Grand Finale

Showdown

Time to get swinging and rescue Mary Jane! She's being held captive by both Sandman and Venom, so you'll need to fight them off in order to rescue her.

Venom Phase One

The first fighter here is Venom. You can make it easier to take Venom down if you manage to stun him with sounds, but what can you use to make loud noises? If you flip on your Spider-Senses, you'll spot groups of metal beams on the floors above you. Quickly jump up to the floor above where you start the fight; you should see two groups of bars here. Wait for Venom to follow you up, then smash one of sets of bars and start unloading a combo on him. Venom will typically enter his rage mode when you're done with your combo, or sometimes even before it, so be ready to use your dodge mode to escape his wrath.

After beating Brock up for a few minutes like this, he'll attack Mary Jane. Repeat the process of beating him until another cutscene begins.

Sandman

After taking control of Harry Osborn, you'll be able to fly on his hoverboard towards the construction site. The controls here will take a bit of getting used to, so pay attention to the tutorial that you receive on the way over there.

After MJ's safe, throw a couple of pumpkin bombs at Sandman, then wait for the trigger to start the button game that will lead you to the ground. On the 360, the controls are LS Down, Left Trigger, LS Right, LS Left, LS Down, X, LS Left, B. Each time you mess up here, you'll lose life, which will make the rest of the fight more difficult to complete, so try to get it right as quickly as possible.

When you get down to the ground, you'll be able to point a stream of water at Sandman from the fire hydrant. Aim it at his face and upper body as best you can. Periodically he'll throw a car or piece of metal at you; you can block these with the water if you're quick enough.

Throwing Bombs

When Sandman is good and solid, you can try to damage him with your bombs. This is where the targeting system comes in. You can cycle between his two hands and his head here, but you're going to want to stay focused on his head. Using your hoverboard, move as high up as possible in the area and continually circle around him to avoid the projectiles that he throws at you. If you go too low, he'll smash you with his hands. Just stay up high.

You can throw pumpkin bombs at him during this phase of the fight, but normal pumpkin bombs aren't going to do you much good, since he'll block anything that comes near his head with his hands. You can blow up his hands to uncover his head, but that won't last too long. It's best to simply get up high and repeatedly use one of your special attacks to attack him. If you hold your special attack button while holding down the heavy attack button as well (right bumper plus Y on the 360 controller), you'll chuck out a group of three pumpkin bombs at once. Just remember to hold down the Y button to get extra distance on your throw. Some of these will hit his head, and some will hit his arms, but they will eventually wear down his health.

Finishing Him Off

In order to take Sandman down for good, you have to make it through two more button games. On the 360, the controls are LS Left, X for one hand, LS Right, X for the second hand; and then B, LS Up, and B for the head.

With that done, you'll be forced to escape the whirlwind that appears. You can't die from failing the whirlwind portion of the match, so don't worry too much about failing. The sequence is LS Left, LS Right, LS Left, A, LS Down, LS Up, A, LS Down.

Venom Phase Two

It's you and Venom, one on one, for all the marbles. The fight is basically the same as it was earlier, with you attempting to reach the groups of pipes, hitting them, then wearing Venom down until the final button sequence game starts up. You will both likely have only a little bit of health left, so do your best to stay away from Venom while he's not stunned.

When you do manage to get him down to zero health, the button sequence is as follows on the 360: LS Up, A; LS Left, A; A, B; LB, X; LB, Y; Right Trigger. Completing it successfully will end the game.

Previous PageNext: Xbox 360 Achievements