Taking A Look at Early Development Footage of Marvel's Spider-Man 

Damn insomaniac spider man was going to be brutal by looking at the early combat gameplay

The combat feels prett visceral, kind of like Wolverine with the closer camera and blood, feels like they just shifted towards Wolverine for that grittier style

Honestly i wouldnt have minded to see a more brutal arkham style spiderman game

I agree with the decision of removing the blood. Spider-Man isn’t meant to be some bloodthirsty maniac, unless he’s wearing the black suit.

This early footage spidey had so much more weight to him it seems. I kinda liked the more "grounded" approach, especially with the overall animations. Not that the final product is bad, not even close, just that these animations looked a lot more realistic in comparison

1:24, Damn... Spidey's got some moves. This feels actually like a street fight.

From what I can tell, some of the finishers that you would normally press 🔺+🔴 with would've actually already been done in the combat itself without you having to press those 2 buttons I mentioned earlier. Also the blood splattering effect isn't a terrible idea, but in my opinion would only make sense if he's wearing the symbiote suit. Regular Spidey isn't unhinged, so I'm glad that idea got disregarded. But I'm extremely bummed out that the TASM 1 crane move never made it into the final release. That could've easily been implemented in Marvel's Spider-Man 2, as well as the blood splatter effect only when using the symbiote suit.

The screen flicking when zipping webs was purely realistic. They should have stayed with that concept

yo there was vaulting and pole rotations..... also i wanted that crane webshot too

Utterly ridiculous that they didn’t just keep TASM ending crane move.

i wish they kept some of the things in the early development

game seemed to be a bit more mature especially in the first clip with the blood and the brutal combat

I like the recoil the webs have when Spider-Man is going for a launch point.

The old combat looks a little better

nice touch adding *Hulk 2003's OST* in your outro- best Hulk movie ever made imo

That's awesome. I wish Insomniac added a few things in the 1st game. Not complaining btw, the game is still amazing. I love the game, but after seeing this. I wish they could've done more like made NYC more interactive & feel real like in the 2nd game, but a LOT more. Like add extra crimes like stopping a thug who is running off with a stolen purse or bike, save someone who's about to fall off a building, save a hostage that's involved in a car chase, save a cat from a tree, help a civilian with directions like in "Homecoming". Take crimes out of District Completion like in the 2nd game, pick any crimes to stop like in "Miles Morales", wave at civilians while hanging on a wall or something like a light pole, & shoot webs at enemies while swinging. Lastly add wall run on the web swinging like the end swing in "Far From Home". Crawl on the walls a little faster like in the 2nd game. Have there be QTE's in a few cutscenes like in Uncharted 4. Give some of the villains more appearance in the story like the Electro, Vulture, Rhino, Scorpion, Tombstone, Shocker, & Hammerhead little scenes in the game. Add some of the combats, parkour, & traverals that we've seen in the early prototype & alpha. Also for the gadget wheel I would've done it exactly like the one in the 2nd game, also so you can customize your gadget wheel by choosing different gadgets, pretty much like the abilities. Done better with some of the boss battles (add 3 rounds & health bars like in the 2nd game) like Kingpin, Scorpion, Rhino, & Electro. Replayable missions like Miles Morales & Spider-Man 2. I also think they could've added more into the story that we've seen in the comic that is based on this game, E3 2016 trailer, & some that we seen in the concept art. Once again I'm not complaining or anything, I still love this game a LOT. I just think they could have done a little bit more into this spectacular game & story, but it's still perfect & I'm still grateful for what we got👌

We need more blood in Spider-man 3

E3 had water everywhere 💀

when you think about video games in this perspective the final products are mesmerizing

I’m surprised and disappointed that Insomniac hasn’t done any major changes to the combat. It would have to been to have different stances.

Some fight moves from early stages can be use with mods. There are some different fight and travel animations mods for PC.

The finisher at 3:46 is my favorite finisher. It’s just so acrobatic and full of finesse

Many of these movements and some other things were implemented on Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

This was more like black-suited Spider-Man fighting.

Interesting!

I like how they cut the little weapon gadget wheel out in the first game but brought it back in the 2nd 😂😂

I like the way the camera moved during swinging in that 2016 era

I hope they go more realistic for spiderman 3. We need closer camera angles, heavy pendulum swinging, and less floaty air combat with holograms and space grenades.

this looks actually insane

Looked like potential moveset switches like more focus on follow up attacks on a single target rather than crowd control every fight, would like to see that added, bit like ghost of tsushimas sword styles. Maybe a combat style focused specially on webbing or range and then a fighting style that focuses on air combat which could add in flying enemys with more complex fighting systems

i cannot WAIT for insomniac to put all of that early-developed brutality toward the new wolverine game!!

I hope they add the 2016 variant of the advanced suit. So classic

really liked the og air launch 03:50 like e3 2017

One detail I noticed that I dont see discussed more often is that the streets are crowded like in the spiderman 2

I want that crane ejection. Thwy completely sealed them closed with boundaries in the releases

God I really like E3 2017 version of the game and the art style they went so far, it’s probably my favorite version. The color grading, more stylised UI, shiny suit, brutal strikes and more weighty animations for both combat and swinging just makes it much more realistic and filmic.

