Lizard/Dr. Connors Missions

Spidey's former college professor, Curt Conners, has transformed himself into a hideous beast after injecting himself with reptilian DNA in the hopes of regenerating his lost arm. It's up to Spider Man to track him down and give him the help he needs!

Mission One: In Search of the Lizards

Head to the Daily Bugle building to pick up this mission. Apparently giant lizards have been spotted in Gramercy Park! This mission also acts as a tutorial for the photography mini-game you'll have to periodically partake in, so pay attention to the instructions as they're outlined for you.

After taking a picture of the cellphone salesman, return to the Daily Planet, then head out to Gramercy Park, where the real lizards are located. After you track one into the alleyway near where a frightened man reports its location, stay away from it and take a picture! If you get too close, it'll disappear and you'll have to try again.

When you find and defeat the Apocalypse soldiers, you'll be able to find numerous lizard tracks by using Spider-Sense. The correct path leads to the northeast, up and over a building, and into a small park near the "Midtown" label on your map. You'll probably have to backtrack a couple of times until you find the correct path, but when you do, you'll be able to take a picture of a lizard that is attacking a hotdog stand. Return it to Jonah to end the mission.

Mission Two: Connors The Lizard

Connors' appearance as the Lizard apparently has spawned a number of smaller lizards in the sewers. After Connors busts through you in the classroom, head through the pipe in the center of the alleyway after opening it up. You'll have to defeat a few more sub-lizards when you land, or you can just ignore them and drop through the hole created by the explosion of the goo that they popped up from.

You can avoid most of the lizards that appear in the first couple of rooms, in fact. Simply move past each group into the backgrounds as you can. When you reach a set of lizards in an electricity-infested stretch of water, knock down the other platforms that are extending upward from the water in order to knock the lights inside of them into the water and electrify the lizards. When all of the platforms are knocked over, the doorway moving on will be revealed.

Keep moving on until you come to another large green slime-covered wall. You need to use the two flaming barrels in this area to melt it; grab onto them with your web, rotate them, then let go of the web button when you're swinging the barrels towards the wall. Getting the timing right here can be tricky, but it's fairly forgiving, and the barrels do respawn, so you have multiple chances.

A bit beyond that, in the hydraulics room, jump down the shaft in the middle to find yourself in another section of the area. When you defeat the two larger lizards, look for a large switch in the floor to open the gate leading onward. You can avoid most of the lizards in the next couple of areas, so just jump over them and follow the path through the steam-laced hallway. Hop onto the pipes to avoid the steam.

Connors!

Eventually, you'll spot Connors again. Following him, you'll come across a premiere entry into the "Umm…okaaaaay" contest: apparently the underside of Manhattan is populated by 50-foot wide drills that meander through the tunnels. Avoid it by swinging through the rocks in front of it as they break open. Each rock wall will break in a different spot, so you'll need to move around a bit to keep moving along the path. And not die.

Eventually you'll find Connors. At first, you'll have to stand on a set of grinding platforms and wait for him to attack you. When you see the bubbles forming in the water, hit your dodge button, and you'll grab Connors in mid-air and hold him down on the platform. If you mash the button that appears quickly enough, he'll bang his head in the grinders. Repeat this process three times, then initiate the finishing combo to launch Connors into the arena where you'll finish him off.

Finish Him!

The fight against Connors here can be difficult, as he hits pretty hard and moves quickly. It's best to try and use your powerful attacks on him while holding down the dodge button, if at all possible; that'll let you dodge any attacks that come your way while you're attacking. The most important part of this fight (which will take a while) is to get away from him while your dodge is recharing! The longer you stay near him while you're not dodging, the more likely you'll be to get pounded.

At around the halfway mark of the fight, Lizard's eyes will bug out and he'll supercharge. This doesn't change the mechanics of the fight all that much, but will give you a new restart point if you happen to die. Repeat the same attack pattern until he goes down, then play the button-pressing game to finish the mission off.