Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 to be playable from disc without downloads

Insomniac Games says that Day 1 Patch is recommended, though

Marco Wutz | Oct 18, 2023

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 to be playable from disc without downloads /

Oftentimes physical game discs merely contain a launcher to download the majority of the data nowadays, requiring an online connection to play. Insomniac Games is going against this trend and has confirmed that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be playable without online connection from its disc – no updates will be required.

However, the development studio still recommends owners of the physical version of the game to download update 1.001.002, which will be available on launch day. Anyone buying the game’s digital version gets that patch automatically from the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 preload.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is launching soon. — Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is launching soon / Marvel

“The disc contains the entire game and is playable from start to finish with no patch nor online requirement. But for the best experience, we highly encourage physical/disc-based players to download update version 1.001.002 on launch day,” the developer stated.

Insomniac wrote that this patch “features polish to the gold master version of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 available on disc, which improves opening sections of the game and includes other general refinements to your Spidey experience, including some additional Accessibility Options.”

For a detailed look at what you can expect from this PS5 exclusive, you can read our Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 review, which states: “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 won’t do anything that blows you away, but it doesn’t matter when a game plays, looks, and sounds as good as this. It’s an improvement over the first game and proves how polished and slick a sequel can be when the developer is free to revisit and refine on top of solid foundations.”

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Published Oct 18, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg