Spider-Man 3
Spiderman 3 X360 The No.1 Super Hero franchise in gaming swings back on the scene on May 4, 2007, as Spider-Man 3 the game releases simultaneously with what is anticipated to be the biggest blockbuster movie of the summer. Battling against villains from the film and beyond, players face the challenge of balancing Spider-Man’s heroism against Black-Suited Spider-Man’s more aggressive powers, while reliving breathtaking moments from the film and exploring original storylines. This is Spider-Man like you’ve never seen him before!
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars One of the Most Beautiful Spider-Man Games 2 Date!
One of the Most Beautiful Spider-Man Games 2 Date!
I am going 2 be generous with my review and give this a 4 star. But, its not as awful as a lot of the reviews make it out to be. I must admit it that this is probably one of the most beautiful Spider-Man games 2 date!
4 Stars Spider-Man 3: The Game
The Spider-man franchise has been the highest selling of its kind in both the film and video game industries and now that legacy continues with Spider-Man 3 The Game. Which is of course based on the film. The Spider-man games started with spider-man the official game of the movie. which did well in sales and reviews, followed by spider-man 2 which did even better and now spider-man 3 hits stores and has mixed reactions at best. Reviewed as Medicore by cridics and OK by players, the franchise hit a obstacle with both the spider-man 3 game (averaged 5/10) and the movie that sold well but the cridics bashed at every turn. The success of the movies however only hightened the expectations for the game and many were unsatisfied with the game because of those expectations, but for any real fan, its a game worth trying. Theirs nothing funner than betting up Venom with your fists and feet as well as with construction material (hehe). So the game is a must have in my opinion and has an excellent tie in with the movie. You battle Venom Sandman and New Goblin (at first) and classic villains such as Rhino and Scorpion. The game features the most wide-open playground i have seen yet. Travel Central Park or swing your way to Manhattan Island in the entirety of New York City, stopping on the way to stop gangs from overwhelming the police and taking back the city one step at a time. My favorite part of the game is the Fights with the main Villains were the developers intergrated on touch actions that give you amazing footage of spidey’s awesome moves. So if you liked the first two spider-man games you will most likely enjoy Spider-man 3. And to those new to the Franchise, this is the game to sequay into. Oh yeah and spidey gets mauled by street thugs. What!
3 Stars Good if you haven’t played Spidey 2.
First off, if you have played the game Spiderman 2, then you should just really look at this as an expansion pack. It doesn’t really do anything that Spiderman 2 didn’t. Your in a very similiar enviornment as you were in the second, but in it’s time Spiderman 2 was much better. I beat Spiderman 2 twice I believe. I’m a third of the way through the game and am not sure whether or not I will ever finish it. I had started back on it not long ago, but I got frustrated and put back on the shelf. If you played Spiderman 2 and moderately enjoyed it, then this isn’t for you. If like me you loved Spidey 2 then I would check this out.
Overall 5.5-6.0
3 Stars Downgrade
I wouldn’t say I had high hopes for this game. Based strictly on reviews, I assumed this game would be similar to the spider-man 2 movie tie in game. I was sorely disappointed to find out just how much had been changed.
Spider-man 2 was great, it had its flaws… but it was a solid and fun game. Instead of building on what was already good, activision took and made into a mess.
Combat is broken, the boss fights are too hard, and the “button tapping” is absurd. Every boss you fight cannot be defeated until you press a series of buttons in time as they appear on the screen. You have about a quarter second to react, so you typically end up doing it 3 or 4 times just to get it right.
What made me happy however, is the city itself. It looks great, and simply swinging around doing random missions is far more gratifying than actually playing the story.
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1 Stars Not good
Wow, how did this game get any positive reviews? First off, the camera is virtually uncontrollable. For example, in the first 30 mins. of play, you come to a room. You can see that there are 5 or 6 guys waiting to kick your butt. So I go in and the door shuts behind me. THE CAMERA STAYED OUTSIDE! So I was getting my butt thumped until I could move into the room far enough for the camera to get in. Climbing on walls and looking for things was very difficult because of the camera. Everytime I would try and straighten the camera to look for something, it would jerk back and auto-center itself. I tried looking for options to turn off the auto-center. There are none. I was tickled to hear Bruce Campbell narrating. However, his snarky sarcasm got old REAL quick. Truthfully, I stopped playing this game after the first mission. Frustrating and not fun (in my humble opinion).
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