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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Developed by: Beenox
Gameloft (iOS/Android)
Released by: Activision/Sony
Release Date: April 29 2014 (Console/PC)

April 17 2014 (Mobile Phones)

Available on:

PlayStation 4
PlayStation 3
Xbox One
Xbox 360
Wii U
Nintendo 3DS
PC

Mode(s):

Single-player

ESRB Rating:

T for Teen

Predecessor:

The Amazing Spider-Man

Sequel:

{{{Sequel}}}

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a 2014 video game developed by Beenox and published by Activision.

It was released on many consoles including PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and PC on April 29, 2014 in North America. It was released on May 2, 2014 in Europe, and April 30, 2014 in Australia.  

The Xbox One version was going to be delayed, but was released alongside the other platforms digitally while the release of physical copies was delayed by two weeks.

It was unveiled during the 2013 New York Comic Con.

Plot[]

The game begins with Peter Parker having a flashback of him drinking a bottle of chocolate milk when a burglar raids a store. The cashier asks for Peter's help but Peter says "not my problem" and walks away.  He begins walking home when he hears someone cry for help and a gunshot sounds off.  Peter investigates and to his horror discovers Uncle Ben lying on the ground bleeding, where he eventually dies.

Skipping ahead two years later, Spider-Man is out on patrol now searching for the killer.  After being attacked by a gang thanks to Felicia Hardy (whom he locked up in the previous game, Spider-Man manages to make the ringleader tell him where he got his weapons. He reveals he got them from Herman Schultz, and that they're arming up for an upcoming gang war between them and the Russians. Spidey heads to the construction site downtown and defeats Schultz's men, and almost has Schultz until he manages to escape. Frustrated, Peter then follows a lead on Dennis Carradine, who is suspected to be the man who killed Uncle Ben. He tracks Carradine using the city's radio transmissions and after finding him selling guns to a thug, Spider-Man webs up the thug, and saves a hostage from Carradine's henchmen in a car chase, only to discover him dead after finding him in a alley, with the killer's signature written in blood on the left wall reading "CK". He then takes a picture of the initials and alerts the police about it.

Making it back home, Peter watches the news about the murder with Aunt May, and the two learn that Carradine's killer was dubbed "The Carnage Killer" by the media. Peter then tells May that while he's glad that Carradine got what he deserved, he starts feeling bad for him, so he decides to pursue the killer himself. However, he notices that Schultz's gang and the Russians had raided Oscorp to steal weapons, and rushing to the building, Spidey defeats many of them and meets an electrical engineer named Max Dillon. Working together, Dillon gets Spidey to the advanced technology room to activate the coolant systems to prevent the generator from overheating and exploding, while he gets the hostages out of the building through Stairwell C. After defeating both gangs and locking the tech away, Peter confronts Schultz who says he just needed an equalizer and uses Oscorp's Seismic Harness Construction Resource (Aka the Shocker) to fight him in a closed off room in, but loses and is forced to tell the police everything he knows about the gang war, but when he says it won't do any good, Spidey webs him up and steals the harness's kinetic energy to outfit his needs.

Meanwhile, Peter's childhood friend, Harry Osborn holds a conference with Wilson Fisk regarding a new police force named "The Task Force" which was made to keep criminals and Spider-Man at bay. However, Fisk reveals that he wants to take Oscorp from Harry, and he"ll just have to wait until Harry dies from the illness that killed his father, Norman...

Meanwhile, Spidey (who distrusts the Task Force) goes to stop a crime at Central Park, and discovers that someone named Sergei Kravinoff AKA Kraven th Hunter, has been following him, and meets him in person. Taking a interest in him, Spidey visits him in his apartment as Peter Parker, and discovers that Kraven had killed all the Cross-Species that he fought in the previous game. Returning home, Peter tries to call Whitney Chang, only to realize that Felicia Hardy AKA Black Cat (who attacked him at the beginning of the game) on the other end, and after a heated argument, Peter tells Felicia that he's too busy to fool around with her.

