Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is full of hidden Easter eggs teasing a sequel

Marvel comics, TV reveals, and particularly motion pictures appear to have a requirement to emphasise the “what’s next” of all of it, the place the tip of every thing is additionally a tease for one thing else. Well, of us, Insomniac Games took that task, ran with it, and took a few further laps only for good measure.

Spider-Man 2, the triumphant sequel of one of the most effective video games of 2018, is full of teases and Easter eggs, all of which could possibly be spun off into new video games, half-sequels, or the final word finale of Spider-Man 3. We’ve received evil brothers hidden in plain sight, a mysterious bartender rendered in PlayStation 1-style graphics, and extra symbiote threats than we initially thought. Let’s tuck into it.

[Ed. note: This post contains major spoilers for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. If you haven’t beaten the campaign of the PlayStation 5 game and cleared every side mission, you will probably be spoiled by something in here.]

Spider-Man 2 sequel teases

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There are a lot of teases for the long run of Insomniac’s Marvel video games, and several other of them come on the very finish of facet missions or are a bit obscure if you happen to’re not a comics reader.

Otto’s plan for the ultimate chapter

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In one of the post-credits scenes for Spider-Man 2, Norman Osborn visits his previous frenemy Otto Octavius. Otto is, of course, imprisoned within the Raft penitentiary as a result of of all these crimes he dedicated as Doctor Octopus again within the first recreation.

Norman desires Otto to inform him the identification of the Spider-Mans in order that he can search revenge in opposition to them for placing Harry in a coma. Otto, who was once lab companions with Norman however now hates his guts, revels in Osborn’s struggling and refuses to assist, and he simply retains engaged on his manifesto. When Norman asks what Octavius is writing, he merely responds, “The final chapter,” as he limps towards the digicam.

The tease right here is actually simply that Otto is clearly going to be again in some capability in a potential Spider-Man 3. Although along with his bodily situation worsening (it’s established in Marvel’s Spider-Man that Otto has some variety of degenerative mind dysfunction that’s inflicting him to lose his effective motor abilities), it’s unclear whether or not he’ll be combating on the entrance strains or enjoying the position of grasp tactician.

Miles, meet Cindy and Albert Moon

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After Miles’ mother, Rio, spends the complete recreation asking him to fulfill her new boyfriend, Miles lastly opens the door to fulfill Albert in a single of the post-credits scenes. But Albert isn’t actually the tease right here, because it’s shortly revealed that Albert has introduced his daughter Cindy with him to the household dinner.

Cindy Moon is higher often known as Silk, one more Spider-person who fights baddies and protects New York. In some variations she has a fairly traumatic upbringing and isn’t significantly shut along with her father. Insomniac is clearly seeking to twist this origin, though we’re not fairly certain how simply but.

Norman desires the ‘G-Serum’

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After the Spider-Mans and MJ defeat him, Venom reverts again to Harry, who, as we stated earlier, is in a coma. In a match of rage over his son’s situation, Norman calls somebody to ask for the G-Serum.

Now, it’s by no means explicitly said, however this is about as on the nostril as you may get for a Green Goblin tease. In the second, it looks as if Norman desires the G-Serum for Harry, however we’ve got little doubt it’ll find yourself within the disgraced former mayor finally.

Wait, isn’t that Knull’s image?

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During the marketing campaign, it’s revealed that the symbiote got here to Earth through a meteor, and that meteor has a massive, crimson spiral on the entrance of it, which is most frequently related to Knull, aka the King in Black, the tyrant god of symbiotes.

Interestingly, the sport by no means mentions Knull by title, and even actually alludes to a further cosmic presence exterior of the meteor itself, which Miles, Pete, and MJ destroy on the finish of the story. This could possibly be simply a nod to comics followers, however it may be a seed which may blossom into a full symbiote invasion led by the king himself.

Cletus Kasady is in possession of a symbiote

Peter works to take down a cult referred to as The Flame over the course of Spider-Man 2, And within the closing quest, Insomniac reveals the cult’s chief to be none apart from Cletus Kasady, everybody’s favourite serial assassin.

Cletus is the symbiote host for Carnage, the red-tinged symbiote villain who has given each Venom and Peter a lot of hassle through the years. With Kasady uncaptured on the finish of Spider-Man 2 and in possession of a wholesome symbiote, the rise of Carnage is all however assured.

The Chameleon is thriving in NYC

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After chasing down all of Kraven’s drones, the 2 Spider-Mans finally bump into a stunning penthouse condominium with a secret basement. Turns out this place belongs to Chameleon, a grasp of disguise. (Fun truth: He was the primary villain Spider-Man ever confronted within the authentic comics.) Oh, and the Chameleon is additionally Kraven’s brother.

As the Spider-Mans swing away from the condominium, we see a man in disguise trying towards the rooftops, indicating that the Chameleon was watching because the heroes ransacked his condominium. Chameleon has clearly been arrange within the metropolis for a whereas, and this tease appears to point that he’ll seem in a Spider-Man sequel.

Miguel O’Hara and the Bar with No Name

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Once you’ve collected all of the Spider-Bots within the recreation, you’ll get a sign that leads you to an alleyway. When you get there, a portal opens, and also you see a bartender named Delilah standing behind a bar. Delilah is the operator of the Bar With No Name, a secret bar for villains within the Marvel universe. After a cryptic chat, she opens a field and steals all of the Spider-Bots you spent so lengthy accumulating. She then name-drops Miguel (O’Hara) earlier than shutting the portal.

