In the first game, Insomniac ' turned Spider-Man into a damn cop,' as Deadspin's Tom Ley put it. Now Playing: Spider-Man 2 Ending Explained With Creative Directorīut the death of Spider-Cop also references a larger discussion surrounding the first Spider-Man, and it's a microcosm of character elements at work in Spider-Man 2. So on the surface, the 'Spider-Cop's gravestone' gag is a callback to their previous close relationship and a dunk on Peter's dorky sense of humor, while also highlighting the dark turn Yuri has taken since.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's When they worked together, Peter often jokingly pretended to be a hardboiled, Dirty Harry-like detective character he called Spider-Cop, much to Yuri's annoyance. The 2018 game saw Peter constantly working with New York Police Department captain Yuri Watanabe-the character who, after the events of the first game and its DLC, becomes Wraith. It's a joke that requires some familiarity with the first Marvel's Spider-Man. When Spider-Man asks Wraith if she has any tattoos, she quips, 'Just the one of Spider-Cop's gravestone.'
It comes up during side-plot moments with Wraith, a vigilante who wants Peter Parker's Spider-Man to help her put an end to a fire-obsessed killer cult. There's a joke in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 that, if you're at all tied into discussions about Insomniac's Spider-Man games, feels pointed.
