
Lighter and Softer: The game as a whole compared to the movies.Huh, they're really scraping the bottom of the ol' villain barrel, eh? Who's next. And then there is of course, S.H.I.E.L.D. Fun with Acronyms: PHANTOM stands for Perpetual Holographic Avatar Nano-Tech Offensive Monsters.Scorpion, Rhino, and Sandman - The Big Guy.Evil Is Hammy: Every boss except Sandman.Energy Weapon: Silver Sable and Scorpion both utilize lasers.Dumb Muscle: Rhino, Sandman, and presumably Scorpion.Defeat Means Friendship: Although Green Goblin, Scorpion, and Venom make it known that they're not Spider-Man's friends.Death Is a Slap on the Wrist: Dying results in merely losing a few Tech Tokens.Deadly Dodging: One of the ways to take major health off Rhino in his boss battle.Cool Sword: Blade wields a single-handed machete-like sword.Camera Screw: Downplayed since platforming is very minimal, but the nature of the game ultimately means that you have zero control over the camera.Brainwashed and Crazy: Every boss Spider-Man encountered except for Mysterio, given he's the one doing the brainwashing.One could consider it essentially Spider-Man 4 if it was set in the broader Marvel Universe and all of the villains survived their respective movies, as well as Mysterio, Lizard, and Black Cat's presence, as they slated to appear in the cancelled fourth movie.



While Harry was good before and did redeem himself by the end of Spider-Man 3, he spent a good half of the movie as a villain as New Goblin bent on revenge against Peter. Also applies to the Prowler, who isnt even fought as a boss.Adaptational Heroism: The Lizard, who is a good guy here and keeps his human form's intelligence.Action Girl: Black Cat and Silver Sable.Spider-Man: Friend or Foe provides examples of:
