Spider-Man (2015 PS4 Video Game)

Spider-Man is a 2015 action-adventure video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, based on the Marvel Comics character, Spider-Man. The game first went into development in 2013 and releases worldwide on September 4, 2015. The game tells a new story about the character of Spider-Man; a story not tied into any comic book, movie, or video game, and covers new grounds by exploring both aspects of Peter Parker and Spider-Man.

Rating
T (Teens) for Blood, Drug Reference, Language, and Violence

Gameplay Dynamics/Features

 * The immersive combat system is partially inspired by the Batman: Arkham video games, mixing those dodge and attack elements with web gadgets, parkour, swinging, and great variety in combat, as the combat is what Spider-Man fights like in the comic books
 * Unlike other Spider-Man video games in the past, there will be integrated side missions, some relating to the story, directly and non-directly, as well as different storylines
 * The map includes of a giant Manhattan, nearly resembling the actual size of Manhattan, New York in real life
 * The swinging sticks to buildings and related objects (as well as trees) and gives the player a multitude of swinging parkour and freedom to play around with
 * The game wants to show the player that there is another life to Spider-Man; Spider-Man is not just out there swinging around and fighting bad guys; he is also Peter Parker. This game takes place eight years into Peter's career as Spider-Man, with Peter being an adult and the game gives the player the option to go to his workplace (which is Octavius Industries), explore the area, and complete activities there to earn Research Tokens, as well as complete certain side missions (Octavius Industries is an anchor-point in the narrative)
 * There are a total of 28 suits in the game with each of them holding different abilities (For example; the Noir Spider-Man suit is completely silent during stealth, even when running). To unlock suits, the player would need to complete side missions and other activities around Manhattan to earn specific tokens to earn those suits
 * There are web gadgets and web gadget upgrades that the player has at their heart to fight with style and stealth with style
 * The maximum level in the game is 50 with four different skill trees (all with a multitude of upgrades); Webbing (deals with webbing in combat, stealth, or even just general swinging), Innovator (increases the variety of combat and combo attacks), Defender (increases the variety and flow of dodge attacks, as well as air attacks), and Special (increases the flow and variety of special abilities, as well as implanting that system into web gadgets)

HLTB
Main Story (alone): 18 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities): 27 hours

100% Completion: 36 hours

Playable Characters

 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Yuri Lowenthal)
 * Mary Jane Watson (Laura Bailey; playable in four unique stealth missions)
 * Miles Morales (Nadji Jeter; playable in three unique stealth missions)

Protagonist

 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Yuri Lowenthal)

Main Story Antagonists

 * Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
 * Martin Li/Mister Negative (not part of Sinister Six)
 * Silver Sablinova/Silver Sable (not part of Sinister Six)
 * Max Dillon/Electro
 * Flint Marko/Sandman
 * Adrian Toomes/The Vulture
 * Mac Gargan/Scorpion
 * Herman Schultz/Shocker
 * Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin (not part of the Sinister Six)

Side Mission Antagonists

 * Tony Masters/Taskmaster
 * Overdrive
 * Abe Jenkins/Beetle
 * Screwball
 * Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone
 * Frederick Foswell/The Big Man

Supporting Characters

 * Mary Jane Watson
 * Aunt May
 * Mayor Norman Osborn
 * Miles Morales
 * Detective Yuri Watanabe
 * Rio Morales
 * Officer Jefferson Davis
 * Dr. Morgan Michaels
 * J. Jonah Jameson

DLC Antagonists

 * Felicia Hardy/Black Cat
 * Daniel Brito/Fancy Dan
 * Walter Hardy
 * Hammerhead
 * Erik Josten
 * Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone
 * White Dragon
 * Norton Fester/Looter
 * Screwball
 * Silvio Manfredi/Silvermane
 * Raymond Bloch/The Ox
 * Deathlok

Synopsis
Eight years into his career as Spider-Man and eight years dealing with the war on organized crime in Manhattan, Peter Parker is finally able to take down the Kingpin of Crime and dismantle his entire operation. After doing so, Peter struggles on balancing his life as a lab assistant to Dr. Otto Octavius, who he looks up to, helping his Aunt May and inspired father of the FEAST homeless shelter, Martin Li, to running the shelter at the heart of Manhattan. When Peter reunites with ex-girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson, who is now a reporter at the Daily Bugle, Mary Jane informs Peter of a new dangerous threat hovering over Manhattan; the Inner Demons, a gang of exotic mask-wearing individuals who can induce negative energy and negative thoughts amongst their victims, with their ring leader being someone close to Peter Parker's life. Things get awry when the Inner Demons release out an Oscorp-related virus and as the conspiracy for Mayor Norman Osborn is on and the city turning into a warzone for the virus, as well as Spider-Man's old villains returning from the shadows, both the worlds of Spider-Man and Peter Parker collide when his mentor gets mixed in the bag...