Afterwards, Spidey and Kraven decide to pursue the Carnage Killer together and find that the Russians have stolen Oscorp technology and took it to the sewers. Retrieving the technology, Spidey discovers that some of the Russians are disguising themselves as waiters to kill Fisk at a fundraiser party. Going there, Peter meets up with Harry and pursues the Russians, easily defeating them, and makes it back to the party where he discovers a disguised Felicia who escapes before he can do anything. Afterwards, Fisk at the fundraiser arrives and he and Peter start arguing over Fisk's hatred of Spider-Man, the Carnage Killer, and the Task Force gathering intelligence on criminals. After learning the Russians are smuggling guns into the city, Peter leaves and goes to the docks to stop the smuggling. He also meets a man the Russians wrongly believed to be the Carnage Killer.

Afterwards, Spider-Man and Kraven find that the Carnage Killer is a man named Cletus Kasady who is about to murder a kid. Ignoring Kraven's advice, Spidey jumps in and defeats Kasady, much to Kraven's anger and he reveals he's trying to bring Spidey to kill, thus ending their partnership. Kasady ends up incarcerated in The Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane, where he meets Donald Menken, and is injected by a symbiote that was meant to cure Norman Osborn.

Meanwhile, Spidey is still seen as a menace, and is told by Whitney that another crime boss named "The Kingpin" has taken over the criminal underworld. After helping the police get a van to it's destination, Spidey heads to the museum to stop a robbery, where he confronts Felicia. After defeating her, she reveals she underwent experiments at Ravencroft to give her super-speed and that Kingpin had hired her to kill Spidey, and if she didn't do it, she would die. Spidey offers to get her a new life safe from him and that someday, they'll would meet each other as normal people, but Felicia (having fallen in love with him) refuses and flees, but not before revealing that Fisk IS the Kingpin.

The next day, Peter goes to Harry's apartment to discuss about Fisk being crooked, and Harry reveals his illness and that he needs Spider-Man's blood to survive his disease. Worrying about how it would end up, Peter visits him as Spider-Man and tells him that he can't give his blood yet, but Harry loses his patience and decides to cure himself his own way. Annoyed, Spidey realizes that Kraven was distracting him from Harry and that Fisk hired him to lead Spidey to eliminate Fisk's rivals. Angry, Spidey attempts to interrogate him in his loft only to be tranquilized and taken to Central Park to fight Kraven. After winning, Spidey orders Kraven to go back to Russia and webs him up on a tree.

Afterwards, Spidey hides in a Fisk Industries delivery truck and and defeats Fisk's Task Force lieutenants and Fisk himself, only for the power in the entire city to be cut off by a man with electricity powers wreaking havoc. Rushing back to Manhattan, Spidey discovers that the same man is Max Dillon. Apparently, Max fell into a generator where he gained electric powers. Unfortunately, he was incarcerated in Ravencroft where he began to hate Spidey, blaming him for his pain. After numerous experiments, he escaped and wanted to make people feel the misery and darkness he felt his whole life. After being defeated, Max explodes and seemingly dies. Feeling bad for him, Spidey decides to shut Ravencroft down. Meanwhile, Harry starts sulking over how much time he has left to live, and angrily takes a sample of Richard Parker's spider venom.

Back at Times Square, Spidey learns that members of the Task Force are installing bombs around the city, and goes to stop them. He then discovers Oscorp is under attack again and defeats several Task Force members wielding gliders. He also discovers that a crazed Harry was the one who caused everything, and explains to Peter that after he kills him, he'll analyze his corpse and cure his disease, as well as replace him as Spider-Man. After a heated fight, Harry accidentally stabs himself with his own glider and nearly dies, and an angry Spidey tells his former friend to answer for his mistakes and do whatever he can to make up to them, and walks away, while saying that the greatest man he ever knew taught him that.

