Here's Why Eddie Brock Wasn't Made Venom In Spider-Man 2

Insomniac's Narrative Director explains that keeping Harry as Venom would mean more dramatic influence on Spider-Man 2's story.

[-Foxtrot]

I understand what they were going for but I personally still didn’t care for it, I’d have liked something more to the comics as I don’t feel Eddie has ever had justice with his comic book roots.

The whole thing with Harry turning just felt like a rehash of Peter fighting someone close to him in the last game, Doc Ock.

Also the games issue is it’s not only splitting time between Kraven and Venom they are splitting time between Peter and Miles which means less time overall for all of them

I kind of wish it was just a Peter focused game so they could have focused more on that relationship with Harry but because you’re jumping to Miles with his story beats you don’t get to see much of them. Then you have MJ’s drama with her job at the Bugle.

[Plague-Doctor27]

Swapping Eddie with Harry wouldn't change the issue with lack of focus, and would probably require more time away from Peter/Miles to explain Eddie.

The only part of the story that didn't really stick for me was Kraven. They didn't explain his motivation very well or even why he has superhuman strength, speed, etc. The only real backstory you get is from side missions, and I wish they had added some of that to the main story. There was one point where I thought Kraven would end up being Venom which would have been a cool twist.

[-Foxtrot]

Sorry i didn't mean to combine the two points in my original post

I just meant in general, story wise, I would have liked to seen Eddie as Venom

***** Spoilers *****

No Symbiote take over, just Venom and his brute force going against the player.

[Themba76]

In the comics wasn’t harry the hobgoblin? I would liked that more.

[-Foxtrot]

Ned Leeds become the Hobgoblin

Harry become the Green Goblin after the death of his father, the first Green Goblin

[Seraphim]

but w/o using Harry and the subsequent events of the game.... using Harry was part of the lead up to part 3 and the introduction of.... as Norman mentions at the end, get the... which sets up at least one of our villains for part 3. if you finished the game you know, don't want to spell it out and spoil it for those who haven't finished the game.

Though, I will admit I was disappointed, at first, that it wasn't Eddie, but whoever wrote this story did an excellent job. I thought the story was exceptional.

[GoodGuy09]

Seeing as they want to keep continuing the spiderman games and even a venom game, they can always use eddie later.

[CrimsonWing69]

I actually thought this angle was better. I know it breaks tradition and completely erases a character, but the way Harry needed it, Peter didn't want to give it back, and then telling Harry it has to be killed worked better than an angry sort of co-worker hating Spider-Man and getting the symbiote.

I think you get a lot more dramatic and emotional depth with how they used this friendship angle. Plus, they still can do Hobgoblin and Eddie could still show up and take Venom. So, it's not like things are drastically altered yet.

[Tacoboto]

I haven't read the comics so I don't have too much attached to Eddie Brock as a character, but I am loving everything they've done in Spider-Man 2.

Last night I got through to being near the end of the story. Peter's normal again, we're looking for Venom, new "things" popped up in the city and are much more difficult than the usual enemies. This "Scream"ing fight that was amazing...

Game of the Year for me; the story is done so well and flows together, it's obvious they knew the story they wanted to tell.

[Knightofelemia]

I like a new twist on things

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

The game hasn't been out even 2 weeks. Jesus Christ. Take down this spoiler article off N4G or at least give a warning in the title or something.

Even IGN doesn't post spoilers for clicks to this extent. I can see that only 1 person approved this.

[roadkillers]

Definitely a spoiler for a game that just came out.