Spider-Man for PS4 WON’T let you kill ANYONE – and grumbling gamers aren’t happy
Peter Parker is taking the moral high ground in Sony's upcoming console game
PLAYSTATION fans have been grumbling after it emerged that they wouldn't be able to kill characters in the upcoming Spider-Man game.
According to Marvel, comic book heroes Spider-Man, along with Batman and Superman are opposed to killing.
Gaming fans were told of the upcoming game - which hasn't been given a name or release date yet other than "2018" - at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this week.
Sony delighted PS4 users with a trailer showing Spider-Man booting a villain off a rooftop before he plummeted several storeys to the ground.
But Bryan Intihar told that enemies would be saved rather than plunging to their death.
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When a baddie falls from a rooftop, for instance, Spidey will automatically sling a web and drag them back to safety.
He said: "Spider-Man’s not gonna be killing people. That’s not the game we want to make.”
Unlike the shoot-em-ups and Grand Theft Autos of today, this game is focussed on becoming a hero, he added.
It's taking narrative cues from Uncharted, according to developers Insomniac, and will have an open world which gives players free reign to roam.
Sadly there's no multiplayer but it will let you play as two characters - Parker and his webby alter-ego.
According to Marvel, comic book heroes Spider-Man, along with Batman and Superman, would never intentionally kill.
But Peter Parker has been known to bump off his enemies on several occasions - including Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and Venom.
The news that the PS4 game would be a kill-spree free title has left some fans in a tizz - although most Spidey titles have followed this rule.
Several took Kotaku to point out that it's near impossible to avoid bloodshed in an open world scenario.
One wrote: "These contingency animations will never be dynamic enough for random situations.
"Bystanders are going to fall off buildings that Spidey didn’t throw off himself, or debris is going to hit bystanders in the face no matter what."
Another said: "In the demo, he pulled a crane hook down on someone's head. Sorry, that dudes f****** dead."
One joked: "This reminded me of the Batman series where I knew that guy I just hit with five cars worth of explosions was dead. But no, Batman."
Sony revealed several titles at the conference including Uncharted: Lost Legacy, God of War, Days Gone and Shadow of the Colossus.
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