History VideoGame / SpiderManWebOfShadows

* BishonenLine: Black Cat, when first infected by a symbiote, looks frightening in appearance and power, but does not have control. When Spider-Man infects her with his own symbiote, Black Cat retains her human appearance, and gains a Stripperific costume more revealing than the costume before and has complete control of her symbiote.

''Spider-Man: Web of Shadows'' is a 2008 video game starring Franchise/SpiderMan as he tries to stop ComicBook/{{Venom}} and his symbiote army from taking over New York, and is helped by ComicBook/MoonKnight, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, and ComicBook/LukeCage.

%%* FiveManBand: Red Suit players get:
%%** Spider-Man as TheHero.
%%** Wolverine as TheLancer.
%%** Moon Knight as TheSmartGuy.
%%** Luke Cage as TheBigGuy.
%%** Mary Jane as TheChick.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: No matter how heroically Spider-Man behaves in the black suit, New York citizens will still react to with fear and loathing when they see him.

* BettyAndVeronica: Mary Jane and Black Cat vie indirectly over Peter's affections, with Mary Jane wanting him to lead a normal life and Black Cat wanting him to turn to the dark side.

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:In the Red Suit path, Venom shares these as he prepares his HeroicSacrifice:]]

-->[[spoiler:"That's right! ''My'' flesh. ''My'' mind. ''My'' heart. Time to die...like a man!]]

* HeroWithBadPublicity: No matter how heroically he behaves in the black suit, New York citizens will still react with fear and loathing when they see him.

* FiveManBand:
** Black Suit players end up with:
*** Symbiote Spider-Man as the AntiHero.
*** Black Cat as TheLancer (Who pulls double duty as TheChick).
*** Vulture as TheSmartGuy.
*** Rhino as TheBigGuy.
*** Electro as the SixthRanger.
** Red Suit players get:
*** Spider-Man as TheHero.
*** Wolverine as TheLancer.
*** Moon Knight as TheSmartGuy.
*** Luke Cage as TheBigGuy.
*** Mary Jane as TheChick.
*** Black Widow as the SixthRanger.

''Spider-Man: Web of Shadows'' is a 2008 video game starring Franchise/SpiderMan as he tries to stop ComicBook/{{Venom}} and his symbiote army from taking over New York, and is helped by ComicBook/MoonKnight, {{Wolverine}}, and ComicBook/LukeCage.

The game takes notes from the WideOpenSandbox of ''[[VideoGame/SpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2: The Game]]'', ironing out the flaws introduced there and adding an evolving environment that gradually turns New York's appearance into that of a symbiote entrenched alien world. The gameplay involves an in-depth combat system similar to ''Spider-Man 2'''s as well as changes in web-swinging mobility that actually allow aerial battles and wall-crawling battles to be ''fun''. The Symbiote Suit/Red Suit duality is back, with each suit requiring distinct playstyles and with the ability to be instantly interchanged even in the midst of battle to switch up combos. The variety of combat options and the ease in switching between the different modes of combat means battles are ''extremely'' dynamic.

* AxCrazy: Venom, when Eddie's not in control.

* BerserkButton: Only ''just'' averted. During Kingpin's KickTheDog moment, Spider-Man almost uses the Black Suit to pummel the guy, but stops himself because he made a promise to Mary Jane that he wouldn't use it.

* KickTheDog: After escorting a convoy of non-symbiote survivors to the safety of Fisk Towers, Spider-Man realizes that only one vehicle didn't make it... the one that was carrying Mary Jane. Kingpin then mocks Spider-Man over the fact he got everyone to safety, except who he cares about most. Peter is so enraged that he activates the symbiote and is about to go all ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Back In Black]]'' on Fisk before he remembers his promise to MJ and backs down.

