Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 hit a lot of the right notes in its story and gameplay, tugging on a lot of heartstrings that Insomniac knew fans would appreciate. Indeed, the sequel married a lot of original character interpretations with interpretations that were popular in other games, such as having symbiote tendrils envelop New York City like they do in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows or having Venom play similarly to how he does in Ultimate Spider-Man. That said, giving Miles a boss fight against Peter was a great original idea, even if it was entirely predictable.