Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Summary
Peter Parker and Miles Morales ' Spider - Men finally face up the fan - preferred villain , Venom inMarvel ’s Spider - Man 2 . The arrival of the Venom symbiote had been teased since the firstMarvel ’s Spider - Man ’s post - credits scene , and Insomniac Games has film intake from various media and made variety of its own to craft its own spin on the Venom saga .
[ Warning : The following article containsspoilers for Marvel ’s Spider - Man 2]Insomniac ’s Venom storey starts off with elements familiar to fan of both theUltimate Spider - Mancomics and the video show of the same name . The suit is used as a way to care for diseases - as it was in the comics - and bond with Harry Osborn as it did in the TV show . This was used to tell a news report that was far more personal for Peter and Mary Jane , as defeating Venom could result in the loss of a close protagonist , as Harry was diagnosed with a concluding illness and the courtship was the only thing keeping him alive . later on in the secret plan , however , Insomniac took more from Donny Cates’Venomcomics in its designs of a winged Venom , and by register Venom taking command of an regular army of symbiotes .
As the symbiote invasion scatter across New York inMarvel ’s Spider - Man 2 ’s third act , the symbolisation found on the symbiotes and the icon for their nest is that of the Symbiote God , Knull , who was also created as part of Cates’Venomrun .
Harry ’s fate at the end of Marvel ’s Spider - Man 2 is left up to interpreting . Here ’s everything that happens to him , and how his story terminate .
What Are The Symbiotes' Weaknesses?
Symbiotes Have Had Several Weaknesses Over The Years
When the Venom symbiote was first preface in 1984 , it appeared as a new causa for Peter Parker after his honest-to-goodness one was destroy during theSecret Warscomic arc . It was only after he return home and studied it with the likes of Mr. Fantastic that he came to detect it was alive and was corrupting Peter and change his behavior for the big . In the class that followed , Spider - Manmedia has explore the symbiote ’s weaknesses , with the primary two beingvulnerability to vivid sounds and passion .
Other chronicle have introduced other man - made failing , such as chemical dopamine inhibitors that could keep symbiotes in check , and Tony Stark once transformed Dr. Doom ’s virus - like biological being from being a biological weapon into a symbiote counterpoison . There is also the element of the symbiote that requires the chemical phenethylamine to survive , which is often regain in hot chocolate and human brain tissue . This has resulted in Venom having some cannibalistic trait in some medium and is often used as one of the main causes of Eddie Brock and Venom ’s squabble in theVenommovies .
Fire Doesn’t Hurt The Symbiote In Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Symbiotes Have Fewer Weaknesses In Insomniac’s Story
Marvel ’s Spider - Man 2makes it open that its depiction of the symbiote would not have the same helplessness as it does in other media fairly betimes on . In one sequence , Peter and Harry - who is wear down the symbiote in an Agent Venom - urge on facial expression - infiltrate one of Kraven ’s lairs in a Steel Mill to rescue a see the light Tombstone . The Steel Mill is intelligibly extremely hot with prominent fires and ad valorem tax of liquified metallic element around . Long - term Venom fans were likely await to see some kind of chemical reaction from Harry to this acute hotness , but Peter outright demand Harry if the flak get to him , and he says he does n’t even feel it .
Marvel ’s Spider - Man 2 ’s Senior Creative Director , Bryan Intihar discussed thesymbiote ’s unsusceptibility to firein an episode ofIGN ’s Beyond podcast . Intihar stated that the symbiotes consume several failing pose a trouble for the team , as they discussed how they would be capable to transmit all of them in the level . Therefore , the conclusion was made to streamline Venom ’s weakness down to just high - frequency go rather .
These high - oftenness sound can be seen impacting the symbiote in cutscenes such as Peter ’s confrontation with Kraven in the church in which he rings the bell and first spot this weakness , as well as when Lizard roars during his fight with a symbiote - heighten Peter . It is also used in gameplay as Miles apply a bell to weaken the cause ’s cargo area onPeter in a Spider - Man v Spider - Man foreman battle , and after through an upgraded sonic gadget .
