Was Peter NERFED in Marvel's Spider-Man 2?

[@GothamPaladin]

Just as a side note, a lot of you are saying his Spider-Sense doesn’t warn him about Venom. I know that, the example I gave in the video does not require the use of Spider-Sense whatsoever. The attack happens in front of his face, he still has super reflexes lol

[@aravindpathapati]

They did justice to all other characters in this game except Peter (and Peter's Spidey). I understand from MJ's perspective, why she jumped in front of him, because the symbiote had just made Peter suffer and she did want it near him again. But I agree that it is unrealistic for him not react faster.

[@admints2712]

I agree with you like at martin li’s bombing at city hall his spider sense warned him like a minute before but here sometimes it does not work or even if it works it warns him miliseconds ago. By the way peter could have easily dodged those lightnings at sandman boss fight because he dodges Electro’s bolts all the time. His spider sense did not even warn him at that storm nor while fighting kraven!!! So inconsistent poor writing

[@DarthJarJar10]

But Spidey Sense is not only notoriously unreliable, it also doesn't warn Peter about Venom until Venom flips and becomes evil in other media. Also, I think this is some of the beauty of having Harry, his best friend, be the host... It can be argued that it confuses his Spidey Sense or that, as we saw in the story, Peter desperately wants to believe that Harry wouldn't hurt him, against his better judgement or even Spidey Sense...

[@namikaize4483]

I feel like most of peter problems are the fact his truma with aunt may death there were a few times in the game where you can tell he's bothered, and this game also felt like it was a passing of a torch where miles takes over for peter

[@DarkFortMaker]

Seriously

[@ci825]

I agree with you. Pete felt HEAVILY nerfed but I did hear a theory as to why and the game SOMEWHAT backs it up: Pete’s powers and how efficient they are can directly correlate to how much he believes in himself or his state of mind, and what was weighing Pete down this whole game? Aunt mays death. Which was something we saw resolved when miles and Li went into his mind. If this is the case I wish they made that a bit more clear bc it really does just look like he’s washed asf

[@ezzekieldirks8542]

Peter in the first game shows how strong and durable the orginal spidey is

[@ci825]

@@ezzekieldirks8542 exactly. It’s like these two game’s peters need to switch places imo

[@FatKratos69]

@@ezzekieldirks8542It was to prop up Miles, said by the writers. And all the other characters. It's also sorta a story thing But Insomniac overdid it, made Peter look incompetent. He didn't seem like a decade old Spider-Man at all

[@sideways_chip_eater6420]

That could work actually cause Tobey Maguire's Spiderman had something similar where he can't shoot webs or use any of his abilities because of stress

[@ci825]

@@sideways_chip_eater6420 exactly. This scenario has been done in previous iterations such as, like you said, the tobey movies and even in the comics. Plus another thing I literally just thought of was in tobey’s SM2, the issue of Peter losing his powers came up when the theme of movie was, get this: balance. Maybe it might be why after all?

[@jingleballs9935]

I don’t really see Peters experience here. Seems like miles was the Spider-Man for 11 years not Peter. Many moments he gets hit even with his spidey sense even in the first game there was a little bit of that. Spidey sense is very inconsistent in general. And I don’t like miles overpowering Peter with the symbiote on. Before miles uses the bells and even without his electric powers miles holds down fully angered symbiote Peter.

[@ci825]

I agree. Which speaking of the miles vs symbiote Peter fight, it irked me how in the span of a few hours kraven beats miles to a pulp, then symbiote Peter almost MURDERS kraven but then miles who lost to kraven beats Pete who beat kraven… I was like huh? Is this Pokémon or something? But to play devils advocate and counter the argument that miles beat Peter straight up, someone did say that in the miles vs Pete fight, Pete would’ve mopped miles but the reason he didn’t was because of the personal connection they have. During that fight, especially due to miles trying to talk sense into him, Pete was somewhere in there trying to actively hold back and trying to fight against the symbiotes control. Making it a lot easier for miles to handle him 1 on 1 despite their individual encounters with kraven moments prior

[@cammythompkins4379]

I view this game, the same way I view The Last of Us Part II. Fun gameplay, but contains many inconsistencies with the characters, story, & unfaithful writing that don't always connects with established source material.

[@DeadlyV3]

​ @ci825 miles never lost to kraven directly lol. he spent most of his energy defeating li, and the rest of it buying time for him to escape against the hunters trying to jump him afterward. all kraven did was pick up an already exhausted miles and throw him back into a cell

[@modest9584]

Ig you could theorize and say he was starting to take back control because he wasn’t using his symbiote powers at that point in time. Cant think of any other excuses

[@ci825]

@@DeadlyV3 then going by that logic, if he was exhausted in the Li fight (which he did really good in) then lost his next fight against kraven BAD, then how was he able to do so good immediately after that against Peter? He should be even more tired, beat up and worn out because he’s got TWO fights under his belt. One of which, he got his ass kicked in

[@BatarangBelt]

The actual only problem I had was the overeliance between Pete and Miles, and how much it felt like neither of them would survive without the other at all times

[@Ayyothatsbrandogaming]

Gee it’s as though that’s the theme of the game or something..

[@BatarangBelt]

@@Ayyothatsbrandogaming Well yeah I get that, I just wished it showed off how competent Peter and Miles were on their own before Kraven went after them, especially in side mission stories, like how Miles took down the Kingpins empire in his game, instead of them just fighting Kravens men AND dealing with the symbiote invasion in like a week, but never showing off the way they can stand on their own other than just the final boss

[@jalengholson8595]

​@@BatarangBeltBE GREATER TOGETHER NOT ON YOUR OWN!

[@legoverse1412]

@@Ayyothatsbrandogamingbut the game ends with Miles saying, “oh yeah I can do this on my own”

[@zacharybosley1935]

​@@legoverse1412not quite

[@adityashastri5872]

FINALLY!!! I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS. I have been waiting for someone to talk about this issue. Peter Parker has gotten weaker in the newer Spider-Man games and doesn't seem as powerful as he was in the first original game in 2018's Spider-Man. This was a great video to make. I'm glad that I am not the only one who thinks that Insomniac is nerfing Peter Parker.

[@cloudstrife4324]

​@@kingjuju5474😂 it's crazy how a taser is stronger than a punch from spiderman

[@chosen3713]

I don’t really think it’s that he’s weaker, I just think he’s tired of being Spider-Man. Aunt mays death took a toll on him. He is mentally drained being spider for 12 years straight no breaks. That’s why he wanted to retire and it’s also why venom could infect his mind really easily and knew Peter could still potentially be a partner.

[@Knick3607]

@@kingjuju5474 If every enemy went down in one hit than the game wouldn't be fun.

[@RuteFernandes-qs6pc]

@@chosen3713 Peter would be too kind to retire man, he's just not that guy. He stays humble and stays within NYC for a reason, he's the friendly neighborhood spiderman. To make, hell to say, Peter Parker wishes to retire at his prime is absolutely ridiculous. Maybe if he was older and he had gotten weaker with time, I mean sure, leave it to a younger generation of spider heroes. But now of all times? Nah dude, Insomniac ain't convincing anyone that has held a comic book in their hand.

[@JulissaRivera-gx9ky]

​@@RuteFernandes-qs6pcagreed plus I think he's just taking a break he ain't quitting being Spider-Man

[@havoc-ado]

So in my view of things, it seems that Pete has been around for like 10-12 years, doing this every single day without even being able to take a break, not to mention juggle life stuff. That has taken a toll on him mentally and physically, regardless of his powers. Remember that at the start of SM 1, they introduced Pete and MJ as exes. The spidermanning got in the way of their love life. Miles is fresh into it, but I think because he has Pete, he's always telling Miles to balance everything out, which is why at the end Miles doesn't even have his suit under his clothes, which Hailey pointed out. Pete never got that lesson from anyone... it took him this long to realise. During random team ups with Wraith, even she says 'you're getting slow'. He was completely trashed by Rhino in SM Miles Morales. Pete is tired, not weak. This whole lesson on 'balance' isn't new, it started in the first game. The reason Pete and MJ broke up was because he felt like she and everyone else was fragile and needed his protection. They even had a blow up where MJ got mad at him for not allowing her to help him, 'partners' as she called it. In SM 1 he learned that like everyone else, sometimes he needs help too. Subconsciously, Pete always feels that he has to do everything himself and people are ALWAYS counting on him to be there for everyone, which is part of the mental burden. This is showcased when he is almost fully bonded with the symbiote and the hate has bubbled onto the surface where he says how he really feels.

[@NEGAN__]

Great explanation, it makes sense, there’s a lot to read between the lines. But still I think the spidey sense was not well executed, some scenes where it should’ve triggered 5 seconds earlier it triggers almost after he got the blow. The mission in Coney Island, man, Pete was on fire there, spidey sense was going crazy, the arrow Pete stops that was gonna hit the guys face was crazy, but then in other parts felt just to the plot work.

[@soleonshae8657]

I think, too, people forget that the symbiote sometimes gets into Pete's head and blocks out his spider sense for Venom's bloodlust

[@NEGAN__]

@@soleonshae8657 I don’t think Venom can do that. He can avoid been detected by Pete’s spidey sense, but block it when he’s on Peter? I never saw that. Spider sense is not always guarantee to avoid being hit and Kraven is really fast

[@dublethetruble4620]

⁠​⁠@@NEGAN__there was a comic where venom would wear Peter basically and fight crime. It would block peters spider sense so he couldn’t wake up. Something similar happens in the game venom controlling Peter.

[@dismembered_body_limbs]

I'm so glad you're also able to understand what Insomniac was conveying about Peter in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Turly.. Now I don't gotta sit through this video, tolerate whatever rambling this meathead of a youtuber thinks he's proving by bestowing it upon impressionable parrots, who also don't understand Insomniac's writing. They didn't pay attention either and are just going to parrot what he says.

[@kuirkiz]

You’re completely right. Playing the game it felt like Peter was always being saved by Miles constantly. At times I was like how is it that the less experienced Spiderman is doing a better job than the OG. To me it was also insane that Miles is able to defeat him while he’s a symbionts as well. They really did Peter dirty in this game.