Story Events (Leading up to the ending)

 * 1) Spider-Man puts Fisk behind bars, ending an eight year cycle of crime
 * 2) While helping his Aunt May co-run FEAST with bright-minded Martin Li and working under Octavius Industries, Peter reunites with Mary Jane, who is now a reporter at the Daily Bugle; investigating a new gang known as the Demons, who wear exotic masks and have supernatural powers of "the demon"
 * 3) Peter and Mary Jane, desperate for answers, look to Martin Li for answers, as Li has a college degree in art
 * 4) Shocker breaks out of prison and robs a jewelry store, which Spider-Man manages to stop
 * 5) As Spider-Man, Peter goes after the Inner Demons, who are attacking old Fisk weaponry, with the help of both Yuri and Detective Jefferson Davis, who saves Spider-Man's life from a dangerous Demon, resulting in getting honored at City Hall
 * 6) Osborn shuts down funding for Octavius Industries; Peter loses his job, Otto grows angrier at his former best friend, Norman, and Peter struggles to pay his rent for his apartment
 * 7) Shocker breaks out of Ryker's Island once more and robs a bank, but reveals a secret; the Demons blackmailed him; this results in Peter trying to find out why Shocker was blackmailed by the Demons
 * 8) At an Osborn re-election rally, the Demons attempt to attack Osborn revealing their entire motivation; to make Norman suffer. The leader is revealed; Martin Li himself. As a result of the attack, many innocents are killed, including Jefferson Davis, who was a beloved father to young Miles Morales, a young boarding school student who loses all hope in life after his father's death. Peter searches for answers.
 * 9) Peter investigates Martin Li, who left FEAST for "vacation", prior to the attack on Osborn's campaign rally. Martin Li discovers Peter looking into his business.

