Peter Parker (Insomniac Games character)

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Peter Parker
Spider-Man
Marvel's Spider-Man and Spider-Verse character
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Peter Parker in his Advanced Suit, as he appears in Marvel's Spider-Man (2018).
First appearanceMarvel's Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover (2018)
First game Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)
Based on
Spider-Man
by
Adapted by
  • Jon Paquette
  • Benjamin Arfmann
  • Kelsey Beachum
Voiced by Yuri Lowenthal
In-universe information
AliasesSpider-Man
TitleInsomniac Spider-Man
WeaponWeb-Shooters
Origin Forest Hills, Queens, New York City
Nationality American

Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man, is a fictional character and eponymous protagonist of the Marvel's Spider-Man series of action-adventure games developed by Insomniac Games. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character was adapted by Insomniac Games writers Jon Paquette, Benjamin Arfmann, and Kelsey Beachum, while he is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal. He has four signature suits: the Advanced Suit, the Velocity Suit designed by Adi Granov, the Resilient Suit designed by Gabriele Dell'Otto, and the Anti-Ock Suit designed by Dustin Brown.

Contents

Insomniac's Spider-Man is depicted as an older, more mature and experienced version of the character, who has battled various supervillains in his eight-year career as New York City's protector while still struggling to balance the responsibilities of his superhero alter-ego with his civilian life as Peter Parker. He later becomes the mentor of Miles Morales after the latter receives similar spider-like abilities upon being bitten by a different genetically engineered spider created by Oscorp.

This incarnation of the character has thus far appeared as the main playable protagonist in Marvel's Spider-Man (2018), while being featured in a supporting capacity in the spin-off title Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020), and will return as a playable character and one of the two protagonists, alongside Miles Morales, in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023). The character was later established in Marvel Comics continuity as an alternate version of Spider-Man within the comics' multiverse, being expanded upon by two comic book adaptations, two novels and a spinoff comic book series, designating the universe his stories take place in as "Earth-1048". This has led to the character cameoing in other works, such as the 2023 animated feature film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse , where he is depicted as a member of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society, and referred to as Peter Parker / Insomniac Spider-Man. [1]

Insomniac's more mature take on Spider-Man and Lowenthal's performance have been well-received. Marketing and merchandising of the character mostly wearing the advanced suit was released before and after the original game's initial release. While actor John Bubniak's likeness was initially used for Peter Parker in the PlayStation 4 version of Marvel's Spider-Man, he was replaced by Ben Jordan in subsequent games in the series and the original game's remaster on the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows, to better match Lowenthal's facial CGI capture. This change has garnered mixed reactions.

Development

Creation

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Yuri Lowenthal provides the voice of Peter Parker.
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Adi Granov helped design one of the character's original suits, the Velocity Suit.

Several characters from Marvel Comics were considered to have their own game developed by Insomniac Games but the team's final choice was to adapt Spider-Man. This was due to him and his true identity Peter Parker being more relatable to the staff than other Marvel characters such as Thor and Iron Man, a sentiment that Insomniac CEO Ted Price shared. [2] [3] Spider-Man was the first licensed property by Insomniac in 22 years. [4]

Creative director Bryan Intihar collaborated with a team of writers under lead writer Jon Paquette to create an original take on a Spider-Man that remained true to the original. [3] Paquette is cited to have commonly subscribed to Spider-Man ( The Amazing Spider-Man and Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man ) and also Thor comic books at the "boonies" at a younger age before his time attending film school. [5] Alongside Paquette, the story was written by Ben Arfman and Kelsey Beachum. Comic book and screenwriter Christos Gage co-wrote the script, and comic book writer Dan Slott provided additional story contributions. [6] [7] Insomniac researched different iterations of the character to understand what made a compelling Spider-Man story, after which Paquette said "okay let's forget all that stuff", aiming to not draw too much from any single version. One lesson the team took from the research was that whenever Spider-Man wins, Peter Parker loses, and vice versa. Intihar said that from conception, the game was designed to be as much Parker's story as Spider-Man's. [3] The team deliberately avoided retelling Spider-Man's origin, reasoning that everyone knows Spider-Man was bitten by a radioactive spider. [6]

Yuri Lowenthal provides the voice of Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man, but there was some initial reluctance to cast him as he had previously voiced a characteristically different lead character in Sunset Overdrive and it was thought that he was not capable of providing a drastically different performance. [8] Paquette trusted his acting ability however, and convinced the studio to cast him. [9] Working with voice director Kris Zimmerman, Lowenthal tried to differentiate his voices for Parker in his civilian life where he is more gentle, and as Spider-Man, where he is more confident. As a result, he spent a large amount of time working on his performance to achieve a balance. Lowenthal worked with two stunt people throughout the game's development. [10] [9]

Design

When you see the red and blue, the iconic eyes, the overall shape and form, there's no mistaking that as Spider-Man. But... seeing that giant white spider on the red and blue suit, you know that's different, that's from a different universe. That's Insomniac's Spider-Man.