[@NoNam3_xLeaderX]

I saw someone make a good point. He was able to beat him because Peter was holding back somewhat. I do see what everyone is saying with miles being stronger but… he just is. And has more powers 😂 I think Peter is just tired of being Spider-Man, like why he left miles last game and said he wanted to leave miles alone again. Miles is just the stronger individual. Mentally and physically 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@gabrielhernandez4929]

@@NoNam3_xLeaderXbro you can not say mentally

[@NoNam3_xLeaderX]

@@gabrielhernandez4929 I say mentally because Pete can’t handle loss. Miles lost his dad and his best friend. Idk that’s just the wording I’m using. Pete didn’t look weak to me he looked soft

[@bluesaber1260]

@@NoNam3_xLeaderX to be fair miles not having to worry about the bills helped

[@NoNam3_xLeaderX]

@@bluesaber1260 true

[@jarmoliebrand2005]

I’ve heard someone say Peter gets tossed around so much because he needs to learn the “balance” lesson, but he’s honestly not really learnt it for a decade he’s been Spider-Man. I think he gets hit a little too often a little too easily. It doesn’t bother me much but I do notice it and it annoys me a little.

[@noctisastrum7495]

I think it's more due to peter being overly exhausted and burned out from being Spider-Man for the past decade. He never had a chance to catch a break because he was the only Spider-Man constantly saving the day. This makes sense due to Peter's being overly attached to the symbiote and wants to use it to become a better spiderman.

[@atomic747]

nah, it just shitty writing.@@noctisastrum7495

[@RiderWithTheScarf]

It's even more stupid since he had it pretty balanced last game, save for the lack of funds that weren't his fault at all(since Otto couldn't get grants because the commitee wanted Iron Man shit instead of the work Otto was doing); suddenly he forgot about it? It'd be one thing if the symbiote messed it up and Peter realised that but that's not how it's portrayed in the narrative.

[@Mybasedworld]

@@noctisastrum7495doesn’t excuse making Peter look inexperienced

[@dark_venompool0183]

​@noctisastrum7495 or its bc mays death was his breaking point and it's known in comics that a mental breakdown or depression can heavily affect his powers

[@KazamaJoestar]

Just poor writing. Peter was a punching bag in this game

[@JoeChillton]

You never played the game it seems so shut up

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

No

[@DJ-ll9hv]

He totally was and his character was crap. He decided to just go take a nap after defeating Lizard instead on returning the suit like wtf? Then he’s like Miles why do they need me as Spider-Man when they have you like huh? Weak weak weak like he couldn’t even finish off Venom, he was just sleep in the corner the whole time 😂😂😂😂

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

@@DJ-ll9hv no just....🤦

[@ethandibs3414]

​@DJ-ll9hv ah yes, because chasing a giant 10ft monster through all of new York and battling it TWICE wouldn't make him tired. And getting thrown head first at a wall wouldn't make him get knocked out ? Like damn. End of the day Pete is still human ? Spider strength doesn't mean he can just give his all 100% 24/7

[@m4gick]

He definitely got nerfed. Seeing lots of arguments like oh he was tired and stuff, but he took a break in Symkaria, and he has a whole nother spiderman to help him, bro is NOT tired at all. Also, the villains weren't super strong either in this game. Agent venom was literally beating Kraven to a pulp at one point, and while fighting Kraven it is explicitly stated by Kraven himself that spiderman was STILL holding back, never did spiderman go all out with the black suit. The nerf is most likely because they are tryna replace peter with miles, and this is the issue. Not even a year ago, in this universe, Peter was portrayed as being very strong and capable, yet now he has been reduced in favor of miles. They really ruined Spiderman in his own game, I can't even.

[@protag64toons2.0]

You gave up ?

[@Nick_69420]

Stop acting like you know your stuff Peter took a break in summaries for 2 weeks this games 10 months later💀

[@foxolocation3853]

2 week break. Gotta be fucking kidding me if you think that does anything against almost 10 years of Spider manning

[@Knick3607]

Overreacting much?

[@charlessynowiec3876]

the worst part in this game to me is a lil ass blade basically killed peter. like cmon that’s what took him out? smh

[@jinthemadman7022]

Peter may not have the powers miles has,but there's no reasson to nerf him so much or make him rely more on the symbiote then his own powers.I want to see peter being better then ever before,I would honestly get mad if this keeps up

[@Kenny-hd4ef]

So you want Peter to be stronger than what, Thor?Hulk? The beyonder? That would be shit

[@Kenny-hd4ef]

The reason to make him rely so much on the symbiote is because that's the idea,Peter becomes to reliant on the black suit and becomes a asshole, that's the symbiote Arc's whole thing

[@jinthemadman7022]

Stronger then who?? Dude I want to see him do well even without it,like he was in the first game Just...less tired I guess

[@Kenny-hd4ef]

@@jinthemadman7022 in the first game Peter wasnt invencible,he got beaten around by Sable 3 times,he was knocked out by a bomb like 50 meters away from him,was destroyed by the sinister six and needed the police to save his ass,almost died in a fire but a powerless Miles saved him,got destroyed by Otto and needed Sable to save him

[@Kenny-hd4ef]

@@jinthemadman7022 Spider-man's thing is not that he's super strong,is that he gets beaten ALOT,but still aways gets back up

[@ZeniV2]

No matter how you defend Miles here it's pretty obvious they want to showcase how strong he is by nerfing Peter

[@wintertrooper7918]

So you actually don't know what's going on

[@ZXLRT]

Yes, they did nerf him for the "Be Greater Together" thing. Didn't you notice how often he was just down, or passed out, or in the final fight after getting the Anti-Venom he still got knocked out for you to grab the helm as Miles? The man who fought the sinister six with 16 broken bones and cleared the whole city out of raft criminals on one night's sleep on a rooftop? They've been doing that since Miles Morales. The Venom attack in the house actually has an explanation but it's still an issue. Peter's Spider-Sense doesn't warn him from friendlies, fellow heroes, loved ones let alone his best friend and actually after Venom bonded with Peter for sometime he was able to get past his Spider-Sense, mute it. So both things combined makes for a good explanation, what doesn't, is that Spider-Man is INCREDBLEY agile and fast he was able to stop a bullet after the trigger was pulled. So him not dodging that attack? Yeah, it doesn't cut it. He was absolutely nerfed, no arguments about that. Partnership is cool but Miles isn't on Peter's level at least not yet, he's supposed to be his mentor, the one to watch out for him, not just his partner.

[@JulissaRivera-gx9ky]

I know I hate this that's like saying Robin one day when he gets older and becomes Nightwing is going to beat Batman one day even though that's clearly not true Peter just got his second game he shouldn't be nerfed or already on his deathbed for them to replace him with miles I absolutely hate that they're trying to make him seem weaker and less Superior 2 miles

[@cheezyfro144]

Peter Parker, known for being physically stronger than almost any Spider-Man. Known for lifting trains, throwing tanks, stopping collapsed buildings, tanking punches from Hulk and Thor and one shotting his villains without holding back. But now bro can’t even tank lightning bolts and his spider sense is wack asf.

[@grandmastersubzero1358]

this is insomniac not the comic and he ain't never tanked punches from hulk or thor cause those punches never land the only times an attack land is when they swat him like a fly and even then those attacks nearly take spiderman out of the fight

[@Noname-gm5om]

@@grandmastersubzero1358it doesn’t fucking matter if it isn’t the comics those are just consistent Spider-Man feats that he should be able to do at bare fucking minimum with his power that’s literally his character he has so much more power but has to responsibly use it especially in fights so as not to kill but in here he has no great power and needs to rely on miles and the symbiote it’s not even believable that this Peter has survived for so long.

[@abeydaby16]

@@Noname-gm5omIf you think all adaptations of spider-man are going to be the same power level, then you are on some next level delusional bullshit

[@cunnyman]

Man died to a stab. He was only revived by Symbiote.

[@valysheev]

​@@Noname-gm5omso mcu spiderman should tank hulk ?

[@g3nd1a69]

Imagine Miles’ story with Martin Li but instead he gets his butt kicked for most of it, despite how much he’s improved. Then imagine Peter stepping in to tell Miles revenge is wrong, (instead of letting him let go of his hatred on his own) before working together to defeat and later redeem Martin Li, something Miles was meant to do. Then imagine Miles telling Peter he’s the better Spider-Man before taking a break and letting Peter go solo again. Did you do all that? Good, because that basically sums up Peter in this game for me. Don’t get me wrong, I love Miles as much as the next guy and I’m glad he was added to the Insomniac verse for a more unique experience. However, Insomniac keeps overplaying his role in the story, to the point where they’re nerfing Peter and having Miles share the spotlight in what’s meant to be Peter’s moments. They had Peter lose to Rhino, a villain he’s beaten multiple times and has beat in 2v1 as well (it was Miles game but they still could’ve written it better). They had Peter take more hits and get saved more against Sandman than Miles, even though he’s defeated him before and should have more experience against Sandman at his strongest (and I know Miles’ electricity would obviously do more damage than anything Peter can do. But Peter got hurt way more then he should’ve and nearly died at one point when he could’ve easily shot a web to escape). The list doesn’t even stop there. They had Peter get immediately stabbed upon facing Kraven despite the fact his spider-sense should’ve warned him. They not only had him *DIE* to this soon afterwards, but the way he died so quickly suggests he did worse against Kraven than all his other villains! Don’t even get me started on how he was weaker than he was in the first game even with the symbiote on. He was still getting caught off guard multiple times with the symbiote on by Kraven, the Lizard, and even by some off Kraven’s HENCHMEN! What’s worse is that he lost to Miles even with the symbiote on even though he should’ve mopped the floors with him. The symbiote is supposed to be Peter at his most deadly. While Peter and Miles are relatively equal in this game, the symbiote would amp up all his physical attributes, give him a better healing factor, and give him tendrils to attack people with. This should’ve been more than enough to defeat Miles, and yet he was easily pinned down during the fight and needed to be TOLD by Miles how bad the suit was to finally get rid of the symbiote. This completely ruined Peter’s moment for me because instead of stripping away the suits power in order to regain his responsibility on his own (like he does in every media he has the black suit except in what if stories), he had to share that moment with Miles again. The parts with Anti-Venom was by far the biggest let down. This is arguably Peter at his strongest. He has the symbiote with none of the draw backs and is basically the kryptonite to other symbiotes too. He definitely wasn’t beating Venom on his own with how strong Venom is in game. However, Peter still should be doing most of the heavy lifting during fight. Instead he gets knocked out for half the fight, and does the same damage to Venom as Miles does whenever he’s not burning the symbiote off of Harry (which again doesn’t make sense since he’s supposed to get a strength buff from Anti-Venom). Speaking of Harry, why couldn’t Peter heal him? Yes it’s genetically bonded to Peter now but it still has healing capabilities. He could’ve kept Harry stable until they got to the hospital instead of giving Miles the win again. I’m praying they do Peter justice in the next game because one his most iconic villains is coming and I don’t want him to keep coming 2nd place to Miles.

