The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a video game tie in based on the movie of the same name. It is centered around Spider-Man searching for Uncle Ben's killer.
The game begins with Peter Parker walking out of a convenience store, set two years in the past. The store clerk rushes by, tells Peter he has been robbed, and asks for help chasing the criminal. Peter ignores him stating "Not my problem." Minutes later, Uncle Ben is shot by the escaping thief and dies with Peter watching on.
Two years later, Peter has become the superhero known as Spider-Man and is still searching for the criminal that shot Uncle Ben. Spider-Man investigates a group of street thugs hoping that one of the criminals is the one that killed Uncle Ben. His cover is blown by a falling obstacle and the appearance of Black Cat. After subduing the street thugs, he questions them regarding the criminal who shot Uncle Ben. One of the street thugs tells him that the man works for Herman Schultz, an illegal weapons smuggler.
Spider-Man arrives at the location of Schultz, whose thugs are battling with Russian criminals, over weapons. After Spider-Man stops the gang fight, and webs up the weapon crates he confronts Schultz. Shultz tries to kill Spider-Man, but is unsuccessful, and is quickly subdued. Shultz reveals he was obtaining weapons to fight Russian Mobsters in the gang war. He tells Spider-Man that the Uncle Ben's killer is named Dennis Carradine and that he obtains weapons for clients.
<After Shultz escapes, Spider-Man decides to track down Carradine. On the way, Spider-Man stops some car thieves and rescues a man named Stan from a burning building. Peter Parker later heads to the comic store to check up on Stan where he apologizes for what happened to his apartment. Stan considers the incident as "water under the bridge." Spider-Man eventually finds Carradine making a deal with some gang members in the alley behind Nuno's Bar, though Carradine escapes when Spider-Man webs one of Carradine's clients while taking a female civilian hostage. After Spider-Man chases Carradine's car to an alleyway, he finds Carradine murdered and buried under a pile of trash. A symbol on the wall reads "CK" in blood as Spider-Man calls 911 to report a dead body. Peter goes home to see Aunt May and hears from the news that Carradine was murdered by a man the police call "The Carnage Killer" as Whitney Chang reports on it.
He also learns that Shultz' gang and the Russian Mobsters have broken into OsCorp Tower. After fighting the Russian criminals and Shultz' gang, Spider-Man finds the Russian Mobsters threatening an OsCorp electrical engineer named Maxwell Dillon for information on where the OsCorp weapons are being held. Spider-Man defeats the criminals and frees the hostages. After activating the cooling systems for the core at OsCorp Tower, Spider-Man works to break up the fights between Shultz' gang and the Russian criminals. Spider-Man faces off with Schultz who has stolen OsCorp gear called the Seismic Harness Construction Resource and taken the name "The Shocker." Spider-Man defeats the Shocker who reveals that the gangs (examples being the Russian Mobsters, Hammerhead's crew, and Mister Negative's men) are all in fear of the "Carnage Killer" and are at war. Spider-Man leaves Shultz to be arrested by the police and leaves.
After the incident at OsCorp Tower, OsCorp CEO Harry Osborn, and Wilson Fisk make an announcement that their companies are working together to fund a privatized police force called the Enhanced Crime Task Force meant to contain criminals like Shultz and the vigilante Spider-Man. When Wilson Fisk offers to take OsCorp off of Harry's hands, Harry tells him that the answer is still no. Wilson Fisk comments that he'll wait until Harry dies from the disease that killed his father Norman Osborn. Spider-Man had to work to keep the peace while evading detection from the Enhanced Crime Task Force. Spider-Man then rescues more people from a burning building. Spider-Man then assists the police in a car chase in order to rescue a civilian hostage. While Spider-Man is trying to stop a fight between street thugs and Russian Mobsters in Central Park, he finds a note on a bound street thug from someone called "Kraven the Hunter" offering him help. Spider-Man investigates a shooting at a bus station where fights some street thugs. After taking down a street bruth, Spider-Man meets Kraven the Hunter who offers to train Spider-Man and tells Spider-Man to meet him at his loft. Peter Parker gets a call from J. Jonah Jameson about why he didn't get any pictures from the OsCorp/Fisk press conference. Peter Parker tells J. Jonah Jameson that he had school where J. Jonah Jameson states that a press pass was wasted on him. After defeating some street thugs, Spider-Man considers the pros and cons of the situation and enters the loft as Peter Parker acting as though he were interviewing Kraven for the Daily Bugle. When Peter stated that he had seen Kraven the Hunter on TV take down a Siberian Tiger with his bare hands without hurting it, Kraven the Hunter stated that he was able to relocate it from the nearby village without hurting it. Kraven reveals that he came to New York to hunt the cross-species OsCorp made. After killing all the cross-species, Kraven the Hunter stayed in the city and started catching criminals. He also gives Peter some insight on why he does things and on the criminals of the city. Kraven the Hunter leaves Peter alone talking to someone on the phone about weapons where he wants tranquilizer darts. Peter Parker then takes pictures of three interesting objects. After finishing his call, Kraven the Hunter takes Peter Parker to show him his trophies of the cross-species Scorpion, Iguana, and Nattie after they escaped and were hunted by Kraven the Hunter who killed them in a comibination of saving their victims and self-defense.