Bryan Intihar, creative director [11]

Whilst beginning the game in a costume based on the classic Steve Ditko design, its subsequent damage results in Peter Parker making a new costume with input from Otto Octavius. It is referred to in-game as the Advanced suit.

Insomniac wanted to modernize the design of Spider-Man's costume while paying homage to the original design by Ditko. The new advanced costume design retains the traditional red-and-blue color scheme, a large white spider symbol stretching across the torso, gauntlet-like gloves, and sneaker-style design based on athletic wear instead of knee-high boots. [12] Art director Jacinda Chew said the design goal was to create what a "23-year-old, would-be superhero" would wear in 2018 New York City. Chew compared the outfit to compression wear, and said each color represented different materials. Blue is the most flexible, red is thicker for added protection from minor injury, and white offers the most protection, as it covers his chest, hands, and feet. [12] [13]

The Velocity Suit is another original suit and was designed by comic book artist Adi Granov. [14] [15] The suit is depicted with a glowing red-and-grey design and features metallic paneling. [16] [17]

Appearances and summary

Tie-in prequel novel

The character's first official appearance was in a prequel tie-in novel, titled Marvel's Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover, which was released on August 21, 2018, predating the video game. [18] It details Spider-Man's fight with the game universe's version of Blood Spider and depicts the rivalry between Parker and the Kingpin before the events of the game. [19] [20]

Marvel's Spider-Man video game series

The character was developed primarily for the 2018 video game Marvel's Spider-Man , and later appeared in its downloadable content (DLC) expansion pack, The City That Never Sleeps , both for the PlayStation 4. [2] [16]

Within the game's backstory, Peter Parker was a bright, intelligent and sincere, yet shy, outcast and withdrawn 15-year-old high school student, [6] [21] who gained spider-like superhuman abilities after being bitten by a genetically modified spider during a field trip. Employing a secret identity, Parker initially attempted to uses these abilities for personal gain and failed to aprehend a robber, who later killed his uncle and father figure, Ben Parker. This event inspired Parker to use his powers responsibly by protecting the citizens of New York City as the superhero Spider-Man. [22] Eight years into his superhero career, the now 23-year-old Parker has become an experienced and masterful crime-fighter who comes into conflict with various supervillains, but struggles to balance both his personal and superhero lives. [23] [24] [25] He is employed as a research lab assistant under his friend and mentor Dr. Otto Octavius and is aided in his fight by intrepid Daily Bugle reporter Mary Jane Watson, his former high school classmate and ex-girlfriend, [6] and NYPD Captain Yuri Watanabe. In his civilian life, Parker is supported by his Aunt May. [21] [6] [26] Spider-Man's adventure brings him into contact with other characters, including Afro-Puerto-Rican-American teenager Miles Morales [6] and his parents, NYPD Officer Jefferson Davis and Rio Morales; Oscorp CEO and New York mayor Norman Osborn; [27] and Silver Sablinova, leader of the private military company Sable International. [6]

Parker makes a minor appearance in the follow-up/spin-off title Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020), wherein he has mentored Miles for over a year after the latter gained powers similar to his upon being bitten by a different genetically modified spider. At the beginning of the game, after helping Miles subdue the Rhino, Parker reveals that he will be departing for Symkaria for several weeks to help Mary Jane cover a civil war taking place there as a freelance photographer. He trusts Miles to look after New York in his absence, and gifts him a new red and blue Spider-Man suit, though Miles later shifts to a black and red suit he designed himself. [28] Throughout the game, Parker is revealed to have set up several AI training challenges around the city, which Miles can undertake. At the end of the game, Parker returns to New York and praises Miles' growth as a hero after the latter has saved Harlem from destruction, and heads off to fight crime alongside him. Later in-game dialogue with Miles reveals that he is taking a hiatus from crime-fighting to focus on renovating May's old house in Queens, which he inherited and where he and Mary Jane have decided to move in together, while also focusing on finding new employment, with Miles suggesting he take up a teaching job.

The character will return in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 , set to release in 2023 for the PlayStation 5. He will feature as a main playable protagonist alongside Miles, and will be using the power of the Venom symbiote to augment his abilities. [29] [30]

Marvel Comics canon continuity

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Insomniac's Spider-Man as depicted in the comic book cover of Spider-Geddon #0 (September 2018), art by Clayton Crain.

