Gang Missions

Apocalypse

Apocalypse Mission One: Catch of the Day

Sadly, Apocalypse doesn't refer to the ancient, immortal mutant of Marvel Comics lore; instead, it's a simple crime gang. Insert sad face here.

Nothing too crazy here. A man is being lowered into the ocean by a group of Apocalyptos. You need to fight them off while periodically flipping the switch on the crane to bring the man back up to the pier. The Apocalyptos will attempt to cause the crane to lower (why couldn’t they just push him into the water?), so you'll need to constantly flip the switch while fighting them off. Use the Speed attack to hit multiple enemies at one time and to clear a bit of the pier when needed.

When the man is free, he'll tell you of more Apocalypse forces in the subways.

Mission Two: Bomber's Hideout

When you reach the subway entrance, head down to the trains to find a group of Apocalyptos that are standing guard. Defeat them, then check the walkway nearby to find a door leading on. (There's a Secret Token inside the boxes by the door.) After you take down all the Apocalyptos, free the hostages in the room (you can spot them with Spider-Senses), then quickly move through the door to rescue the train conductor.

He'll clue you in on the fact that the Apocalyptos have hijacked an express train. It's up to you to stop them! For some reason, this involves travelling down the train tracks and defeating another group of Apocs that are milling about in a subway station. No train's in sight; guess it was a false alarm.

Mission Three: Power Grid

This is a three-part mission. The first part is simple: follow the cop car until you find the Apocalyptos, and defeat them. Next, follow the police car until it starts following a van. It can be tricky, but you need to land on top of the van (it'll appear red in your Spider Senses), then attack the passenger and use the face buttons of your controller to rip off the hood and disable the vehicle. It's tough to land on the van, but you have an unlimited amount of time to do so.

Thirdly, an Apocalypse van will ram a bomb into the power station. You might not want to bother with the enemies here; instead, flip on your spider-senses, run around to the four power switches in the station, and flip all of them off. When you do so, you'll be able to return to the van, grab the bomb, and flip your way to the piers, where Spiderman will chuck it into the water.

After that, a rumble will begin, with you against five Apocalypse fighters, including one of the street sign-wielding characters that acts as a boss fight. You may want to take down the two gun-wielding foes before moving on to the tougher fighters here, or they'll pelt you from the sidelines. Stay airborne and use your webs to confuse your foes. We managed to get a lucky end to the fight by using the Multi Rodeo attack and throwing the boss into the water through the fence, but you shouldn't count on that happening.

Arsenic Candy Missions

Arsenic Candy is a girl gang that terrorizes the Upper East Side.

Mission One: Shop Till You Drop

A simple street fight here will net you a clue: the Candies are holed up in an abandoned theater nearby. You need to head inside and free the hostages within, which will be attacked by the Candies when you appear. They have plenty of health, so it's not too difficult to fight off the Candies before they die, but there is a boss-level character here that wields a hammer. She can dodge most of your light attacks, so use heavy attacks to wear her down, or grapple her and throw her around.

When you've freed the hostages (which happens automatically when all the enemies are defeated, a hidden Candy will dislodge the large chandelier here, which acts as a guillotine and will kill the hostages if it hits them. To spare you a bout of frustration, just hold down your light attack button while it swings, then release it when the "Now!" prompt pops up. That'll smash the chandelier back up to the ceiling, allowing you to do this again. Perform the action a few times to destroy it outright and end the mission.

Mission Two: Bear Necessity

Again, clear out the low-level Candies with normal attacks, but use heavy attacks on the hammer-wielding foe. When they're cleared out, head into the factory and repeat the process on the foes inside. With that done, you'll have to follow their helicopter across the bridge outside, without getting too close to it. When it lands, clear out the Candies that appear, then head into the burning building. There are two civilians to rescue, but the first one you'll want to help is the man pinned underneath a bar of metal on the ground floor. Lift the metal off of him, then pick him up and take him to the ambulance outside, via the doors.

Next up is the woman behind the glass window here. Lift the rock away from the door, pick up the woman, then use Spider Sense to find the holes in the ceiling here. You can superjump up through them, so try to get up and through the roof before the building collapses. There's no timer for the event, so you can probably take as much time as you like.

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