PS4 Spider-Man’s New York City Is “Several Times Larger” than Sunset Overdrive’s City

Spiderman's NYC map is going to be "several times larger" than Sunset Overdrive.

When asked to compare Spider-Man’s rendition of New York City with the map of The Witcher 3, the folks at Insomniac explained that they couldn’t make that specific comparison, but they offered instead another indication, mentioning that it’s “several times larger” than Sunset City, the setting of the studio’s previous game Sunset Overdrive.

I haven't played SO yet so I don't know how large it really was. Anyone have any insight on what we should expect?

SO isn't that large at all. SO can be compared to GTA 3 map

Size doesn't matter at all, just fill the world with quality content.

Eh, I won't care how large it is, more of how much meaningful content it has.

As an example- Super Mario Odyssey's New Donk City is purportedly only six blocks, but it looks insanely dense and fun, full of fun things to do.

Do you mean it's 6x6 or something like 2x3? 2x3 seems like it would be too small.

I hope so.

Sunset Overdrive's city wasn't meant to be big. Not the way that game handled its mechanics. Spider-Man needs a bigger one to make the webbing around feel Spider-Man-y.

I just heard it's six blocks, I honestly don't know what the exact layout is. That said, NDC is supposed to just be a hub, so maybe it isn't too big. Idk

Neat

Hopefully it's got stuff to do

SO was more of a vertical environment not a horizontal one.

Either way I hope they do Spidey justice.

Bigger Size will Backfire this game if Web Swinging remains the same as it was in that Trailer.It was Too Slow and in one part Spiderman Turned Right when his web was attached to the Left Building.

I don't care about how big maps are in these games. It just make the game more of a chore than anything else.

It's not the size. It's how you use it.

Hope it has quality content

I hope it's not another empty open world like Breath of the Wild. Worlds can be too big.

I think the bigger you make it, the more you are exposed to repetitiveness and emptiness....it's a shame that the size of an open-world has become something to be proud of

Sunset Overdrive was most of the times, wasn't as big of a Sandbox game then any of the Infamous games themselves. I just hope Spider-Man PS4 game has the same size level sandbox from Infamous: Second Son since that was a good size for it's time.

That's what she said :P

Definitely. I prefer a smaller, more focused open-world like Arkham City rather than a giant city.

Your Haruhi Suzumiya avatar made the appendage in my pants move.

Sunset Overdrive's map wasn't very large. It was built like a massive Tony Hawk level, every aspect of it had to be built around the movement mechanics in the game. Making that a lot larger wouldn't have serviced the gameplay well.

Spiderman needs a larger map to swing around in but the map doesn't need to be as detailed for every building and street.

It just had to be fun with great gameplay. XboneX version is going to kick butt!

@Juub1990: I honestly didn't think anyone from SW knows who is Haruhi Suzumiya. I'm impress :)

@dorog1995: You could swing faster

Looking forward to this game.....because I enjoyed the hell out of SO and Insomniac makes good games.

But that is a hub world in a 3D platformer...

I think you are not comparing the right things here.

SO wasn't very big but there was a lot going on screen though. But it was big enough that you could have fun traversing without touching the ground, so for Spider-Man being able to have even more space for web slinging is a good idea. Insomniac did a good job with the traversal in SO, so I expect Spider-Man to be even better.

We should really use existing Spider-Man games as a reference rather than Sunset Overdrive. We know what we're getting, we're getting another NYC. What I want to see is more interactive environments and really good traversal.

@theparadox: But They didn't Show it.

LMFAO!

Michael Scott <3

Goddamnit I gotta use that once, it just cracks me up every fvckin' time

I agree and Spider-Man 2 fits this discussion more so cause for a sandbox at it's time, the web swinging was really well done, the city of NY was big enough as it is and I really hope this new Spider-Man game lives up to Spider-Man 2.

@Zero_epyon:

Sunset Overdrive's city was tiny so I should hope that Spidey's would be a hell of a lot bigger! It was like, 40% the size of Fallout 4's map.

@davillain-:

Stop putting Spiderman 2 on that pedestal! It was great for its time but it is already overshadowed by Spiderman 3, Web of Shadows and the other free roam Spiderman game that comes after it.

When asked to compare Spider-Man’s rendition of New York City with the map of The Witcher 3

Which one? W3 has multiple maps lol.

@dorog1995: I know, but it's still possible

as long as its not as empty and boring as horizon im good

You were bored in Horizon?

Spiderman NEEDS to be bigger because you traverse the world much faster.

Web slinging wouldnt feel right in a smaller world.

Sunset Overdrive benefits from its smaller world because you traverse in a much slower way. Grinding would get old in a huge world.

Its not about size, its about the type of game you want to make and whats the best fit for it.

Sounds good, SO was ok in size.

Well the only thing they have showed when going through the city was a QTE event chasing a helicopter. If that is how the "open world" is then it sucks. It could literally be the size of Alaska but if you can not explore it then who cares. Is it just going to be one cardboard building after another for the sake of QTE parts.

You are damage controlling this game nonstop. Exclusive Spidey has you shook.

You are the one damage controlling since you attack but have nothing to say. If there was video of some real city exploring you would have posted it.

Fine show me a video of him being able to walk around, look at people, look into stores, just like how any open world does this stuff. Think GTA, Fallout, heck even Saints Row, and even Crackdown you can do that.

If there is a video like that I will admit I am wrong.

im just doing side quests out the ass. just finished the one where im allowed into the hunting lodge. outside of that exploring doesnt really get me anywhere. seen every robot and hunted them all but not much to really do or look for

@mjorh: I 100% agree with this!

This!

And you only have to press 5 well timed button prompts to get from SoHo to midtown!!!!