Spider-Man 2was just released on PC yesterday, and the Steam reviews rolling in are less than favorable. The title was released on PlayStation 5 back in October 2023 and fans seemed to love the web-slinging, action-packed game. Since its recent release on PC, however, the reviews are extremely mixed with the majority leaning more toward negative than positive.
According to the Steam page forSpider-Man 2,the issues seem vast, as players are experiencing crashes and some can’t even play the gameat this time due to latency and audio issues. One Steam user who goes by the nameLumi Kløvstadstates,
“To say this is “rough” is an understatement. Lighting doesn’t load in some cutscenes, those same scenes run at seconds-per-frame, audio desync issues up the wazoo, freezing, stuttering, and just about every other performance issue I can think of. I’m gonna get a refund for now because frankly, there’s other stuff I could use $70 for right now.”
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Crashes Plague Spider-Man 2 On Steam
Though a few major issues have been reported,the main concern isSpider-Man 2crashing repeatedly, even for those who have PCs that are up for the task. Among the crashes come other issues, such as audio desyncing, cutscenes not loading characters properly, and textures missing entirely from the game itself. User Neodemio on Steam writes,“After my excitement to swing through New York City, I ran into significant technical problems with Spider-Man 2 on my RTX 4090. Despite having a high-end GPU and running the latest NVIDIA drivers (566.36)”
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The developers at both Insomniac Games and Nixxes Software are aware of the issues at this time and have been referring players to thetroubleshootingsection of their website. The devs have also shared an update via Steam that brought a hotfix for the crashes.Currently, the hotfix is only for those experiencing crashes due to enabling ray-tracing,but they are working on a fix for all crashes and “intend to get these first fixes out as soon as possible.”
The List Of Issues With Spider-Man 2 On PC Are Extensive But Can Be Resolved
Fans Have Taken To Reddit To Discuss Their Crashes & Bugs
While bugs, crashes, and errors are expected when any title launches, fans seem to think that porting games from PlayStation to PC always comes with a plethora of issues. UserTroll-Wizardon Reddit states,“This is not the first game that has ported over from the PS5/PS4 that has been met with criticism regarding performance. How do you feel about it?“Fans of theSpider-Manfranchise chimed in, and some don’t appear to be having issues whatsoever.Others agree with the original poster, claiming that the game runs inconsistently with poor frame rates.
The developers have already acknowledged these crashes and issues fans are having with their new PC title, which is good news and means fixes are on the way. How long they will take, however, is unknown. Even though some players are experiencing crashes, it seems that the game itself is fun, but hopefully, Nixxes will fix the issues withSpider-Man 2on PC soon, so more people canenjoy all the titlehas to offer.
