Even two of the films fight scenes (the armored truck fight with Sandman and the fight in Harrys mansion) are left out of the game. Adaptation Distillation: The vast majority of the films plots are not present in the game, including the Gwen/MJ love triangle, Peter trying to propose to Mary Jane, Sandman being Uncle Bens killer, Harrys memory loss, and Harry blackmailing MJ into breaking up with Peter.The PS2/Wii versions added a sub-plot involving Morbius the Living Vampire, Shriek and the Lizard.Venom has considerably more screentime as well. The PS3/360/PC versions includes sub-plots involving the Kingpin, Scorpion, Rhino, the Lizard, and Jean DeWolfe.Absurdly Spacious Sewer: The sewers in the game are practically kingdom-sized, being where the Lizard and his mutated lizardmen take up residence, and later on Spider-Man and Scorpion use it to gain secret entrance into MechaBioCon's headquarters.Tropes shown in the Spider-Man 3 video game include: In addition to the supervillains, a few of the game's sub-plots also revolve around several gangs in the city them being the punk-filled Apocalypse gang, the ninja clan-inspired Dragon Tail, the PS2/Wii exclusive Wasteland gang, and lastly, for the PS3/360/PC versions, Arsenic Candy, an all-female gang dressed as gothic lolitas (. While all platforms feature the main film villains as well as the Lizard, Kraven the Hunter and Luke Carlyle (who here is portrayed as a Mad Bomber), only the PS3/360/PC versions of the game include Scorpion, Rhino, and the Kingpin and likewise, only the PS2/Wii/PSP versions include Shriek and Morbius.
The villain line-up varies across game platforms. While the game follows the most basic elements of the film's plot, it eliminates virtually all of its sub-plots in favor of some different sub-plots that feature several antagonists from the comics as well as some all-new ones. Just in time for the release of the 2007 film, a video game adaptation of Spider-Man 3 came out, being developed once again by Treyarch Studios and published by Activision.