Ending
Spider-Man has finally put the five of the six Sinister Six members out of commission and back in the Raft supermax prison; Electro, the Vulture, Sandman, Scorpion, and Shocker; all with unique boss battles and each of them having their own role to play in attacking all of the Osborn legacy locations in the city, as Octavius has reminded them to do so that they can buy him and Li time to release Devil's Breath in order to ruin Norman's reputation and expose him of the lies and deceit he has caused both Octavius and Li (since Norman used the virus to try and cure Li of cancer, but only ended up turning him into Mister Negative when he was a teenager and Norman cheated Otto out of everything in his life, as well as his company). After defeating the Sinister Six, Yuri calls Spider-Man for backup, as the Inner Demons are holding sanction in an old Oscorp laboratory in Upper West Side; Spider-Man must take down the Demons who are holding sanction and find out that Li has taken complete control of this base and has Norman hostage; Spider-Man must rush in there, only to be stopped by Sable International, who has their own agenda of taking Spider-Man alive, as Norman, being as reckless as he is, has ordered Sable International to kill Spider-Man on sight. Spider-Man encounters Silver Sable and a boss ensues; Spider-Man and Sable both then agree to work together to take down Li and save Norman. Sable admits she cannot work for Norman anymore and that she will be happy to take down any of her men that try to stop them. Spider-Man and Sable end up infiltrating the lab and while Sable goes to take down every Inner Demon, Mister Negative turns Spider-Man negative once more (the other time was when Mister Negative was stealing Fisk's remaining cargo in the city) and shows him how his parents died because of Osborn and how he was stupid enough to even trust Osborn in the first place. Spider-Man tries to convince Li of the man he truly is; the man who helped so many homeless people by building FEAST and one of the most honorary men in all of New York. Li then says, "No, Spider-Man. This IS the real me!" Spider-Man and Mister Negative fight off, with Li gaining so much power from absorbing negative energy that the entire lab turns into negative energy and a giant demon rises for Spider-Man to fight. Sable tries to help Spider-Man, but she cannot even stand a chance against Mister Negative. Spider-Man defeats Li and takes the Devil's Breath virus from his hand before more people die. Sable escorts Norman and Li is there, with Spider-Man embarking a look of sadness of the man Li always was; Octavius attacks and breaks down the laboratory and captures Norman, choking a physically weak Spider-Man and throwing him into rubble. Sable helps him up and as Dr. Michaels, who was held hostage by Li earlier as well, helps Spider-Man up; Octavius has gotten away with Norman and the Devil's Breath. Spider-Man mutters for Michaels and Sable to bring him to FEAST, where the dying Aunt May is (since she caught the virus). Spider-Man is laid on the table and with Aunt May nearly dying, Miles has taken over the shelter; Miles, Michaels, and Sable all help to cure Spider-Man back to health; Spider-Man has absorbed so much negative energy, negative hallucinations, and the giant debris falling on him by Octavius. Spider-Man is eventually nursed back and goes to see Aunt May, who is resting. Mary Jane tells Peter that he needs to go after Octavius or else more people will die. A weak Spider-Man exits FEAST and the enhanced spider who followed Mary Jane after she broke into Osborn Mansion (the spider with electrokenesis, invisibility, and venom touch) crawls to Miles who is putting boxes of antidotes from the sister shelter down. Miles tries to find the right box and right when he does, he has a look of pain and notices a spider has bitten him. Miles looks in shock... Afterwards, Spider-Man goes back to where it all began; Octavius Industries. The neural interface is the component that turned Otto crazy in the first place and Peter thinks low of himself to not realize the neural interface would have turned Otto crazy; his obsession to take down Norman and ruin his life just like Norman ruined his also plays a major role into the birth of Doctor Octopus. Spider-Man must create the Anti-Ock suit, which is a creation of his own and can help him hold off Otto. Meanwhile, Otto has climbed up Oscorp Tower and holds Norman, with a phone, to confess to New York and the world about his responsibility for Devil's Breath. Norman acts reckless and tells Otto he is a failure; that Otto was always jealous of Norman. Enraged, Otto drops Norman off the building, hoping to kill him; Norman is saved by Spider-Man, who is forced to confront his father figure and old friend. After the fight, Otto reveals he knew Peter was Spider-Man the entire time; Peter gets enraged and the two fight on the side of the tower. Otto stabs Peter in the chest with one of his arms and the two fall into a binding room of the tower. Peter takes Devil's Breath from Otto and Otto cries, telling Peter that everyone in his life is a snake and betrayed him; he should have known Peter would betray him too. Peter is hurt by this and confessed that he worshiped and inspired to be Otto his whole life. Otto tells Peter that men like them have a duty and that all he ever wanted to do was help people with Octavius Industries. Peter takes the Devil's Breath and makes the hard choice; he must leave Otto there, even after all their work. Otto screams for Peter to come back, like a maniac and Peter returns to FEAST, where Aunt May is about to die on her bed. Michaels, who is working on a cure for Manhattan, tells Spider-Man that they need multiple doses of Devil's Breath to cure everyone. If they cure one person now, there will not be enough to cure everyone else. Spider-Man makes the hard choice and tears up telling May that she will be fine. May then reveals that she knows who Spider-Man is; she has known Peter is Spider-Man for a while now. Peter is at the verge of tears, telling her that he never wanted her to worry. She says that she did worry and that she is so proud of him. Peter does not know what to do and Aunt May's last words before dying is, "Yes you do". Peter is about to save Aunt May, but decides not to in order to save the city. Peter then cries over Aunt May's body and realizes a revelation; Uncle Ben died because Peter was selfish. Aunt May died because Peter was selfless. A week after, Michaels has managed to create so many doses and many people are cured, including all of FEAST. A funeral for May is held; Peter, Mary Jane, Miles, and Rio all attend and Otto is put in prison, with a look of loneliness and anger on his face. Two months later, Peter is in the cafe him and Mary Jane go to all the time; Mary Jane takes a seat and asks him if he has found a job yet, as well as catch up on their lives. Peter jokes that he might want to become a chef, but that he still needs to work on his dumplings. Mary Jane reveals she got a staff position at the Bugle, after being able to convince Jameson and Robbie of doing so. Peter then reveals his true job; he is going to Empire State University to work as an assistant professor. Mary Jane asks who he is working under and he tells her that the professor is Dr. Miles Warren, who was a good friend of Dr. Connors years ago before Connors became the Lizard. Peter tells MJ that he is crashing over at Miles's place before he finds a new apartment that is not much nicer than the one he had before. MJ then tells Peter that he is always welcome to crash at her place. Peter then hesitates, saying he will if it is okay with her. MJ then says she never stopped wanting that. Peter smiles and the two exchange a kiss...

After Credits Scenes
After Credits Scene 1:  One month after getting back together with Mary Jane, Peter finally finds a new job and new apartment, which is not much nicer than his former one, but it is still livable; Peter and Miles carry furniture into Peter's new apartment and Miles tells Peter that he needs to tell Peter something that he cannot tell his mom. Miles tells Peter that "things" have been happening, physically. Peter automatically assumes that Miles means puberty and ensures Miles that everyone goes through that change; that is not what Miles means. Miles hesitates at first, with Peter not wanting this to go the weird way... Miles jumps up and is able to stick to the ceiling, just like Spider-Man. Miles then says, "Pretty weird right?" Peter takes this chance and jumps up the ceiling as well, in shock of Miles and says, "Not that weird"...

