Following in the footsteps of a fellow PlayStation 4 exclusive,God of War,Marvel’s Spider-Manquickly went on to become thefastest selling superhero game of all timeafter launching in September of last year. After getting multiple rounds of free and paid DLC content in the months that followed, players are still managing to come across hidden secrets and Easter Eggs. In fact, one was so well hidden that an Insomniac Games senior developer recently came out and revealed a subtle detail that had gone unnoticed by everyone.
In a new post on Twitter, Elan Ruskin revealed that a specific group of NPC characters are purposely missing when the game is played on a Saturday. In honor of the Easter and Passover weekend, Ruskin shared a picture of Spider-Man and a group of Jewish citizensusing the game’s photo mode, revealing that they cannot be found on Saturdays. For those who are unaware, Saturday is seen as a day of rest for those practicing Judaism, meaning most will take the day off of work or stay home.
This level of detail in this Easter Egg is impressive even in a game chock full of little touches likethe failed marriage proposal, a World Trade Center tribute, and an unlockable shirtless Spider-Man costume. In fact, Ruskin went a step further and posted even more information and behind the scenes looks at Marvel’sSpider-Manincluding a look at how the selfie animations work in game, how the team procedurally generated Manhattan, and a link to a technical post-mortem on the game from the creative director Bryan Intihar at GDC 19.
While the post-launch content seems to be complete,Marvel’s Spider-Manhas resurfaced in the news lately as it was a game highlighted by Mark Cerny during his PlayStation 5 demonstration. To prove a point that the new console is capable of loading content 15 times faster than its predecessor, the development-kit version of the PS5 was able to loadSpider-Man’s virtual city of Manhattan in under 1 second, a massive jump from the 15 seconds it took the PlayStation 4 Pro. The jump in power can be attributed to the Solid State Drive (SSD) that’s going to be included in the retail version of the system when it launches.
