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Does whatever a symbiote can
posted by JCDenton (FREEDOM, NH) Dec 10, 2008
Member since Mar 2006
1 out of 3 gamers (33%) found this review helpful
Spider-Man is one of the few superheroes who has avoided the trend of bad video game adaptations. Since Treyarch started using the open-world New York City back in Spider-Man 2, the series has evolved into something formidable.
In Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Peter Parker gets himself an identity crisis. The black symbiote suit is back and it leads to the main concept of the game: which path will you take? If any of this sounds like Fable or KOTOR, it should, but it's still a good game mechanic.
These decisions, however, are mostly superficial, as you can go from bad to good by using the red suit in combat for awhile and only the last few decisions have a bearing on the ending.
This leads to the story, where Venom is trying to turn the whole city into symbiotes. In the second act, many of your allies get all symbiotified and begin creating new symbiote species for you to fight. There are a surprising amount of boss battles in the game, some coming one after the other. Each is concluded with a quicktime sequence where you swing your Wiimote or nunchuk every which way. This is interesting, but the motion recognition often doesn't register, causing several redoes.
Besides that, the game is very similar to previous titles in the series. New York looks basically the same, web-slinging mechanics are generally recycled, you collect stuff (hundreds of spider symbols) and complete city challenges for experience.
Unfortunately, the typical problems with the series are here as well. The camera doesn't cooperate, you'll often swing where you don't want to be and most combat is repetitive. Additionally, you'll switch between suits accidentally all the time, as you change by moving the nunchuk to one side.
You'll unlock new abilities for each suit and new costumes that fans will enjoy (once I got the Spider-Armor, there was no going back).
It's good, but not a huge step for the series. Besides the good/evil dynamic, this is basically the same tune on a new instrument.
In Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Peter Parker gets himself an identity crisis. The black symbiote suit is back and it leads to the main concept of the game: which path will you take? If any of this sounds like Fable or KOTOR, it should, but it's still a good game mechanic.
These decisions, however, are mostly superficial, as you can go from bad to good by using the red suit in combat for awhile and only the last few decisions have a bearing on the ending.
This leads to the story, where Venom is trying to turn the whole city into symbiotes. In the second act, many of your allies get all symbiotified and begin creating new symbiote species for you to fight. There are a surprising amount of boss battles in the game, some coming one after the other. Each is concluded with a quicktime sequence where you swing your Wiimote or nunchuk every which way. This is interesting, but the motion recognition often doesn't register, causing several redoes.
Besides that, the game is very similar to previous titles in the series. New York looks basically the same, web-slinging mechanics are generally recycled, you collect stuff (hundreds of spider symbols) and complete city challenges for experience.
Unfortunately, the typical problems with the series are here as well. The camera doesn't cooperate, you'll often swing where you don't want to be and most combat is repetitive. Additionally, you'll switch between suits accidentally all the time, as you change by moving the nunchuk to one side.
You'll unlock new abilities for each suit and new costumes that fans will enjoy (once I got the Spider-Armor, there was no going back).
It's good, but not a huge step for the series. Besides the good/evil dynamic, this is basically the same tune on a new instrument.
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