After Credits Scene 2: In the place where Mary Jane got the chance to break into in Norman's penthouse, the secret, giant metal container is opened, revealing none other than Harry... who is dying of the Osborn disease that killed his mother (as Mary Jane found out during the mission she broke into the Osborn Mansion) and the only thing keeping him alive is a black-web substance known as the symbiote. Norman tells Harry they were so close to a cure with the Devil's Breath. Norman then ensures Harry, "But I'll keep trying. I will..." Norman is on the verge of tears and looks at his son and places his hand, "I love you, son". Norman closes his eyes and the symbiote responds back to Norman, placing their own hand in-line with Norman's...

DLC
There is an expansion pack/DLC bundle that includes of three connected story episodes that all take place in Manhattan; the expansion is known as The City That Never Sleeps. The expansion is $25 and each of the three separate story expansion is $10. The first DLC, which involves Black Cat, comes out October 2015, while the second DLC, which involves Hammerhead and Tombstone, comes out November 2015. The last DLC, which involves Silver Sable, Silvermane, and Hammerhead, comes out December 2015, with a Winter Wonderland option with a snowy Manhattan for the players to be able to swing around. Synopsis: Just two months after the Devil's Breath virus almost destroyed Manhattan, Spider-Man and Mary Jane begin working together on a case; the Maggia crime family, the oldest crime family in all of New York, returns and robs the new museum built in Central Park, containing all of the old equipment and paintings the Maggia sold in the early days of Spider-Man. However, the paintings are stolen by an old flame in both Peter Parker and Spider-Man's lives; the Black Cat, aka Felicia Hardy, former cat burglar who is back to robbing. Spider-Man chases down the Black Cat and finds out she is after the Maggia and robbing all the families, including Hammerhead, because they took something far more important to her. Spider-Man finds himself helping his old friend take down the Maggia...
 * The Heist

New Features: Boss Battles: HLTB:
 * 1) Future Foundation suit (Ability: Stealth mode activates and the player is invisible in both combat and stealth scenarios)
 * 2) Sensational Spider-Man suit (Ability: Swing kicks are instant takedowns)
 * 3) Spider-Uk suit (Ability: Insult enemy's pride with British Spider-Man)
 * 4) New enemy faction (Maggia Dons)
 * 5) Over ten new Maggia hideouts and tokens to earn for suits
 * 6) One big side story arc involving Walter Hardy; the father of Felicia who has returned and is posing as a police officer in the NYPD; Spider-Man must help Yuri in tracking Walter down
 * 7) New challenges (involving the return of Screwball); challenges challenge the players' skills as fighters and players can earn tokens to unlock the new suits
 * 1) Daniel Brito/Fancy Dan
 * 2) Felicia Hardy/Black Cat

Main Story (alone)- 3 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities)- 4 hours

100% Completion- 5 hours

Ending:

Black Cat ends up locking Spider-Man in the Maggia vault with all of Hammerhead's money and Spider-Man breaks out, takes down the Maggia; Hammerhead's most trusted man manages to hack into the NYPD servers and call an officer telling him that Felicia Hardy's apartment is going to blow; Felicia does not know this. Spider-Man must rush there and Spider-Man tries to get Felicia, who smiles right before the apartment explodes. Spider-Man is too late it seems, but there is no body. In the distance is Hammerhead, who walks away after feeling satisfaction of taking down the cat. A day later, Peter and Mary Jane have coffee at the cafe and Mary Jane asks, "Wow... they still haven't found a body?" Peter then shakes his head and regrets that Felicia is even dead. Mary Jane tells Peter to cheer up and the two know one thing for sure; the rise of the Maggia is coming... Synopsis: A week after Felicia Hardy's supposed death, Hammerhead has made his appearance present to Manhattan and on the night before Thanksgiving, he shows up to cause mayhem in Manhattan, very obsessed with the "glory days" of the Maggia and declares war on all the dons of the Maggia includings the Nefarias and the Silvermanes; Tombstone gets thrown into the mix when his executives are killed by Hammerhead, causing war between four big crime bosses; Hammerhead, Silvermane, Fancy Dan, and Tombstone. Spider-Man and Yuri must work on taking down Hammerhead and putting an end to the Maggia, once and for all...
 * Turf Wars