[@mz-power9587]

i agree with most of your points I like that miles helps peter get rid of the symbiotes symbiote pete is strong but he has the sound weakness which can turn the tides in miles favor even if you don't utilize it yourself in the fight. Rhino was definetly a lazy lets just get this going. it could've been more like into the spiderverse where because peter is trying to protect miles he dies. If miles wasn't there he wins handily. but miles is a newbie he still effs stuff up. so instead that's how peter should get knocked down. Theres not a clear enough justification for why peter is effing up so much he feels incompetent just to reach the story beats. instead of making his failures justified and believable. if at least peter acknowledged he was weaker or something was holding him back from his full potential. Sure Kraven can hunt all the sinister 6 with ease individually. he's still one guy. peter was in a 1v1 and not even distracted and he dies

[@peculiar3529]

I don’t understand this losing to rhino thing. Like Peter doesn’t beat Rhino in a one to one, we’ve never seen that. It makes sense for Peter to lose that battle. He only lost cause he was letting miles take the wheel and that led to rhino escaping and him trying to baby sit miles while trying to get rhino. He can’t outsmart him when he has to baby sit miles. Also if you forgot, Rhino was beat by Peter using scorpion to lock him in a box, not by knocking him out

[@Knick3607]

You guys are really paranoid aren't you.

[@videohousejsq]

You’re exactly right. And it sucks because they did this on purpose so they could make Miles the main spiderman next game. They made him weaker, characters called him slower than he used to be, and they made MJ seem like she could take down guys Peter was struggling with . From a game perspective I get that in interviews they said they wanted to get rid of the gadget wheel so it didn’t feel like the “win button” but from a story perspective this was done on purpose and it’s so sad.

[@xxmassxx578]

I think that Peter is going to die in the next game, and a lot of people are upset that Miles will be the new main character. However, in the Spider-Man comics, Peter dies, and Miles takes over. People should have seen this coming. There are just following, for the most part, what happened in the comics and probably just showing us the transition between Miles and Peter by showing us how he is getting weaker.

[@トーキ-g8v]

@@xxmassxx578actually Peter was brought back in the Ultimate comics where Miles came from…

[@videohousejsq]

@@xxmassxx578 That may be true for the in-universe explanation, yeah.

[@rampagemir196]

They hate us that's the only explanation

[@jimmyjohn6479]

is it just me or miles swing way better than peter? like i swear he does it much faster, higher, smoother

[@kocetociparov1089]

Issues that could have been fixed easily but insomniac just wants to focus on Miles and not Peter. Peter should have jumped infront of MJ when venom attacked with the tendrils. Symbiote Peter should have destroyed Miles and almost killed him but then understood that he'd gone too far and stopped himself. Scorpion should have injected Peter so that he's weakened so that when Kraven stabs him it's more believable. Back in the Miles game when Rhino beats Peter the way it should have been explained is Rhino goes for Miles and almost crushes him but Peter steps in the way and gets hit instead of Miles. That would have worked but no they didn't do it. Also when Peter gets the symbiote he should have been even stronger then what we got. He should have been able to beat any villain with relative ease and be shown to not even try with them. If I was writing Spider-Man I wouldn't ever want to make him seem like a lame and nurfed version of himself but they did. Insomniac put more effort into diversity and representation of different cultures and disabilities instead of focusing on why we bought the game and that's for Peter.

[@LEEMURSLÖÖPS]

I literally had the same thought throughout the games

[@no.1spidey-fan182]

Bro woke up and chose to SPIT FACTS😭🔥🔥. I had a WHOLE RANT about how Peter was written on my community post cause it was THAT BAD😭😭

[@grandmastersubzero1358]

the same miles that met the charge of the rhino overpowered him with his venom punch and knock him off his feet sending him flying off his feet something peter can't just do on pure muscle alone he had to use the environment to stun rhino then follow up with a few flurries of attacks so miles attack potency is much higher than peter in the first game and him and his venom punch is much higher and stronger in the second game. the is the same miles the pulled a whole bridge towards himself in the first game he's stronger in the second game, he absorb basically a city wide explosion and fell from a height that dwarf the tallest building so following up in the second game he has that new blue electricity that is even more potent than the yellow so to say black suit Spiderman destroying miles is a lie

[@kocetociparov1089]

@@grandmastersubzero1358 The venom symbiote in the comics has Godlike feats and they referenced the story line of Knull in the game. So when Peter gets the black suit the entire point of it is that he is invincible and feels high on power. That's why when he ultimately throws the suit away to save his morality it is a defining moment for his charecter and what makes him special. But if Miles defeats the black suit easily then what's the point of it? It has lost its intimidating factor and the fact that Miles saves Peter from the suit and not Peter himself is bad writing. Also Miles is written to be op whenever the plot requires it. He tanks a nuke and falls from the sky and 20 seconds later he's fine??? But when the Prowler shot him with a lil green beam Miles fainted for probably an hour...

[@no.1spidey-fan182]

@@grandmastersubzero1358 The Crane Peter help up is heavier that the bridge😂. Miles only had to pull two small pieces of the bridge together for a couples seconds and was visibly struggling. Peter had to support the entire weight of a falling crane and did it with relative ease and no signs of it being that challenging. Peter also BLOCKED Rhino's punch in the first game with ease btw. Venom Blast is more powerful but it doesn't mean miles is PHYSICALLY stronger...he's never been on Peters level phsyically and it would make sense for him not to be in order to balance his character...other wise he's just a Gary Stu

[@Otinashi]

I do dislike that Peter needs the Symbiote just to be on the same level as Miles. Even if he doesn't have Miles's extra abilities, he's stronger, faster, and has way more experience than Miles. Without the symbiote though, he struggles a lot where he doesn't need to in order to give Miles the spotlight. Spider-Man 2 honestly makes Peter out to be completely incompetent. Spider-Man Miles Morales did the same thing in the opening fight with Rhino, having him get knocked out fairly easily against someone he has plenty of experience dealing with, even if Rhino's suit was upgraded. I love Miles, but I hate that Peter is always nerfed when he's around in almost every story they're both in. Peter is perfectly capable of dealing with most things that are thrown at him alone, but as soon as Miles is in the picture, all the sudden he's completely incompetent on his own.

[@ezzekieldirks8542]

It's cause they want to make miles the better spidey

[@LouPa-de6bw]

​@@ezzekieldirks8542he is the better spidey tho his abilities alone makes him way better

[@squeezyjibbz7407]

​@@LouPa-de6bwdoesn't make him a better character just because his writers are insecure and need their black Spider-Man to be better than white Spider-Man.

[@haziqali1627]

​@@squeezyjibbz7407facts

[@giffy6437]

The theme they've been getting at is "be greater together" so they're just trying to include Miles but other than struggling a little against villains way more powerful he had never fought before he had no expiernce with, how was he nerfed?

[@cookn_]

I agree with a lot of the points you made in this vid ngl, i was thinking the exact same thing as i played thru the first time. I'd honestly say that I wouldn't even care that Peter got his ass beat the whole game if Miles took as many L's as Peter did, and if Peter was the one to save Miles as many times as Miles had to save Peter. That's not what happened in this game, Peter was in several near-death situations and Miles or someone else had to save him every time. Inversely with Miles he only gets in like maybe 2 near-death situations; one when he's trapped in Kraven's arena and Symbiote Peter goes to save him, and one when he tries to save Peter from the symbiotes at city hall and Li has to save him. It feels very imbalanced with the amount of times Miles had to be saved in comparison to Peter, and I didn't really like that.

[@monmonkey7029]

Venom was also about to kill Miles before MJ tossed a sonic emitter

[@monmonkey7029]

I forgot, but Peter also saves Miles from being eaten by Sandman in that first fight

[@modest9584]

Tbh, Li didn’t even need to save him. He probably would’ve just done a venom blast if Li didn’t show up. Or he could’ve just avoided that situation altogether

[@cookn_]

@@monmonkey7029 Right, forgot about those. Either way Peter was definitely in fatal danger way more than Miles was which made it feel pretty imbalanced imo regardless

[@BSOTV]

I agree with you as well. Miles was always saving him, he never really saved Miles. Also, when has spiderman even died from a stab wound to a gut? As you pointed out, he has dealt with far greater injuries and he has enhanced healing powers

[@Mybasedworld]

Wouldve made sense if it was stabbed in the heart or something

[@theretroshogun2961]

He's died to a bullet wound in the comics

[@Mybasedworld]

@@theretroshogun2961 ultimate comic right ?

[@theretroshogun2961]

@@Mybasedworld I'm pretty sure

[@MrOnepiece14]

​@@theretroshogun2961To be clear, he got shot and then ran through the gauntlet by Osborn and others afterward. Then took an exploding truck to the face after crushing Osborn with it. If not for that he likely would have lived.

[@kryzer1754]

Totally agreed, they nerfed Peter to milk Miles, that’s one of the reasons why I like the first game more and the story was better.

[@DrDread-pn1hh]

Insomniac literally admitted they like miles more so it's pretty obvious the only way to elevate miles was to knock down peter they will eventually replace him

[@_Dee2nd]

Obviously to prop up Miles. Peter is always made to seem lesser for other background ass Spiders to get shine.

[@ronniefazzio6979]

The Venom moment at Mays house could just be explained that Peter’s spider sense isn’t triggered by Venom because the symbiote was bonded to him and didn’t trigger his spider sense. However, that was never stated in the game.

[@darkskinvince4380]

Valid point

[@mrmelonman2893]

Bruh thats common knowledge. In almost all interactions venom doesn't trigger his spidey sense, and in this it makes more sense considering the fact that harry is the host

[@brobob52]

That still doesnt explain how mj reacted quicker then pete. Pete still has way faster reflexes. I think narritively it wouldve been better if pete pushed mj out the way and then was thrown into the fridge.

[@ronniefazzio6979]

@@brobob52 I guess you could just say that Pete was feeling overwhelmed in the moment. Though I’m more curious about how MJ was fine after taking a direct hit from 19 inches of Venom. Then again, the Scream symbiote probably healed her.

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

bc MJ is a strong independent women, or man looking at that face model... @@brobob52

[@adamtruong1759]

For MOST of the scenes concerning the spider-sense, I've always had the idea that it would always alert Peter but he can make blunders where he can be a situation where he can't physically get out of the way be it no space, in the middle of delivering a punch, or he gets attacked from so many directions that the spider-sense can't keep up, by someone like the "Spot". But the scene with MJ getting in the way to block, it was a bit much. I feel like this game could've done with another "Crane-scene/Helicopter chase" scene for Peter like in the first game to reaffirm that he is the amazing Spider-man.

