History VideoGame / TheAmazingSpiderMan

** Vigilante Spider-Man suit (Free; Exclusive to UsefulNotes/PlayStation3)

''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an open World ActionAdventure game serving as a tie-in for ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', and taking place after the events of the film.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Subverted in the case of the Creator/StanLee mission. While he does have Stan Lee's look and voice, as well as a mission like he would have, he's still using Spider-Man's combat style and moves, down to the web shooters.

In the course of the investigation, things go horribly wrong when said experiments, fusions of human and animal DNA called the Cross-Species, break out of confinement and escape into Manhattan. This would be bad enough by itself, but they can also infect regular humans, turning them into bestial creatures with reduced intelligence and a whole lot of extra aggression. Now, Spider-Man must recapture all of them and figure out a cure before the infection spreads beyond the city, even if it means bringing back an old enemy...

** Whitney tries the old "[[StarWars I'm not the]] [[Film/ANewHope droid you're]] [[JediMindTrick looking for]]" routine when an Oscorp guard discovers her. He fires back with his own quote of "Move along!".

* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: Connors' first attempt at a cure to the virus is done on the fly and not properly tested; when Smythe injects himself with it, rather than cure him, it paralyzes him from the waste down. The second attempt, using Spider-Man's blood, works.

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** SomethingCompletelyDifferent

''The Amazing Spider-Man'' tie-in game is an Open World ActionAdventure game that takes place after the events of the ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' film. Oscorp's new head of research, a robotics expert named Alistaire Smythe, vows to erase the stain on the company's reputation that resulted from the events of the film. Gwen Stacy, however, is concerned that Oscorp's more dangerous experiments might still be going on under his watch, and brings in Peter Parker to help her investigate.

Now there is [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 a sequel]].

* GodzillaThreshold: Connors hits it during the climax; [[spoiler:with Manhattan being thrown into chaos by the virus outbreak and Smythe's robots, and Spider-Man himself BroughtDownToNormal and near-death from Smythe's nanobots, he is forced to turn himself into the Lizard once more in order to stop Smythe, insisting that with Spidey down for the count, it's the only way.]]

** Spider-Morphosis ([[BodyHorror Peter partially mutated into a Man-Spider]])

* CanonForeigner: Nattie, a human[=/=]Piranha hybrid created exclusively for the game, as well as [[HotScoop Whitney]] [[IntrepidReporter Chang]].

* BadassGrandpa: Stan Lee in his DLC.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything:

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Smythe sets his cross-species killing robots out in the city to stop them, which only causes more harm than good, and also creates a nanobot serum designed to destroy those infected with the cross-species virus from the inside out, all with the intention of "saving" the city.]]

* FollowTheLeader[=/=]SincerestFormOfFlattery: Beenox outright stated they looked to the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' as inspiration for the combat in this game.

** The [[EvilCostumeSwitch Black Suit]] from the Creator/SamRaimi [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy trilogy]]

** Vigilante Spider-Man suit (Free; Exclusive to {{PlayStation 3}})

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Smythe says this verbatim right after Spider-Man defeats him and makes him see all the damage he has caused.]]

* VillainsActHeroesReact: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] The story starts out with Gwen Stacy taking Peter to investigate [[BigBad Alistaire Smythe]], who she suspects of continuing cross-species experiments for nefarious purposes, but it turns out that he's actually going to dispose of them. In fact, at the beginning of the game, Alistaire isn't even a villain, doing nothing illegal and acting under protocol. However, Peter's presence [[spoiler: causes the cross-species to break out, starting the city-wide catastrophe. Smythe then spends the first half of the game trying to contain the threat using his robot army, before finally becoming a full villain once he is crippled with the cure that Peter himself gave him.]] Most of the game plays out with Peter and Smythe trying to outmaneuver each other, rather than either one being the sole one acting or reacting.

* WhyWontYouDie: [[spoiler:Smythe says this to Spider-Man after he comes back after surviving the destruction of Oscorp Labs, powerless.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:The reason why Gwen does not trust Connors at all during the game.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Including the three major Spider-Slayer robots constructed by Smythe, ''every single boss'' is uses an animal motif.

* AnimalMotifs: Including the three major Spider-Slayer robots constructed by Smythe, ''Every single boss'' is a cross-species that uses an animal motif.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Smythe developed machines that targeted and eliminated people infected with the Cross-Species virus. He is soon infected and at the end he finally succumbs to the virus just in front of a Hunter. Just as the game uses a FadeToBlack, you can hear the Hunter say "[[IronicEcho Cross-Species detected]]".]]
* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler:After Spider-Man loses his powers, he's forced to fight the BigBad, who's wearing a [[PoweredArmor well-armed and armored exosuit]].]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:The final fight against The Lizard.]]

* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:Immediately after being stripped of his powers by Smythe's nanobot serum, Spider-Man gets pummeled by Smythe in an [[PoweredArmor exosuit]] and tossed through a solid concrete wall. He manages to get up and escape the facility immediately afterwards.]]

* AnimalMotifs: With something of an exception with [[spoiler:Smythe's Spider-Slayers (as some clearly have animal/insect like forms)]], ''every single boss'' is a cross-species or uses an animal motif.
* AnimalsHateHim: The Cross-Species instinctively go berserk around Spider-Man. This is what causes the disaster at the beginning.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Connors]] is trying to do everything he can to make up for his mistake, and knows he deserves all of the criticism and mistrust given to him.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Smythe uses the nanobots to disable Peter's spider-powers in the penultimate mission. He gets better after Gwen realizes they'll stop working once Peter suffers a large enough electric shock]]
* BullFightBoss: You defeat the Rhino by making him slam into armored SWAT vans. [[spoiler:And later have him run into electrified webs.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: This game spoils a few details about the movie, most notably [[spoiler:that Curt Connors and Gwen Stacy]] survive the events of the film while [[spoiler:Captain Stacy]] does not.

* DualBoss: The hunters in "To smash the spider-Man."

* EnemyChatter

* MilestoneCelebration: 2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Spider-Man's first appearance. To commemorate this, co-creator Stan Lee is playable in a side mission, and completing unlocks an EasterEgg that honours the occasion; and playing the game in August unlocks [[spoiler:the ability to add a "Happy 50th Birthday!" party hat to whichever costume is selected]]. The Xtreme host even makes fun of this, questioning if Spidey thought he would be around for 50 years.

** The [[EvilCostumeSwitch Black Suit]] from the Creator/SamRaimi [[Film/SpiderMan trilogy]]

** [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Classic Movie]] suit (With all three above packs, provided they were pre-order bonuses)

** Human Spider suit (Peter's wrestling suit in [[Film/SpiderMan the first movie]]; unlockable by way of a code packaged with DVD/Blu-ray releases of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'')

** [[Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}} Classic Movie]] suit (With all three above packs, provided they were pre-order bonuses)

* PunchClockVillain: One of the bits of EnemyChatter suggests that at least some of Oscorp's goons only work there and do jobs like gguard warehouses against Spidey because of the pay.