At home, Peter Parker gets a call from Felicia Hardy (who now goes by the name of Black Cat) after she stole the number for Spider-Man from Whitney Chang. Black Cat states that crime is going up and suggests that she and Spider-Man "chase each other out of town." After thwarting some petty crime, Spider-Man goes to confront Kraven the Hunter who wants to make Spider-Man a hunter since Kraven the Hunter has no son of his own. When Kraven the Hunter offers to work together with Spider-Man to find the "Carnage Killer," Spider-Man states that he prefers to operate on his own. Kraven the Hunter tells Spider-Man where the warehouse that the Russians are storing stolen OsCorp tech there. Spider-Man targets the lesser Russian Thugs in order to trail them. Upon getting a photo of OsCorp tech, Spider-Man traces the van carrying the OsCorp tech to an underground hideout. Spider-Man finds a map containing the locations of where the Russian Mob operatives were killed by the "Carnage Killer" and snaps a picture of it. While moving through the hideout without being seen, Spider-Man deciphers the stolen OsCorp technology and then engages a Russian Speedy. After defeating the Russian Speedy, Spider-Man sends the picture of the map of the areas where the "Carnage Killer" struck to Kraven the Hunter. Then Spider-Man sends a flier for an anti-crime fundraiser held by Wilson Fisk. Kraven the Hunter tells Spider-Man that he must go to the location of the fundraiser and stop the Russian Mob.
Arriving at the theater where the fundraiser is being held, Spider-Man enters as Peter Parker where he meets up with Whitney Chang and Harry Osborn. After talking to Harry Osborn on the rumors about Wilson Fisk, Peter Parker follows a suspicious waiter and then changes into Spider-Man. After saving the waiters from the Russian Mobsters, Spider-Man pursues a Russian Mob operative until he is attacked by a Russian Brute and some Russian Mobsters. Afterwards, Spider-Man changes back into Peter Parker where he eavesdrops on some of the fundraiser guests where he encounters Felicia Hardy at the bar. As Wilson Fisk arrives at the fundraiser, Peter Parker goes to speak to Wilson Fisk where he mentions about the Russian Mobsters that were tied up downstairs. Wilson Fisk states that the criminals "won't get away with it" and that the Enhanced Crime Task Force will catch them. Peter Parker then gets info from Wilson Fisk about his thing against Spider-Man, about how hard it is to find the "Carnage Killer," and about the Russian Mob activities. After exiting the theater, Peter Parker changes into Spider-Man in order to find the Russian Mob's hideout. Spider-Man follows a truck being used by the Russian Mobsters to their hideout where he destroys their high-tech weapons while taking out the Russian Mobsters. Spider-Man hears that the Russian Mobsters have caught the "Carnage Killer" and finds a way to the hangar where he is being held. Spider-Man works to save a hostage who the Russian Mob suspects of being the "Carnage Killer." After saving the hostage, Spider-Man learns from the man that he heard the "Carnage Killer" nearby and was mistaken for the "Carnage Killer" by the Russian Mob.
The next day, Spider-Man gives Kraven the Hunter a description of the "Carnage Killer" and heads to the location that Kraven the Hunter will meet him at. Upon meeting up with Kraven, they find him being threatened by Cletus Kasady who was threatening the driver of a drive-by shooter. Spider-Man ends up intervening where Cletus states that his victims were killers. After Spider-Man defeats Cletus Kasady, Kraven the Hunter states that he is trying to unleash the killer instinct in Spider-Man. When Spider-Man claims that this is not who he wants to be, Kraven the Hunter states that there will be a greater predator than Spider-Man. Cletus Kasady is apprehended by the police and taken to Ravencroft where he meets Donald Menken.
