Average Customer Review:
( 38 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
19 of 23 found the following review helpful:
First Impressions of Spiderman: WoSOct 24, 2008
By William R. Martin
"the Jedi Dragon"
Way back when Spiderman 2: The Game was being developed, someone had the brilliant revelation that what made Spiderman fun to play as was his amazing ability to locomote. This individual decided that the best way to represent this was to basically create (God forgive me) Grand Theft Spiderman. Riffing on the first line of the movie "My city, my playground" the developers made a detailed model of Manhattan for players to swing through. And by the way, they made web swinging intuitive and awesome. Since this time, all the Spiderman games (of which this, Spiderman: Web of Shadows, is the third) have stuck with this open world formula. This is both a good and a bad thing. The Grand Theft Auto comparison is intentional, as the Spiderman series has take the best and worst from that series. The open world, the massive amount of hidden items, the seemingly arbitrary spike in mission difficulty, the inability to find ANYTHING until you've spent hours wandering around lost until you've started to memorize the map, plus a new one that is probably a superhero exclusive- random city events like burglaries and gang shootouts. In short, the games were a blast to play- until you actually tried to play it. Now, I'm not saying that the missions were all bad- but the general impression, like running into a gang shooting for the third time when you're trying to get somewhere- it get's annoying. While Web of Shadows continues all of these trends, it tackles an issue that the previous game ignored: in the comics, and the movies, there was often little difference between locomotion and combat. WoS tackles this in a fairly good way, making easy to go from locomotion to combat, and back again, stringing together some massive combos against multiple enemies (the first achievement I unlocked was for a 50 hit combo- and I was just screwing around in the first 5 minutes of playtime). Going from the ground to the wall to the air is easy and the transition is better represented then in any previous Spiderman game. However, this freedom of movement can lead to some difficulties as the lock-on camera just never had a chance and will occasionally spaz out. The lock- on also lead to some frustration as moving the right analog stick while locked on will change targets (or some foolishness), this lead to me spending several seconds running around in circles with a live bomb on my back. I must admit that this is more of a first impressions then a true review, as I am only a couple of hours into the game- and I spent most of that time just screwing around. The story hasn't quite kicked of yet, but pulling from the prerelease press it seems that an invasion of Symbiotes (with a capital "S") is gripping New York. This leads anyone with a passing familiarity with the comics to Venom, and a battle that leads to Spiderman being re-infected with the Black Suit serves as a tutorial. I don't really expect anything earth shaking out of the story, so far it has followed the formula of cramming in as many Marvel super hero/villian cameos as they can while stringing together a halfway decent story. So, in short, if you liked the last three Spiderman games, you'll like Web of Shadows. It provides probably the best superhero simulation to date and is a solid game, if not an especially innovative one.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Best Spidey game in a whileNov 02, 2008
By N. Durham
"Big Evil"
Definitely the best Spider-Man game since Spider-Man 2 for the last-gen systems, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows takes the wall-crawler and his open world New York City to a whole new level. Playing as Spidey and being able to alternate between the classic and black costumes, you swing around New York City cracking heads and saving citizens, which is pretty much what we've been doing since Spider-Man 2. However, what's different with Web of Shadows is that the game rarely becomes boring and the missions rarely become tedious to boot. Also, the game's story is a surprising blast to play through. The longer you play Web of Shadows, the more you'll get enthralled, particularly in its final acts where the symbiotes begin to wreak havoc. The ability to (somewhat) choose your own path depending on your actions is a plus, and there's plenty of appearances from familiar faces on the sides of heroes and villains as well. The only real flaws of Web of Shadows are technical ones. There are some noticeable graphical glitches and sound hiccups, plus a few issues with the in-game camera. Still, swinging around New York City has never been more fun or easy to do, and the game manages to stay entertaining from start to finish. All in all, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is by far the best Spider-Man game in a while, and is more than worthy of your time.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great, but repetitiveDec 01, 2008
By Angryman The controls are seemless. You go from swinging among buildings to planting yourself smack on a wall. Visually, everything looks great. Although I personally always thought that the black suit spiderman should be a little bigger than good ol' red and blue. The boss fights are great. Particularly against the Vulture. I got tired of chasing Electro and the fight against the Blackcat was a little disorenting but those were still good.
Now the bad. Spiderman's voice is a little annoying. I see little difference between chosing a good path or the "evil" path. Your "help" is really useless, accept against the Kingpin's Mechs, as you can't call them to help you fight a boss. And as the Amazon review noted, beating up/saving 10, 25, 50 and then 100 of something does get repeditive.
Lastly, I haven't finished the game, but I would hope that Carnage would make an apperance in here somewhere. Can't really have an over run of sym's without him I would think
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Fun single player gameFeb 10, 2009
By A. Haber Smooth graphics and fluid motions. Gets a little too button-mashy after awhile, but the story is pretty decent. Swinging around the city, jumping, and climbing up buildings is very well done. Lack of online multiplayer means you'll probably just play the game once through and then replay some parts making different decisions, but eventually get bored and move to another game.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
what 3 should have been...May 09, 2009
By marc
"iLL ."
if you enjoyed Spiderman 2, Ultimate Spiderman or even Spiderman 3 then you will No Doubt love this game...as it is the Best to be released in the series. the city has Definitely Increased in Size...reminds me of the NYC in GTA4. the graphics are Very Clean for the 360. the Aerial Fighting is a pure Joy to experience once you get to the Kingpin levels where there will be LOTS of in air combat. the webswinging is about as Fun as it was in Spiderman 2 (thats saying alot) and flows almost Just as smooth as. you can switch between your red and black suit at any given time and each suit has its own strength and weaknesses. i loved the idea of having the allies fight alongside you, that Really add's alot of flavor and fun to the single player experience. the whole game is just Beautiful in every aspect.
my only Issues with the game is the number of MECHS that respawn in the free roam. the whole entire CITY is literally being torn apart by ARMYS OF ROBOTS at one single time :l not to mention the Symbiots in the latter levels. they could have been a bit more Moderate with how frequently the city is Attacked by these enemies. also, WHY IS THERE NO ONLINE? it would have been a BLAST to rip through Endless amounts of mechs, thugs and symbiots with atleast one other person Online...but calling on your Allies to fight along side you makes Completely Ruining these enemies in the streets of NYC a bit more fun..almost as fun as it would be Online :)
overall, this is a Fun game to pick up for that lonely weekend..maybe even play through it a few times since its very short yet entertaining with the choosing of good and evil paths and all. but it wont be long until your on to something else...but for Diehard Spiderman Fans, this is a Must. Great Game...
based on 38 reviews
( 38 customer reviews )
