If you’re like me, then you mix up the Slingshot Launch and Charge Jump in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 all the time. To set the record straight and to help you never forget, here is how to Slingshot Launch in Spiderman 2.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: How to Slingshot Launch
As we saw from one of the first gameplay trailers for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Slingshot Launch is a new movement ability that is extremely helpful when trying to get around. It’sthe fastest way to go fastin Spiderman 2, especially if you deploy web wings after the launch.
Before you get to Slingshot Launch anywhere, you need tounlock it as a skill, similar toLoop De Loop. Luckily, Slingshot Launch is the required first skill you unlock on the shared skill tree, and I recommend you unlock it early so you can get right to Slingshot Launching.
To Slingshot Launch in Spiderman 2, all you need to do ishold L2 and X. Whenever I want to Charge Jump, I end up Slingshot Launching and vice versa. However, I have a mental trick that could help you remember the controls for Slingshot Launch.
While R2 is used for sprinting and swinging, the only thing L2 is used for, besides Ceiling Hang, is aiming. If you can map in your brain thatthe aiming with L2 correlates to aiming a big Slingshot Launch, then you can remember the correct buttons.
I remember Charge Jump by thinking that charging up pent-up energy needs to be done with R2. For some reason, that has worked tohelp me remember the controlsfor Charge Jump and Slingshot Launch.
You’re more than welcome to come back to this article if you forget how to Slingshot Jump or you may go tothe in-game moves list. Once you scroll down to the traversal section, you’ll see the required input to perform a Slingshot Launch. Something you won’t learn in the moves list ishow to turn on fall damage.
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Noah Nelson
From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor’s Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.