** If only more of them were Black, and Peter picks Mary Jane, Spider-Man becomes leader of the symbiotes and vows to get back Mary Jane at any cost. Black Widow, working with Kingpin and The Tinkerer, prepares to send in Wolverine, fully in control of his own symbiote, to bring him in, dead or alive. Wolverine opts for "dead".
** If all/most of the choices were Black and Spider-Man picks the Black Cat, Spider-Man becomes leader of the symbiotes, with Black Cat at his side as his "queen", and opts to spread the symbiote infection. He also rejects ComesGreatResponsibility, as in his own words; "I never knew what power was." Again, Symbiote Wolverine is brought in by SHIELD to bring Peter to justice.
* OhCrap: When Spider-Man first sees the Kingpin Flyers, he thinks they're the Green Goblin and/or Hobgoblin, and immediately mocks them for being ripoffs when he engages them.

* PressXToNotDie: A pretty forgiving example, since failure just restarts the sequence.
** Sometimes it's funnier just to fail a few on purpose.
--->'''Spider-Man:''' Cat! No! (Spidey dives and grabs Black Cat... [[EpicFail then forgets to shoot a web and smacks into the ground.]])

** In a fight with Wolverine, he asks you questions about whether or not you're the real Spider Man; unfortunately, these questions are so obscure, ''even hardened fans of the mythos may get them wrong''. Depending on your opinion, [[TropesAreNotGood showing their work may have been a bad thing in this case]]. This is Lampshaded partially by Spidey mid fight - After one question, he'll note the answer isn't in his Wiki/{{wiki|pedia}} article. At the time of release, ''it wasn't''.

* SmashingSurvival: When certain mooks grab you.

* SpyCatsuit: Black Cat and Black Widow.
* StanceSystem: Red Suit and Black Suit start off playing similarity, but after being upgraded have very different play styles.

%%* SuperLoser

''Spider-Man: Web of Shadows'' is a 2008 video game starring Franchise/SpiderMan as he tries to stop Venom and his symbiote army from taking over New York, and is helped by ComicBook/MoonKnight, {{Wolverine}}, and Luke Cage.

* TookALevelInBadass: Mary Jane, in comparison to other adaptations of Spider-Man where she's the designated DamselInDistress, after getting out of the hospital in the midst of the symbiote infection. She meets up with Luke Cage and Spidey, with the latter asking the former to promise that he would protect her. MJ's response? Turning around racking a shotgun whilst exclaiming "Y'know what? MJ can take care of herself!" Though in comparison to her comic-self, this is fairly standard for her until ''One More Day'' and ''Brand New Day''.

* ContinuityNod: The first time you meet Kingpin's gliders, Peter will say "[[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Gliders are so 2004, guys. The kids like the Sandman and Venom now!]]"
** During the fight with Wolverine he begins asking questions about Spider-Man's comics history to confirm he's the real Spider-Man and not under the symbiote's influence. Such questions include who declined to join the New Avengers, [[spoiler:(the answer is Daredevil)]]whose killers they tracked in Berlin,[[spoiler: (Ned Leeds)]] and who served them roast and pie. [[spoiler:(Aunt May)]]

* AlliterativeName: It ''is'' Spider-Man, after all.

* EnemyMine: Spider-Man is forced to team up with Rhino and the Tinkerer to put a stop to the symbiotes.

The game was often touted by advertisements and previews as delivering the "complete" experience of being Spider-Man. Because of this, the console game is considered one of the best Spider-Man games in recent history to fans, but most critics found it SoOkayItsAverage due to graphical and sound flaws, as well as repetitive main- and side-quests.

** During the fight with Wolverine he begins asking questions about Spider-Man's comics history to confirm he's the real Spider-Man and not under the symbiote's influence. Such questions include who declined to join the New Avengers, [[spoiler:(the answer is Daredevil)]]whose killers they tracked in Berlin,[[spoiler: (Ned Leads)]] and who served them roast and pie. [[spoiler:(Aunt May)]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Oddly, with the red suit/black suit choices the player can be a perfect boyscout or a real bastard, but as long as the player simply uses the black suit or red suit repectively in actual gameplay most of the time they will still quickly go to that suit's alignment regardless.

* AWinnerIsYou: In the [=PS2=] version, once you beat the final boss, all you get is a pop up saying verbatim: "Congratulations! You saved the city." before going back to the main menu. You don't even get an image for your efforts.

* TwoAndAHalfD: The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS versions are all this rather than the WideOpenSandbox od the other versions.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Venom has a guttural, growling voice befitting his monstrous appearance.