It’s hard to say no to more of a good thing, and Marvel’s Spider-Man is a good thing. Insomniac knocked it out of Central Park with the Spider-Man fantasy that they crafted, and despite the rote open-world “checklist” design, still managed to capture our hearts with a story that is as much about the human as it is about the spider. The Heist is the first chapter in the three-part DLC series for Marvel’s Spider-Man, an arc called The City That Never Sleeps. Setting players swinging through New York and once again dealing with as many Peter Parker issues as Spider-Man ones, The Heist plays it safe, rather than stepping outside of the masterfully crafted Spider-Man fantasy we got in the base game.
Opening with a heist (surprise) by Black Cat, The Heist picks up shortly after the end of the campaign and expands on the relationship between Peter and Felicia that was only touched on briefly by side objectives in the main story. Peter’s got a few things to work through with this past romantic relationship, and he’s put squarely between his thief of an ex and Mary Jane, which causes some understandable friction. One of the best aspects of Spider-Man has always been his ability to work out his personal life problems while swinging through New York. The Heist plays up the alone time that Peter gets while skimming the rooftops.
Miles is also forced into the DLC, while not actually playing any kind of a role in the story. Some limited phone ...