Following the increase in criminal activity involving the gang war and Spider-Man, the Enhanced Crime Task Force goes into Phase II of the Suppression Initiative. Whitney Chang calls Spider-Man telling him to watch out for the Enhanced Crime Task Force. As news of someone called the "Kingpin" is filling in the power vacuum following the Russian Mobs' defeat, Spider-Man heads to the police convoy where he helps to protect the evidence that the police are transporting from various street thugs. Spider-Man then hears of a break-in at the Kane Museum and heads there. Spider-Man finds some street thugs in the Kane Museum and defeats them. Then Black Cat shows up and fights Spider-Man where she now sports super-speed. Upon being defeated by Spider-Man, Black Cat stated that she was transferred to Ravencroft until she was freed by Kingpin who had his doctors do a cross-species experiment in exchange for her services. Denying Spider-Man's help to get her into Witness Protection, Black Cat escapes.
The next day, Spider-Man makes his way to Harry Osborn's apartment in order to get some info on Wilson Fisk. Peter Parker meets with Harry Osborn where Peter Parker voices his opinion that Wilson Fisk is the Kingpin. They find info that Wilson Fisk is using OsCorp's money to pay Kraven the Hunter. Harry also tells Peter about his disease that Norman Osborn was working on when he was still alive, it's relation to the cross-species experiments, and info on the body armor of the Enhanced Crime Task Force. Spider-Man fights some crimes in Manhattan and then returns to Harry Osborn's apartment. Upon landing on Harry Osborn's limousine, Spider-Man tells Harry that he can't give him his blood to evade a repeat of the Lizard incident. After the discussion, Spider-Man makes his way to Kraven the Hunter's loft to get some answers on his connections with Kingpin. Upon entering Kraven the Hunter's loft, Spider-Man finds a secret room where he discovers that Kraven the Hunter wants to hunt Spider-Man. Kraven the Hunter then tranquilizes Spider-Man and takes him to Central Park where Kraven the Hunter stated that Spider-Man eliminated Kingpin's rivals. In order to see if Spider-Man would make a possible worthy opponent, Kraven the Hunter starts to hunt Spider-Man. During the fight, Kraven the Hunter stated that he used Spider-Man to eliminate Kingpin's rivals and that Cletus Kasady threatening a drive-by shooter's driver was to see if Spider-Man can spill blood. Spider-Man then defeats Kraven the Hunter and demands to know how to get to Kingpin. Kraven the Hunter tells Spider-Man that Kingpin is involved with the Ravencroft patients in order to fund Ravencroft and how to get past the security system. Spider-Man then webs up Kraven the Hunter and heads to Fisk Tower.
Arriving at Fisk Tower, Spider-Man infiltrates one of the trucks and rides it to Kingpin's hideout. Spider-Man then proceeds to fight the Enhanced Crime Task Force soldiers and street thugs before entering Kingpin's safe house and confronting Kingpin. Spider-Man defeats Kingpin where it is revealed that he paid Kraven the Hunter as a security consultant and released Cletus Kasady. Before Spider-Man can find incriminating evidence to expose Kingpin, Max Dillon breaks free from his confinement as Electro and causes havok in Manhattan. As Spider-Man leaves, Kingpin states that any evidence that Spider-Man plans to find will be gone by the time he returns. Some time later, Peter Parker visits Stan again to talk about Uncle Ben when Stan encourages Peter to be the man that Uncle Ben wanted him to grow into.
In the post-credits, Kingpin is on the phone with the Mayor of Manhattan about the Green Goblin incident and that he will continue to finance the Enhanced Crime Task Force himself. After his call to the Mayor, Kingpin speaks to Chameleon who has been posing as Donald Menken all along. When Chameleon asks what their next plan is, Kingpin states that the real work begins.
Production
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game was announced at the NYC Comic Con 2013. It is currently being developed by Beenox Studios. Beenox has announced that some elements from the last game will carry over to this one, but it has not been specified at this point in time. Also, Beenox has announced that Spidey's webs will now stick to the sides of buildings, restricting webbing over Central Park. In addition to all this, combat will be greatly enhanced and the open-world will be enlarged as well.
The game will retain its open world gameplay of previous entries in the franchise. The game's free roam area will be more expansive and detailed than that of the previous game's, and most of the story will take place in the open world. In addition to advanced combat and upgrades, there will be different types of webbing (example, the player can use different webbings to freeze or blow up something on impact), and web-slinging will be similar to that of Spider-Man 2. The 3DS version of the game will not have the free roaming aspect that is in the console versions. The PS4 version can be played on the PS Vita using remote play, with optimized controls.
