At the beginning of the game, players can create and customize their own player avatar, and choose from one of nine character classes.
[2] The game is set in an interconnected world, one that is several times bigger than that from the 2014 game. In this game, two worlds are layered on top of each other. The world of Axiom is the realm of the living, but players can use a magical lantern to access Umbral, the realm of the dead. Despite sharing the same physical space, an inaccessible area in one realm may be reached by visiting the other realm. When the player is killed, they will be transported to Umbral in which they must return to Axiom and retrieve lost
experience points. When the player is killed in the Umbral realm, they will respawn in their last savepoint and lose their unspent XPs. Savepoints are far and few in each region, though players can craft their own savepoints using materials collected from Umbral monsters
- An original single player story that lets you switch between two Spider-Men, Peter Parker and Miles Morales.
- New symbiote abilities for Peter and bio-electric venom powers for Miles.
- Five unique suits for each lotrds and additional Photo Mode items.
- Two Skill Points and pre-order incentive items if you buy the Digital Deluxe Edition.