Summary
Fans are quickly noticing a bizarre detail while playingMarvel’s Spider-Man 2’s newly-added New Game Plus mode while wearing Peter’s alien Symbiote Suit - and it’s already becoming a meme. Months after the game first came out, Insomniac has finally added the much-requested New Game Plus toSpider-Man 2in its latest update, allowing fans to restart the main story campaign with all of the unlocks from their initial playthrough.
This includes the alternate costumes players can equip Peter Parker and Miles Morales with inSpider-Man 2, drawing from their many appearances in comics and films. In Peter’s case, this means that players can have him don hisinfamous Black Symbiote costumehours before he gains it in-universe, along with some menacing new color variants unlocked when starting New Game Plus. While this usually makes Peter a darker, more intimidating web-slinger, a quirk inSpider-Man 2’s pulse-pounding opening act is putting the Venom-infected hero in a more comical light.
Spider-Man 2opens with Peter and Miles confronting a rampaging Sandman through the streets of New York City, braving a massive sandstorm and dodging flying obstacles as they struggle to reach thetragic and empathic Flint Marko. This causes sand particles to cling to the Spider-Heroes’ costumes, and as Twitter user Lukec1605 recently pointed out, Peter’s Symbiote looks more like fecal matter after going through Sandman’s raging cyclone. Other users like TrafalgarLog have started calling Peter’s new look “Poop Man,” and playfully speculating that the fear of players discovering this unsanitary new hero caused Insomniac to take so long to add New Game Plus toSpider-Man 2.
Spider-Man 2’s New Game Plus Mode Turns Peter Into Poop Man
Fans like TrafalgarLog have started to embrace Poop Man as a meme, even threatening to boycottSpider-Man 2’s speculated DLCif Insomniac removes “Peter Pooper” in a future patch. Others are humorously citing it as the primary reason to try outSpider-Man 2’s New Game Plus Mode, which came with other long-wished-for features like the ability to change the time of day while exploring the open world of New York City and altering the color of Peter’s Symbiote tendrils after completing the story. Peter and Miles have also gained a pair of stylish new costumes inspired by their appearance at the latest Hellfire Gala as part of the latest update.
Peter might not want to bring hisSpider-Man 2New Game PlusPoop Man look to a formal superhero gathering, but it’s an amusing testament to the level of detail Insomniac brought to the game - which includes leaving Peter and Miles realistically covered in sand after their opening battle against Flint Marko. This has the unintended side effect of giving the Venom Symbiote’s appearance a less hygienic look, but Peter might find this preferable to being corrupted by a mind-altering alien being inMarvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
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Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they fight to save the city, each other and the ones they love, from the monstrous Venom and the dangerous new symbiote threat.Explore an expansive Marvel’s New York with faster web-swinging and the all-new Web Wings, quickly switching between Peter and Miles to experience different stories, epic new abilities and high-tech gear.Wield Peter’s symbiote abilities and Miles’ explosive bio-electric powers in battle against new and iconic Marvel Super Villains – including an original take on a symbiote-infused Venom, the ruthless Kraven the Hunter, the volatile Lizard, and more from the Marvel Rogues’ Gallery.
