“We kept finding all these little innuendos where it seemed like maybe Peter and Harry like, maybe had a thing when they were a little bit younger. We’d be like, “Yeah, Spider-Bros! Spider-Bros forever, man.” It kept like spiralling into this, like, romantic thing where we’re like, ‘Yeah, we can’t talk about it in the game, you know!’“
My god did they throw in so manyachingly romantic tropes for the Peter/Harry story in MSM2. Peter’s utter refusal to believe that Harry is lost to the symbiote forever. Peter casually musing that if he was a bird, he’d go to the woods where he and Harry hung out as teenagers. Venom’s relentless pursuit of Spider-Man because he wants to heal the world, but only with him. Harry ripping open his chest to bare his heart to Peter. Peter’s whispered “I love you” happening seconds before the light comes down and heals everyone in the city, like those words were a magic spell. Harry’s last gift to Peter being Emily’s and May’s memorial plants along with instructions to combine them into one plant and spread it over the city, so it’s like Harry and Peter will live on forever as one. I JUST-
I’ve waited YEARS for this game! I played it all weekend, barely stopping to do much else if I’m honest. Didn’t get much sleep. Oops.
The game itself is rather glitchy unfortunately, I encountered a few rather frustrating problems. Including a graphical one where all the characters took on Mr Negative’s white glow, which was quite funny actually. And a few mission locations disappeared, and so on.
But none of that took away from the enjoyment of the story. I loved all these characters (except the ones I loved to hate.) But if you’ve read this blog enough you’ll know Harry was the main draw for me. I’ve written him so much that he half feels like my own character, you know? So here’s what I thought about his arc:
