Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is full of hidden Easter eggs teasing a sequel

Marvel comics, TV shows, and especially movies seem to have a requirement to emphasize the “what’s next” of it all, where the end of everything is also a tease for something else. Insomniac Games has taken that task, run with it and added a few more laps for good measure.

Spider-Man 2The sequel to the one of best games of 2018 is full of teases and easter eggs that can be turned into new games, semi-sequels or even the final conclusion of Spider-Man 3. We’ve got evil brothers hidden in plain sight, a mysterious bartender rendered in PlayStation 1-style graphics, and more symbiote threats than we initially thought. Let’s tuck into it.

[Ed. note: This post contains major spoilers for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. If you haven’t beaten the campaign of the PlayStation 5 game and cleared every side mission, you will probably be spoiled by something in here.]

Spider-Man 2 Teasers

Peter Parker peers into a mysterious portal which leads to a bar in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

There are a lot of teases for the future of Insomniac’s Marvel games, and several of them come at the very end of side missions or are a bit obscure if you’re not a comics reader.

Otto’s plan for the final chapter

Doc Ock looks at his manifesto in Spider-Man 2

One of the scenes in the after-credits for Spider-Man 2Norman Osborn meets his old foe Otto Octavius. Otto has been imprisoned for his crimes as Doctor Octopus in the previous game.

Norman is asking Otto to reveal the identities of the Spider-Mans, so he may seek revenge for having put Harry into a coma. Otto, who used to be lab partners with Norman but now hates his guts, revels in Osborn’s suffering and refuses to help, and he just keeps working on his manifesto. When Norman asks what Octavius is writing, he simply responds, “The final chapter,” as he limps toward the camera.

This teaser is really only to say that Otto will be returning in some capacity at a possible Spider-Man 3. Although with his physical condition worsening (it’s established in Marvel’s Spider-Man that Otto has some kind of degenerative brain disorder that’s causing him to lose his fine motor skills), it’s unclear whether he’ll be fighting on the front lines or playing the role of master tactician.

Miles and Albert Moon meet

Miles Morales meets Cindy Moon in Spider-Man 2

After Miles’ mom, Rio, spends the entire game asking him to meet her new boyfriend, Miles finally opens the door to meet Albert in one of the post-credits scenes. But Albert isn’t really the tease here, as it’s quickly revealed that Albert has brought his daughter Cindy with him to the family dinner.

Cindy Moon, also known as Silk is another Spider-person that fights evil and defends New York. In some versions she has a rather traumatic upbringing and isn’t particularly close with her father. Insomniac is clearly looking to twist this origin, although we’re not quite sure how just yet.

Norman wants the ‘G-Serum’

Norman shouts about needing G-Serum in Spider-Man 2

Venom returns to Harry after the Spider-Mans defeat him. Harry is, of course, in a coma. In a fit of rage over his son’s condition, Norman calls someone to ask for the G-Serum.

Now, it’s never explicitly stated, but this is about as on the nose as you can get for a Green Goblin tease. In the moment, it seems like Norman wants the G-Serum for Harry, but we have no doubt it’ll end up in the disgraced former mayor eventually.

Wait, isn’t that Knull’s symbol?

A symbiote meteor hangs from symbiote tendrils in Spider-Man 2

During the campaign, it’s revealed that the symbiote came to Earth via a meteor, and that meteor has a big, red spiral on the front of it, which is most often associated with Knull, aka the King in Black, the tyrant god of symbiotes.

The game does not mention Knull or any other cosmic entity outside the meteor that Miles Pete and MJ destroyed at the conclusion of the story. The game could simply be an homage to comic book fans. However, it may also represent a hint that could lead to a full on symbiote-led invasion by the King himself.

Cletus Kaady has a symbiote

Cletus Kasady holds up a symbiote in a glass vial in Spider-Man 2

Peter works over the course a year to bring down The Flame, a cult. Spider-Man 2, And in the final quest, Insomniac reveals the cult’s leader to be none other than Cletus Kasady, everyone’s favorite serial murderer.

Cletus hosts Carnage the red-tinted villain who’s caused Venom, Peter and Venom a great deal of grief over the years. Kasady is uncaptured. Spider-Man 2Carnage’s rise is almost certain if you have a healthy symbiote.

Chameleons thrive in NYC

Chameleon holds up a martini glass in Spider-Man 2

After chasing down all of Kraven’s drones, the two Spider-Mans eventually stumble upon a beautiful penthouse apartment with a secret basement. This place is owned by Chameleon, an expert in disguise. Fun fact: He is the first Spider-Man villain to ever appear in an original comic. Oh, and the Chameleon is also Kraven’s brother.

The Chameleon is watching the Spider-Mans as they flee the apartment. Chameleon has clearly been set up in the city for a while, and this tease seems to indicate that he’ll appear in a Spider-Man sequel.

Miguel O’Hara and the Bar with No Name

Delilah tends bar in the Bar With No Name in Spider-Man 2

Once you’ve collected all the Spider-Bots in the game, you’ll get a signal that leads you to an alleyway. You’ll see Delilah behind the bar when you reach it. Delilah operates the Bar With No Name in the Marvel universe. She opens up a box after a long cryptic conversation and takes all of the Spider-Bots that you have spent years collecting. She then name-drops Miguel (O’Hara) before shutting the portal.

