Peter Parker is the star of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Spider-Man 2. He's the one who becomes infected with the Symbiote, it's his best friend who is at the centre of the game's events, his love life and financial strain is under a closer microscope than Miles asking a girl out or going to college, and most obviously, he is the one you play as the most. But I left the sequel feeling more sure that Miles was my favourite character than I was going in. That's because, despite getting a dimmer spotlight, Miles feels like the heart of the game.
I noticed this in the original game and the Miles spin-off, too. This is a reductive take for a legendary comic book character who has been around for decades, but it feels like Peter protects the city while Miles protects the people. That's why the finale of Miles' own game, where he goes from being the "other" 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Spider-Man to "our" Spider-Man, feels like such an important distinction. In Spider-Man 2, while Peter is off stopping ci❀ty blocks from being destroyed or having an existential crisis with some alien goo, Miles is saving a local museum of Black musical history, or helping out kids at his school with everyday problems.
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The best part is that none of this feels like pandering or tacked on to give Miles something to do. I would drop the main story missions whenever the chance to play as Miles emerged, letting Peter's fate hang in the balance while I chased trucks full of stolen instruments across Harlem. If you rush the main story then sweep things up later, that connection between the pair might not feel as strong, but as far as I was concerned, they were working in unison: Peter was protecting the city, and Miles was protecting the people.
Spider-Man isn't supposed to face down world-ending threats every day. His movies obviously focus on his biggest struggles and in this age of excess that means more, more, more. But some of his most beloved comics and TV episodes focus on the smaller things that make us care about the massive looming dangers. While Peter gets more of the big action spectacles, Miles is doing the ꩲreal ‘Spider-Man things’.
That's not to say Miles doesn't get his share of big moments. His battle with Mr Negative is probably the most cinematic and thematically important fight aside from the final showdown, while his Mysterio side activities are among the most visually exciting moments the game has to offer. They're like the Screwball missions, and coming from me, that's a compliment.
It's hard to define what exactly Peter stands for. He's a good guy, aw shucks, and we don't kill and we don't spy (even though we definitely did that last one in the first game). He's a superhero who does things by the book and wants to protect everyone. It's an endearing trope, and we see versions of it in some other classic heroes like Captain America or Superman, although given how desperate we are for endless Superman But Dark And GrittyTM stories you'd be forgiven for forgetting that last one. It's just a little hard to root for.
Miles is not a sarcastic Iron Man or grungy Batman as a foil to Peter, but he’s more motivated by a personal path, and that makes him more believable. None of us really believed Peter would ever sacrifice the Devil's Breath cure to save Aunt May over the city itself, but when Miles faced off against Martin Li, I didn't know where he was going with it. When Peter protects a city block, it's because that's what heroes are supposed to do. When Miles protects a city block, it's to save the people inside.
While the Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man quests are for either Peter or Miles, I ended up taking Miles on most of them because they seemed like his job. When you take Peter, he is able to instantly connect with anyone because he is a wonderfully empathetic character. But it feels a little like you've taken the Red Spider-Man over the Black Spider-Man. When you take Miles, you feel as though you've taken Miles Morales over Peter Parker.
Part of it might just be personality. They're both dorks, but Peter is cheesy where Miles is cringe. Miles is a goofy kid still figuring a lot of stuff out, shouldering the weight of being a superhero while living in the shadow not only of his idol in Peter, but of his politically impressive mother and the ghost of his heroic father. There's a lot of stuff rattling around for Miles. Peter has a lot of demons too, but his quips feel polished and confident. Cringe, but on purpose. It's an approach that will land for a lot of people (this just in, people like Peter Parker) but Miles felt more genuine. Peter never really takes off his mask.