the new venom suit in marvels spiderman 2 sure packs a punch so much so that developer insomniac games was worried it might be too powerfulsonys recent playstation showcase ended with a lengthy gameplay video for spiderman 2 which saw peter parker don the symbiote suit far from being just a cool new look for our friendly neighbourhood spiderman it comes with powerful new abilities for thwarting the plans of newly unveiled baddie kraven the hunterin a recent interview with ign insomniacs creative director bryan intihar and game director ryan smith discussed the iconic suit and the impact adding it would have on the sequelexpectations for the symbiote are really high and we wanted it to feel different than what you would normally see intihar explains the symbiote is power is strength aggression and i think we wanted to make sure that from a gameplay standpoint that was representedthis raw power is most keenly felt in peters new finishers which intihar says are much more aggressive and borderline brutal according to ign with all this added strength the developer worried that the suit might be too strong and worked on balancing the game so it delivers an experience that lets the player feel powerful without making the action feel like a cakewalkas we see from peters cold exchange with miles in the trailer the symbiote suit will impact his personality as well as his moveset to bring this other side of the character to life actor yuri lowenthal who plays peter researched the behaviors of addiction when preparing for the protagonists stint in the suit and if you have concerns that the playstation showcase revealed too much of peter and miles next adventure put them aside as according to lowenthal youve seen nothing yet our own joe donnelly thought spiderman 2 couldnt match the first game it took less than 10 seconds to change his mind