Afterwards, Spidey learns that Ravencroft is under attack, and rushing there, he discovers that Kasady had escaped and freed all the inmates, infecting them with his symbiote to turns them into his minions, in a plan to spread them over Manhattan and make a faily of his own . After saving Donald Menken, Spidey orders him to go to a hospital and tell the police everything, and if he doesn't, he'll come back for him. After fighting off several symbiotic inmates, Spidey confronts Kasady (now Carnage) and defeats him and puts him back in his cell.

Still feeling bad over Uncle Ben's death, Peter goes to meet Stan (who Spidey just saved at the beginning of the game) at the Comic Stand, where Stan convinces him to continuing to fight against Kingpin's schemes. With his renewed confidence, Peter leaves the Comic Stand and swings off to save the day again

In a post-credits scene, Kingpin tells the mayor that he'll continue to finance the Task Force without Harry. Menken then shows up and reveals himself to be the Chameleon in disguise. He then asks Fisk what to do and Fisk says that "now, the real work begins".

Gameplay[]

The game will take place in a larger Manhattan and new upgrades and combat. Beenox has said that the webs will stick to buildings. The game uses morality in a system called "Hero or Menace" (similar to the Infamous video game series) where players are rewarded for stopping crime but punished for failing to keep it up or ignoring them. There will be a new up-close-and-personal combat abilities. The web swinging has also been changed. Players are given the opportunity to play as Peter Parker to progress the game (although not in free roam), giving him a larger role to play.

Features[]

Costumes[]

  • Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014 film) costume (Default)
    • Increased Damage: Increases the damage caused by Spider-Man's melee attacks.
    • Increased Durability: Decreases the amount of damage Spidey receives from enemy attacks.
    • Bonus Tech: Increases the worth of collected tech pieces.
  • Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film) costume
    • Increased Shooting Rate: Increases the rate that Spider-Man gets to shoot web pellets.
    • Sticky Potency: Decreases the amount of web pellets needed to stick enemies or objects.
    • Sticky Duration: Increases the duration enemies or objects remain immobilized by the web.
  • Vigilante suit (As featured in The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 film)
    • Increased Melee Damage: Increased damaged for melee attacks.
    • Coolness: Makes it easy for Spider-Man to keep his heroic reputation.
    • Stealth: Enemies will have a harder spotting Spider-Man from a distance.
  • Superior Spider-Man costume
    • Critical Rate: Makes it easier for Spider-Man to pull off critical hits on enemies.
    • Increased Melee Damage: Increases the damage caused by Spider-Man's melee attacks.
    • Increased Critical Damage: Increases the damage caused by Spider-Man when he executes a critical hit.
  • Miles Morales costume
    • Increased Healing Rate: Increases rate at which Spider-Man can heal himself.
    • Increased Durability: Decreases the amount of damage Spidey receives from enemy attacks.
    • Increased Shooting Rate: Increases the rate at which the web-shooters can shoot web pellets.
  • Big Time Suit (Stealth Mode)
    • Stealth: Enemies will have a harder time to spot Spider-Man from a distance.
    • Increased Spider-Sense Range: Increases the radius of Spider-Man's Spider-Sense ability.
    • Increased Takedown Range: Increases the range at which Spidey can trigger a stealth takedown on an enemy.
  • Scarlet Spider (Kaine Parker)
    • Coolness: Makes it easier for Spidey to keep his heroic reputation.
    • Increased Blunt Resistance: Reduces the damage and duration of the stun effect caused by blunt weapons.
    • Increased Fire Resistance: Reduces the damage received from fire and explosions.
  • Spider-Man 2099
    • Increased Durability: Decreases the amount of damage Spidey receives from enemy attacks.
    • Increased Ballistic Resistance: Decrease the damage received from firearms.
    • Increased Electric Resistance: Reduces the damage caused by electricity and the deactivation delay of the web-shooters.
  • Flipside
    • Increased Melee Damage: Increases the damage caused by Spider-Man's melee attacks.
    • Increased Ballistic Resistance: Decrease the damage received from firearms.
    • Increased Durability: Decreases the amount of damage Spidey receives from enemy attacks.
  • Spider-Armor (MK II)
    • Increased Durability: Decreases the amount of damage Spidey receives from enemy attacks.
    • Increased Combo Streak Bonus: Spidey's combo streak will increase more rapidly than before.
    • Easy Critical Bonus: Makes it easier for Spider-Man to pull off critical hits on enemies.
  • Hornet
    • Increased Combo Streak Bonus: Spidey's combo streak will increase more rapidly than before.
    • Increased Spider-Sense Range: Increases the radius of Spider-Man's Spider-Sense ability.
    • Increased Critical Rate: Makes it easier for Spider-Man to pull off critical hits on enemies.
  • Ricochet
    • Increased Blast Range: Increases the radius of the explosion created by a seismic blast impact.
    • Blast Charge Speed: Decreases the amount of time needed to charge up the seismic blast ability.
    • Ion Webbing: Reduces the amount of ionic webbing needed to weaken enemy armor.
  • Spider-Carnage
    • Healing Rate: Increases rate at which Spider-Man can heal himself.
    • Damage: Increases the damage caused by Spider-Man's melee attacks.
    • Critical Rate: Makes it easier for Spider-Man to pull off critical hits on enemies.
  • Iron Spider Armor (pre-order at Gamestop)
    • Durability: Any damage towards Spider-Man is reduced.
    • Fire Resistance: Fire damage is reduced.
    • Ballistic Resistance: Damage caused by ballistic weapons are reduced.
  • Cosmic Spider-Man Costume (pre-order at Gamestop)
    • Healing Rate: Spider-Man heals faster.
    • Spider-Sense Rate: Spider-Sense goes further than normal.
    • Ionic Potency: Ionic web reacts more rapidly.
  • Black Suited Spider-Man (pre-order at Gamestop)
    • Damage: Base attacks cause more damage.
    • Bonus Tech: Tech pieces have higher value than normal.
    • Durability: Any damage towards Spider-Man is reduced.
  • Spider-Man Noir (pre-order at Gamestop)
    • Stealth: Move closer to enemies without being seen.
    • Takedown Range: Range at which Spider-Man can trigger a takedown is increased.
    • Ballistic Resistance: Damage caused by ballistic weapons are reduced.
  • Spider-Armor (MK III) (Ends of the Earth armor) (PlayStation exclusive) 
  • Electro Proof Suit (PlayStation exclusive)

