miracle‘s Spider Man A great superhero game for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 players. And with its recent PC release, it’s available to a whole new legion of Spidey fans.
since miracle Spider Man Now playable across three platforms (and Steam Deck, which is basically a platform in itself), we decided to do a little testing. how fast does Spider Man Loaded on PC vs Steam Deck? What about the original PS4 version versus the PC? How does the PC stack up to the PS5?
Let’s set up some tests to answer those questions, and see how quickly Spidey can really go.
How fast is the fast-travel load time?
It’s too early to walk around New York as Spidey Marvel’s Spider-Man, But you know what’s fast? Instant teleporting from one side of Manhattan to the other via the game’s fast-travel system.
To test this, I set up Remastered Marvel’s Spider-Man On my work PC (Intel i7-10700K processor, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card), my Steam Deck (loading from my Samsung EVO 512 GM microSD card), and my PS5. I also set up a non-remastered version of the game on my PS4 Slim.
For testing, I fast-traveled between the police station in Harlem and the rapid travel point to the FEAST homeless shelter in Chinatown. I started my stopwatch the moment I started fast travel (when I pressed the button to confirm where I wanted to go) and stopped it as soon as I regained control of Spider-Man. I ran each test at least five times until I got consistent results with no major deviations.
Here are my results, from fastest to slowest:
- PC: 2.8-3.5 sec
- PS5: 3-3.1 seconds
- Steam Deck: 6-8 seconds
- PS4: 17-20 seconds
My PC and PS5 were extremely close in these tests, with the PS5 being the most consistent platform.
What about boot-up?
For the second test, I wanted to see how quickly the game could get me into the open world from the start menu. I started my timer as soon as I hit the “Continue” button and turned it off as soon as I regained control of Spider-Man.
I used all the same equipment for this second test as I did for the first, and made sure to always load Spider-Man in the same location (the Feist rooftop). I loaded the menus at least three times on each platform until I found a consistent range with only one major deviation.
Here are my results, from fastest to slowest:
- PS5: 2 seconds
- PC: 2.9-3.35 sec
- Steam Deck: 7-13 seconds
- PS4: 35 seconds
The above deviation for this test was the initial load for my Steam deck: the first time I booted up the game for the test session, it took 22 seconds to start up. Each time, it was at least nine seconds faster than that.
So, which platform is the fastest?
My PS5 and PC were neck and neck for both the tests. Both make great places to play Remastered Marvel’s Spider-Man, (While they’re both comparable in load times, PCs get the added benefit of Steam Deck’s cloud save functionality. So take it however you want.)
Speaking of Steam Deck – it performs pretty well considering how big it is Marvel’s Spider-Man Is. It’s obviously significantly slower than a good desktop PC or modern console, but for running SD cards, I was impressed with how little time I spent waiting.
The PS4 clearly lags behind during these experiments, taking nearly three times longer than the Steam deck to load in the same area. Marvel’s Spider-Man Still worth checking out on PS4 – despite aspects that haven’t aged well – even if it’s just a springboard for excellent Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales,
