Why Insomniac is the right developer for Spider-Man

Let’s be honest: we all want a good Spider-Man game and it’s been a while since we had one. Now all eyes are on Insomniac’s iteration of our favourite web-slinger. As we get closer to the release date we discuss why this dream project is in safe hands.

[CocoaBrother]

Because they're good developers. Personally, I wanted Sucker Punch but Insomnia is great as well.

[porkChop]

Yeah I was surprised it wasn't from Sucker Punch, but it looks great.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

I love Sucker Punch but I personally think Insomniac are better suited to making Spider-Man. They make fun games that just feel really good (slick, arcadey) which works out pretty good for the web-slinging. Their games have addictive gameplay loops as well (R&C raritanium, upgrading weapons, gadgets, etc). There's a lot of focus on humour as well and keeping things colourful. I actually can't think of a studio better suited to making a Spider-Man game.

[fenome]

Initially I did too, but this works perfect because now we get this and Ghost of Tsushima.

Spider-Man is in good hands with this game, especially after seeing the videos of how traversal works. That's always make it or break it with Spider-Man games and it looks like they nailed it.

[RNTody]

Personally, I'm far happier it's Insomniac. They're much more fun and creative and good with humour, given their games like Ratchet and Clank and Sunset Overdrive. I love Sucker Punch and Infamous, but the biggest disappointment for me with that series is that the open worlds were fairly shallow and not very interactive. I have no doubt Sucker Punch would have nailed the traversal and done well with the combat, but seeing the vibrant popping colours of this world, and hearing about little quirks like Spidey taking selfies at the top of buildings and high-fiving fans, and watching him use creative web gadgetry mid-combat is exactly the kind of little touches I wanted in the Spider-Man game.

I'm far happier with Sucker Punch directing their talents towards a new IP like Ghost of Tsushima.

[GNCFLYER]

I was convinced it was going to be SP.

Then pleasantly surprised it was Insomniac. Judging by what I'm seeing Insomniac was a perfect choice.

I'm sure either company would have been fantastic.

[jukins]

No no sucker punch is good but I think they hit a plateau in what the team can do in terms of open world gameplay. Don't get me wrong I highly enjoyed all the infamous games but really they all were too similar

[subtenko]

Sometimes I mixed these two devs up :/

Sucker punch did infamous and insomniac did resistance, spyro, etc. I know that but I get the studio names intertwined somehow

[sampsonon]

same here but if they had done it we wouldn't Have two great looking games to look forward to in Ghost Of Tsushima and Spider Man.

[Dragonscale]

Yeah but SP are making Ghost of Tsushima which also looks awesome. Insomniac will have to do, never mind lol.

[ps3vita4life]

Really for me, it was between sucker punch and insomniac. Both are amazing at traversal and fast movement mechanics.

[Retroman]

Wonder how it Feels to hold back info about a game you created last year but can't publicly announce anything until the appointed time. I'm sure New R&C is in development almost done but can't announce it until the appointed time in November 2018-19

Dang that sucks.

[bolimekurac]

everyones puckered up around here

[ps3vita4life]

So much so that they suffer from insomnia ;)

[MarineLineman]

Insomniac is great, but I still think the perfect dev would’ve been Sucker Punch. Doesn’t really matter though; both Spider Man and Ghost look incredible.

[uncleDAD]

thats what they want you to think... i heard some guy named Norman Osborn owns Insomniac games

[TheGamez100]

Was hoping for sucker punch since they made infamous (another super hero game) buuuut if any other company, Insomniacs a great alternative. Looking forward to see more of Ghost from SP.

[on_line_forever]

Spider-Man 2 is the only and the last game I play and it was so great game

I hope Insomniac make the game great and shine again like Spider-Man 2 was

[Marugo]

Meh they should leave this to activision

[FernDiggidy]

Because they make great games.

[SixFragz]

No no but I want Activision because if it's Activision then we will get a Spider Man game every year! And every year it will come with a season pass! Just like Call of Dookie! That means Spider Man games every year!
/s

Thank goodness the rancid piece of filth that is Activision has no rights to our friendly neighbor Spider Man. I can see how desperate Activision must've been to retain the rights of Spoder Man so that they could have their develish fun ruining it and giving us a less than half baked piece of Spidey pie. More like SPIDEY BATTER because the game would be UNFINISHED.

Imsoniac is the way to go for a Spidey video game franchise.

UP, UP, AND AWAY WEB!

[sampsonon]

i think sucker punch would have done a great job as well.

[Dragonscale]

Wonder if they could pick a different character next time. A Hulk game would be great.