Reception[]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 received "mixed or average" reviews on Metacritic getting a metascore of 57/100 on both PC[1] & PS3,[2] 55/100 on Xbox 360,[3] and 58/100 on both Wii U[4] & iOS.[5] While PS4 and Xbox One versions received "generally unfavorable" reviews holding a metascore of 49/100[6] and 46/100[7] respectively.

IGN gave the console version of the game 5.4/10, calling it "mediocre" and criticizing the combat, the Peter Parker segments, and the plot, while praising the web-swinging around the city and the unlockable costumes.  

GameInformer scored the game 5.5/10, noting its repetitive gameplay and low replay value. 

As of August 9, 2014, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game has sold a global total of 0.45 million units across all platforms.

Notes[]

  •  Both of the Amazing Spider-Man games exist in their own continuity, separate from the films. Unlike the previous game, this game is not an alternate sequel to the film counterpart.
  • A Gameloft version was released on April 17th, 2014 for iOS and Android devices.
  • This is the last Spider-Man game published by Activision.

References[]

  1. Metascore for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on PCMetacritic, Retrieved April 28, 2020
  2. Metascore for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on PS3Metacritic, Retrieved April 28, 2020
  3. Metascore for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Xbox 360Metacritic, Retrieved April 28, 2020
  4. Metascore for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Wii UMetacritic, Retrieved April 28, 2020
  5. Metascore for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on iOSMetacritic, Retrieved April 28, 2020
  6. Metascore for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on PS4Metacritic, Retrieved April 28, 2020
  7. Metascore for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Xbox OneMetacritic, Retrieved April 28, 2020
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