Spider-Man 2 – water you complaining about? (Picture: Sony)



History repeats itself as several Spider-Man 2 fans are so upset with the game’s water effects they want it delayed .



Remember Puddlegate? That stupid controversy with Insomniac’s Spider-Man about how puddle water didn’t look very good in preview footage – an issue which everyone forgot about the instant it came out.



Well, because time is circular and some people want any excuse to have a moan, Spider-Man 2 is facing near enough the exact same complaints following the new gameplay trailer from this week’s PlayStation showcase .



Said trailer featured a setpiece of Peter and Miles chasing after the Lizard on a river, while fighting off goons on jetskis, and prompting complaints that the water looks awful.



There are certainly complaints to be made about Spider-Man 2 and the showcase in general, but this really shouldn’t be one of them.



Some Twitter users are simply unimpressed with the water physics while remaining excited for the game, but others go so far as to say it looks worse than the PlayStation 4 game and even the water seen in PlayStation 3 titles.



There also appears to be a general dissatisfaction with the game’s overall graphics, as many think it doesn’t look like much of a visual upgrade over its predecessor and is in need of a delay.





“Spider-Man 2 saved the #PlaysationShowcase ” – you F. Kidding me!? 🤡! PS3 water physics! pic.twitter.com/TaiXLLbk3L — ɴᴀᴛᴀʟʏᴀ (@NatalyaNatflix) May 25, 2023







The water in Spider-Man 2 looks awful. — Path Traced Gaming (@_BlessedRed) May 24, 2023







Spider-Man 2 is everything I wanted in terms of gameplay. But what’s up with the graphics? Water and explosions look worse than the PS4 game. — Vrenks (@Vrenks1) May 24, 2023







Yo not gonna lie that Spider-Man 2 game looks so bad. The lighting, the water physics, textures and just overall graphics are baddddd. Sony needs to step up man this is a rip off — LOVE6 (@hate6ix) May 25, 2023







Water graphics felt a bit lacking in Spider-Man 2 tbh. Not bad, but not great. I know this is a small thing, but I am a huge fan of good water graphics in games. — Taylor (@Inspecter797) May 25, 2023







Spider-Man 2 has no buisness looking like a PS4 game in 2023. They better delay it now, because all the hype about going “no compromise” with the PS5 has gone out the window. #PlayStationShowcase pic.twitter.com/mCGrAdwLyf — Ishaan (@IshaanSangha) May 24, 2023





Unsurprisingly, this backlash is facing its own backlash, with others countering that the game’s still a work in progress and that the water is such a minor detail to get upset about.





Crazy that there’s two Spider-Man games where the controversy is water This is so forced it’s unreal https://t.co/AomnvRRjK3 — That Boy Aqua (@ThatBoyAqua) May 26, 2023







I’m seeing people complaining about the water in Spider-Man 2 .. It’s clear y’all didn’t learn your lesson from that whole Puddle Gate fiasco back in 2018 for Spider-Man 1 … pic.twitter.com/qm07ce7qV7 — Persona (@PersonaSpeaks) May 25, 2023







Is it me or is everyone claiming to be a game developer critic. You got people saying that spider-man 2 reveal trailer was a complete downgrade but it’s like bro this isn’t complete. They still have time. Complaining about water physics. Textures. Dude they are still working. — PsilentKnight (@P5ilentknightx2) May 25, 2023





On the subject of PlayStation 5 graphics, Remedy’s communications director Thomas Puha has been talking up Alan Wake 2 and its graphics, stressing that the footage shown in its new trailer was ‘100% running on PlayStation 5.’



‘We did say in 2021 that we are gonna push the graphics hard on this one. I think we’ll have the best-looking game in 2023,’ he adds.



He doesn’t mention Spider-Man 2 or any other contenders to that crown, but with both games slated to launch this autumn, it is the obvious comparison.



Time will tell whether he’s right though, as while Alan Wake 2 has a hard October launch date, Spider-Man 2 is still only promising a nebulous autumn launch.





The Alan Wake 2 trailer in the PlayStation Showcase was 100% running on PlayStation 5. I want to really point that out. We did say in 2021 that we are gonna push the graphics hard on this one. I think we’ll have the best looking game in 2023 #AlanWake2 #alanwake #PlayStation5 — Thomas Puha (@RiotRMD) May 24, 2023





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