Marvel's Spider-Man 2: Should You Invest In Suit Tech Or Gadgets First?
31.10.2023 - 14:09
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lets players pour their crafting materials into either Suit Tech or Gadgets. Both are important elements of the gameplay and, alongside leveling up, are the primary methods of character progression. Any choice in either category may unlock a new skill, stat bonus, or combat option, the likes of which will be vital on 's higher difficulty settings.
But it can be difficult to decide where to invest first. Each upgrade might require a variety of different crafting materials: Tech Parts, City Tokens, Hero Tokens, et cetera. Some of these are exceedingly rare. While there are ways to get Hero Tokens fast in , City Tokens are only rewarded for neighborhood completion, so it can take a long time to save up. While there's really no such thing as a useless upgrade to either Suit Tech or Gadgets, some are definitely better than others. Here are all the pros and cons of upgrading either Suit Tech or Gadgets first in .
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The first thing players will notice about the Suit Tech menu is that it's far more complicated than the Gadget menu. Upgrading a Gadget is pretty straightforward; their upgrade trees are more like singular branches, with each level granting a simple stat boost to the selected gadget. Suit Tech upgrade trees, while not exactly intricate, do have multiple branching paths. At multiple points, players will be forced to choose between one potential upgrade and another. For example, on the Health tree, Confidence Boost restores HP when Spidey does a perfect dodge, while Rejuvenating Parry restores HP on a parry.
It should be pretty easy for most to determine which perk they'd rather have, but the necessity and finality of these choices means that it can be more daunting to decide which Suit Tech to upgrade first. It's not an easy choice to make in the early game, when playstyles are less developed.
There's no way to respec in, so Suit Tech and Gadget upgrade choices are final.
But at the same time, the larger and more complicated trees make Suit Tech a more versatile category of upgrade. There are four trees to choose from, each relevant to a particular mechanic of gameplay, where Gadgets focus entirely on combat skills. Suit Tech upgrades can have a wider variety of effects, like upgrading Spidey's max HP, raising his damage output, improving his Focus bar, simplifying his traversal, and much, much more.
Suit Tech also happens to be more expensive than Gadget upgrades. It varies from skill to skill and level to level, but on average, Suit Tech is far pricier. As a result, players will have to save up more crafting materials to upgrade their Suit Tech, which means getting the desired boost could take longer. The good news is,