The first look at Marvel’s Avengers Spider-Man gameplay is here in advance of the DLC’s release date of November 30, but fans have been left unimpressed. The Avengers Spider-Man DLC gameplay video shows the Marvel hero swinging around the game’s city map and taking on AIM enemies alongside other Avengers, but players haven’t been wowed by the long-awaited footage.
The first Marvel’s Avengers Spider-Man gameplay is here
The first Spider-Man DLC gameplay footage for the Sony-exclusive Marvel’s Avengers add-on was revealed by IGN today in a preview (embedded below), with footage captured by developers at Crystal Dynamics. The immediate fan reaction included deepened appreciation for Insomniac’s Spider-Man games and disdain for the Avengers gameplay, with fans complaining about Spider-Man’s mostly ground-based movement, attacks hitting the air or lacking power, or the minimal amount of actual web-slinging and wall-crawling available.
— Hélastico (@Eliastico_1) November 22, 2021
He's sticking to the ground too much. Makes him seem heavy, while at the same time he does these agile flips and it's a bit jarring. That's how I see it at least.
— Deyan Garvanski (@DGarvanski) November 22, 2021
As the IGN preview itself confirms, players should not expect any actual story missions for the DLC or any real new content barring the character himself or the 40-odd unlockable skins for him. The previewer says they “came away looking forward to using his abilities more” so were satisfied by the combat but criticized the movement of Spider-Man outside of that combat — with any attempt to traverse the environment met by Spider-Man hitting his head on the “glass ceiling” that prevents players from going too high.
Indeed, there seems to be near-universal apathy or negativity for this first gameplay, which is perhaps heightened by PC and Xbox Avengers owners feeling left out of the only significant release for the game left on the roadmap. It also suffers in comparison with Insomniac’s (also Sony-exclusive) Spider-Man games, especially with the excellent announcement trailer for Spider-Man 2 so fresh in players’ memories.
The Spider-Man Hero Event will be arriving in Marvel’s Avengers for PS4 and PS5 only on November 30 — just in advance of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which will release in theaters December 17.
