Spider-Man 2 Players Discover Its Most Absurd Glitch
Now that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is finally out in the wild, players are finding all of its cool moments and comic book Easter eggs. But a bunch have encountered something much more unexpected: a glitch that turns Spider-Man into a little white lump of tofu.
It’s not technically tofu per se, but that’s certainly what some players think it looks like. The strange bug sees a small cube you might associate with early development prototyping completely replace the titular superhero’s body. Spider-Block as some are calling it (me, I’m calling him that) can still do all the amazing things the neighborhood web-crawler normally does, like web-slinging through New York and comboing bad guys skyward. The weird glitch transforms the experience from cool comic book stuff to extra-surreal fever dream.
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Fighting as a cube in Spider-Man 2 on PS5 pic.twitter.com/7XfcQDeq5Y
— !CHRiS! Jones ✪ I’m OFFICIAL and BUSY (@mistajonz) October 22, 2023
Funny glitch i caught on Spider-Man 2 I was the spectacular cube pic.twitter.com/4u1t4hPQl9
— Jayythegamer🎮👾 (@kamijayy) October 23, 2023
Honestly Spider-Man 2 was pretty great, biggest surprise was unlocking the cube outfit pic.twitter.com/7MKZyjZBnx
— Alex Webb (@alexwebb_101) October 22, 2023
Secret outfit in the new Spider-Man game called the “Dev Cube" you get from bugging the game 😆😆 #spiderman2 #PS5Share #MarvelsSpiderMan2 pic.twitter.com/R89iXSuXAd
— Butcher (@CosmicTitan13) October 23, 2023
Does anyone else get the glitch where Spider-Man becomes a cube when you change suits?#SpiderMan2 #SpiderMan2PS5 pic.twitter.com/RlQhVYJUNo
— SnazzySonic (@SnazzySonic) October 23, 2023
Beat Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and got the best suit in the game! Spider-Block 🤣🤣🤣 #SpiderMan2 #MarvelsSpiderMan2 pic.twitter.com/aWnyqFZz4J
— 🎃 Iron Pharaoh 🎃 (@IronPhoenixGFX) October 22, 2023
Why did Spider-Man just turn into a white block pic.twitter.com/XRBSM89SQH
— Ash (@Ash_ketchup10) October 22, 2023
Despite the bug’s prevalence, no one really seems to be sure exactly what causes it. The tofu slabs just appear any time either Peter Parker or Miles Morales’ suit model fails to load. Then it’s cube time. You can fix it by going back to the suit menu and swapping to a different costume. It’s smart to do that quickly, too, since there are reports of some cubed players falling through the map after their unexpected transfigurations. Perhaps therein lies a portal to the blockverse, but your best bet is just to reload from the last checkpoint if that happens.
Fortunately, my 40-hour experience with Spider-Man 2 was mostly bug free, though some players have reported game crashes or occasionally getting stuck on parts of the environment. A few players have even reported being unable to play the disc version of the game at all, with installations getting stuck at 36 percent. Insomniac Games hasn’t yet provided an official workaround, though the issue doesn’t seem to be too widespread. Hopefully it gets solved soon so those players can also experience the glory of Spider-Block.
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