Spider-Man 2 PC Update Fixes Major Issues

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Summary

  • Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PC patch improves crashes, UI, and visuals to enhance player experience.
  • Autosave backups and new interface tweaks in latest update aim to prevent player progress loss.
  • Devs plan to release regular updates to address remaining issues for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PC.

In a recent development, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has deployed its initial significant update for PC users. This update includes a variety of enhancements, ranging from bug squashing to performance optimization. The release comes following reports of technical glitches experienced by players since the game was launched on January 30, 2025, on this platform.

2023 saw the debut of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 as an exclusive PS5 title, earning widespread praise and sales success without any significant problems. However, its anticipated PC version, developed by Nixxes Software, has faced criticism upon release due to a multitude of bugs and glitches. Despite the game’s content being just as laudable as in the original Insomniac Games-developed version, these issues have left a noticeable mark on its launch, resulting in “Mixed” user reviews on Steam. Fortunately, developers have been addressing player feedback and have recently released a significant patch to address these problems.

The team behind Spider-Man 2 for PC has just released the v1.205.0.0 update. This latest patch focuses on resolving frequent crashes, user interface problems, and visual glitches that have caused some issues in the PC version of the game. It also includes crash fixes based on player feedback and reports, as well as improving the game’s crash reporting tool by adding screenshot support to make problem-solving smoother.

As a gamer diving into Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, I appreciate the developers ensuring my progress doesn’t get lost with the addition of an autosave feature that saves at crucial story points automatically. Notably, they’ve fine-tuned the interface by incorporating options for Film Style Animation and Comic SFX, making it easier to customize the experience. The New Game+ start has been streamlined too.

On the technical side, issues related to ray tracing, especially those concerning Nvidia’s DLSS technology, have been addressed. This includes reducing excessive noise in character hair, eliminating visual artifacts on water edges, and restoring missing shadows of enemies on walls.

However, it’s important to note that the latest patch has eliminated multi-device sync for accessibility options like prompt size and audio listening mode. Keep in mind that with this change, these settings will be reset upon installing the update.

Due to recent significant improvements, players of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 can anticipate a smoother gaming experience from now on. Simultaneously, developers have announced their intention to roll out periodic updates to address any remaining issues not tackled in the most recent patch.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Patch 1 Release Notes

Release Notes (v1.205.0.0)

  1. Various crash fixes based on player feedback and data from our crash reporting system.
  2. Improvements to crash reporting with screenshot support.
  3. Film Style Animation and Comic SFX can now be toggled via Settings > Game > Camera.*
  4. User interface improvements to simplify starting a New Game+
  5. Implemented autosave backups. At key points in the story the game will create a backup of the autosave slot.
  6. Added mouse scrolling to the manual load/save menu.
  7. Various improvements and bug fixes to the user interface.
  8. Reduced noise in character hair when using DLSS Ray Reconstruction.
  9. Enemies webbed to surfaces no longer have a black background when using ray-traced shadows and ray-traced ambient occlusion.
  10. Fixed a bug related to ray-traced reflections that could cause pixelation artefacts along water edges.
  11. Settings for Subtitle Text Size, Closed Caption Text Size, Icon and Prompt Size and Audio Listening Mode are no longer synchronized between different devices.**

*These options become available after obtaining the Across the Spider-Verse Suit.

After installing this update, the changes made to your settings will revert back to their original values (defaults).

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2025-02-07 13:44