This is a bizarre little Easter egg that doesn’t precisely have a clear tease. But with the character of the Spider-Bots all being based mostly on Spider-Man characters and villains from different universes, and Delilah’s fashion being that of a PlayStation 1 recreation, this appears to be teasing a multiversal story or some variety of crossover. It’s very unclear what this could possibly be resulting in or what it has to do with Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099.

Spider-Man no extra?

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Pete hangs up his tights on the finish of Spider-Man 2, letting Miles deal with the town whereas the unique Spider-Man will get a well-earned break. But this appears extra like a Spidey-hiatus than full-on Spidey-retirement. We’d wager we’ll see a first rate time skip between Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, and that Pete might be married and doubtlessly a father earlier than he dons the go well with once more.

Are we getting one other half-sequel?

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales was a massive hit with followers, and took the large, sprawling Marvel’s Spider-Man and condensed it down to simply a handful of hours. It informed a nice little story, launched us extra utterly to Miles as a hero, and, crucially, did a lot of legwork to arrange Spider-Man 2.

Based on the reception of Miles Morales, it appears extraordinarily unlikely that we received’t see one other half-sequel that bridges the hole between Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. The actual query, then, is who that half-sequel might be about. We have a handful of concepts on that.

Venom

Venom is the clear candidate for a spinoff recreation. Not solely is he briefly playable in Spider-Man 2 already (we’re not recreation designers, however we’ve got to think about a minimum of some of that tough dev work will switch over to a new recreation), however it looks as if Insomniac’s builders have a minimum of considered it.

In a latest interview, Spider-Man 2’s narrative director, Jon Paquette, informed Insider that the group is ready to see how followers react and what they need earlier than committing to any spinoffs. This was in direct response to a query about a Venom recreation, so most individuals (ourselves included) are taking this as a minimum of smooth affirmation that Insomniac is toying with a Venom spinoff, and that the reply principally quantities to “we’re not not making a Venom game (*wink*).”

But you could be asking your self, “Wait, isn’t Harry in a coma, and wasn’t the Venom symbiote destroyed?” The reply to each of these questions is technically sure, however there’s a Venom-sized “but” that follows. Spider-Man 2 very clearly establishes that symbiotes stay inactive contained in the host even after they’ve separated themselves from the unique parasite.

Just like how Mister Negative was capable of harness Pete’s latent symbiote to show him into Anti-Venom, it appears very straightforward to elucidate how somebody with a very highly effective connection to their symbiote (like Harry) might have their alter ego reawaken regardless of the host symbiote being “dead.” This could possibly be particularly enjoyable with Harry’s present predicament, because it means we might spend the primary bit of a Venom recreation piloting round a comatose Harry, wreaking havoc and entering into scrapes with Miles.

Silk

Silk is one other sturdy chance for a spinoff, because it’s primarily the identical setup that led from Spider-Man into Miles Morales. However, Miles performs a main position within the first Spider-Man earlier than getting any powers. All we see of Cindy is the again of her head, and we be taught nothing about her character in Spider-Man 2.

With Silk simply being a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tease, it appears more likely that she’ll characteristic closely in no matter half-sequel we find yourself getting earlier than being playable in Spider-Man 3.

Miles Morales 2

Our closing guess for a half-sequel is simply a straight-up sequel to Miles Morales. This makes some sense, however is additionally simply boring compared to the opposite two choices — no offense to Miles, however we have already got two full video games the place we will play as him at any time when we wish!

Still, a Miles sequel would permit Insomniac to discover a New York the place Miles is the one Spider-Man, and even deliver Cindy in as his trainee. This could be a poetic handoff after the tutelage Miles acquired from Peter in Miles Morales and Spider-Man 2, and a nice setup for a third recreation. I imply, who doesn’t need to hear Pete discuss with himself as Silk’s “Spider-Grandpa”?

But a Miles Morales sequel in that trend is nonetheless retread floor, and Insomniac appears hell-bent on delivering new experiences every time it places out a Spidey product.

So the place does that depart Spider-Man 3?

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Insomniac Games has clearly left itself a lot of wiggle room in relation to the long run of its Spider-Man. Will Carnage present up in Spider-Man 3, or will he take heart stage in a Venom recreation? Is that Miguel teaser an offhand tease of one other spinoff we don’t find out about, or simply one other facet exercise in a sequel that’s in all probability 5 years off? We don’t know the solutions to both of these questions, and it’s completely potential that Insomniac doesn’t have them 100% pinned down but, both.

So what do we all know for certain in regards to the subsequent recreation? Well, Norman’s Green Goblin might be a fairly massive deal. That’s a very protected wager — the free house on all of your Spider-Man 3 bingo playing cards at house. We additionally know that Otto will play some variety of position as effectively, seemingly as a third celebration warring in opposition to each Green Goblin and Spider-Man.

And we all know we’ll haven’t any scarcity of heroes for us to embody, with Miles, Cindy, Peter, and (in all probability) Harry all on the bench and able to tackle no matter Insomniac has in retailer for New York.

We’re nonetheless a minimum of two or three years (and a whole-ass Wolverine recreation) away from studying what’s subsequent for Insomniac’s New York. But the studio has definitely given us loads to ponder in our time away from the web-head and his crew of mates and enemies.