Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has achieved marvelous scores ahead of its release this week, but something that fans seem to be unhappy about is what developer Insomniac Games has done with Mary Jane Watson’s face in the game. The character, which was originally introduced in Amazing Spider-Man #25 (March 1965), is being ridiculed by PlayStation fans on social media, including those on the r/SpidermanPS4 reddit, some of whom claim the character is “ugly” and “looks awful,” while others have gone so far as to say that she “looks 46 bro.” (Here’s how she looked in the original game.) Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be released exclusively for PS5 on Friday, October 20, although those with the physical versions will need to download a day-one update for “the best experience,” according to a tweet that Insomniac shared today.
On October 20, you’ll finally experience Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and we couldn’t be more excited! Since going gold, our team made notable enhancements to Marvel’s #SpiderMan2PS5 that we’d love for you to experience from the very beginning.
The disc contains the entire game and is playable from start to finish with no patch or online requirement. But for the best experience, we highly encourage physical/disc-based players to download update Version 1.001.002 on launch day — prior to experiencing the opening mission of the game for the first time.
Digital players – don’t worry, if you pre-load the digital version of the game, you’ll get 1.001.002 as your pre-loaded version.
This update features polish to the gold master version of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 available on disc, which improves the opening sections of the game and includes other general refinements to your Spidey experience, including some additional Accessibility Options.
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— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) October 17, 2023