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Spider-Man gets a tip from Yuri that the Demons are seizing a lot of the Kingpin’s holdings. Spider-Man still thinks this is a gang war problem. By this point in the story the player has run into spontaneous clusters of Demons doing various crimes around the city. They seem to be amassing weapons and money and Spidey is wondering what their next big move is.

Yuri is invaluable here. As a member of the police force she can feed Spider-Man all the exposition we need and act as a sounding board for our lead character. Without her, Spider-Man would need to convey all of his plans and fears by narrating to himself. That works fine in comics where the writer controls the flow of time and can have Spidey recap recent events in a single full-page panel, but in an open world having the player character endlessly chattering to themselves would be incredibly tedious.

Spider-Man and Yuri figure out that the Demons are likely to attack one of the Kingpin’s properties at the docks. Yuri sends officer Jefferson Davis with a warrant. This means Spider-Man and Officer Davis can conduct a proper search and gather evidence.

Before they can do the search, Spidey needs to knock out all the guards, so I guess now is a good time to talk about the…

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After his date with MJ, Spider-Man gets out on the town to discover that his old foe Shocker has just been paroled and is already tearing up the city, stealing cash.

I really have to question the parole board of Spider-Man’s New York. Shocker can obliterate cars and shatter walls. He crosses the city by launching himself in the air with shockwaves, meaning he leaves a Hulk-style path of destruction in his wake. He could do a few million dollars of damage just crossing town, not to mention the mess he’d make when he got to the bank. I have to assume he’s done this at least once in the past, so I’m not sure how he’s out on parole. Or how he got his suit back. Or why there wasn’t anyone keeping an eye on him.

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