The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is an open world action-adventure video game based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and the 2014 film of the same name. Developed by Beenox, it is the sequel to 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man, and takes place within the same continuity, different from that of the films. The game’s plot expands upon that of the film by including additional characters and elements from the Spider-Man comic books and other aspects of the Marvel Universe. Peter Parker has been fighting crime in New York City as Spider-Man for a year, motivated by the death of his Uncle Ben at the hand of criminal Dennis Carradine.

Resuming his search for Carradine, whom he failed to catch one year ago, Spider-Man tracks him down using a lead from Herman Schultz, one of Carradine’s contractors. However, Carradine is promptly killed by the “Carnage Killer”, a serial killer who targets other criminals. Spider-Man vows to capture the Carnage Killer so that they may face justice. Later, Spider-Man stops Schultz’s gang and the Russian Mob from destroying the Oscorp building while raiding it for advanced weapons to help them win the turf war they have engaged in.

Spider-Man rescues an electric engineer named Max Dillon, who idolizes him, and defeats Schultz, who is calling himself the “Shocker” after stealing a pair of vibro-shock gauntlets. Before being arrested, Shocker reveals that all major gangs in the city are now involved in the turf war and are fearful of the Carnage Killer. In response to the attack on Oscorp, the company’s new CEO Harry Osborn and billionaire Wilson Fisk join forces to fund the Enhanced Crime Task Force, a privatized police force meant to contain criminals, as well as vigilantes like Spider-Man.

Fisk intends to take over Oscorp however, albeit patiently, waiting for Harry to slowly die from the disease that killed his father, Norman Osborn. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a third person action-adventure video game, set in an open world based on Manhattan. Players take on the role of Spider-Man and complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story. The missions are structured in a linear manner, but the player is free to explore the game’s map in between missions and engage in various side activities.

Players have access to all of Spider-Man’s superhuman abilities, including web swinging and wall crawling. The Web-Rush bullet time mechanic from the game’s predecessor also returns and has been expanded, now allowing players to also do critical strikes, dodges, and rolls. The combat is similar to the predecessor, featuring a freeflow design and counterattacks, and allows Spider-Man to incapacitate enemies for a few seconds by various means, such as throwing interactable objects at them, and then subdue them for good by webbing them.