Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has finally arrived! While many of you are probably planning to go into this completely blind, there are a few settings that you may want to tweak before jumping in. Luckily, I have prepared a Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 best settings guide, offering tips on what you should and shouldn’t enable.

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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Best Settings Guide:

Key Settings to Change Immediately 

Controls

Invert controls are turned on by default for the look view. We aren’t sure why, but you will want to turn “Invert Look Control” off so the camera functions as it did in the last games. You can keep “Invert Web Wings Control” to Y-Axis so it follows traditional flight controls.

Graphics

There are two graphic modes available in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: fidelity and performance. Fidelity offers better visuals at the cost of frames, whereas performance targets 60FPS. I recommend playing with performance mode, as the dip in visual isn’t at all significant. If you have a VRR monitor, Fidelity is the way to go, with smooth or unlocked framerate being a good choice.

Film Grain – Turn this off unless you like your screen looking grainy.

Chromatic Aberration – Off

All Settings

Gameplay

• Challenge Level – This is difficulty level, and it is all a matter of user preference. If you want a real challenge, though, change it to Spectacular.
• Simplify Puzzles – Puzzles aren’t at all that challenging, so I recommend keeping this off.
• Dodge/Parry Timing – Increased – If you struggle with dodging and parrying, this will increase the window (indicated by a red spider sense outline)
• Chase Assist – On
• Game Speed – 100% – You can lower it, but I will and the game will run slower, but I will go over that later.
• Enhanced Aim – Off, unless you want aiming to be easier with target snapping.
• QTE Autocomplete – Off, unless you hate QTE then turn this on.
• Auto-Heal – Off – It’s a nice feature, but it comes at the cost of your focus which you can use for other combat abilities.
• Swing Assist – Play around with this. By default, it’s set to what the past two games were, but I found lowering it to be more fun due to increased physics.
• Slow Corner Timescale – Off – Going around a corner can mess with the camera sometimes, so having this on helps with that. But I wasn’t a big fan of it slowing down still.
• Webline Bending – On – Keep this on, it looks weird walking across a webline and it not bending.
• Fall Damage – On – Yes, I think this adds more fun to the game. You’ll take damage when you fall and hit the ground, and possibly even die.

Controls

• Invert Look Control – Off – Unless you’re weird, you aren’t weird, are you?
• Invert Web Wings Control – Y-Axis – This gives the camera while gliding classic flight controls.
• Vibration Setting – Experimental – You are going to want to make sure it’s set to this to get the most out of the haptics.
• Vibration Intensity – Default 10, keep it here.
• Adaptive Triggers – On – The option is grayed out and is dependant on the PS5’s settings.
• Repeated Button Press – Taps – You can switch to hold for better accessibility.
• Continuous Dodge – On – It makes dodging easier
• Web-Shooter Burst – Off – I like having control over how many webshots you can shoot. Having this on means you always shoot three at a time.
• Aim Mode – Hold
• Swing/Parkour – Hold
• Air Trick Mode – Hode
• Web Wings Mode – Toggle
• Melee Mode – Single – The other options are basically auto combo and continuous. It takes too much control away in my opinion.

Camera

• Combat Camera – Off – If you like having full control during combat, turn this off, otherwise it will auto-rotate to the nearest enemy.

Audio 

Most of the defaults are fine.

• Midnight Mode – If you don’t want to wake the wife up, turning this on will lower the volume of some of the loudest sounds.
• Controller Speaker Volume – I turn this off as I’m not a big fan of it.
• Narrated ASL – Sign Language if you need it.
• Voice Boost – On – Sometimes character voices will feel drowned out by other sounds, this boosts their volume so they can be heard better.
• Streaming Mode – If you want to avoid potential strikes from licensed music, turn this on.

Visuals

• Graphic Modes – Same tips as listed about about this.
• 120 HZ Display Mode – If you have a monitor that supports it, turn this on.
• Motion Blur – I like to play with this off, but do feel it’s done well in Spider-Man 2 to keep on. If you use fidelity mode, keep this on.
• Film Grain – 0
• Chromatic Aberration – Off
• High Contract Options – If you need them, use them, but I suggest keeping them off.

UI

• Hide UI – For the ultimate immersion, you can turn the UI completely off.

Shortcuts

There are two shortcuts that you can assign to the DualSense controller. These shortcuts range from game speed, and photo mode, to even attacks and abilities. Play around with them to find what works best for you.

I mapped the 30% game speed and photo mode. I use the reduced game speed during fast moments to help me capture perfect photos in photo mode. You might also want to use one of those shortcuts for the camera gadget, as it has no dedicated button and can only be accessed from the game’s menu. An odd choice, but mapping it to a shortcut fixes that.

There are several other settings that can be played around with, but these are my must-change recommendations that’ll provide you with a good experience. At least for me, as everyone is different, so you’ll want to play around with all Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has to offer.