slight backstory of Miles Morales. This now sets up Miles Morales to have his own game for the PS5 called Marvel’s Spiderman Miles Morales that will be a sort of sequel to the original Spiderman PS4 game released in 2018.

Backstory 

In the first Spiderman PS4 game that was released in 2018, it showcased the beginning of the next Spiderman, Miles Morales. It starts with Miles going to a ceremony for his father, who is getting a medal of honor for saving Spiderman, but during the ceremony, his dad is attacked by a man in a bomb vest who ends up killing him.  This sets up Miles Morale’s backstory. After this tragic event, Peter Parker (aka Spiderman) suggests that to help Miles cope with the death of his father, Miles should work at a shelter known as the F.E.A.S.T center, and during his work at the center, he gets bitten by a radioactive spider that gives him his powers.  At the end of the game, it gives us a little teaser as to the new Spiderman Miles Morales video game that we know today.

Story

The game starts out with Miles heading over to meet Spiderman to protect a convoy that is transporting the notorious villain Rhino, but during the transport, Rhino manages to escape while releasing other prisoners. After this battle, however, Miles is told by Peter that he will be New York’s only Spiderman for a couple of weeks as he is going to be a photographer for his girlfriend, MJ. This leaves Miles alone to fight new threats that arrive in New York by himself, such as a new group called the underground that is led by a person called the Tinkerer that is trying to get revenge for the loss of his dead brother. Miles later realizes that the Tinkerer is in fact his friend Phin who is on a mission to destroy a company by the name of Roxxon energy that was responsible for the death of her friend, Rick. 

Gameplay

In terms of gameplay, Miles Morales has a lot of similar features to the 2018 Spiderman game. The game still uses the same mechanics for the combat in terms of finishers, stealth, and the health system. Luckily the game also has new features that the game brings to combat such as the use of Miles’s venom punch to instantly K.O enemies and new gadgets that Miles gets along the way such as the holo drone, remote mines, and the gravity well which are all excellent tools for incapacitating your enemy in style. In summary, Spiderman Miles Morales is a beautiful addition to the Spiderman series and is out now for the new PS5.