History Tearjerker / SpidermanPS4

** The vivid depiction of Otto's DescentIntoMadness is heartbreaking. His final audio journal before undertaking his scheme as Doctor Octopus is apologizing to Peter, telling him that [[OnlyFriend the loss of their friendship is the one thing he'll regret.]] Contrast that with his later journals after creating his arms, where he blames Peter for his prior failings and venomously accuses him of only sticking around to steal Otto's ideas. During the final battle he goes as far as demanding to know how much Osborn is paying Peter to fight him, despite knowing full well Peter would never do that [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules for]] [[TrueCompanions multiple]] [[ComesGreatResponsibility reasons]].

* Martin Li's status as Mr. Negative and Otto becoming Dr. Octopus is no surprise to most players, as the former wasn't hidden in advertising and the latter is an iconic Spider-Man rogue. What makes it tragic is is the player knows this, but [[DramaticIrony Peter does not.]] The end result is ''dreading'' when that inevitable occurrence will happen as both are given a fleshed out relationship with Peter before the InternalReveal.

'''Spider-ManMan:''' I can't... save everyone...!

** Spidey and Felicia's final conversation at the end of the ''The Heist''. She asks why Peter is trying to save her even after she conned him, saying that he's too nice. Spider-Man replies by saying that he isn't being nice, he's just doing the right thing. Before the end of the call, Felicia says "Love you." Despite everything, she genuinely loved Spidey, which makes [[PlayerPunch her penthouse exploding all the more painful.]]

* Continuing the BrokenPedestal theme from the main game, ''Turf War'' basically depicts the gradual destruction of Spider-Man and Yuri’s friendship. After their sting operation goes sideways and leads to the deaths of nearly all the officers Yuri led in, [[SanitySlippage she grows increasingly angry and hateful]], resenting Spidey for not being able to handle Hammerhead like he promised he could. When Hammerhead launches a direct assault on her precinct to get the parts for Project Olympus (killing even more officers under her command), she snaps and uses Sable tech to shoot up the Bar With No Name and other criminal hideouts to find Hammerhead and take her revenge. It all culminates in her shooting Hammerhead in cold blood right as Spidey was about to arrest him. The story ends with her seeing Spider-Man and all the other cops staring at her in horror and disappointment, clearly realizing just how badly she’s screwed up; she’s going to lose her badge at the very least, and is likely facing prison.

* The tragedy of Yuri's story continues in ''Silver Lining,'' bringing her full circle into the role of a villain, just like Li and Octavius. At the start she gets suspended from the force and disappears off the grid, with Spidey very concerned and wanting to find her. Partway through, he finds a mysterious set of recordings, which eventually detail a Maggia attempt on her life by bribing what seems to be her psychiatrist. He sets off to get more info, getting more and desperate and worried with each new tape. But then you find that it was ''actually'' a last ditch plan by Yuri to trap the Maggia even after being suspended, having convinced a fellow cop to go [[CowboyCop cowboy]] with her. But without the support of the rest of the department, the cop is quickly found out and murdered. This leads Yuri to [[RageBreakingPoint finally snap completely.]] The string ends with Spider-Man finding the hitman who did it...[[TheReveal murdered, and gruesomely strung up]], just for Spidey to find. At which point the two have their last conversation as Spidey--almost in tears--tries to convince Yuri to turn herself in before it's too late for her to come back. But unfortunately, it already is. Yuri leaves this story an unrepentant murderer intent on dispensing "true justice", and Spider-Man will be forced to find and stop her.

* Continuing the BrokenPedestal theme from the main game, ''Turf War'' basically depicts the gradual destruction of Spider-Man and Yuri’s friendship. After their sting operation goes sideways and leads to the deaths of nearly all the officers Yuri led in, [[SanitySlippage she grows increasingly angry and hateful]], resenting Peter for not being able to handle Hammerhead like he promised he could. When Hammerhead launches a direct assault on her precinct to get the parts for Project Olympus (killing even more officers under her command), she snaps and uses Sable tech to shoot up the Bar With No Name and other criminal hideouts to find Hammerhead and take her revenge. It all culminates in her shooting Hammerhead in cold blood right as Spidey was about to arrest him. The story ends with her seeing Spider-Man and all the other cops staring at her in horror and disappointment, clearly realizing just how badly she’s screwed up; she’s going to lose her badge at the very least, and is likely facing prison.
* What's especially tragic is how ''Turf Wars'' started. with an officer proudly showing off [[ItWasAGift the Spider-Man watch he got as a birthday present from his child]] to the Webslinger himself, with Yuri jokingly stating it goes against regulation uniform but she'll allow it. After the botched storming of the Harlem Sanctum, Hammerhead starts killing the Police Officers one-by-one, but the aforementioned one spits in Hammerheads face, provoking him into making his next victim when Spidey manages to kill the lights. Yuri takes the opportunity to grab one the mooks guns and starts firing into the dark causing the Maggia goons to fire back. At the end of the gunfire, Yuri pulls out a lighter to survey the damage, and finds the Maggia goons disposed of, and Spider-Man, crouched over the dead body of an officer with a cracked Spider-Man watch...[[https://i.imgur.com/v5JnZjC.png Yuri's face says it all]].

** Otto reveals that he ''knew'' Peter was Spider-Man, and it never stopped him from trying his damnedest to kill Peter throughout the last third of the game. It takes Peter a moment to realize what this means, and once the gravity of it all hits him, he descends into TranquilFury and throws himself at Otto, ''stomping'' one of his tentacles off in the process before an absolutely ''gut-wrenching'' fistfight ensues.

** Otto reveals that he ''knew'' Peter was Spider-Man, and it never stopped him from trying his damnedest to kill Peter throughout the last third of the game.
** Peter positively breaks during the final beatdown, telling Otto that the doctor was his hero, and they were going to change the world together. It's made worse by the fact that the subtitles don't refer him as Spider-Man. They refer to him as ''Peter'', making it very clear that this is coming from a very personal place.

* The tragedy of Yuri's story continues in ''Silver Lining,'' bringing her full circle into the role of a villain, just like Li and Octavius. At the start she gets suspended from the force and disappears off the grid, with Spidey very concerned and wanting to find her. Partway through, he finds a mysterious set of recordings, which eventually detail a Maggia attempt on her life by bribing what seems to be her psychiatrist. He sets off to get more info, getting more and desperate and worried with each new tape. But then you find that it was ''actually'' a last ditch plan by Yuri to trap the Maggia even after being suspended, having convinced a fellow cop to go [[CowboyCop cowboy]] with her. But without the support of the rest of the department, the cop is quickly found out and murdered. This leads Yuri to [[RageBreakingPoint finally snap completely.]] The string ends with Spider-Man finding the hitman who did it...[[TheReveal murdered, and gruesomely strung up]], just for Spidey to find. At which point the two have their last conversation as Spidey--almost in tears--tries to convince Yuri to turn herself in before it's too late for her to come back. But unfortunately, it already is. Yuri leaves this story an unrepentant murderer intent on dispensing "true justice", and Spider-Man will forced to find and stop her.

* A small moment in the campaigns: if you swing by Octavius Industries you'll find the lab inaccessible, the rooftop door boarded up and covered with police tape. The last vestiges of Otto Octavius and the dream of helping people with advanced prosthetics he shared with Peter...gone.

* A small moment in ''Silver Lining'': if you swing by Octavius Industries you'll find the lab inaccessible, the rooftop door boarded up and covered with police tape. The last vestiges of Otto Octavius and the dream of helping people with advanced prosthetics he shared with Peter...gone.

** Otto's DescentIntoMadness is painfully vivid in its execution. His final audio journal before undertaking his scheme as Doctor Octopus is apologizing to Peter, telling him that [[OnlyFriend the loss of their friendship is the one thing he'll regret.]] Contrast that with his later journals after creating his arms, where he blames Peter for his prior failings and venomously accuses him of only sticking around to steal Otto's ideas.
*** The whiteboard at the back of Otto's lab throughout most of the story shows Otto's brainstorming for logo and slogan ideas for Octavius Industries. After being inspired to create his arms, the tagline that stays there for most of the game is "Creating the future we deserve", with notes on how to outperform Oscorp. Returning to the lab after the Raft breakout reveals scrawled sketches of his weaponized tentacles, and his hopeful slogans replaced with pledges to destroy Oscorp and the slogan crossed out, replaced with "Creating the future '''I''' deserve."

*** The whiteboard at the back of Otto's lab throughout most of the story shows Otto's brainstorming for logo and slogan ideas for Octavius Industries. After being inspired to create his arms, the tagline that stays there for most of the game is "Creating the future we deserve", with notes on how to outperform Oscorp. Returning to the lab after the Raft breakout reveals scrawled sketches of his weaponized tentacles, and his hopeful slogans replaced with pledges to destroy Oscorp and the slogan crossed out, replaced with "Creating the future ''I'' deserve.

* Otto's remarks to Peter at the game's end, the ones noted above that might have come out differently if Otto hadn't gone through with corrupting himself? It gets called back to in Spider-geddon's 0th issue, by the version of Superior Spider-Man (a younger Otto Octavious) who comes to recruit the game's version of Peter. And in its own way, it's a quiet twist of the knife when Superior!Otto comments on it: the words ''would'' have come out differently.
-->'''Superior!Otto''': "I have no doubt that this world's Otto Octavious...If his mental faculties were intact...would be proud of you."

