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It’s good, but not Amazing
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) Jul 9, 2012
Member since Jan 2008
9 out of 10 gamers (90%) found this review helpful
When they made the movie, The Amazing Spider-Man, they just had to make the game based on that movie.
This game takes place after the movie and its plotline has to deal with the cross species virus that threatens to overtake the city by turning people into mutated animals.
As Spider-Man, it’s your job to find a way to stop the spread of the virus.
There are thirteen stages in the main part of the game with two side quest stages and four really short challenges. It took me about eight hours to get through the main game and about another hour or two to get through the side quests and challenges. This game has quite a bit of content in it.
And it has some innovation with the Web Rush. Everything slows down to a crawl when you activate it, letting you take out enemies with stealth by aiming at them, leap over to far away walls by aiming at them, and defeat bad guys by (you guess it) aiming at them. When it works, it’s great.
But when it goes wrong, it goes horribly wrong. Fighting off bosses is aggravating because I swear I had the aiming down right, but instead of attacking the boss, nothing happens. This would drag out boss fights for far too long.
Another problem I have with the game is the level design; the game makers have a mean streak in them.
In one level, they ask me to turn three large faucet handles, but put in five large faucet handles. Which ones to go for? You’re on your own with that.
With the problematic Web Rush, that puzzle becomes a major headache.
The Amazing Spiderman is a good game with a lot of potential, but the devious level design and the unreliable Web Rush takes too much fun out of the game for me to hand $50 over for. RENT IT.
This game takes place after the movie and its plotline has to deal with the cross species virus that threatens to overtake the city by turning people into mutated animals.
As Spider-Man, it’s your job to find a way to stop the spread of the virus.
There are thirteen stages in the main part of the game with two side quest stages and four really short challenges. It took me about eight hours to get through the main game and about another hour or two to get through the side quests and challenges. This game has quite a bit of content in it.
And it has some innovation with the Web Rush. Everything slows down to a crawl when you activate it, letting you take out enemies with stealth by aiming at them, leap over to far away walls by aiming at them, and defeat bad guys by (you guess it) aiming at them. When it works, it’s great.
But when it goes wrong, it goes horribly wrong. Fighting off bosses is aggravating because I swear I had the aiming down right, but instead of attacking the boss, nothing happens. This would drag out boss fights for far too long.
Another problem I have with the game is the level design; the game makers have a mean streak in them.
In one level, they ask me to turn three large faucet handles, but put in five large faucet handles. Which ones to go for? You’re on your own with that.
With the problematic Web Rush, that puzzle becomes a major headache.
The Amazing Spiderman is a good game with a lot of potential, but the devious level design and the unreliable Web Rush takes too much fun out of the game for me to hand $50 over for. RENT IT.