Når det handler om Venom, så ved man at det altid bliver en lidt mørkere og mere moden Spider-Man historie (bortset fra i Raimis Spider-Man 3 naturligvis). Det bliver også tilfældet i det kommende Marvel's Spider-Man 2, hvor det netop er Venom der er hovedskurk.
Marvel Games' vicepræsident, Bill Rosemann, kommenterede på spillet i den seneste udgave af This Week in Marvel-podcastet, og her sagde han at spillet bliver meget mørkere end de to forrige.
"There are multiple foes. I can say the story very much continues and picks up from Marvel's Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. It's the next big chapter. There are a lot of treats, a lot of characters that were in the first two games that you'll see here. So, yea. It's Miles, it's Peter, it's Venom, it's a mysterious voice. It's everything you love, but more. And I would say if the first Spider-Man was Star Wars, Spider-Man 2 is kind of our Empire [Strikes Back]. It's a little darker".
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