Spider-Man PS4: Every Villain Confirmed (So Far)

As far as villainous aspirations go, the menacing facade put on by Herman Shultz's honey-coloured insulation suit is markedly mundane in comparison to, say, Kingpin or the Sinister Six's. Power, criminal empires, world domination: Shocker cares not for such things, he's in it for the money and the money alone.

A serial offender at heart, Shultz created his bone-shaking gauntlets, not as a means of going toe to toe with Spider-Man or other superpowered foes, but to make the life of a lawbreaking safecracker infinitely easier than tinkering around with a bobby pin. That his self-invented tech provides an edge over the bog-standard burglar is just a bonus.

Insomniac's gameplay reveal for Shocker confirms that he'll be sticking to the character's roots as an exceptionally dangerous bank robber. Does that scupper any chances of him joining the Sinister crew later in the game? Not at all, but it's looking more and more likely that he'll play the role of a side villain rather than city-wide threat.