New Features: Boss Battles: HLTB:
 * 1) Spider-Clan suit (Ability: Unlimited Impact Web)
 * 2) Spider-Man Unlimited suit (Ability: Glide with wings)
 * 3) Insomniac original; Resilience Suit (Ability: Run fast into enemies and instant takedown after doing so)
 * 4) Two new enemy factions (the Nefarias and the Hammerheads), as well as the return of the previous DLC enemy faction (Maggia Dons)
 * 5) Ten enemy hideouts that require strategy and quick-thinking (stealth, combat, puzzle, and a combination of all of them for specific hideouts) for each enemy faction; thirty hideouts altogether
 * 6) Two big side story arcs; one involves the return of an Inner Demon and brother of Martin Li; White Dragon, who has history with Yuri and Spider-Man must prevent him from bringing the Inner Demons back on the streets; the other one involves the Looter, who commits multiple robberies of low-end stores around Manhattan and places challenges for Spider-Man and if the player successfully completes these challenges, the player will find out where the stolen money is
 * 7) New challenges (both Screwball challenges and Looter challenges)
 * 1) Erik Josten
 * 2) Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone
 * 3) Hammerhead

Main Story (alone)- 5 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities)- 6 hours

100% Completion- 8 hours

Ending:

Spider-Man gets Hammerhead's tommy gun and throws it down the pipeline; Hammerhead grows weak and afterwards, Hammerhead surprises Spider-Man, attacks him, and kills a couple of Yuri's men. Hammerhead and Spider-Man fight for a little bit and out of nowhere, Black Cat comes in and takes down Hammerhead, revealing she is still alive. Black Cat interrogates Hammerhead and asks Hammerhead where her sister is and Spider-Man finds out the truth; Black Cat stole all that Maggia equipment because she wanted her sister, who was kidnapped by Hammerhead, back. Hammerhead tells Black Cat the code to the room her sister is locked in and Black Cat goes away without saying a word to Spider-Man... Synopsis: Just three weeks after the Maggia is dismantled and the truth about Black Cat's motivation is revealed, Spider-Man still has one loose end to tie up; Silvermane, who uses his crime family to try to build an empire as powerful as Fisk; Silvermane takes Fisk's old tower and uses the tower as his base of operations. Silver Sable returns to New York after several of the former Maggia have been stealing Sable International weapons; the two team up once more to take down Silvermane, who is Sable's father. To stop him, Spider-Man and Sable are forced to attack New York's highest orders including the likes of Roderick Kingsley.
 * Silver Lining

New Features: Boss Battles: HLTB:
 * 1) Original 2000's Spider-Man: Sam Raimi suit (Ability: Unlimited webbing)
 * 2) 2012's Amazing Spider-Man suit (Ability: Jump up and explode into the ground, instant taking down any enemies within proximity)
 * 3) 2014's Amazing Spider-Man 2 suit (Ability: Any form of combo move is an instant takedown)
 * 4) A new enemy faction (the Silvermanes), as well as the return of two previous DLC factions (the Nefarias and the Hammerheads)
 * 5) Thirty gang hideouts that involve the Silvermanes stealing Sable's equipment; Silvermane trying to destroy his daughter's legacy
 * 6) One giant side story arc involving Deathlok, who has a cybernetic body just like Silvermane and is attacking Silvermane's bases to find another body to end his suffering; Spider-Man must intervene and convince Deathlok to find another way to help himself
 * 7) The last Screwball and Looter challenges (finding out they work together and finally taking the two of them down)
 * 1) Fancy Dan/Daniel Brito
 * 2) Raymond Bloch/The Ox
 * 3) Silvio Manfredi/Silvermane

Main Story (alone)- 5 hours

Main Story (plus a few extra activities)- 6 hours

100% Completion- 8 hours

Ending:

Spider-Man and Silvermane, with Jameson and his wife watching, fight it off on the balcony of the theater and Spider-Man tells Silvermane that he has dismantled all of the Maggia and the Silvermanes. Spider-Man eventually gains the upper hand, but Silver Sable becomes distracted and shoots at her father, only empowering him and enabling him to be able to defeat Spider-Man. Spider-Man and Silver Sable are then saved by a web that shoots at Silvermane; Miles Morales, with his new suit that is black and red and includes of Air Jordans as footwear, saves Spider-Man and together they defeat Silvermane. Spider-Man is surprised and Miles calls himself "Kid Arachnid". Spider-Man digs the name and thanks Miles for saving him and Sable. Sable thanks Spider-Man and says she has to stay in New York for a little more to get all of the Sable International weapons back. Spider-Man and Kid Arachnid swing away...