Some players are surprised about Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 bad graphics on PS5, while others are confused as to what they are talking about. So what’s going on here? According to this thread on the PlayStation Reddit, the user believes that the graphics look off and many comments agree. There are some players who say that the opening fight against Sandman looks blocky and that the faces for Ganke and MJ look strange. This is despite them having a 4K TV or monitor at 120Hz. Here’s whether Spider-Man 2 has bad graphics on PS5, particularly when compared to the original Spider-Man 1.
Does Spider-Man 2 have worse graphics than Spider-Man 1?
No, Spider-Man 2 looks incredible on PS5 and has increased detail over Spider-Man 1, but there may be graphical bugs that are making the game have bad graphics at launch.
As some users commented in the thread, the default graphical settings for the game may be making the visuals look worse than they actually are. In particular, they suggest turning off the film grain and, depending on your monitor, increasing the contrast from the default 50 to 100.
Another user named izzyd09 on the Spider-Man 2 Reddit in a thread about the game’s various bugs at launch also reports that the game just doesn’t look great. But given that this doesn’t seem to be impacting the majority of players, this may be a particular bug or glitch that’s impacting certain people. Later on, the same user says that he figured out a fix, which was turning off motion blur and the film grain all the way down, which didn’t make the graphics perfect “but 10x better.” So we recommend changing these settings if the image quality for Spider-Man 2 feels off to you.
We’ll have to see if Insomniac Games will patch the problems with graphics soon with a future update.
For more Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 guides, here’s the max level cap for Peter Parker and Miles Morales, and how to get Hero Tokens quickly to unlock upgrades.