[@modest9584]

Kinda like miles and scorpion earlier in the game, but that also raises other questions. Let’s assume that because both are still alive, they’ve managed to dodge most if not all bullets fired at them. Then that would mean they should realistically be able to dodge 90% of the things they get hit by, like scorpions tail. And if they can’t move out of the way all the time, they should’ve been gunned down a long time ago. Side note I can’t even dodge bullets in the gameplay consistently :/

[@adamtruong1759]

@@modest9584 All I'm saying is that Spider-man for all his feats, he can't beat inertia and momentum.

[@demifolk8940]

Venom doesn’t activate his spidey sense?

[@akxay]

@@adamtruong1759 but the thing is, with the bombs peters sense alerted him maybe a full 30-45 seconds before anything happened. He had a LOT of time to prepare. Why is his spider-sense selective on how early it alerts peter and if at all??

[@Dynarama]

Nice video Not to mention, as a quick note for when he had fought Kraven and got stabbed and nearly died after I feel like everyone forgets that in the FIRST GAME during an MJ Mission, she says Fisk sliced open Peter with a sword rather young into his career, and despite that, he was able to swing to MJs place before collapsing In this game, hes dying only a few seconds later due to a stab wound (with the knife still inside, stopping some bleeding unlike what Fisk did)

[@DelioA18]

I'm pretty sure the knife has some sort of poison in it so it's comic accurate and that's why he died so fast

[@DeadlyV3]

considering that stab wound was in his ribs with a HUGE combat knife i feel like it's not crazy to just say kraven hit vital organs, fisk didn't

[@ozairchishti1264]

​@@DeadlyV3 Apparently in sword fighting stabs are more dangerous than slashes. So makes sense I guess.

[@radrno7]

​@@DeadlyV3 That does make sense, but you would think that, unlike a regular person, a superhero could last longer from a wound like that. It just feels like the writers couldn't think of a way for Peter to get the symbiote without making it seem like he's stealing from his dying best friend, so they just rushed the Kraven fight, which should've happened before the symbiote. It's just a sign of poor writing, that doesn't take in consideration the character's background so they end up nerfing him in order to make the plot happen.

[@トーキ-g8v]

An easy fix would be that Pete still gets stabbed but he instead kicks off Keaven, then part of the building collapses and he has to save both MJ while Harry is boxing Kraven with Pete’s assistance thus straining the wound. And then we get a small fight with a weakened Spidey fighting off goons while bleeding out and after that is where we get the symbiote without really changing the set piece

[@bluewings2]

Thank you for this video, I felt the same. Funny enough, I agree with you about how Peter defeat by Rhino was done in the Miles Morales game, but I was kinda ok because it's was a Miles game. It's a cheap way to make Miles shine, but at least, in a Miles focus game, why not, even if Peter is stronger than that and they could have easily just put him away for a good reason. And yes, Mary Jane reacting faster than Peter is hilarious in this game. Yes they nerfed him both physically and mentally. There is absolutely no doubt about it. It's pretty obvious that he is the one who needed saving the most in this game. Even at the very end he is not the one who saved the situation... In a Venom story where is the (supposed) to be the main character ! Peter never was invincible, he is not a Garry Stu. In the comics and every other media, he makes mistakes, and sometimes he is overpowered or defeated. The main appeal of Peter is that, even when the situation is difficult or seems impossible, he find a way to overcome the difficulties, and even if he lose something, he stand strong, he endure, and continue his road, as optimistically as he can. You don't need to go very far or in a lot of things, just play Spider-Man 1. Now, why would they voluntarily nerfed Peter in this game ? The answer is very simple : it's the oldest writer trick in the book. When two characters are similar and you want to make one of them shine more than the other, one of them succeed the most and the other fail the most. And oh boy did they do that in Spider-Man 2. Not at any moment there was a situation that they show Peter either in a bad way, or in a weak way. He could have worked, very easily actually. Once he have the symbiote, the logical way to write him is to show him evil. They have done it, no problem. But then, when he don't have his symbiote, you can also show him to be weak because of remorse. He was clearly a little bit too ineffective by Peter standards, but let's say, ok, why not. At this point, it was still okay. Clumsy maybe, the characters are not as interesting as they were (Peter, MJ and Miles), but so far it was okay. But Then we enter the final part of the game. And in the last part... Peter, even with an Anti Venom costume, he was weak, both physically and mentally. Of course you can say that "if Peter was not here, Miles will not have succeeded to defeat Venom" and that's true. But if you play the game or watch this sequence as a movie, it's pretty obvious that Miles had is moment to shine, Mary Jane had her moment to shine, but Peter don't have an heroic moment. While playing it, I couldn't believe it but yep they have done it. Even if Peter with his magic hands defeated Venom in the most boring way possible... it's Miles who save the situation by saving Harry ! They could have a dramatic final moment for Peter and Mary Jane, but NO, Miles arrives and Harry is saved. My god... even while I write those lines I couldn't believe it myself. And of course they arrived to the point they wanted from the very beginning, Miles become the main Spider-Man while Peter who understood how awesome Miles is, let him his place... Absolute non sense for a guy of 25 years old who live with the guilt of his uncle death, but I guess it don't matter, there is a cooler Spider-Man now ! The next villain will be the Green Goblin and the Doctor Octopus, Peter arch nemesis, but who cares if it don't make sense ! It's amazing, such a good story ! I'm kidding of course, it was lazy and disrespectful for Peter who is supposed, once again, to be the main character of this game. And frankly, they could have it work very easily, have both Peter and Miles shine. But they voluntarily haven't. Even if, let's say, the game conclude the same way, have a Peter who want to focus on his life for some time, why not. He let Miles be Spider-Man for a time. Okay . Insomniac could do DLC with Miles and without Peter, okay no problem, Peter is not available no matter what. They even could do a Miles Morales 2 since people seems to want it. Okay why not. They could even have the first part, or even a big portion of Spider-Man 3 (the main line) with only Miles, Peter side lined, and then have Peter do a triumphant come back and show the Green Goblin and Doc Ock what he got. BUT Insomniac announcement that from now on Miles will be the main Spider-Man don't let a chance for Peter. Oh don't get me wrong, Peter will be back as Spider-Man, but only as A Spider-Man, and not THE Spider-Man. And if you have any respect for Spider-Man as an iconic character like Superman and Batman, you know it's a big problem. It's both a major disrespect for the icon and a bad continuation for what they established in the first game. The Gizmodo interview is very telling. The writer said that it was a natural progression, they want to have both Peter and Miles helping each other and clearly state that at the end Miles is the one who is stronger and then he could take the mantle of Spider-Man. It could have work if Peter is not shown during the whole game as weak, physically and mentally, and to have dropping his full Spider-Man duties (we know he is not fully retired the character say it) to Miles... at 25... While they teased the return of the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus... I will repeat what I think and some people came to the same conclusion, if they wanted to do it well, they could have very easily show Peter be heroic during the last part of Spider-Man 2, come to the same conclusion that he just want time for himself, but still be the main Spider-Man for one last time in the Spider-Man 3 game where the Green Goblin and doctor Octopus will be villains. But no. The announcement is clear. Peter will still be A Spider-Man, but not THE Spider-Man for the third game, and that... Even if, and it's a BIG if, they teased us with the Green Goblin and Doctopus but there will be another big final boss, one of Miles enemies. They could have Miles be the hero while Peter is very active to defeat Osborn and Octavius. But seriously, after Spider-Man 2, I have absolutely no faith that Insomniac will give Peter moments to shine even for just one moment more that Miles. They will have Silk to show how cool she is, and of course better than Peter. Also, if Osborn is not the main villain or the final boss, it's also a disrespect for an iconic villain, funny enough he also deserve to be treated the correct way. It's funny how things changes. If someone told me two weaks ago that I will hate the Insomniac storyline, I would not believe it. I'm not stupid, when Miles was introduced, the scenario where they will voluntarily show a weak Peter and a stronger Miles was a possibility that I tough about, but, silly me, I thought that the team who wrote the Spider-Man 1 game would not fall in the easiest and laziest trick possible. But here we are, they have done it. In the Gizmodo interview, their writer said that it felt natural as their story progress. No it's not. They wanted to show that Peter and Miles are stronger by helping each other. No it's not. The main tag line for the game is "Stronger. Together." Nah. We just have to look at the title screen to see what they wanted to do from the start. And in all honesty, I'm sad. By how things are right now. Because, even if they want people to believe that it's just to hate Miles for... reasons... It never was the case. The same people who complains about how Peter is treated in Spider-Man 2 and about the fact that he is not the main character anymore are the same who bought the Miles Morales game, and watched the Spider-Verse movie, and enjoyed it, speak about them with their friends and families, and either play or watch them again. Those fan don't hate Miles, they like him. Hating Miles NEVER was the point. Not as much as Peter because Miles is still young and he still need to prove himself in stories of his own, with Peter shadow, without any of Peter's villains and stories. Those fans like me are more that ok to follow Miles story BUT only by respecting Peter first by completing his story first. Right now, nothing is natural, they just forced Miles into the main character but putting dirt on the previous one, and it's not ok. At all. Just do a trilogy about Peter, and another with Miles. Their games would sale. But right now, I don't want to buy any of their games, dlc, whatever. And again, if someone would have told me two weeks ago that it will come to this, I would have not believe him. I doubt anyone will read my rambling, far too long for a KZbin video, not even in my native language. I'm sorry about that, and you read it all to the end and at least understand me, I thank you. Maybe a part of me just want to tell what I have in my heart in one way or another, or maybe it's my humble way to try to help just want to try to help a little bit the people who are as sad as I am. I'm a 40 years old and the last few days I'm sad because of a Spider-Man game, could you believe it ? It's because I care and I love Spider-Man. Again sorry for my stupid rambling. I will just conclude by saying to Insomniac games good bye, and Peter Parker is THE Spider-Man.

[@GoofyGooberOG]

I honestly agree with you. I have seen about every Spider-Man thing in the world, and if Miles or the Symbiote was there, he would just get hit a lot of times and his spider-sense wouldn't work or it would be too late. They also could have re-wrote the story a bit. Like instead of Peter almost having to die to get the Symbiote, maybe he askes Harry for it, or the Symbiote just randomly leaves Harry and does that cool Symbiote thing that happened in the Spider-Man 3 movie.

[@PhoenixKing567]

Peter fighting kraven in that encampment area shouldve been a boss fight, not kraven somehow casually stopping spiderman punch and stabbing him and Peter somehow not notice that he got stab. They couldve just made it where Peter fights Kraven, kraven does something to either try and kill conners, harry or MJ and then thats when Peter gets injured and gets the symbiote but no lets make peter look weak YET AGAIN

[@GoofyGooberOG]

@@PhoenixKing567 Exactly, I’ve seen bro get launched like 1000 feet in the air and battle the sinister six and one stab is just him dying like bruh

[@PhoenixKing567]

@theamazingrobloxpro Yeah, like that part was so underwhelming too like you already know what was going to happen cause if they killed him, that would've been the stupidest thing I ever seen in my life. Goodness, I don't understand why they treated Peter so badly in this game

[@GoofyGooberOG]

Kind of unrelated but back then when they realesed the gameplay reveal trailer Peter came out of Connor’s house and he had the symbiote , people theorized that Connor’s brought the symbiote to his house to do experiments then Kraven came and turned him into the lizard, then Peter would go there and get it. I thought that was correct but in the game bro gets stabbed and that’s how he got it like bruh

[@GoofyGooberOG]

Also in the sandman boss fight he almost dies getting swallowed into the sand and he put his hand up in the air like he’s calling for help. Like bro he has super powers and a web shooter. He could’ve just shot a web out and try to pull himself out. I imagined a cool quick event when you had to click R1 then he would shoot a web then you had to spam square, then after a bit you click R1 again then spam square, then you click L+X to do the iron arm jump or whatever that’s called. Sorry if you couldn’t under stand what I meant but it was cool in my head.

[@the_skeleton135]

I dont think he was necessarily nerfed, i think he was just tired thats all Also i believe he knife was poisoned

[@mjjcontent]

Yes. The knife was poisoned. There was red smoke coming out of it.

[@squeezyjibbz7407]

Let's be honest, they absolutely made Pete look weaker so they could make Miles look stronger. It's pure pandering to Miles fanboys.

[@Arceedits]

Yea they nerfed him loads in this game, terrible writing in regards to peter and clear miles bias. Why can’t they just make them both cool and strong 🤷‍♂️

[@LouPa-de6bw]

Miles is just stronger he always was supposed to be the only thing pete has over miles is his experience but as soon as miles becomes experienced he's gonna outshine him completly.

[@BrandonioTNL]

@@LouPa-de6bw Miles isn't supposed to be stronger at all. Peters base powers like strength, speed and spider sense should be better where Miles bio electricity and camouflage carry him through things, but it's clear insomniac love Miles meat in their mouth and are just making him OP.

[@LouPa-de6bw]

@@BrandonioTNL i think someones mad that miles is better than peter in this universe and def stronger 😂

[@BrandonioTNL]

@@LouPa-de6bw I think someone's a Miles fan boy and loves unoriginal, lazy characters.

[@LouPa-de6bw]

@@BrandonioTNL what if i am his a powers are way cooler than peter and hes def stronger than him 😂

[@PeemPrimmXzin]

They really need to buff Peter in the final game, give Pete a badass entrance, and give Pete a badass fight against Goblin.

[@captain_bacontsb]

They should nerf Miles in the third game

[@madtitanthanos7898]

Honestly Peter being weaker bc of the guilt of mays death makes sense but it's undercooked. And even when he makes peace with it and seemingly is at his strongest with the ANTIVENOM suit (emphasis on the ANTI VENOM part), he still gets his butt kicked by VENOM, and not to mention Miles does better against VENOM despite Peter being the one with the FUCKING ANTI VENOM SUIT. Just makes no sense tbh

[@ancientking224]

I agree with you on the Kraven and Rhino parts as it did unsettle me with how he was taken down so quickly by both of them. With the Sandman fight I go back and forth on as on the one hand I was sitting there with my friend wondering how Peter could've possibly survived as Spider-Man for 8 years with Sandman doing stuff like that but I think events on those levels were a bit on the rare end. Involving him getting hit by Venom it's mentioned that he was suffering from fatigue after the symbiote removal so I can live with it.

[@bluewings2]

For Kraven I kinda can excuse that because it was a big surprise for Pete. It was too easy but let's say ok. For Rhino and Sandman on the other hand, it's not good at all. I let it pass at the time for Rhino because it was a Miles focused game, but with what they did during Spider-Man 2, I can't anymore. For Venom, the way MJ react faster than him is ridiculous. I don't mind if he was tired and couldn't give his best against Venom, the enemy is simply too strong, and there is the emotional damages, so it's okay. But then, even with the anti Venom suit, Peter can't do much and don't have his big moment to shine during the climax.

[@jambogames678]

Remember in Raimi Spider-Man 2, due to stress and heartbreak he was losing his powers. I think it's a simialir case here Lets not forget he's been Spider-Man everyday for about a decade, alone he'll be exhausted and gradually weaker overtime, He's just lost May, his mentor, and blamed himself for it all bad things that happen in the game, this took a tole on his powers.. hence his spider-sense being slower, or consistently getting Miles (a more fresh Spider-Man) to pull him out of bad situations

[@jakebadger2574]

This game was definitely favouring Miles pretty heavily, and Pete was definitely the victim of Miles's favourite character syndrome. Though I'd like to point out the Spider-Sense has always been vulnerable to power slipping, I agree pretty strongly with your other points though.

[@jps0583]

U literally play as Peter more in the story than miles…

[@トーキ-g8v]

@@jps0583and? The story showed Miles more favorably than Peter during fights, just because you play as Peter more doesn’t stop that fact

[@jps0583]

@@トーキ-g8v in what way? Bc last time I checked miles got saved by Peter from getting eaten by sandman, he gets poisoned by scorpion, he gets kidnapped by hunters, kraven whoops his ass off screen, venom would’ve killed him if MJ didn’t throw him the sonic device and he was pinned by symbiote tendrils when Peter landed the final blow on venom…I’m convinced u mfs didn’t actually play the game and r just saying random shi🤣

[@トーキ-g8v]

@@jps0583 the story itself is written as Peter being the stronger of the two but all of the animations give the spotlight to Miles, Miles gets to do an entire Anime combo on Peter, Miles saves Peter from being captured during the river chase, Peter just looses to the symbiote hoard and it all feels weird because the story is still written as if Peter was stronger but it keeps showing Miles do cool shit and it all feels so inconsistent

[@Dwyer-nl9fz]

@@トーキ-g8vexactly

[@michaelbell6894]

They very much nerfed Peter, and not simply in the story, but in the actual gameplay. This is easily evidenced by the fact that Miles unlockable abilities are twice the size of Peter's, until you get the Symbiote suit, and his powers dramatically increase, making him more fun to play. After Peter discards the suit, you, as the player, instantly feel the downgrade. This became incredibly apparent during the first encounter with the symbiote infected citizens. During that battle, with a normally powered Peter, I was fighting for my life. I thought, wow, these guys are going to be a real challenge throughout the game. But then you switch to Miles, and he faces off against them, and I beat them relatively easily. So, either, Miles' added abilities made the fight that much easier, or they toned down the difficulty of the Miles' encounter. You can come up with different reasons for this, some less sinister than others. The game designers might have wanted you to feel Peter's desire for that suit, because without it, Peter isn't that fun to play with.

[@nikmar77]

I honestly didn't have a problem at all with that. On the contrary, it felt so cathartic playing as Red suit Spider-Man again. I saw a youtuber, he actually had a problem with Miles and kept dying in his gameplay. I too prefer playing as Peter simply because of the character and not his powers.

[@danielwood6833]

Something Web of Shadows did really well was have the symbiote feel satisfying and stronger to use but the ol’ red and blue suit had faster combos, so there was still satisfaction with both and a detriment to neither.

[@michaelbell6894]

@@danielwood6833 well, it was definitely better than the solution Insomniac came up with, as I loathe the Anti-Venom suit, or whatever it's called.

[@FatalShotGG]

LOL they did that to push a diversity agenda

[@blizyon30fps86]

Miles generally just has more abilities than pete, ofc his skill tree was larger

[@MrWinMrWin-qr2bn]

Miles was shining the entire game beginning to finish. They made Peter look like a helpless child without Miles

[@willywestsidee]

i just played the game and I feel like before Peter got the symbiote, MIles was way stronger and more fun to play with. Then once Peter got the symbiote and even after when he had the anti-venom it was more fun to play as him and he felt way stronger. So I don't agree with how you say Peter was weak start to finish.

[@charlessynowiec3876]

@@willywestsideehe was weak. miles beat him while he had the symbiote:/

[@willywestsidee]

yeah right after he had a fight with kraven so he was weakened@@charlessynowiec3876

[@rusher8816]

​@@charlessynowiec3876literally

[@SomniSerotonin]

That wasn't the point of the video

[@da_top_dukuray]

All this was to make Miles look stronger I hated what they did to Peter in this game, they made him weak

[@truthman166]

Did you notice how Peter was not dodging any attacks in the cutscenes, while Miles was shown to be all badass dodging and getting out of dangerous situations? There you have your answer. They nerfed Peter to make miles look greater and to make Miles the black Spiderman the main Spiderman. Is all inclusion headed. It looks like all the inclusion found its way to video games now…

[@Zessifml]

Prolly Sweet Baby's decision, lol

[@truthman166]

@@dawudabdulali3827 you’re blinded then my friend. I’m sorry to tell ya

[@Arkhambattles]

​@@ZessifmlSo another suicide squad

[@shinoeSHY29]

I'm guessing it's psychological or the state of his mind at the point where he's dealing with the death of Aunt May, trying to balance his career and responsibilities, it's like a heavy feeling in his chest he couldn't just let go that is weighing him down and dragging for so long that Miles on the other hand feels much more with power, energy and youth despite also losing his Father but he found inner peace and not go through what Peter experienced. Years of experience sometimes doesn't mean Peter is nerfed, it just shows he needs a break from all the things that he needs to get back on the super hero stuff. It was also visible in the movie adaptations where they lose the fight due to being depressed about how they feel but their strength is within how they get back up and think about the people they want to protect and loved ones that gives them the courage to carry on for all the versions of Spider-men.

[@tom97009]

No no no stop makin excuses. You know damn well they made him weak. Stop. Coming up with excuses cause you're a fan boy of the game

[@francorodriguez-vr8ri]

Across Spider-Man media, Venom is effectively immune to the Spider-Sense after spending so much time with Peter, the sense doesn’t register Venom as a threat so that could be the reason why Peter didn’t react when Venom attacked, but I do agree with or without the Spider Sense he should reacted faster than MJ given his experience and not be so weighed down by a simple fridge. And even then, it feels like a writing error not to specifically make mention of Venom’s Spider Sense immunity. Like they could have had Peter be dazed but ponder out loud why his Spider Sense didn’t work. They could even make it a plot point in the game that his Spider Sense was just not working with Venom specifically and not other Symbiotes, and then when Peter gets the Anti-Venom suit his Spider Sense is restored back to sensing Venom as a threat for gameplay purposes for the boss fight. I will also say that I do agree that while Miles is a decent character to me, propping him by bringing Peter down is a big no for both Peter and Miles, makes people believe that Miles is getting special treatment from the writers and makes Peter seem weak or pathetic by comparison. Ultimately, I think it just boils down to inconsistent writing at times and poor excuses to get the story going which does take you out of the immersion.