This really looks like an arkham style spiderman game and i would love it if they did that too

One thing I noticed, Peter uses his fists a lot more than later in the game.

bring the heavy attacks from the old games back

i kinda like how the npc jump you they don't just sit there and watch you fight

The e3 era version is said to be a version with more content than base game

Looks better then what we got. I also love the addition of blood. Makes it more realistic considering how badly spiderman could mess someone up

1:13 this part is literally so smooth I wish they made it more flowy like this

4:10 ayo CLEAN combo spotted

I’m thinking how can you make more Spider-Man games like this without making the other games the same. Spider-Man from Spider-Man 2 is a big leap forward. Now how can they keep this up with improving combat and swinging without making the new games feel the same or dry. Spider man 3 seems like a challenge cause now they gotta somehow make it better than 2 and 2 seems like the peak of super hero gaming

I kinda like the Chinatown swinging more than game launch

1:50 kinda looks like the web rush for the tasm games, wich I hope come back for the next game

I wished they didn't change the swinging. Glad the sequel fixes that by adding the swing steering assist

This is Spidey during his visit to Arkham

The combat reminds me of Assassin's Creed 3 up to Rogue, as when Spider-Man attacks, the camera shakes like how it does in the Assassin's Creed games, and noticing how grounded it was like Batman Arkham.

It looks like a lot of the old animations to the combat and traversal were inspired by tasm 2, the game. I'm glad the stepped away from it, and went on the more cinematic style. Suits the game much better.

Way more gritty and feels like Arkham combat

I wish they would’ve kept the E3 suit as the official suit for the first game

They should make combat options in settings because I feel like this aggressive play style is much better but, we should still be able 2 pick yk?

Idk if this is how it would have worked but at 3:57 we can see the gadget in the bottom left corner which really reminds me of spider-man 2 R1 gadget wheel Maybe gadgets were meant to work like that but when they realized they wanted to add more gadgets they just created the 1st games gadget wheel and when spider-man 2 came around and they shifted focus away from gadgets a bit they brought it back

I like the web-swining and combat hear much beter then in the final game...

I'll buy this DLC for sure!!

They Peter got that Tobey in em

Jesus he has blood on the back of his suit

I wish we got an option for blood

I hate watching combat mods sometimes cause it be showing me what we could of had

i want this combat

Shouldve made Sunset Overdrive 2 but aight

To me, the combat feels mostly the same. The added blood makes it more brutal, but many of the animations are unchanged, giving it a slightly heavier feel.

His appendages are hammers in the early gameplay

It's amazing to see what is essentially early dev footage that insomniac considered a starting point of sorts, while other spiderman games went ahead and said "yeah this is good enough" and shipped it.

Bro it's so good and awesome I wish spiderman 3 was released and they could have added more features in this game

Kind of puts into perspective how wolverine could turn out based on the leaks

Damn not counting release date, but the code and plans for this game are almost 10 years old.

I bet if this leaked before the game came out people would say that the graphics are ass

ngl the combo at 1:24 was actually fucking nasty tho i wish they kept that in

Ah so this is where the mod animations come from

Why does he look like Javier Milei on the thumbnail? Lmao

This is the route they should go for in wolverine

Bro there was blood? Awy man...,

The blood in Spider-Man same doesn’t feel right, so it’s a good change after all.

now im wondering bout gta 6 actual look

The combat and swinging is better in the finished product

2:47 dang ngl this move was fire, dont know why they replaced it.

Damn. The triple kick dodge tho. Sexy

Not gonna lie insomniac really missed a huge chance in bringing the blood back with spiderman 2 symbiote suit not a better time to use it haha.

It just looked darker because lighting wasn't done.

Seeing how brutal the combat looked in the beginning of the video reminded me of the line from No Way Home when TASM Spider-Man said that he stopped pulling his punches. I’m imagining that gameplay is how he fought now.

Bro they removed the triple kick-.-

Always cool to see bts stuff

Where can I download this masterpiece?

Hold on, early development fight style reused for wolverine?

There's something I find so eerie about test footage and I can't work it out.

Kinda has similar mechanics to Tasm 2

0:34 this is almost identical to the challenge rooms inside of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Edit: just realised the blood, I think it was simply already incorporated in the model.

They shouldve left the blood in the game i mean spiderman literally violently beats them up until they are knocked out cold. Spiderman isnt a murderer but hes definetely a violent person.

Why This Looks Kinda More Awesome Than The Final Awesome Game 🙂

You mean you got your hands on the stolen data/video of Insomiac that was leaked! But the first video combat, everything is zoomed in which makes it more impactful. Butater update zoomed it out, which makes everything feel light hearted.

Everyone saying that the old combat system was more brutal and they should have kept it that way but I think the final version is better than this. Remember: Spider-man does not move realistic or brutal like Batman, his moves are supposed to be amazing!

Before the dark times, before the Bubniak and MJ face replacements. Such a slap in the face to fans who got attached to the first iterations of these iconic characters. There was a time when I was absolutely loving what they were doing with Spider-Man. Good video.

Please 🙏 tell me the track name or where i can find it - im actually serious help me out 🥺

This the version they imported on PC.

Why is the old UI so much more visually appealing?

1:43 i wish they kept that

Rated T for teen due to hyper realistic combat displays