This is a weird little Easter egg that doesn’t exactly have a clear tease. But with the nature of the Spider-Bots all being based on Spider-Man characters and villains from other universes, and Delilah’s style being that of a PlayStation 1 game, this seems to be teasing a multiversal story or some kind of crossover. It’s very unclear what this could be leading to or what it has to do with Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099.

Spider-Man no more?

Pete unties his pants at the end Spider-Man 2Miles can take care of the city, while Spider-Man takes a much-deserved break. It seems like more of a Spidey Hiatus, rather than Spidey’s full retirement. We’d wager we’ll see a decent time skip between Spider-Man 2The following are some examples of how to get started: Spider-Man 3Pete is likely to be married, with a child or two before he puts on the suit once more.

What’s next? Another half-sequel, perhaps?

Spider-Man shocking an enemy lying on the ground in Spider-Man: Miles Morales — *Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales* (2020)

Spider-Man: Miles MoralesIt was an instant hit among fans and the sprawling, massive Marvel’s Spider-ManThe story was compressed into just a couple of hours. This film was a wonderful little story that introduced Miles more fully as a heroic figure and also did the legwork necessary to establish Spider-Man 2.

The reception of Miles Morales, it seems extremely unlikely that we won’t see another half-sequel that bridges the gap between Spider-Man 2The following are some examples of how to get started: Spider-Man 3. Who is the real problem? This will be the subject of that semi-sequel. This is something we’ve thought about.

Venom

Venom should be the obvious choice for a sequel. He is not only briefly playable but also in Spider-Man 2 already (we’re not game designers, but we have to imagine at least some of that hard dev work will transfer over to a new game), but it seems like Insomniac’s developers have at least thought about it.

Recently, in an interview Spider-Man 2’s narrative director, Jon Paquette, told Insider that the team is waiting to see how fans react and what they want before committing to any spinoffs. This was in direct response to a question about a Venom game, so most people (ourselves included) are taking this as at least soft confirmation that Insomniac is toying with a Venom spinoff, and that the answer basically amounts to “we’re You can also check out our other blog posts. not making a Venom game (*wink*).”

But you may be asking yourself, “Wait, isn’t Harry in a coma, and wasn’t the Venom symbiote destroyed?” The answer to both of those questions is technically yes, but there’s a Venom-sized “but” that follows. Spider-Man 2 very clearly establishes that symbiotes remain inactive inside the host even after they’ve separated themselves from the original parasite.

Just like how Mister Negative was able to harness Pete’s latent symbiote to turn himYou can also read more about Anti-Venom, it seems very easy to explain how someone with a very powerful connection to their symbiote (like Harry) could have their alter ego reawaken despite the host symbiote being “dead.” This could be especially fun with Harry’s current predicament, as it means we could spend the first bit of a Venom game piloting around a comatose Harry, wreaking havoc and getting into scrapes with Miles.

Silk

Silk is another strong possibility for a spinoff, as it’s essentially the same setup that led from Spider-Man into Miles Morales. Miles has a significant role to play in the very first. Spider-Man You must first gain any abilities. Cindy only appears from the side of her head. We learn absolutely nothing about Cindy. Spider-Man 2.

With Silk just being a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tease, it seems much more likely that she’ll feature heavily in whatever half-sequel we end up getting before being playable in Spider-Man 3.

Miles Morales 2

We think that a sequel would be a simple straight up to Miles Morales. This makes some sense, but is also just boring in comparison to the other two options — no offense to Miles, but we already have two full games where we can play as him whenever we want!

Insomniac could explore New York in which Miles was the sole Spider-Man and bring Cindy on board as his student. After the mentorship Miles got from Peter, this would be an appropriate handoff. Miles MoralesThe following are some examples of how to get started: Spider-Man 2It’s a good setup for the third game. I mean, who doesn’t want to hear Pete refer to himself as Silk’s “Spider-Grandpa”?

Then a Miles MoralesInsomniac’s goal is to create new Spidey experiences with each product.

Where does Spider-Man III stand now?

Spider-Man and Wraith make plans to take down Cletus Kasady in Spider-Man 2

Insomniac Games is a company that has left its mark on the gaming industry. Lottery Tickets Spider-Man’s future is still open to interpretation. Will Carnage appear in Spider-Man 3Will he be the star of a Venom video game, or is he just a side character? Is that Miguel teaser an offhand tease of another spinoff we don’t know about, or just another side activity in a sequel that’s probably five years off? We don’t know the answers to either of those questions, and it’s entirely possible that Insomniac doesn’t have them 100% pinned down yet, either.

What do we already know about the next title? Well, Norman’s Green Goblin will be a pretty big deal. That’s a very safe bet — the free space on all your Spider-Man 3Home bingo cards. Otto, too, will likely play a part in this movie. He is most likely to be a third-party fighting against Green Goblin as well as Spider-Man.

And we know we’ll have no shortage of heroes for us to embody, with Miles, Cindy, Peter, and (probably) Harry all on the bench and ready to take on whatever Insomniac has in store for New York.

We’re still at least two or three years (and a whole-ass Wolverine game) away from learning what’s next for Insomniac’s New York. The studio certainly has given us much to think about in the time we’ve spent away from web-head, his friends, and his enemies.

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