History NightmareFuel / SpidermanPS4

** Another frightening moment comes when you find Doc Ock's hidden command center while tracking the dispersal of the Dragon's Breath. You get a series of audio tape insights into what Ock has promised the various members of the Sinister Six and his proposed upgrades/solutions to their various problems. You even determine his plans for the city and his attack on Oscorp with a specialized weapon called the Icarus. You race to the other end of the lab to find it and open the case only to reveal it's a trap, that Octavius ''knew'' you'd find his hideaway, and then draws back a false bottom in the case to reveal ''explosives''. Oh, and as Spidey escapes, Ock has the Vulture ''lying it wait to attack him and take him to take on both himself and Electro.'' Doctor Octopus is easily the most ''terrfiying'' villain in the entire game.

** Another frightening moment comes when you find Doc Ock's hidden command center while tracking the dispersal of the Dragon's Breath. You get a series of audio tape insights into what Ock has promised the various members of the Sinister Six and his proposed upgrades/solutions to their various problems. You even determine his plans for the city and his attack on Oscorp with a specialized weapon called the Icarus. You race to the other end of the lab to find it and open the case only to reveal it's a trap, that Octavius ''knew'' you'd find it, and then draws back a false bottom in the case to reveal ''explosives''. Oh, and as Spidey escapes, Ock has the Vulture ''lying it wait to attack him and take him to take on both himself and Electro.'' Doctor Octopus is easily the most ''terrfiying'' villain in the entire game.

** Another frightening moment comes when you find Doc Ock's hidden command center while tracking the dispersal of the Dragon's Breath. You get a series of audio tape insights into what Ock has promised the various members of the Sinister Six and his proposed upgrades/solutions to their various problems. You even determine his plans for the city and his attack on Oscorp with a specialized weapon called the Icarus. You race to the other end of the lab to find it and open the case only to reveal it's a trap, that Octavius ''knew'' you'd find it, and then draws back a false bottom in the case to reveal ''explosives''. Oh, and as Spidey escapses, Ock has the Vulture ''lying it wait to attack him and take him to take on both himself and Electro.'' Doctor Octopus is easily the most ''terrfiying'' villain in the entire game.

* Some of the background lore concerning Spider-man's foes can be unnerving in how it's explained how Spider-man nearly died multiple times. One special mention goes out to how the description for a katana in the museum gameplay for MJ explains how Fisk cut Peter with the weapon the first time they fought, and how Peter had to be rushed to the ER by MJ. This shows how even non-poweered foes like Fisk can get lucky and kill Spiderman one day.

** What's even more insidious about the lab activities is that every one of those fun mini-games you're playing for bonus XP? ''They contribute to the creation of Doctor Octopus.'' With every one of them you beat, you allow Otto to get that much closer to the point of no return. . .

** The [[CurbStompBattle beating]] Spidey takes during that scene is NightmareFuel all on it's own with his scream of pain when [[PsychoElectro Electro]] zaps him taking the cake. He's crawling on the ground by the time it's over and Yuri later notes that he had 14 broken bones afterwards.

This game has a few dark moments of its own.

*** And what does Rhino do if he spots Miles? Forego any sense of mercy and ''squash Miles under his foot.''

* Many didn't question Otto becoming Doc Ock... but the game manages to make the player wonder "When?". Each visit to the good old Doc's lab throws in more and more nods to his eventual fate, but it's easy to get nervous about each mission in the lab. It's easy to fear the worst when swinging towards the lab and wondering if this time there'll be a horrible accident that fuses Otto with his experiments.

* The simple fact that this version of Spider-Man will be involved in ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'' and going up against the same group of villains who eat even skilled versions of for lunch (''literally'')

** And to top that off, Otto is tossed into prison with his own expression of vengeful rage. [[OhCrap And full knowledge of who Spider-Man really is for any potential revenge schemes in the future.]]

This game has a few dark moments of its own:

* Basically any of the hallucinations that Mr. Negative causes. [[spoiler: Once he grabs Spidey he gets transported via his mind to a black and white parallel NYC where all the people are lifeless statues that occasionally crumble to dust, while Negative teleports around mocking his foe.]]
** The Demons, in general, are nightmare fuel. They wear creepy Chinese opera masks, can harness dark and light energy, and are a huge NoNonsenseNemesis. [[spoiler: This is taken UpToEleven during the assembly where Jefferson Davis is killed. The whole scene is disturbingly similar to real life terrorist attacks, with several Demon suicide bombers. And Peter is knocked out for most of the event, meaning you have to play as Miles, giving you a ground zero feel to the whole scene.]]
** [[spoiler: And when you first gain control of Miles, MJ is trying to get a response from the unconscious Peter, and seemingly fails. Add to that Miles's comic origin story, it actually seems for a few moments that Peter is dead.]]
** [[spoiler: Really any scene in which you play as MJ or Miles, neither or them having superpowers and being forced to sneak their way through huge mobs or thugs, terrorists, drones, or in Miles' case, The Rhino.]]
*** And what does [[spoiler: Rhino do if he spots Miles? Forego any sense of mercy and ''squash Miles under his foot.'']]
** Just imagine that scene from the perspective of Rio, Miles' [[AdultFear mother.]] [[spoiler:Your husband is killed right in front of you, you're nearly crushed by debris, and then you're powerless to do anything as your son goes towards the scene. Then, moments later, you hear gunfire and the Demons picking off survivors, and realize that ''he's trapped with them''. Then they do find Miles and he's only barely saved by Mr. Li's PetTheDog moment. The poor woman came terrifyingly close to losing her entire family in one day.]]
* [[spoiler:TheStinger, which features Harry Osborn's actual fate. He has the same lethal disease which killed his mother, which is apparently severe enough that it requires him to be in a sealed liquid tank. With a ''symbiote''. And Norman is more than determined to find a cure for him and is most likely going to go to any extent possible. Which means that Spider-Man, on top of losing his aunt and his goodwill for Otto, is most likely going to face the Green Goblin ''and'' Venom at the same time. And that's assuming Otto or his Sinister Six don't bust out of prison again.]]
* New York City is a CrapsackWorld halfway through the game and you get to see the effects of this in full force. The Demons and Fisk's gangs are still around causing trouble, Silver Sable and her Mooks are determined to take you down, The Sinister Six are in full swing, tearing the city apart piece by piece, [[spoiler: Doc Ock has unleashed the Devil's Breath,]] and Ryker's had had a massive breakout leaving almost every criminal on the streets. Peter sounds positively broken two thirds into the game and you can hardly blame him.
* The nightmare hallucinations Peter goes through [[spoiler: after getting stung by Scorpion. The ground becomes a rising sea of poison, giant scorpion tails shoot from the ground as Spidey swings through the city, and hallucinations of Doc Ock and Scorpion attack him, all while the neurotoxin is slowly killing him]].
* Many didn't question [[spoiler: Otto becoming Doc Ock... but the game manages to make the player wonder "When?". Each visit to the good old Doc's lab throws in more and more nods to his eventual fate, but it's easy to get nervous about each mission in the lab. It's easy to fear the worst when swinging towards the lab and wondering if this time there'll be a horrible accident that fuses Otto with his experiments.]]
* [[spoiler: Doc Ock’s efficiency is a sight to behold. In his first outing, he stages a mass breakout at Ryker’s and the Raft, forms the Sinister Six, and nearly kills Spider-Man. Then he goes on to spread a mass plague, kidnap Norman Osborn, and defeat Spider-Man again before finally being taken down. And remember, this was against a Spidey who’s been at it for almost a decade. Imagine what Otto could’ve done if he’d become a villain while Peter was still a teenager.]]

** Even worse, the ending made it clear [[spoiler: that he knew Peter was Spider-Man the entire time.]] Now, Spider-Man rarely gets angry throughout the game, but suddenly he gets a guttural sense of internalized and blood-curdling ''[[TranquilFury fury]]'' at the idea that [[spoiler: Otto planned the Sinister Six formation and release of Devil's Breath (which is killing Aunt May and countless other citizens as they speak) behind Peter's back and exploited the knowledge of their borderline father-son-esque relationship to best lure him into traps and danger.]] The result is a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown where Spider-Man stops playing nice and stops trying to [[spoiler: save Otto from himself.]]
** And to top that off, [[spoiler: Otto is tossed into prison with his own expression of vengeful rage. [[OhCrap And full knowledge of who Spider-Man really is for any potential revenge schemes in the future.]]]]

** Even worse, the ending made it clear [[spoiler: that he knew Peter was Spider-Man the entire time. Now, Spider-Man rarely gets angry throughout the game, but suddenly he gets a guttural sense of internalized and blood-curdling ''rage'' at the fact that Otto planned everything behind Peter's back and exploited the knowledge of their borderline father-son-esque relationship to best lure him into traps and danger.]] And to top that off, [[spoiler: Otto is tossed into prison with his own expression of vengeful rage. [[OhCrap And full knowledge of who Spider-Man really is for any potential revenge schemes in the future.]]]]

