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A Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 16
Date: June 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Althogh only te demo has been out this game is great in animation,graphics,and and in most life like game so far.

Spiderman

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 13
Date: June 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have only played the demo, but it is still by far the best spiderman game i have ever played. The 3d levels make the game play incredible

Finally! A Spiderman game done right!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 30
Date: July 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

We've all been waiting 10 years for a decent spiderman game. After dealing with the garbage that was released on the Genesis and Super Nintendo, Neversoft, responsible for the amazing Tony Hawks Pro Skater, stepped up to the box, and makes one of the PSXs best games. The game pits you as Peter Parker or more famously known as Spiderman. You explore the streets of NYC looking for trouble, and it pops up often. You battle all the well known bad guys, from Rhino to Venom to Dr. Octopus, they are all here. The developers have done an AMAZING job of bringing spidey to the console. The use of his Web and Spidey Sense are amazingly put into the game, and the physics are unbeliveable. Add to that, some of the best graphics yet seen on the PlayStation, and you can see why this game is just so good. The music perfectly fits the atmosphere of the game, and times, up and catchy, and at others, dark and suspenseful. You will have to solve puzzels along the way, and encounter all the charcters you know from the tv and comic series. The game is not all action either, many times you will be low on health, and will have to rely on stealth to make your way through the level. All these aspects are pulled into the game to create the best spiderman game ever, and one of the best games period for the PlayStation.

Big Al's spiderman review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

FINALLY A DECENT SPIDERMAN GAME HAS COME OUT! After playing the demo at a local mall, i must say that i was simply amazed by the game. Activision has captured the true essence of spiderman in this game. The amazing 3D environments of NYC are a perfect backdrop for our friendly neighborhood spiderman. The sound quality was great w/the hilarious one-liners that made spidey famous. The game was easy to control and incredibly fun. I'll be first in line to buy this game when it comes out this september.

Fun, Light Hearted Spiderman Adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: August 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Spiderman is a comic book game done right. All of Spiderman's powers are here. You can swing from building to building, crawl upside down on the ceilings and even lift up cars and throw them. The plot is very comic book and the dialogue is often cartoony ( perfect for this type of game ). You can face off against several of Spiderman's best villians including Rhino and Scorpion. There are several bonuses hidden inside the game as well. From finding hidden comic books throughout the game world, to using different costumes for Spiderman. While it may be just another Final Fight type beat em up game, the excitement and novelty of playing Spiderman make this game a winner.

Style over substance

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 29 / 39
Date: August 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was really looking forward to the release of this game after playing the demo. All the elements are there: wall-crawling, web-spinning, swinging from building to building, and voice-overs from Stan Lee. The whole package is amazing in its capture of the comic book look and feel.

And yet... I found myself getting bored with the game after playing it for about 4 hours. After going through a few of the missions (beat up guys then fight boss, or try to complete some sort of platform/maze puzzle under time pressure), I realized that I had no incentive to go back and replay any of the missions. Exploring the buildings of the city is not very rewarding - it's just one empty building or rooftop after another. There's no score-keeping, so it's not like you can go back and "improve" your performance on a mission.

Ultimately, the game is fun to play and really captures the feel of the comic, but it won't keep you entertained for much longer than the 2-3 days it takes to finish all the missions.

Finally a comic game true to the material

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you are a comic fan, or a Spider-Man fan in general then GET THIS GAME! The story flows like a good comic, the cut scenes are incredible, and there are enough cameo appearances are awesome. The game play is great, watching Spider-Man move, act, and talk as you'd expect he would. And there are enough hidden little goodies to keep you playing the game over and over. You can collect comics as you play and the costume variations cover just about all of the more memorable moments from the series (and beyond). Hopefully, there will be a sequel to this one.

my spidey sense is a-tinglin'!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Neversoft has really outdone themselves this time!

This game is just cool. That's the best way I can describe it. It is a 3D third-person game, but it has little in common with most 3D "shoot-em-up" games that rely on blood and guts and big guns for entertainment. Spiderman, in all his good-natured glory, is a more wholesome hero who still finds time to kick some major villianry.

Speaking of the villians, you'll get your handful. I've only had this game for a couple of days, but Venom, Rhino and Lizard have all tried for a piece of Spidey, and there are implications of showdowns with Doc Oc and Carnage to come. Using a variety of attacks (my personal favorite is slinging a web at the enemy and using it like a rope to hurl him into a wall), you'll find that Spiderman is outnumbered, but not outmatched.

Actually, the "in-between" parts when Spidey's not duking it out with the bad guys are EVEN BETTER. In an early section of the game, Spiderman must use his finesse and web-slinging mojo to trounce from skyscraper to skyscraper as he evades NYPD and helicopters. Usually, you'd want to take your time as you sling your way through the city at unnerving heights, but if you stop too long in one place, you'll most certainly get gunned down. Using instincts and quick decision-making, I was literally breathless when I finally made it to temporary safety.

I also found the replay factor to be high. I initially played this on a friend's playstation for three hours. When it was time to go, rather than save the game on his memory card, I opted to start over from the beginning because seeing it all over again was so darn fun! I think anyone considering this game will find it to have an interesting plot, a fast pace, and lots of eye candy. My friend mentioned at one point in the game that watching me play the game was kind of like watching a movie. Even the training mode and hall of comics are worthy supplements to the game. It is definitely worth a look.

Best Super-Hero Game Ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

To say the very least, Spider-Man is definitely the best overall super-hero game since (oddly enough) Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage for SNES and Sega. It stays true to the actual Spider-Man comic book, which it's fans will appreciate, and it has aspects that will apeal to people who know Spider-Man only by name. The effects are outstanding, and there's plenty of action to go around. The one draw-back: After the game is done and completed, there isn't a real desire to go back and replay the game again, since there really isn't anything new you can experience besides playing Spidey in his famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) black costume. But it's still one of the funnest games to come out in a long while, and a definite improvement over N64's Superman.

Webhead Wonder

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

To echo a previous reviewer, I too was psyched about the potential this game had to offer after playing the demo. Anticipation aside however, there are certain game elements that I would have changed. Spidey compass for one...hint: don't follow where it leads exactly if it's not red, could prove fatal otherwise.

The buildings throughout the New York skyline are basically jumping off points and there is an incessant amount of that along with police evasion. There's a point during the process of evading the cops where Spidey is forced to climb up a building while being fired at when he should be able to just zipline to the top since there's an overhang ledge at the roof (but hey who's nitpicking?)

The graphics are quite good in that comic book genre sense but what truly impresses me is Spider-Man's movement. Activision and Neversoft did a fine bit of work bringing ol' Webhead's actions to life and it shows in every wall crawl and web swing. Being able to have a viewpoint through the ceiling to the room below as Spidey crawls above it is simply outstanding! The movement of Webs alone without the clean and near seamless integration of the background would still be stunning but the fact that they could incorporate both ...it's truly an incredible marvel.

Sure there's elements that could be made better but most everything is susceptible to being improved upon. Before anyone goes so far as to condemn this game (and I don't think anyone will) consider all the elements: graphics, motion, gameplay, voices, nostalgia etc. and then come to a conclusion. Simply reducing this game to its most bare elements as a final fight actioner doesn't give Spider-Man the just and worthy credit for the many elements it pulls together so well.

This game (like most standard games nowadays) allows you to continue on at the point you died from. I'd recommend taking a break and not hammering away at it until you make the next level because you can burn out and then the game won't be as fun. However, if you take the time to explore it in detail for what it is not only will you have a greater appreciation of what it represents...you'll have a very enjoyable time with it too.

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