Play as Spider-Man’s dead uncle’s gravestone with this messed up mod
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Modders are having a grand ‘ol time with the recently released Spider-Man Remastered PC port. So far, we’ve seen model swaps that let you swing across New York as Mary Jane, Wilson Fisk, and even the late Stan Lee, but I think we’ve officially crossed a line: a mod uploaded yesterday at the sinister hour of 2AM replaces Spider-Man with the gravestone of his dead Uncle Ben.
The modBecome Uncle Ben, created by Nexus Mods user Saphire, is quite literally a controllable slab of granite adorned with a loving farewell from his widow and loving nephew: “Beloved Husband and Uncle 1952-2010”
Of course, the text is hard to read while Uncle Ben’s gravestone is webbing down Wall Street at 80mph. However messed up, I cannot deny how funny it is to watch a chiseled rock magically beat the crap out of a gang of Fisk goons inthis clipshared by Griff Griffin on Twitter.
Uncle Ben’s gravestone modded into Spider-Man Remastered pic.twitter.com/XQec7PkJqpAugust 18, 2022
This Uncle Ben model swap appears to accomplish the same thing as another mod made by YouTuberjedijosh920back in April for Spider-Man PS4. Check out that video to see Ben’s acrobatics in the opening cutscenes and stealth combat. Dead Uncle Ben really has it all: rigidity, might, and a whole lot of grit.
The Uncle Ben suit will replace Spidey’s classic suit, so it shouldn’t interfere with your existing duds unless you like to reject modernity and embrace tradition. Like all the other Spidey replacements popping up on Nexus Mods, make sure you have theSpider-Man PC Modding Toolbefore downloading.
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Morgan has been writing for PC Gamer since 2018, first as a freelancer and currently as a staff writer. He has also appeared on Polygon, Kotaku, Fanbyte, and PCGamesN. Before freelancing, he spent most of high school and all of college writing at small gaming sites that didn’t pay him. He’s very happy to have a real job now. Morgan is a beat writer following the latest and greatest shooters and the communities that play them. He also writes general news, reviews, features, the occasional guide, and bad jokes in Slack. Twist his arm, and he’ll even write about a boring strategy game. Please don’t, though.
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