** The [[CurbStompBattle beating]] Spidey takes during that scene is NightmareFuel all on it's own with his scream of pain when [[PsychoElectro Electro]] zaps him taking the cake. He's crawling on the ground by the time it's over and Yuri later notes that he had 14 broken bones afterwards.

* [[spoiler: Doc Ock’s efficiency is a sight to behold. In his first outing, he stages a mass breakout at Ryker’s and the Raft, forms the Sinister Six, and nearly kills Spider-Man. Then he goes on to spread a mass plague, kidnap Norman Osborn, and defeat Spider-Man again before finally being taken down. And remember, this was against a Spidey who’s been at it for almost a decade. Imagine what Otto could’ve done if he’d become a villain while Peter was still a teenager.]]

** The Demons in general are nightmare fuel. They wear creepy Chinese opera masks, can harness dark and light energy, and are a huge NoNonsenseNemesis [[spoiler: This is taken UpToEleven during the assembly where Jefferson Davis is killed. The whole scene is disturbingly similar to real life terrorist attacks, with several Demon suicide bombers. And Peter is knocked out for most of the event meaning you have to play as Miles, giving you a ground zero feel to the whole scene.]]

* [[spoiler:TheStinger, which features Harry Osborn's actual fate. He has the same lethal disease which killed his mother, which is apparently severe enough that it requires him to be in a sealed liquid tank. With a ''symbiote''. And Norman is more than determined to find a cure for him, and is most likely going to go to any extent possible. Which means that Spider-Man, on top of losing his aunt and his goodwill for Otto, is most likely going to face the Green Goblin ''and'' Venom at the same time. And that's assuming Otto or his Sinister Six don't bust out of prison again.]]
* New York City is a CrapsackWorld halfway through the game and you get to see the affects of this in full force. The Demons and Fisk's gangs are still around causing trouble, Silver Sable and her Mooks are determined to take you down, The Sinister Six are in full swing, tearing the city apart piece by piece, [[spoiler: Dock Ock has unleashed the Devil's Breath,]] and Ryker's had had a massive breakout leaving almost every criminal on the streets. Peter sounds positively broken two thirds into the game and you can hardly blame him.

* [[spoiler:TheStinger, which features Harry Osborn's actual fate. He has a lethal disease that is apparently severe enough that it requires him to be in a sealed liquid tank. With a ''symbiote''. And Norman is more than determined to find a cure for him, and is most likely going to go to any extent possible. Which means that Spider-Man, on top of losing his aunt and his goodwill for Otto, is most likely going to face the Green Goblin ''and'' Venom at once. And that's assuming Otto or his Sinister Six don't get out of prison.]]

* Many didn't question [[spoiler: Otto becoming Doc Ock... but the game manages to make the player wonder "When?". Each visit to the good old Doc's lab throws in more and more nods to his eventual fate, but it's easy to get nervous about each mission in the lab. It's easy to fear the worst when swinging towards the lab and wondering if this time there'll be a horrible accident that fuses Otto with his experiments.]]

* Many didn't question Otto becoming Doc Ock... but the game manages to make the player wonder "When?". Each visit to the good old Doc's lab throws in more and more nods to his eventual fate, but it's easy to get nervous about each mission in the lab. It's easy to fear the worst when swinging towards the lab and wondering if this time there'll be a horrible accident that fuses Otto with his experiments.

* The nightmare hallucinations Peter goes through [[spoiler: after getting stung by Scorpion. The ground becomes a rising sea of poison, giant scorpion tails shoot from the ground as Spidey swings through the city, and hallucinations of Doc Ock and Scorpion attack him, all while the neurotoxin is slowly killing him]].

* The Demons in general are nightmare fuel. They wear creepy Chinese opera masks, can harness dark and light energy, and are a huge NoNonsenseNemesis [[spoiler: This is taken UpToEleven during the assembly where Jefferson Davis is killed. The whole scene is disturbingly similar to real life terrorist attacks, with several Demon suicide bombers. And Peter is knocked out for most of the event meaning you have to play as Miles, giving you a ground zero feel to the whole scene.]]
* [[spoiler: Really any scene in which you play as MJ or Miles, neither or them having superpowers and being forced to sneak their way through huge mobs or thugs, terrorists, drones, or in Miles' case, The Rhino.]]

* The Demons in general are nightmare fuel. They wear creepy Chinese opera masks, can harness dark and light energy, and are a huge NoNonsenseNemesis [[spoiler: This is taken UpToEleven during the assembly where Jefferson Davis is killed. The whole scene is disturbingly similar to real life terrorists attacks, with several Demon suicide bombers. And Peter is knocked out for most of the event meaning you have to play as Miles, giving you a ground zero feel to the whole scene.]]