The Christian church bell sequence is a nod to otherSpider - Manmedia such as the classicAmazing Spider - Mancomics , the 90s animatedSpider - Manshow , and theSpider - Man 3movie where Peter goes to a church bell tower to slay the lawsuit himself after seeing how much it ’s corrupting him .
One whole side plot would likely have had to be changed if the symbiotes were de-escalate by fire , as the leader of the pyro - obsess cult , " The Flame " is evidence to be seeking a symbiote of his own by the destruction of a serial of side - mission . This drawing card was divulge to be Cletus Kasady , who bunk with the symbiote that isinevitably going to transform him into Carnage . If the symbiotes could n’t handle blast , being beleaguer by people who apply it as their elemental weapon system would n’t be an ideal situation .
Marvel ’s Spider - Man 2 will see Peter and Miles taking on a form of dissimilar villains over the class of the secret plan ’s campaign .
How Have Symbiotes' Weaknesses Been Approached In Other Games?
Venom And Other Symbiotes Have Appeared In Many Spider-Man Games
Venom and the symbiotes have had a long story of appearing in games , and their weakness have been approach in different ways . The 2000Spider - Mangame had afire web - cartridge pickupthat was made by Peter mixing his webbing with Magnesium to make a chemical reaction . This could be used in the later mission to fight down symbiotes , but other than the chief fight against Carnage in the next-to-last story of that plot , their helplessness to certain frequencies were n’t explored .
player can pink Carnage into a transonic house of cards to quickly lower his health streak inSpider - Man(2000 ) .
InSpider - Man : entanglement of Shadows , S.H.I.E.L.D. did use similar forcefields to the aforementioned sonic bubble to protect bases , but the symbiotes ' impuissance were n’t explore much in combat . wanderer - Man could swap between the traditional red and gamy case and the black symbiote at any time in that game , eventide the betting odds as he fight them on the priming , in the tune , and on wall , although he did n’t utilize any extra transonic or fire contraption to assist in defeating them , likely due to wearing his own symbiote .
The 2007Spider - Isle of Man 3movie railroad tie - in only had role player fight Venom once in the last boss battle of the biz that lead place on a construction site . In this successiveness , they could attack sure items like stacks of metal magnetic pole to give out a ringing strait that could stupefy Venom and provide a window to deal harm . However , outside of this , his helplessness was exhibit more through cutscenes than in scrap .
Ultimate Spider - Manshowed a different kind of helplessness for Venom , as players could take control of Venom throughout the game and could see that the suit was eat Eddie Brock alive through a constantly depleting health barroom , forcing him to " consume " civilians and enemy around the city . Silver Sable and her mercenaries also had special equipment to battle him , but this did not seem to be related to sonic absolute frequency or flack . Even in the final boss conflict of that game , the rooftop of Trask Tower was on fire , and this seemed to have no impact on Venom .
Venom and the Symbiote are a effect narrative component in Marvel ’s Spider - Man 2 , but what really happens to it throughout the continuance of the biz ?
Spider-Man 2 Gives The Symbiotes An Additional Weakness
Spider-Man 2’s Symbiotes' New Weakness May Be Unintentional
InMarvel ’s Spider - Man 2 , Peter and Miles upgrade theirgrenade - type Concussion Burst gadgetto emit a powerful transonic undulation to sandbag the symbiotes , and the Anti - Venom lawsuit Peter gets toward the closing of the chronicle also gravely weakens the symbiotes in armed combat . However , while the symbiotes may be resistant to fire in this story , some gameplay moments seem to take this in the altogether opposite direction by give the symbiote enemy some vulnerability to water supply .
When fighting the symbiotes around the game ’s open Earth , Spider - Man can throw or set up his enemies into lake or river , which seems to in a flash destruct the symbiote and free its host , who starts trample water . This is likely because the tactic of throwing enemies into the water or off rooftop - the latter of which sees them conveniently caught by a web contrivance to avoid sure end - vote out most enemy types instantly by nonpayment inMarvel ’s Spider - Man 2and its predecessors , but it is an amusive alteration for those conversant with the symbiotes ' weaknesses in other media .
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