Spider-Man PS4: 10 Most INFURIATINGLY Difficult Moments
How many chase sequences and challenges can you fit in a video game?
Looking back, the PS4 owed a lot of its success to just how great of an exclusive title 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man was. Not only did it help breathe life into the singleplayer open-world community, but its hype pre-release felt unlike any other game that had come before it for some time.
And this hype turned out to be very well placed. The game blurred the lines between an ambitious and addictive video game and a cinematic masterpiece, with its stunning visuals, smooth controls, vibrant open world, gripping storyline, well-written dialogue and sheer amount of extra content all combining to help the game win sixteen awards, including Game of the Year.
There's a very good reason why so many fans say this universe's versions of Spider-Man, Mary-Jane Watson, Otto Octavius and enemies such as Rhino or Scorpion are their favourites.
However, the game also turned out to be a fair bit harder than what some first anticipated. Infuriatingly more difficult, in some instances. From overwhelming amounts of enemies, strategic stealth and sneaking missions that require deep concentration, to high speed chases that need precise movement and a keen memory for the map's layout, Spidey's PS4 adventure had more than a few hiccups.
10. Greenwich Bombs
It's probably fair to say that all of the Taskmaster's Bomb Challenges bring with them a couple of nervy moments for a player. There are no obvious routes or pointers as to which way is the quickest, the base time limit is pretty pressuring, and the window between Amazing, Spectacular and Ultimate ranks mean that completionists out there can often find themselves missing out on the top rankings by just a couple of infuriating seconds.
The Greenwich challenge is where these annoying fine margins really come into play however. For starters, the Taskmaster only gives players a total of sixty seconds to complete the task, with the game asking them to rack up a whopping 11,500 and 10,000 points for an Ultimate and Spectacular ranking respectively.
This challenge features two of the three bombs being hidden in or underneath obstacles, adding a couple of unfair extra steps to this troublesome course, and the level of precise navigation and perfect memorisation required is seriously insane, even for a bomb challenge.
Using the Zero Gravity Suit should help most players out with some of the tighter zips and turns across the course, but it still remains a memorably awful challenge to try and perfect.