Then you’re either teaming up with Black Cat or Moon Knight to take on Fisk, who was behind the whole gang war and has a hidden agenda.Īt the same time, Wolverine’s questioning if you have your head on straight as he and you start tracking a strange viral outbreak turning citizens crazy. With a new symbiote suit of his own, Spider-Man has that much more power and responsibility. At first you’re dealing with typical Spider-Man stuff, helping Luke Cage contain a brewing gang war while tracking down Venom lurking in the shadows.
Echoing the design philosophy of the Mafia games, the open-world sandbox is a character that evolves alongside Spider-Man. It’s a delightful well of fan service that serves a purpose.Įvery character and choice flows together across an ongoing story. There are billboards advertising Damage Control. There are deep-cut references to Spider-Man and Wolverine’s team-ups. The entire plot revolves around Venom’s symbiote going viral and infecting all of New York in a remarkably grim storyline that evokes the Marvel Zombies series. Luke Cage and Moon Knight are major characters, and this was years before any mainstream audience would recognize either of them. This isn’t a game marketing to anyone, but a comic book game for comic book fans. While yes, neither the writing nor the acting will win any awards, the earnest messiness with which it commits is remarkable. Throwing cars with pedestrians inside isn’t gonna win you points with the cops or S.H.I.E.L.D., while being a softie will lose any respect you might’ve earned by being a cold pragmatist at story branches. You don’t just choose to be a hero or villain - you have to act like it.
Not to be outdone, Web of Shadows embraces not simply player choice, but consequence. Set amid a symbiote plague that’s infected most of Manhattan, it’s up to you to decide if Peter Parker can rise above it all or become as corrupted as his beloved city. I’ve been fairly vocal about my disappointment with Insomniac’s first crack at Spider-Man, and Web of Shadows is a perfect example of how much more can be done with Marvel’s webhead. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is the granddaddy of Call of Duty zombies modes and so much more. The result was oddly prophetic of the studio’s future work. While the game’s successor, Spider-Man 3, left much to be desired, the absence of a fourth movie left Treyarch with a unique prospect: It could make an original Spider-Man game, wholly of its own invention. It’s strange to think it’s been over a decade since Treyarch’s landmark hit Spider-Man 2, a sequel to an already amazing tie-in game to the famous Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy.
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