Marvel’s Avengers‘ Spider-Man doesn’t include story missions akin to these for Kate Bishop, Hawkeye, and Black Panther (therefore, it’s referred to as a Hero Mission). As beforehand defined, With Nice Energy Hero Occasion will allow you to “expertise Spider-Man’s story by way of unlockable challenges woven all through the Avengers Initiative.” Now, Crystal Dynamics has defined to IGN why Spider-Man doesn’t have story missions: it’s unique to PlayStation.
“We wish to spend our efforts on content material that everybody can take pleasure in, so we selected to spend so much of our vitality on the Klaw raid that’s arising on the identical time,” Gameplay Director Philippe Therien, stated. “Actually that’s a easy choice for us. Spider-Man can play all of the content material, however then we launch a chunk of content material that’s good on all platforms. Actually that was a choice that’s been that manner for the reason that starting.”
Backlash ensued when Spider-Man’s PlayStation exclusivity was first introduced. Crystal Dynamics said at the time that it had no management over the choice, which stemmed from a enterprise deal between Sq. Enix and Sony for the reason that latter holds the rights to the Spider-Man franchise.
“It comes again to the connection with PlayStation and Marvel,” studio Co-Head Scot Amos stated again in 2020. “We occurred to be… as soon as you possibly can execute and ship, when it comes all the way down to selections of the place and what Spider-Man will be, that’s a relationship query that PlayStation completely has the rights to, that as you guys know, with Sony’s possession there, and Marvel with Sony saying, ‘Hey, that is one thing we will do. That is one thing we will do on this platform.’”
[Source: IGN]
