Spider-Man 3

Story

The game's storyline begins with a tutorial level in which Spider-Man prevents the H-Bombers from blowing up the Carlyle Building. The next day, he investigates strange lizard-like creatures in Central Park and continues to fight the H-Bombers by thwarting their attempts to destroy the Daily Bugle's printing plant and regional office. That night, while chatting with Mary Jane in Central Park, an alien symbiote from a meteor attaches itself to Peter's shoe. After taking Mary Jane home, Peter is attacked by Harry, who has turned into the "New Goblin" to avenge his father's death. Peter defeats Harry, takes him to hospital and then returns home, where the symbiote encases him and creates a black Spider-Man suit that enhances his abilities and increases his aggression. Meanwhile, an escaped convict named Flint Marko becomes the Sandman after a mishap with an experimental particle accelerator fuses him with sand. The next day, the H-Bombers attack the Daily Bugle and kidnap J. Jonah Jameson, but Spider-Man rescues him. He confronts and defeats the leader of the bombers, Luke Carlyle, a businessman turned criminal due to a story published by Jameson that ruined his company. Later, Peter investigates the disappearance of his science teacher, Dr. Curt Connors, and discovers that he has been transformed into the Lizard through experimentation with a lizard DNA serum. As he pursues the Lizard through the sewers, Spider-Man discovers that it has also transformed others into similar creatures and plans to attack New York. Spider-Man foils the plan, but the Lizard escapes deeper into the sewers. When Spider-Man encounters him again, the Lizard is in a battle with Kraven the Hunter. Spider-Man intervenes and defeats Kraven before overpowering the Lizard and returning Connors to his human form. While Spider-Man heals the other victims of the Lizard's transformation, Connors helps him investigate the symbiote's dangerous potential after he has fully recovered. An assignment from Jameson leads Spider-Man to a vampire, which he defeats and brings to Connors. Connors identifies the vampire as Dr. Michael Morbius, a renowned biochemist. Morbius claims that his transformation was caused by his wife Shriek, whom Spider-Man tracks down and defeats. She escapes, however, and Spider-Man later fights Shriek's gang, the Waste Tribe. He eventually tracks Shriek down and brings Morbius to her in hopes of a cure, but she turns Morbius against Spider-Man instead. After defeating Morbius, Spider-Man confronts Shriek and uses the symbiote to fight her powers. Defeated, Shriek uses her abilities to heal Morbius before falling into a coma. Spider-Man leaves her in the care of Morbius and Connors and departs. Peter later learns that Eddie Brock has been posing as Spider-Man in a black suit in order to frame him as a criminal and secure a promotion. After humiliating Brock as Spider-Man, Peter uncovers the plan and gets the promotion, whereupon Brock swears revenge on both Spider-Man and Peter. As the public becomes increasingly concerned about Spider-Man's violent tendencies in the symbiote suit, Spider-Man plans to ditch the suit. However, he sees Marko robbing an armored van and pursues him into the subway. Unable to defeat Marko, Spider-Man dons the symbiote suit and is eventually consumed by his aggression. Discovering that water is Marko's weakness, Spider-Man opens a pipe and lets out water, which dissolves Marko into mud. Later that night, the symbiote's influence on Peter frightens Mary Jane during their date and a confrontation with muggers. Peter realizes the symbiote's negative influence on his behavior and goes to a nearby church to remove it. He succeeds thanks to the acoustic vibrations of the church bell, which weaken the symbiote. However, the creature bonds with Brock, who has followed Spider-Man into the church. As Venom, Brock, who knows of Peter's identity as Spider-Man, blackmails Marko into helping him kill Spider-Man by threatening Marko's daughter. They kidnap Mary Jane to lure Spider-Man, but Harry, who has since recovered, comes to their aid. Harry rescues Mary Jane and Marko's daughter and helps Spider-Man defeat Marko before Venom tries to kill him. Spider-Man defeats Venom by weakening him with sonic vibrations, but Brock presumably dies when the symbiote leaves his body. After these events, Spider-Man reconciles with Mary Jane, and Marko is reunited with his daughter. He apologizes to Spider-Man and walks away peacefully. The game ends with Spider-Man resuming his fight against crime, emphasizing that the best way to honor and remember his loved ones is to never give up being Spider-Man.