Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist: PS4 Review

Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist: PS4 Review

Developed by Insomniac Games
Platform: PS4

The first of three DLCs, The Heist sends you back to Manhattan to do pretty much much of the same stuff you did in the main Spider-Man game.

This time around, it's the return of Black Cat and the awkward relationship shared with Peter Parker. when Spidey gets word of a Mafia rise to power in the post-Wilson Fisk vacuum, he finds his world colliding with Felicia Hardy again.

With the paths set on the inevitable course, Spidey has to save the day - and maybe help an old frenemy.

The character work is why Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist is engaging for a few hours (it's a relatively short DLC, more a minisode to complete in a few hours) and hints nicely at being part of an arc, while managing to feel almost complete too.

Screwball makes a return posting challenges in the wake of Taskmaster, and side missions involve the Spider-Bot which are repetitive but kind of fun. Black Cat is a nice addition, and while the team up potential's sadly not used until the end, the sparky relationship they've had carries on nicely from the main game. There's a piecemeal use of MJ, with a relatively pointless mission thrown in, but it's good to see that Insomniac's trying to carry on the character work from the main game.

While The Heist is fairly disposable and enjoyable, it does feel much like an extension of the main game, even if a couple of new characters (a baddie with a mini-gun) are thrown in. It's not quite the rounded finished product you'd expect in terms of story, but does feel like something bigger.

The Heist throws you back into the world - and if you've enjoyed that world before, it's no hassle to do so again. It remains to be seen though what part this first DLC will play in the overall summation of the upcoming two others.