[@matthewwhite1433]

I was gonna say it too 😂

[@FatalShotGG]

Miles Morales belongs to the SPIDER VERSE, and Peter Parker is the OG Spidey. Peter Parker will always be the main Spider-Man. Stan Lee said that himself and even said Peter Parker was his favourite character that he's ever made. If they want to try and push out Peter Parker and go against Stan Lee's writing of Peter Parker with how he cannot take breaks as being Spider-Man and can't live a normal life without being a superhero, they're going to lose all of their fans. Including myself and thousands of others I've already witnessed say the same thing

[@xenocade]

we all know that Peter was nerfed by the sweet baby dumbfukks. They hated the fact that Peter was the mentor and needed to train Miles to become a Spider-man, these mishaps would have worked on Miles but making Peter the punching bag and Miles be the one to save him from almost everything. in the end they even made it like Miles is the only Spider-man for NY. WHAT A LOAD OF SAD SHEETS!!!!

[@HhhjbGhvnb]

@@dawudabdulali3827he is right you know

[@Zessifml]

​@@dawudabdulali3827 He might be right. Everytime Sweet Baby is involved in games' development, it gets fucked

[@SmallvilleStudio]

There are certain points that you brought up that also bothered me. Kraven getting the jump on him in the church, and definitley MJ taking that hit for him. I literally thought to myself, that it shouldn't happened in the first place. But I suppose if it had to be thought out rationally, I suppose you could say that since Peter has been Spider-Man for 8+ years, that he's physically tired due to being a constant superhero always on call. But he did have Vacation in Symkaria during SM Miles Morales, so maybe he should be rested up? Idk especially the MJ Venom hit, that really annoyed me.

[@ksrandom4940]

Kraven is supposed to be a threat in the comics he literally buried him alive and defeated while he had the black suit so why u crying over an experienced kraven usijg his skills to catch his prey it’s kind of like that’s what he’s trained to do. spider sense doesn’t tell him where the danger is it’s supposed to alert him of danger. What’s the problem of MJ takings venom’s hit for him she’s trying to protect her man who she already watched die already in act 1 of the game.

[@Kek393]

@@ksrandom4940 because this Kraven killed him with a singular fucking knife stab. Not sure if you knew, moron, but the black suit in Kraven's Last Hunt, the story you are talking about, was not the symbiote suit. It was a regular cloth black suit given to him by Black Cat. The problem with MJ taking Venom's hit is that if she could react SO COULD PETER. Peter is objectively superior to MJ in Speed and Reaction Time. This mf dodged Lightning from a closed door from pure precognition alone. In no universe did that Venom Tendril attack hit, but of course Insomniac wanted to make Peter look like a chump.

[@blacky8987]

my problem is that for some reason they wanted to put Mj in as if she were a superhero, also look at how she alone defeated an entire squad of trained soldiers who could even kill Spiderman with just his toy gun.

[@Wizofmincraft]

@@blacky8987 “Toy gun” did you see how powerful sable tech is? Sable tech was able to affect peter both on and off guard in and out of actual gameplay. On top of that do you realize how important being on guard is when it comes to battle? Kravens forces are trained hunters but they aren’t near his level and go down easier ofc. On guard they take multiple hits to knock out, but off guard one very powerful taser shock does the job.

[@HHTwice]

@@Wizofmincraftabsolutely weak cope, MJ is absurdly OP in this game, no one wanted or asked for that but for some reason she HAS to be more than Peters love interest in a game called SPIDER-MAN, Wick Jane is outright stupid and the Creative Director pushing her to be so outright shows what a hack he actually is, first game was lightning in a bottle moment

[@a.t.ministries5376]

This is something that has been bothering me the whole game. I know this was coming since Miles’ game, when Peter couldn’t even beat Rhino, when Peter beat Rhino and Scorpion at the same time in the first game. And it bothers me even more knowing how Kraven was “defeated”, because Peter never got a chance to learn his lesson and redeem himself. After all, it just shows how far back the push to have Miles become the main Spider-Man was planned, I guess. As someone who loves Peter to death, it’s insanely disappointing.

[@1DAR26]

In terms of gameplay, yes. His gadget wheel is no longer there. He can't utilize those crazy inventions that he could. Even his L3+R3 has been nerfed and replaced with the Symbiote. The best display of Peter in SM PS4 can be seen from a youtuber named SoniSymbiotic.

[@Retr0_d]

They wanna replace him with the black one

[@Puggylord316]

Living up to the name

[@Retr0_d]

@@Puggylord316 you also

[@RiderWithTheScarf]

The only correction in the video is that his Spider-Sense not activating around symbiotes is logical, it's just not explained in the game because Insomniac expects the reader to know that since the symbiote was part of Peter, his spider-sense doesn't trigger from the danger since it registers it as Peter attacking himself. That doesn't explain the rest of the times Peter jobbed, like with Kraven, as you mention. The fridge was hilarious, you'd think he's an Isekai MC for knocking Peter that hard.

[@Dagger722]

Fr. Kraven a regular ass human

[@megamonmon]

They went out of their way to establish that the symbiote was weak to sonics yet in this universe immune to fire but you want me to believe in tbis instance they are purely relying on outside knowledge? At best thats inconsistent with how they approached the symbiote as a whole

[@wintertrooper7918]

​@@Dagger722kraven is actually practically a superhuman

[@Dagger722]

@@wintertrooper7918 ACTUALLY PETER AND MILES IS A SUPER HUMAN. BECAUSE THEY HUMANS WITH POWERS. Kraven is just a basic human in this universe except he trains his body to the peak of humanity

[@wintertrooper7918]

@@Dagger722 thats why i said he's basically a superhuman his abilities are far beyond the scope of an average person

[@MV1197]

To be honest, I thought the same thing. Until they made us remember what sad scene happened in the first game. And then it came to me. He was still stuck in that moment. Like they gave small hints that he didn't fully recover from that scene. Like he had a choice but at the same time he didn't in that scene in the first game. It wasn't until miles and a certain someone helped him overcome that trauma when they were trying to help him with venom. Also, the other stuff that was hitting his mind. So he wasn't really nerfed. He was just in a bad mental state.

[@BucsFan1307]

Even after that though he gets knocked the fuck out while Miles beats Venom

[@nikoh33]

⁠​⁠@@BucsFan1307i hated how Miles had to be the ending fight. It’s supposed to be Pete, since it’s a lot more personal. He has the antivenom, which is supposed to be venom’s weakness. Then you have miles, with his regular suit, not having a problem.

[@BucsFan1307]

@@nikoh33 lol they had Miles in the sponsored Adidas suit.

[@alpacawithouthat987]

@@BucsFan1307yeah that pissed me off. The whole game is just Peter getting knocked out so they can give Miles the spotlight

[@BucsFan1307]

@@alpacawithouthat987 Exactly, I can’t think of one badass thing Pete does that isn’t due to the symbiote.

[@Joshchive]

I would say narratively Peter was weaker because of what was going on inside. Not saying it's a great excause but I believe its an explanation that at least makes sense. We know Peter's power relies on what he is feeling, his state of mind, everything. The Symbiote really brings all of this to light, alongside the mission with Miles and Mr. Negative. Miles acknowledges what Peter is going through "I know you're hurting Pete" And specifically Mr. Negative shows the audience the inner suffering and turmoil Peter has been experiencing and it all stems from his failure to save Aunt May. It seems like a Tobey Maguire Spider-Man 2 situation, its not the exact same, but similar. Peter is off his game because of the negative things happening in his and it takes deep effect on his abiltity to be Spider-Man.

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

Feels like this is a plot thing bc if Peter was as strong as he was in the first game MIles would quite litereally be unemployed

[@LouPa-de6bw]

Miles is just better now i said it before as soon as miles become experienced he's gonna outshine peter completly.

[@blizyon30fps86]

That’s literally untrue lol miles with venom is stronger than pete they had it buff pete with anti venom for him to be able to compete

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

@@blizyon30fps86 Yeah um no .... any Comic of peter and miles showing feats of strength miles has NEVER come close, thats his trade off for having extra powers he isnt as strong physically as peter is, its just miles fanboys wanting to overtake a character that has been firmly established for decades.

[@Evoker23-lx8mb]

In the game Peter mentally wasn’t at the top of his game for multiple reasons so that could explain in story why he seemed weaker. Plus he’s been doing it for a while, he’s not old by any means but 8 + years going out daily/nightly fighting bad guys that are often just as if not stronger than him is going to take a toll on your body, Spidey’s not invincible.

[@atomic747]

Then that mean it should affect the other spider-men in other universes. this is just to make miles look good as they were pushing him hard and the nonstop dickriding he got.

[@Evoker23-lx8mb]

@@atomic747 it does affect other versions of Spider-Man. In Spider-Man 2 Tobey lost his powers entirely because he mentally wasn’t at the top of his game. And in NWH both he and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man are revealed to have back problems due to all the swinging.

[@evanrutledge-sz4yo]

⁠​⁠@@Evoker23-lx8mbMy only problem is that if that’s the case, then why wasn’t he as worn out in Spider-Man 1?

[@demifolk8940]

@@atomic747so peter fighting off the sinister six one by one wasn’t enough dickriding but now that miles has a moment to shine, y’all suddenly have a problem? so fucking inconsistent lmao

[@atomic747]

Thing is, they never establish that in the game.@@Evoker23-lx8mb

[@25shadow11]

I just realized another thing: Spidey nearly DIED from Kravens knife to his side but.... he took Dock Ocks metal claw thing RIGHT in his mid section, he was able to walk that off. And it was IN there too, it wasn't a subtle shive, it got JAMMED because Peter was actively HOLDING IT BACK before he decided to tank it to catch Ock slippin. I get that perhaps that it was due to the location of both injuries, but compare Ocks probably reinforced arm claw thing with high grade tech in it vs Kravens relatively normal hunting knife, one can't help but look at these two injuries and go "huh? How does that work?"

[@leduchuy1393]

I think its kinda a mix of both nerf and enemies betting stronger. Like a part of the nerf i believe is due to the stress, he still got the trauma from losing aunt may, risk of losing his job before sandman fight and risk of killing Harry before Venom fight. As for the enemies getting stronger, im like 99% sure that sandman wasnt a giant golem and Connor not being a huge dino-lizard when Peter first fought them.

[@damefame8921]

For him to get hit with a slap that came with a 2 week notice is crazy. Mary Jane taking the hit for Peter was ridiculous, and realistically she shouldve gotten impaled from that Imagine dying from a simple knife when u took down a whole militia in the previous game with multiple broken bones.

