September is here and with it a deluge of amazing new games! It's only been a couple weeks and I’m already behind in all of the great content what with Dragon Quest XI, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Marvel's Spider-Man, and a few other. It's a good feeling even though the weight is crushing. Hype aside let's dial things back to one of those games: Marvel's Spider-Man. It's not a surprising statement by this point, but it is very good. I don't think it's as good as the last big PS4 exclusive, God of War, but it's fun in a different way. As a Spider-Man fan, it's a dream come true even if it has pro🅺blems. Hey, every stellar AAA title has i🌱ssues even the ones that are reviewed as "perfect" or close to it.
That's not what I'm here to discuss though. We already posted our thoughts on some of the game's more troublesome issues. No, I'm here to talk about fashion. There are over twenty suits in the game and they draw inspiration from all over the webslinger's rich history. There are callbacks to various arcs in the comics, movies, and a few are original for this game. Not all suits are created equal so🌄 of course, there is bound to be some duds. Basically, my picksไ are all based on looks with a little bit of power thrown in. That's how I ranked them. As for what you're about to read, well, prepare for a history lesson.
20 Best: Advanced Suit
The Advanced Suit was created specifically for Marvel’s Spider-Man, or as I like to call it, Spider-Man PS4. Now the white gauntlဣets, white emblem, and the sneaker like feet were weird at first, but now I've grown to like the suit a lot. For those unaware, each suit comes with a special power. The Advanced Suit charges up your Focus Meter, which lets you deal out finishers, or in my case, h🥂eal. It's the most useful ability in the game!
19 Worst: Scarlet Spider Suit
Oh boy. This one needs some explaining. So the Scarleꦓt Spider cam🐬e about in the comics around the mid-1990s. It was during an arc when readers found out Peter Parker had a clone named Ben Reilly who then became the Scarlet Spider. As you can imagine it gets pretty crazy since clones are involved. Anyway, it’s a dumb costume. That might just be my bias against sleeveless T-Shirts. They just look ridiculous to me. The pure red undersuit looks like Carnage though, which is pretty cool I guess.
18 Best: Classic Suit
Spider-Man first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1💃962 wherein a year later he would get his own serܫies. Either way that’s old and yet somehow he’s just as relevant and popular today as he was back then.
A classic suit for a class act.
His costume has changed over time, but in terms of his classic costume, it has not. Well, it kind of has💙. He used to have webbing gliders under his armpits, but in terms of the blue and red, yeah, it’s been the same since 1962.
17 Worst: Spider Armor MK II Suit
I'm not a fan of this suit, or any of Spider-Man's armored pieces, but I will admit they make sense. Speaking of senses, that's exactly why Parker made this suit in the comics. There was an arc wherein Parker loses his Spider Sense, which was essentially like his armor. Without it he needed real armor to compensate. As you can imagine this isn't the first, or last time he will lose this power either. So what's wrong 🔴with t❀he suit? What’s up with those eyes? They look like gold eyebrows.
16 Best: Noir Suit
The last good Spider-Man game prior to Marvel's Spider-Man was Shattered Dimensions all the way back in 2010. Yep, it's been that long. In it, you take on the role of four different versions of Spider-Man including his Noire version. Now I thought that was created for the game, but actually, it was indeed from a comic a year prior, which was set in the 1930s. He even used a gun! It's a pretty awesome take on the character, which is why this costume is so awesome. It's like Batman and the Rocketꦅeer had a 💖spider baby.
15 Worst: Spider-Punk
So the Spider-Punk costume looks like it was designed for a 70s, or 80s era of comics, but I was incredibly wrong. I was off by ꦚabout thirty years. This was a 2014 premiere.
More like Spider-Puke.
Hobart Brown is from a universe wherein Osborn becomes the president and is, of course, leading tyrannic🤪ally. Hobert becomes this Spider-Man to lead a revolt. That's just the basic premise. As for the costume, well, just look at it. The spikes on his head are dumb enough, but the sneakers and vest are like icing on a moldy cake.
14 Best: Stark Suit
Tony Stark's take on Spider-Man first appeared in Civil War where at long last the webslinger joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was a dream I'm sure I shared with a lot of Marvel nerds. The only thing missing from the MCU now are the X-Men. Anyway as for the suit💫 it's pretty much the classic, but with a f꧙ew extra black streaks. It's a modern classic if you will. The tech fits with the times while not being too flashy.
13 Worst: Wrestler Suit
So I thought this was a reference to the 2002 Spider-Man movie, but it’s actually from a 2000s era comic. Now part of Parker's history, throughout most of his origin stories, dictates that after he got bit he became a wrestler to make some quick money. This also leads to his Uncle Ben's demise, which also pr𝕴ompts him to becom🔜e Spider-Man. It's a good origin story, but it doesn't make his costume any less goofy. Also, as a side note, something feels off about seeing Parker's hands bare in this game.
12 Best: Iron Spider Suit
Here’s another great costume reference I get. It is of course from Spider-Man: Homecoming, but it didn’t really get its big debut until Infinity War wherein we got to see his cool spider legﷺs in action.
Save the wizard, save the world.
That’s actually the power of this suit in-game. For a limited time, all four legs will pop out and assist in battle. It’s pr꧋etty aꦍwesome even if I don’t like the weird metallic nature and the dulled colors of the actual suit itself.
11 Worst: Spider-Man 2099 Black Suit
Miguel O’Hara is the owner of this suit. As the name suggests, it takes place in 2099 and specifically from an alternate reality of the prime Marvel universe. Before I read up on it, at first glance I thought The Punisher somehow became Spider-Man. Look at that logo on his chest. Doesn't it look like a skull and don't those spikes o൩n the side of his arms scream The Punisher? While Miguel O’Hara is not Frank Castle, he is indeed like-minded in extreme vigilantism. It's a bad arc with ❀a bad costume that says 1992 all over it.