Without a doubt, Miles Morales is one of the most important comic characters since the turn of the century. While people may not have been sure of him at first due to his replacing a then-dead Peter Parker in the Marvel Ultimate line, he soon become one of the most-beloved Marvel Comics characters, and a focal point across all their media. Between the animated series, the Into The Spider-Verse film, and now the video games from Insomniac, you’ve been exposed to Miles in some form. As this Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Review for PC will show you, the port of the PS5 launch title holds up well, and shows Miles and his allies in a good light…with some small flaws that do hold it back from its predecessor.

After the events of the first game, Peter Parker follows Mary Jane overseas to help with a story for the Daily Bugle. That leaves Miles to watch over New York as its sole Spider-Man and protector. Miles and his mother, Rio, recently moved to Harlem, so he’s now rooted there, and much of the game’s events take place in that neighborhood. This works well for the title, and if you recall the Luke Cage series on Netflix, it flows in a lot of the same ways in showing off not just the visuals of the neighborhood but the people and even the “soundtrack” of the borough. It’s wonderful and diverse, and it was fun focusing on that versus just being “New York’s Spider-Man” once again. It was important to show the differences…