“Turning in mid-air to snap Avengers Tower feels like peak Spider-Man”

Marvel’s Spider-Man’s carefully thought-out and modelled collectibles made a completionist of Benjamin Griffin. Now smile for the camera!

Few tasks are more menial than sniffing out videogame collectibles. These useless items serve no purpose than to artificially inflate a game’s length. In the case of Marvel’s Spider-Man, however, I’m determinedly tracking down the lot. Throughout New York, Spider-Man’s webbed 55 of his old backpacks to buildings (hey, he had a little time on his hands), and each one contains a nostalgic memento: his bulky first web-shooter; a vial containing the Sandman’s dastardly grains; a business card bearing the details of ace lawyer Matt Murdock, who you might also know as Daredevil. You’re uncovering Spider-Man’s history with each bag you bring in. Selecting any of these collectibles prompts a line from Spider-Man.“A toy designer made this prototype to get me to license my likeness,” he says of a plushie. “Too bad…

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Gamesmaster (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2018

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