* The tragedy of Yuri's story continues in ''Silver Lining,'' bringing her full circle in a way just like Li and Octavius. At the start she gets suspended from the force and disappears off the grid, with Spidey very concerned and wanting to find her. Then partway through he finds a mysterious set of recordings, which eventually detail a Maggia attempt on her life by bribing what seems to be her psychiatrist. He sets off to get more info, getting more and desperate and worried with each new tape. But then you find that it was ''actually' a last ditch plan by Yuri to trap the Maggia even after being suspended, having convinced a fellow cop to go [[CowboyCop cowboy]] with her. But without the support of the rest of the department, the cop is quickly found out and murdered. To which Yuri [[RageBreakingPoint finally snaps completely.]] The string ends with Spider-Man finding the hitman who did it murdered, and gruesomely strung up for him to find. At which point the two have their last conversation as Spidey - almost in tears - tries to convince Yuri to turn herself in before it's too late for her to come back. But unfortunately it already is, and they end the story with her an unrepentant murderer intent on finding more victims, and him forced to find and stop her.
** The saddest part is that Yuri attempted the sting without even contacting Spider-Man. Keep in mind during the main game and early parts of the DLC, he's her go to in these kinds of situations where she needs to work outside the law to get probable cause. Not only would he have probably been able to get the evidence on the hitman without endangering anyone, the fact she isn't shows how strained their relationship ultimately got.
* A small moment in ''Silver Lining'': if you swing by Octavius Industries you'll find the lab inaccessible, the rooftop door boarded up and covered with police tape. The last vestiges of Otto Octavius and the dream of helping people with advanced prosthetics he shared with Peter is gone.

* After Peter gets injected with Scorpion's neurotoxin, and frantically searches the city for an antidote, he is tormented by hallucinations of Otto calling him a failure who causes pain to everyone around him. Peter tries to reason with the doctor, telling him that he will save him, growing more desperate with each attempt to the point where he tearfully apologizes for letting Otto down. Yuri Lowenthal's voice acting during this sequence is ''heart wrenching'' as he really makes Peter sound so small and like he's on the verge of breaking down crying behind the mask as he pleads with the hallucinatory Otto and by proxy [[HurtingHero his own guilt over not being able to save everyone.]]

** The worst thing with the above part of the conversation is how Otto both mixes in words Peter [[LikeASonToMe had wanted to probably hear for a while]] and a [[ComesGreatResponsibility similar ideology]] that Spider-Man holds - only to twist them into cruel accusations, and a sense of superiority over everyone else, a ''complete betrayal'' of everything Peter Parker fights and stands for. Had Octavius not willingly ''chosen'' to have his mind decay with corruption and vengeance, these words might just have come out differently were he still sane.

--->'''Otto:''' You should be on my side!\\
'''Peter:''' ''I WAS!''

** Peter positively breaks during the final beatdown, telling Otto that the doctor was his hero, and they were going to change the world together.

* After Peter gets injected with Scorpion's neurotoxin, and frantically searches the city for an antidote, he is tormented by hallucinations of Otto calling him a failure who causes pain to everyone around him. Peter tries to reason with the doctor, telling him that he will save him, growing more desperate with each attempt to the point where he tearfully apologizes for letting Otto down.

** While Miles is in an understandable state of grief, it's hard not to feel sorry for Peter, too. He feels immense guilt for Jefferson's death, knowing that if he didn't have to worry about protecting his own identity, he probably could've saved Jefferson. His attempt at consoling the man's only son was his first act of making it up to the late officer. Regardless of how common his expressions of sympathy (none of which he denies when Miles quotes them) were bound to be, his heart was in the right place and he was given the brush-off, making his guilt even worse.

** Combining this with a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: May implicitly telling Peter to not be selfish and use the cure to save everyone else. She's willing to die so that her beloved nephew doesn't compromise his own morals and doom untold thousands for her own sake.

** While Miles is in an understandable state of grief, it's hard not to feel sorry for Peter, too. He feels immense guilt for Jefferson's death, knowing that if he didn't have to worry about protecting his own identity, he probably could've saved Jefferson. His attempt at consoling his son was his first act of making it up to the late officer. Regardless of how common his expressions of sympathy (none of which he denies when Miles quotes them) were bound to be, his heart was in the right place and he was given the brush-off, making his guilt even worse.

** While it isn't spoken, what may have been the last little thing to push Peter into not doing it was the fact that Yuri, arguably his best friend throughout the entirety of the game, was also infected. Not only would curing May leave thousands to die, but he'd also be dooming the only other person in the game that he could always rely on and confide to. It wasn't just potentially looking past the ''faceless'' people he couldn't save, but no matter what someone close to him would perish from this. Worse even, [[spoiler: Yuri's eventual [[FaceHeelTurn descent into villainy]] means he ends up losing her anyway.]]