Spencer Smythe, his son Alistair Smythe, and the robot spider-slayers have long been a neat and obscure part of Spider-Man's rogues gallery. Amazing Spider-Man's loose tie-in game adaptation did a great job with its modern spin on Smythe and the spider-slayers, but it hasn't been around in an impactful way since the controversial '90s animated series. Spider-Slayers are a relatively untapped market in gaming, even as technology and drones become more prevalent. Marvel's Spider-Man It's surprising that Insomniac hasn't attempted to address these issues with the franchise.
On the one hand, Marvel's Spider-ManThere was never an empty plate with more villains than you knew what to do with in a single production. This would inherently make debuting a bunch of murderous automatons unsettling. Especially while the Spider-Men have to deal with the Sinister Six and a symbiote invasion. On the other hand, a more likely reason is: Marvel's Spider-Man's protagonists and secondary characters are so well-studied and brilliant that an antagonist with a genius-level intellect will inevitably challenge them, even if he can't compare to them anyway.
Marvel's Spider-Man's Original Universe Is Filled with Comic Intelligence
This is a fundamental problem that Marvel has had for some time, but Marvel's Spider-Man It truly highlights how the characters overall tend to be incredibly smart, despite their age, background, and whether or not they hold power. Even without the ability to cling to walls or lift cars into the air, Peter Parker and Miles Morales can manufacture sophisticated mask-lens HUDs and augmented reality training simulations, as well as web shooters and other high-tech gadgets. Interact physically.
It's a bit more believable that characters like Norman Osborn or Otto Octavius are able to invent and formulate what they have due to their age and experience. Even though they did this during their college years, this means they were already incredibly scientifically gifted by then. One problem this creates in the narrative is that the characters either have no interest in academic or scientific pursuits at all, or are completely devoted to their genius craft, leaving no room for anyone who is slightly bright.
Miles Morales' Phin Mason was only 18 years old when he selflessly sacrificed himself for Harlem and amazingly developed organic nanotechnology that could create armor and weapons, for example. Therefore, there are no age restrictions or educational prerequisites for any Marvel character, whether hero or villain, to become one of the smartest individuals on Earth.
Spider-Slayers wouldn't be a match for the hearts of Marvel's Spider-Man heroes.
Chances of Smythe and the Spider Slayer appearing in the future Marvel's Spider-Man The game is slim, let alone “The Last Chapter”. That said, while it would be a difficult task to shoehorn the Spider-Slayer into an entry that already has a long line of teased antagonists, debuting a villain sharp enough to surpass the essence of Peter and Miles and the Spider-Slayer would also be just as insurmountably difficult. Being a robot will make you very vulnerable to hacking. This is a skill Miles possesses in the first play sequence. Marvel's Spider-Man This was long before he was bitten by a genetically modified spider.
Plus, Ganke Lee has come a long way from Speed Nonagon and can single-handedly hack and shrug off Spider-Slayers with the speed and aplomb of a hunter drone.
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It's impossible to just have robots in the enemy camp, and it's impossible to reason with the players as to why Ganke can't remotely kidnap them all while blindfolded. Even if the idea behind Spider-Slayer could be thrilling and unique among the franchise's predominantly humanoid enemies. Type so far. Regardless, Marvel's Spider-Man 3 It seems like he's ready to unleash Doctor Octopus' duplicitous mind again, as Norman is a likely candidate for the Green Goblin mantle. It will be interesting to see how they are juggled in the story.