The character appears in the 2018 Spider-Geddon comic book storyline written by Christos Gage, a sequel to 2014's Spider-Verse , which brings together different variations of Spider-Man themed superheroes from the multiverse within Marvel Comics to battle the Inheritors. It was first released on September 26, 2018. The comic book designated the character's universe as Earth-1048. The story of Spider-Geddon takes place after the events of the first game, and introduces this universe's version of Tarantula. Insomniac artists provided variant comic book covers for the series. [31] [32] Gage felt that "it seemed like a perfect time" to bring the character into mainstream comic books. [33]

A six-issue comic book, titled Marvel's Spider-Man: City at War, was released in March 2019. It follows the events of the first game while introducing some new events. The series is published by Marvel, written by Dennis Hopeless, with art by Michelle Bandini, and variant cover arts by Clayton Crain, David Nakayama, Gerardo Sandoval and Adi Granov. [34] [35] [36] A second miniseries, Marvel's Spider-Man: Velocity, was released in August 2019. Also written by Hopeless, with art by Emilio Laiso, the miniseries also takes place after the events of the first game, detailing Spider-Man's encounter with the supervillain Swarm, and Mary Jane's work with reporter Ben Urich. [37] A third miniseries, Marvel's Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes, was released in 2020. Written by Hopeless with art by Luca Maresca, the miniseries adapts the events of the downloadable content The City That Never Sleeps while elaborating upon Spider-Man and Black Cat's relationship. [38]

Animated Spider-Verse films

A Spider-Man reflecting the Insomniac Games' version of Peter Parker's Advanced Suit, and another Spider-Man wearing the Velocity Suit have appeared in the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), after the character's Advanced Suit was prominently featured in various background cameos throughout the preceding film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). [39] In the film, these Spider-Men are featured as members of the Spider-Society alongside other alternate Spider-People, led by Miguel O' Hara / Spider-Man 2099. [40] The Advanced Suit Spider-Man is designated as "Insomniac Spider-Man" from Earth-1048, with Yuri Lowenthal briefly reprising his voice role from the games. [41]

Merchandising and marketing

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Creative director Brian Intihar in San Diego Comic Con in front of a PlayStation 4 Pro video game console on display with Advanced Suit design.
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Yuri Lowenthal revealing an action-figure of Insomniac's Spider-Man in Comic Con 2018.

Artwork dedicated by famed comic book artist, Alex Ross, depicting the character was featured by Game Informer even before the game release. [42] The character was also spotlighted in a blockbuster style commercial in a 2018 NFL Draft Thursday night premiere of American football by NBC. [43]

Around the release of the game, PlayStation 4 Pro bundles included official skins of the character's logo entitled "Amazing Red". [44]

Various merchandise of the character was sold before the game's release. [45] Action Figures were made by companies like Diamond Select Toys releasing a 10-inch (250 mm) statue of Spider-Man along with Sideshow Collectibles releasing two 1/6 scale statues both based on the game, one of Spider-Man in the stealth suit and another of his Spider-Punk costume, including a guitar and spider-drone. [46] [47] A velocity suit-wearing Spider-Man by Hot Toys was also released. [48] Hasbro released a Marvel Legends action figure of Spider-Man from the video game as a GameStop exclusive. [49] A Funko Pop figure of the character was released, which was also exclusive to GameStop. [50] Clothes such as hoodies and t-shirts of the character and the advanced costume have been made. [50] [51]

Reception

Portrayal reaction

Insomniac Games' portrayal of Peter Parker has been well received. [52] [53] Jonahan Dornbush of IGN praised the game's focus on Parker and highlighted Yuri Lowenthal for his "emotional honesty" that made it one of Dornbush's favorite portrayals of the character. [22] Dom Nero of Esquire praised the character as one of the best versions of Spider-Man he has seen. He enjoyed the way that Insomniac depicted Spider-Man's morality while still allowing him to "web-kick some ass". He also praised the way that it handled the transition into adulthood. [54] Noel Ransome of Vice found him identifiable for his difficulty in achieving "greatness", praising Insomniac for taking the risk of depicting a more mature Peter as well as the misfortune of the original Spider-Man. [55]

Josh Harmon of Electronic Gaming Monthly found the character's storytelling to be one of the most interesting things about the game. He praised the writers for their understanding of Spider-Man and heroes in general, which he felt was handled better than how other comic adaptations handle their protagonists. [56] Matt Goldberg of Collider felt that Insomniac did well with understanding Spider-Man's "ethos" and challenging it in unique ways. [57]

The character was named the fan-favorite video game character at the Gamers' Choice Awards in 2018. [58] Comic Book Resources regarded the advanced costume as one of Spider-Man's best alternate costumes. [59]

Face model change controversy

Following the announcement of Marvel's Spider-Man being remastered as a launch title on the PlayStation 5, Insomniac Games revealed that a new face model provided by Ben Jordan was implemented into the game, to be a better match to the facial capture recorded by Yuri Lowenthal. [60] The new face model reveal was met with major polarizing reactions from fans and critics, and developers received death threats and demands to change it back. [61] [62] Many have cited that the new face model looks drastically younger than the original face model provided by John Bubniak, and has been compared to actor Tom Holland who portrays Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. [63] [64] [65] On a more positive note, Sammy Barker of Push Square called the design "pretty good" in his rundown announcement of the new design update. [66]

In other media

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