Following its big gameplay reveal as part of the PlayStation Showcase this past week, some more details about Insomniac Games’ upcoming “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2” game have emerged.
The details come from Spider-Man himself, actor Yuri Lowenthal, who voices the Peter Parker character in the games – both in the original PS4 version and the remastered version for PS5 & PC – even as his character underwent an appearance change between those versions.
Lowenthal appeared as part of a panel at MomoCon 2023 in Atlanta over the holiday weekend and was asked about the sequel, which will see his character take on the Venom symbiote for at least part of the game’s runtime.
Lowenthal tells The Direct that there’s so much more than fans have seen and people aren’t ready for what’s coming:
“You have no idea… I think they dropped that [footage]… and I’m so glad they finally showed something… We took extra special care for when Spidey is just a regular go-happy-lucky Spidey and when Spidey gets something going on [with the Symbiote]. And there’s a lot of colors. You saw some of them in the trailer they just dropped, but you ain’t seen nothing yet.
The game’s team and the actor worked hard to really shake up Peter’s performance and character, showcasing the addictive nature and compulsion of the Symbiote and how it impacts Peter:
We worked really, really hard, as a team to find what was the right thing because sometimes it just sounded comical when I would just, you know, rage… We had to find the levels, and we have to root it all in – even though it’s not a real thing, we need to be rooted in reality.
And, a lot of it came from… We looked at addiction in people and what the behaviors of addiction are. That’s really what we went to for inspiration and to find the levels of it. It’s not always the same, you know, every time. So yeah, addiction would be my simple answer.”
Lowenthal remains one of the more in-demand gaming voice actors with recent roles such as Rick the Technician in “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor,” Erikson in “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II” and Jacob in “Redfall” along with TV work in “Arcane” and “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” and animated DTV films like DC’s “Legion of Super-Heroes” and “Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind”.
“Marvel’s Spider-Man 2” will arrive exclusively on the PS5 sometime this Fall.
