A player has pointed out an easily missable detail inMarvel’s Spider-Manconcerning Oscorp’s knowledge of the titular character’s identity. Throughout the game, Oscorp and Norman Osborne played antagonistic roles and were at the center of the main villains' schemes. The detail in question is one of many concerning the infamous company that can be found throughoutMarvel’s Spider-Man.
In late 2018,Marvel’s Spider-Manhit shelves and the PlayStation digital storefront. As of writing, the game has sold over 33 million copies worldwide and has since been released on the PlayStation 5 and the PC. The PC release ofMarvel’s Spider-Manwould becomeSony’s second-biggest Steam launchand has allowed many new gamers to play the game, with some pointing out intriguing details to this day. One of these newly discovered details concerns Oscorp’s thoughts on Spider-Man’s identity.
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Throughout the game, Norman Osborne and Oscorp do many questionable things throughout the plot. Norman himself did not appear as his villainous counterpart, but some have made the argument thatGreen Goblin should be inMarvel’s Spider-Man 2. Regardless, it probably wouldn’t surprise many gamers to learn that the company was trying to figure out the identity of Spider-Man, though their guesses are a bit off. In a recent post, Reddit user Cryptic_Crane72D1 shared an image that showed the company’s biggest lead. According to the film in the image, Oscorp seemed to be under the impression that Spider-Man was a 73-year-old man with dementia.
Norman Osborne was initially introduced in the Marvel Universe inThe Amazing Spider-Man #37. One of the series' earlier twists was that he was, in fact, the Green Goblin who was introduced much earlier in the series. While the comics were a bit more diverse on the matter, most of the adaptations of Spider-Man tend to have Oscorp and Norman Osborne in particular at the center of many of the web slinger’s woes. The character was famously played by Willem Dafoe whose performance inSpider-Man: No Way Homereminded fans everywherewhy Green Goblin is Spider-Man’s greatest antagonist. It appears, however, that the video game version of the character may need to find better employees to research Spider-Man.
At the end ofMarvel’s Spider-Man, it was revealed that the game’s version of Miles Morales also had powers like Peter Parker’s. The character would go on to get his own game, and the two will apparently team up to take onVenom and Kraven the Hunter forMarvel’s Spider-Man 2for the PlayStation 5. With the inclusion of a second Spider-Man, however, one has to wonder what became of the Oscorp employees who insisted that Spider-Man was a 73-year-old man with dementia.
Marvel’s Spider-Manis available now for PC, PS4, and PS5.