Morality is used in a new system known as "Hero or Menace" where players will be rewarded for stopping crimes or punished for not consistently doing so or not responding. The player will be able to upgrade Spider-Man's web shooters. During certain sections of the game, the player will control Spider-Man's alter ego Peter Parker and walk around doing detective work.
Furthermore, the city has been expanded to incorporate unique districts that allow for more open space to the player. The crimes from the first game have been expanded on, but it also includes new crimes such as arson and hostage situations. The crimes also progress dynamically, such as fighting criminals on the street then chasing one that gets away in a vehicle. Unlike the previous game, there will be constant random side activities. Additionally, the use of the Web-Rush system returns and has been expanded on from the previous game, now allowing for critical strikes, dodges and rolls. There are also new upgrades and abilities introduced into the game, some of which have been expanded on from the previous game.
Costumes
Vigilante suit (As featured in The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 film)
All 13 unlockable costumes (Top and middle row) and all 6 downloadable costumes (Bottom row).
Amazing Spiderman 2012 film costume
Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014 film costume (Default)
Superior Spider-Man costume
Ultimate Spiderman- Miles Morales costume
Big Time Suit (Stealth Mode)
Scarlet Spider (Kaine Parker)
Spider-Man 2099
Flipside
Spider-Armor (MK II)
Hornet
Ricochet
Spider-Carnage
Iron Spider Armor (pre-order at Gamestop)
Cosmic Spider-Man Costume (pre-order at Gamestop)
Black Suited Spider-Man (pre-order at Gamestop)
Spider-Man Noir (pre-order at Gamestop)
Spider-Armor (MK III) (Ends of the Earth armor) (PlayStation exclusive)
During the visit to Kraven's home Kraven will show Peter a room full of his latest trophies. These trophies are actually The Scorpion, Iguana and game exclusive cross-species mutation Natte, the cross-species villains Spider-Man faced in the previous Amazing Spider-Man game. This means that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a sequel to the last game in that the two games are set in the new Spider-Man film universe but follow their own canon and stories.
Curiously despite Kraven managing to hunt and kill three of the last game's cross-species villains its unknown what happened to The Rhino and Vermin since they aren't stuffed and mounted in the trophy room with the other cross-species.
Sometimes when web-swinging in New York Spider-Man will ponder out loud what the problem is with hiring minions. This a reference to The Superior Spider-Man where Spider-Man, with Doctor Octopus controlling his body, eventually hires minions to help him fight crime in the city.
The real life Spider-Man comics actually exist in this universe, and most of the costumes in the game are based on different Spider-Man costumes from different Spider-Man comics; in the description for each costume Peter will reference the Spider-Man comic the costume highlighted is from, such as Ultimate Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider, however Hornet and Ricochet, other superhero identities Peter Parker used in the comics for a brief time and are costumes in this game, are comic book characters in this universe instead of two separate superhero identities.
During the break in on Oscorp Peter mentions to Aunt May that Gwen Stacy works there, This is the only time in the game Gwen is mentioned and she isn't seen in the game likely to avoid spoiling the end of the film which the last game accidentally spoiled due to releasing before the film.
In the last game Peter wasn't seen at all except for when he's in costume. In this game he can be seen fully, however unlike Harry Osborn or Max Dillon being modelled after their actors Peter isn't modelled at all after Andrew Garfield, instead he's modelled to look like how he looks in the comic books.
Despite being a movie tie in of the film the game's plot actually doesn't have anything to do with the film with Electro, the main villain of the film and an important character only having two appearances in the whole game; the level where, as Max Dillon, he is saved by Spider-Man from the Russian mob, and the boss fight as Electro. His role as one of the main villains is shifted over to Carnage instead.
As well as this only by collecting all of Electro's Journals will his story be told, from his anger and frustration of no one noticing or remembering him all the way to his transformation into Electro. This information from the journals follows what happens to him in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
There are two references towards Ben Reilly, the original Scarlet Spider.
The first, is a sign that says "Reilly's Energy Corp"
Second, Spider-Man once in a while ponders out loud what it would be like to have a clone. This either references Ben Reilly or Kaine Parker. Though it may reference the Clone Saga in general.
Carnage acts as the final enemy rather than the Rhino.
