Now that 2 has been out for a while and we've had time to digest it, what would you guys like to see for Spider-Man 3 assuming that will still happen? The big finale. Just for fun I decided to think about what they could do for the third game. This is just some loose ideas and I'm by no means a top level scriptwriter so some of these ideas might be bad, just having fun with it.
In my mind SM3 opens up with a time skip, maybe a year or so after SM2. Peter is retired from being Spider-Man and I like the idea of maybe seeing him marry MJ in the opening cutscene summarizing what's going on at the start of the game. He's still very much a mentor to Miles but he focuses on his own life and mostly gives advice and helps with tech gadgets and such. Miles has taken over being the Spider-Man and Cindy (Silk) who was teased at the end of SM2 has become his understudy but it's very early days. Just showing her a lot of the basics but she isn't ready to take on any big threats yet.
In the shadows Norman Osborn has been planning his revenge on Spider-Man but he still does not know the identity of him and with him being 'retired' he's planning to lure him out again. He's enlisted the help of Alistair Smythe to build spider slayer robots to help track the Spider-Men while he has also enlisted the help of the Jackal to improve the Goblin formula. Similar to the first 2 games I think you gotta start with an action set piece fighting a villain that doesn't play a huge part in the overall story. I think Chameleon could be great for that, even if he would make sense to use for a side story as well. But I think Chameleon would be a good choice for the opening enemy, being one of the most iconic Spidey-villains having featured in the first comic. The opening would have Miles take him down with the help of Silk and Miles would get into an argument with Cindy afterwards about her not being ready to take on serious enemies yet in combat.
For me I think Carnage would be used similar to Mr Negative in 1 or Kraven in 2. The plot around The Flame comes back into play and we are introduced to Carnage and his crew. With Carnage surfacing and posing a big threat to the city, Norman sees his chance to set his plan in motion with a great distraction there. I actually think Miles goes up against Carnage and gets beaten. Silk shows up (despite what Miles said earlier) and saves Miles but she gets seriously injured by Carnage and she ends up in the hospital. Miles blames himself and Peter decides to suit up again realizing the threat of the situation, and I think we also find out MJ is pregnant. The combined strength of Peter and Miles is enough to take down Carnage and separate Cletus from the symbiote and put him away. This is where we introduce Green Goblin in his classic form, glider and all - who takes Peter by surprise as he is swinging home and Green Goblin wins that fight with Peter being a bit rusty from not having been Spider-Man for a while. Realizing his identity as Peter lays injured, Norman decides it would be too easy to just kill him and that he has to suffer.
Miles helps Peter as he recovers from his injuries and they try to figure out who Green Goblin is and what he wants. The Goblin strikes against several people and places with a link to Peter and they realize its personal. Peter decides to ask Doctor Octavius for help and in a similar way to how Mr Negative redeemed himself in 2, Otto decides he wants to help and gives some insight about Norman. From this point on I think you have a second Green Goblin fight where Miles wins (but Norman escaping) and Norman sets Carnage free because he thinks that will help. I can see another possible MJ stealth section with her being at the hospital to do some check up for the baby, Carnage and his cult shows up and starts taking out people and she has to sneakily move around to not be found. You have a final battle against Carnage but then you end the symbiote bonding with Norman and you get Red Goblin as the final boss. Our heroes save the day with a little help from Doc Ock who shows up at the end.
Then for the epilogue you end it with MJ giving birth to a daughter and them naming her May (as a nod to Mayday), Peter now fully retired as Spider-Man but he works as a scientist for a foundation continuing on the idea/legacy of the Emily/May foundation in SM2. Miles has no more doubts about being the nr1 Spider-man and he has taken over that role with full force. Silk is now his trusted sidekick who gets better every day. Was trying to think for anything good to have as the post-credits tease but I'm not sure. I think for the side missions in game you could have either the Jackal or bring back Task Master. The spider-slayers would have different bases or nests around the city you have to clear out. Maybe in the second half of the game with Green Goblin as the main threat, maybe he exposes people to some low effect goblin gas and you have to swing in, take out some enemies, get a bomb of antidote off in the area, or something similar.
I thought about whether they would do Superior Spider-Man or not and if they do, I think they could still fit that into the story with some adjustments.
Sorry for a long wall of text but thanks for reading my nonsense fan fiction.
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