[@wintertrooper7918]

Believe it or not having a giant knife stabbed in to you is way more lethal than broken bones

[@damefame8921]

@@wintertrooper7918 what does iryhal mean

[@wintertrooper7918]

@@damefame8921 meant lethal doing replies from my phone leads to typo's

[@damefame8921]

@@wintertrooper7918 no worries

[@QTRemnant]

Great video as always. I have heard similar (or outright the same) points from others, but it always came off as if they couldn't handle Peter being saved or getting help. It was just how they presented those points and not the actual points themselves. Personally, I do think this could've been more believable if Miles took more hits than Peter or Insomniac could have better explained/shown why certain fights with old or new villains are different now (Lizard is probably a good example of them doing that).

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

funny thing is Peters spider-sense is one of the strongest out of all spider-people yet he takes the most hits this game, made no sense to me.Symbiote Peter felt more like a punching bag then a powerhouse to me.

[@QTRemnant]

@@oneautumnleaf2622 I guess. I just can't really hold that same opinion because Peter has been shown to take as many hits in other media whether it be comics, shows, or movies (even with the "strongest spider sense").

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

@@QTRemnant in other media when his spider sense activates he almost always dodges in time.

[@QTRemnant]

@@oneautumnleaf2622 The key word there is still "almost". There are still lots of times where his spider sense doesn't activate, activates too late, or Peter doesn't figure out what triggered it until whatever it is gets closer.

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

@@QTRemnant true just felt clunky more so when it's things that he would very obviously know are coming

[@browneye010]

Shit writing. I'm playing new game+ right now and more than half of the cutscenes I just skip because it's so bad.

[@arthurmiles3776]

Well I have a theory, and it goes all the way to the first 10 minutes, where Miles senses sandman before Peter, who is trying to focus on himself and his own life outside of Spiderman and thus leads me to the central reason why Peter keeps losing, Peter's life is so down the shitter that he's trying to fix it but Spiderman both the responsibility and the concept are stopping him from being Peter Parker when that's what he wants to be, in short, he doesn't want to be spider man not because he doesn't care but because he needs to get his life together

[@3rdEarlRussell]

Burnout is a real thing. You can have all the experience in the world and be completely burnt out at the same time.

[@Nebulisreconx]

Pete with the Symbiote should have been the toughest fight in the game, given that he is the only SUPER HUMAN in a symbiote. But hay MJ broke out of hers easier than Pete did. This game and it’s writing absolutely back peddles on this being an experienced Spider-Man. He is in his prime, he should be the fastest strongest version of himself, but ye is out performed in both strength and will power by Miles and MJ and it’s dumb.

[@FatalShotGG]

Peter was fighting against the symbiote and using all of his strength to pull his punches against the symbiote's will... You really think he wanted to fight his student and friend? If he did, Miles would have gotten WRECKED.

[@Nebulisreconx]

@@FatalShotGG I would agree if him fully accepting the symbiote didn’t also get absolutely wrecked by Kraven to the point he runs away. So I here what you are saying but still doesn’t excuse how weak he is portrayed across the whole game.

[@FatalShotGG]

@@NebulisreconxHe never fully accepted it... Lol. He was "beginning" to enjoy the feeling of power it gave him, but he quickly realized it's corruption when he started to insult his friends against his will. I don't know why I'm explaining this because we both played the same game, right?!

[@FatalShotGG]

They only made Peter look "weak" compared to Miles to push a lame diversity agenda that no one asked for, but everyone has seen through that smoke screen and I'm sure Insomniac will pick up on the fact that we all like Peter WAY MORE than Miles, because he's the OG Spidey. Stan Lee didn't say Peter was his favourite character he ever made for nothing!

[@Nebulisreconx]

@@FatalShotGG false, he embraced it before he understood it was an alien, you can hear it in his voice before it touched the stone and had a corrupting influence. Everything after that you can hear his tone and inflections are not of his own.

[@qawtaw1]

About him losing to rhino I do think he could have taken out rhino but I like to think that when rhino ran into the big thing that exploded Peter took some damage so he was weakened in his fight against rhino

[@grandmastersubzero1358]

on top of that i also think he was trying to fight the rhino purely head on without much strategy considering he isn't just focus the rhino but miles safety as well

[@nothingwrong2293]

He should've just jumped off of him

[@pspspspsps44]

I feel the same way actually but i also feel this is what the story was trying to tell, Peter was exceptionally strong and independent in his own game cause he was alone in this one he knows if he screws up and miles has his back and throughout the whole game hes psychologically nerfed too due to aunt mays death and in the final sections of the game cause he didnt wanna fight harry. Even in the first game i felt like hes shown extremely strong until his emotional state is disbalanced with aunt may being sick and his mentor turning evil its only then that hes beaten by doc ock the 2nd time even though doc ock should never be a threat. Despite all of this though I still subconsciously believe the insomniac spider man to be not that strong anymore, Idk after playing the first game you just knew he was THE spider man who can fuck up anyone after this idk Miles seems like he ll probably win against Peter without the symbiote but yes it doesnt matter, It was in rhe purpose of the story they were trying to tell.

[@Fakensyit95]

some of the comments here saying "b-but he's getting old!" didn't know peter aged in dog years, isn't he like 25 or 28 in this verse? lol i'm guessing it's more of a mental break or a bit of a vacation until doc and goblin come back for the final fight?

[@KP43-08]

They probably just wanted to make it a little bit more realistic. Yes, everybody knows Spider-Man gets tossed around & fights back every hero has its match but they probably just wanted to make the game more realistic so that’s why they probably threw him around alot more in SPIDER MAN 2 than in the first game💯

[@100nation5]

Peter thanked Miles about thousands times for saving his butt....I noticed it, but blocked it out my conscious mind.

[@idancewithsaibot]

it sucks because black suit peter is supposed to be literally OP asf he doesnt need help he doesnt need miles to save him every five minutes even before he got the symbiote he got saved by him during the sandman fight like bro put him away when he was in HIGHSCHOOL😂😂come on man sometimes it honestly just looked goofy how miles comes in and saves the day

[@idancewithsaibot]

honestly everything you said bothered me on my first playrhrough aswell. Peter got nerfed tf out💀 bro was an avengers level hero in the first game bro looks goofy now

[@JoeChillton]

he's fighting foes armored to the teeth with technology from his dead villians, of course he's gonna be tested. @@idancewithsaibot

[@arandomguysshh8614]

@@JoeChilltonthey acting like sable didn’t handle him in the 1st game or miles n mj saved him at feast

[@jps0583]

@@arandomguysshh8614THANK U BRO😭Peter got saved multiple times in the 1st game by regular humans and no one was complaining but now it’s a problem😭in the first game he got saved by miles dad, got saved by yuri after the sinister 6 jumped him, got saved by MJ and miles after he almost fell in the fire at feats, and he got saved by sable after Otto beat him within an inch of his life😭and if u add in the dlc he got saved by black cat when hammerhead was attacking sable’s plane…so it’s ok when regular humans save him but it’s not ok when miles saves him🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Dwyer-nl9fz]

@@jps0583bad writing I guess

[@giffy6437]

He wasn't nerfed, he's just getting used to working with others and in fact both Spidermen are usually stronger on their own when they are more reliant on themselves and not each other. They also value protecting one another when battling a villain and end up taking hits they wouldn't usually have taken had they had no one else to worry about. They needed each other for Sandman and Venom, but otherwise they would've been fine on their own against the usual villains like Rhino or Scorpion. Both took losses against those two villains they wouldn't have had they not been worried about protecting the other one. I also noticed Peter takes more hits because the villains target him more because they perceive him as the stronger one, and no not because they have a longer history, or saltiness of previous fights they want to focus on Peter. But even Kraven thought it was a bigger deal to defeat Peter than Miles and he had just met them. Peter and Miles haven't lost a single fight against a main villain when its truly been a straight up 1v1 with no distractions. The villains know this too and try to use this against them, even Rhino and Scorpion were smart enough too.

[@Naruku2121]

2:44 Tobey Spidey felt that.

[@antoniomontgomery2493]

😂

[@chief664]

I really don’t like how they gave Peter the anti-Venom suit. In most versions of the symbiote saga Venom was scary because you didn’t know if Peter was going to be able to defend him because he has all the powers Peter has and more. So when he does defeat Venom it proves that peter was right for getting rid of the suit and he is better without it. Giving him another suit Ruins all that.

[@captain_bacontsb]

Even with the anti-venom suit he still gets one-shot in the game by venom proving that they nerfed Peter

[@Strongmount]

I definitely noticed the inconsistent spider sense my first time through. Although, that problem isn’t uncommon in Spidey media as a whole. It’s just a really OP ability that’s probably tough to write around consistently while still putting the character in deadly situations. Not saying it isn’t a problem. I just find it easy to overlook.

[@kingstonmclean4205]

Yo this is exactly what kind of bothered me and it had me worried because yes when Peter was knocked out in Miles’s game I was like didn’t he just beat him and scorpion at the same time in the first?! And to me in the second game it was to just make Peter look tired and to give a lot of shine to miles since now he’s the main Spider-Man I guess but sadly yes Peter was definitely nerfed

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

its odd to bc the events of miles morales was 9 months ago in spider-man 2 so he shouldnt have been tired at all, really hate how they push peter down to lift miles up, when they could just lift miles up

[@kingstonmclean4205]

@@oneautumnleaf2622fr they should actually respect him more than anything

[@oneautumnleaf2622]

In this day and age where Straight White Males are made out to be the devil I fear that its only going to get worse as time goes on sadly. @@kingstonmclean4205

[@EnzoButBetter]

I think they want to kill off Peter as we have Miles. But it honestly would be a poor move since Miles alr had his canon event. And with Cindy's introduction, I think it is going to be a Spider-Gang soon enough.

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

Look, Peter's already at a severe disadvantage because Miles is black, and if Miles is going to take over, they have to show that Peterbis far weaker and less effective as Spiderman. If Miles is going to be propped up as the real Spiderman they have to show why Peter can't cut the mustard anymore.

[@theredwinger307]

Thank you so much for addressing this, many people dont even talk abt it and blame peter lol

[@thewolffenaroundshow5834]

I feel like yes, there were some moments where peter was downgraded, but at the same time, you have to take into consideration that Peter isn't really level-headed in this game because he's still mourning the death of Aunt May

[@wizardwolf1020]

I feel like they didn’t address it properly. At no point do they mention Peter being slower or weaker (minus Wraith mentioning him getting slower after stopping a crime but that can just be banter) or convey Aunt Mays death as something that’s impacting him in a way that seems to be impacting him physically from a power standpoint. And it doesn’t help where even when he gets the anti-venting suit, Venom still treats him like fodder as Venom literally bats him aside with a tendril at one point

[@BucsFan1307]

I'm hoping so hard that they do justice to Peter's character in the 3rd game. We need a Rocky 3 style comeback of Peter training.

[@mynamesNev]

We need to make more videos like this because this issue needs to be fixed. You’re definitely not alone in this I feel like they lost touch on the development Peter had in the first game. I don’t know who’s writing but they need to do their homework.

[@Dwyer-nl9fz]

Indeed

[@bluewings2]

Frankly the damaged is done, I don't see how, in a universe they want to have Miles as the protagonist, could change it. Even if Peter Parker come back as Spider-Man, they don't want him as the main one, so it's too late.

[@jasonblack2477]

Feminists are writing they hate white males

[@xnortheast1106]

​@@bluewings2They'll lose money then they'll learn just how fast sales will drop when they try to have miles carry a story on his own

[@bluewings2]

@@xnortheast1106 Yeah... I'll not buy their futur stuffs. I'm annoyed because some talk about the presence of Daredevil in the dlc, one of my favorite characters, and I was curious to see their version of Cindy Moon/Silk that I liked. They can't count on me for Wolverine... It really annoys me, because not more than two weeks ago I praised the Insomniac universe. But now I don't even want to hear about it.

[@Crayveee]

Honestly Peter in Spider-Man 1 was also "nerfed" Bro got poisoned by scorpion twice once during the 1v5 fight and then 1v1 before having to make a cure swinging across the nightmare version of the city the only reason he defeated Rhino and Scorpion which were the "Deadliest" to him was because he managed to make them fight against each other Also a reason why sinister six was pulling punches is because Doc Ock told them so and that's also why Scorpion didn't finish Peter off like he was so lucky Scorpion didn't decide to kill him then and there and he would have had no help. Also in the first game he also had his fridge scene where he tried to stop Li from making the Doctor guy shoot himself He was under a server rack or whatever it was and he just was laying there didn't even shoot a web but when the doctor finally shot himself and the demons walked up to Peter THEN he decided to effortlessly throw it up and shoot the web to disarm 2 demons I personally wouldn't say he was nerfed and it's just because of writing because you can see even in the first game him being weak as fuck for no reason

[@TUNAKUH]

peter should’ve fought kraven before he got the black suit, then get his ass handed to like really bad, instead of him getting stabbed

[@Unknown-qy3pp]

I just felt like before the symbotie, Peter was just holding back alot, like more then the first game but when he got the symbotie I feel like he was at his strongest and nearly killed kraven, I don't have a issue with kraven almost killing Peter because kraven pretty much killed almost all of spiderman rogue gallery, and kraven is more experienced and he's really strong, he made scorpion look pathetic, so for my opinion, I think the reason Peter looked weaker was because the villains are stronger then the first. Become I mean kraveb literally killed, scorpion, shocker, vulture and electro and then he also kept Martin Li prisoner. So that proves that kraven Is more powerful then what spiderman is use to, and then sandman and lizard were different in this game then last time he fought them because you can hear Peter talk about them, and well venom is self explanatory, he's just op. But if I have to be honest I think did a good job with Peter in this game, other then his spider sense because I agree with that, his spider sense was really off. But for the most part I thought he was fairly powerful in the game because also miles is more powerful then base Peter, because miles has his venom powers while Peter just has regular spider powers and his experience. But obviously Peter with the symbotie is more powerful then Miles, miles only beat him because deep down Peter was trying to fight the symboties urges

[@jaredjoseph1606]

Half the fights in this game Peter was basically trying to de-escalate and save the antagonist rather than just beat them. - Sandman - Lizard - Venom - his ex-girlfriend - his current girlfriend We all know Spider-Man always holds back because he can punch people to death and grip their skin (CC: Kingpin) but he faced even more compromising situations. TLDR: his fights weren’t just 1v1 beat em up situations

[@ryderhinojosa9590]

Bro it was more like a miles and Mj game than a Peter Parker spider man game

[@abdo_171-]

I agree with you 100%. Peter in the first game had moments where he could've died too like the sinister 6 scene or when Miles saved him when he was falling into the fire inside the other FEAST center by grabbing his web but these moments didn't feel forced or made to serve any plot point. Of course the sinister 6 combined are were going to beat him and it was understandable that Doc Ock didn't want to kill him as he knew that Peter was Spider-Man. And for the time Miles saved him in the FEAST center he did what you said he should've done when he was suffocating in the sand and shot a web that ended up missing but gave Miles a chance to save him which is what ended up happening so neither of these situations felt forced or out of place like some of Situations in Spider-Man 2. While playing this game I kept asking myself sometimes about how did Peter survive all this time without having Miles with him, like sure he got lucky sometimes and that's completely fine and realistic but the amount of situations that happened in this game where he would've died without Miles and the symbiote are too much.

[@Spooderman531]

this guy actually might be on to something. Now that I saw this video I am thinking why isn’t this spidey sensing working as good or as early as the first game and other stuff yk

[@BucsFan1307]

Pete was getting his ass kicked and saved by everyone else the whole game. Miles got all the good moments.

[@Dwyer-nl9fz]

Yeah because they want to replace Pete with miles, so they gotta make him look weak.

[@eliud2099]

No, you should call it out. Trust me, you are not in the minority.

[@S.M51]

The fact that they made you play as miles,fight a symbiote peter and beat him says it all

[@shaf621]

Exactly, the whole point of Symbiote Peter was that he was meant to be way stronger than Miles, hence his claim of being a 'better Spider-Man'

[@jarmoliebrand2005]

It’s more than Miles saved Peter than beating him. Miles got through to Peter and he started fighting the symbiote. It basically became a 2v1 (Miles and Peter Vs Symbiote).

[@mrmelonman2893]

He didn't even beat him, yall comprehension skills are out the window 😂

[@jps0583]

@@mrmelonman2893FAX😭I’m convinced they didn’t play the game…miles used the bell at the end of the fight to weaken the symbiote and Peter rips it off himself😭miles didn’t beat Peter at all

[@S.M51]

@mrmelonman2893 Pretty sure it was a boss fight with miles been victorious at the end even if it was Peter that ripped it off clearly the symbiote couldn't take any more vibrations from the bell

[@YessEditzCC]

The kraven stabbing peter part was pretty obvious. Kraven is a hunter so he probably studied weak spots in people or animals so ofc peter got down pretty easily

[@captain_bacontsb]

Yeah but Peters spider-sense should have gone off before kraven stabbed him

[@mushroom_man_jpg]

Personally, peter losing to rhino in miles morales doesnt bother me. Rhino is one of peters strongest enemies and all it really takes is one good hit from him and youre done. Just because peter beat him in the past doesnt mean he will always beat him. Plus peter was probably distracted and worrying about miles during that fight which threw him off his game

[@erosrodriguez538]

Spider-Man isn't nerfed, the Spider sense is

[@dieonjeff4639]

On god

[@pietroscarpa2384]

Yes, they wanted to make Miles stronger than Peter. Don't be afraid of saying it. 😂

[@ttkrespxctz6273]

In Peter's defense with venom hitting him and mj, he can't sense venom since he's bonded with him and doesn't register as a threat to him

[@alpacawithouthat987]

But if MJ could see that Venom was gonna hit them Peter should’ve seen it. Even without Spidey Sense I’m pretty sure an experienced fighter would have better reflexes than a regular person

[@calumgorman3481]

​@@alpacawithouthat987your spot on Peter should still have reactions thousands of times faster

[@PhoenixKing567]

but thats never stated in the game cause they couldnt bother to even mention that his spider sense doesnt work against Venom.

[@memesnahgee5259]

@@PhoenixKing567Well tbf I think it becomes apparent cause in cutscenes (even though it’s horribly inconsistent), the spider sense symbol still appears. But every time Peter’s getting jumped by venom, it doesn’t.

[@PhoenixKing567]

@memesnahgee5259 doesn't matter cause in gameplay his spider sense still goes off when fighting venom. When clearly they can just get rid of that forcing the players to simply use our eyes and pay attention more but no they love not showing how the spider sense works

[@raidenex3065]

To me the one that that made me realize Peter was getting nerfed was the sandman fight, bro gets hit by lightening twice in the span of like 5 minutes or less 😭

[@FatalShotGG]

Bro when Peter has the black suit he's way more cocky and knows he can take a lot more pain so he ignores his Spider-Sense unless it's a direct threat then he moves

[@spideyfan1024]

My issue isn't the fact that Peter got his ass beat a lot, it's the fact that the same energy wasn't kept for Miles. You rarely saw Miles getting his ass handed to him in the same way Peter was for the entire game. Peter gets his ass beat so many times while Miles feels like the complete opposite. I don't wanna say it was done to make Miles look better but with the way the game ends and lowkey hints at the idea of Miles being a "Better" Spider-Man, it makes it hard to ignore that possibility.

[@LowIntSpecimen]

I do think it was done to prop up miles. doesn't make my dislike miles at all, he still rocks, it just makes me kinda annoyed at the writing team

[@blizyon30fps86]

I mean miles is the better spiderman atp. Peter is growing tired. He’s been at this for years, miles is fresh in the game with just enough experience that him being new isn’t a factor. Ofc miles is better rn

[@wintertrooper7918]

Almost like Peter was the one who fought the villains the most

[@sertifiedoverdue6882]

I wouldn't say nerfed but you can feel he wasn't all the way focused and really emotional. In the first game he was on his A game because he was the one and only Spider-Man at the time so he couldn't afford to lose focus or get too emotional. In this one you can tell 10 plus years of solo Spider-Man really dawned on him and you can hear it in his voice how annoyed he is of it, so I really love the fact he has miles around to lend a hand.

[@jasonblack2477]

He was nerfed hard

[@alansotigerheart3473]

Pete 100% was nerfed. That's what the whole story was about. Miles is the new young spider on the block, Harry now has venom abilities, and Pete is feeling left behind. A big part of his spider sense is linked to his emotional state, and insecure feelings about being the "old" spiderman could justify a loss of that ability. His whole dialog with miles saying he needs the suit and how much more he can do with it is telling you directly he's nerfed. But more realistically, it's the fact that it's hard to sell Peter would feel he needs the symbiote and to send off miles as the new main spiderman if he wasn't slowing down. I don't like it, but I can see what and why they're doing it.

[@wintertrooper7918]

What are you smoking

[@obaidax828]

They have already nerfed him in the spiderman miles morales game😞 he couldn’t even beat rhino

[@mattmcleod467]

(SPOLIERS) The amount of times he got nerfed proves how tough he really is, except for the part where he got stabbed and almost died