Spider-Man 2 Director Explains Why MJ Stealth Scenes Were Included in the Sequel

[John Elden Ring]

Spider-Man 2 Director Explains Why Those MJ Stealth Scenes Had to Be Included - IGN

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has seen critical and fan acclaim in the week since its release, but one element that hasn't been universally beloved is the return of Mary Jane's stealth missions from the first game. IGN spoke to one of the creative directors on Spider-Man 2 to learn exactly why they're...

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According to Intihar, Insomniac was well-aware that MJ's missions hadn't been anyone's favorite bit of the first Spider-Man. And they did ponder foregoing them entirely in the sequel. But instead, the team went a different direction:

"We had two choices. We could say, 'All right, we'll make it easy and just not do it.' And everybody would go, 'Great. No MJ missions.' Or we could say, 'Hey, we've talked about showing the world from all different angles. We're going to make her moments better. We're going to take on the challenge. We're going to make people like playing as her.' We pick and choose our spots. We knew we had to make her more of a proactive, capable person. And if she's a little OP, I don't give a shit. She's fine. I don't care."

 

[Johnic]

They went a bit overboard with them. That last one was crap. The other were a nice change of pace.

Also, you don't want to hear : She's a little OP, I don't care" from people making games. You should care about writing good characters instead of just trying to score some online brownie points.

 

[Jivesh1995]

They did it because it probably had to meet a diversity quota

 

[TheLastOfSnatcher]

I appreciate all scenes with MJ.

 

[Dr Bass]

I’m a little ways in but so far the Peter Parker sequences are extremely boring. Not looking forward to the MJ stuff.

 

[Nym]

And everybody would go, 'Great. No MJ missions.'

Interesting

We're going to make people like playing as her.

lol like yes they are better segments this time but I don't get why this is a priority in a Spider-man game and they admit that people would be like sweet I can just play more spidey without this shit. I don't care about non-spiderman gameplay "from different angles"

 

[Dr Bass]

Interesting



lol like yes they are better segments this time but I don't get why this is a priority in a Spider-man game and they admit that people would be like sweet I can just play more spidey without this shit. I don't care about non-spiderman gameplay "from different angles"

He literally said why they kept it in the original post.

 

[Nym]

Yes I read it because even though they knew players would be happy without it they wanted to force players to like something the players don't think they want lol

 

[Dr Bass]

Yes I read it because even though they knew players would be happy without it they wanted to force players to like something the players don't think they want lol

That’s not quite why.

Edit: @Nym your reaction honestly made me laugh. But he clearly stated they want to show the world from “different angles” so I guess that takes precedence over making a consistently fun game for them.