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So much better on Wii

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 17
Date: May 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a slight rehashing of Spider-Man 2, with Bruce Campbell's awesome narrative and the fighting sequences, but this game is just that much better as well. The web play slinging through the city is so much cooler on the wii, it picks up where you aim it and is so much fun. This is the best Spider-Man game based on the best Spider-Man movie on the best video game system.

Like a lot of tie-ins, it feels rushed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game, Spider-Man 2, was really quite a fun game since it was so exhilirating to swing everywhere. Yeah by the 25th balloon I had to save, it did feel monotonous but everything else was well-done. Including some of the villains that were sorely missed, Spider-Man 3 is basically the same thing with new features. With the Wii controls, it offers a different type of gameplay but polish is really lacking here as it feels unresponsive, lazy and even sluggish. Kids won't mind but this is definately not one of the better Spidey outings.

Story: It incorporates the storyline of Spider-Man having the Alien Symbiote attached to him (honestly I couldn't figure out where he even got it in the game). Doc Connors has mutated and rampaging through New York while rival photographer Eddie Brock gets the Symbiote and turns into Venom.

Graphics: The textures just look...ugly. Buildings up close are fine if a bit repetitive and lack of more refined details while it seems like the higher up you go, the more fuzzy they get. And of course enemies pretty much have 4-5 different settings and you beat up each one over and over. At least now we can go into the sewers.

Sound/Music: Voice acting remains largely intact with Tobey Maguire and co. providing their character voices. It's difficult to badmouth Maguire since he basically says the same things over and over (production thing). The best though is Bruce Campbell providing our Narrator voice. He gets some hilarious things going (my favorite is the Spider-Man who doesn't act Spider-y on walls. "You're just 'Man'? You're playing, 'Man 3?'" The music is fine but I barely notice.

Gameplay: For swinging you use the nunchuk and Wii-mote. Press Z or B and swinging the controller will send you flying. It takes some getting used to but eventually you get hang of it, although I notice it was more comfortable to just use the Wii-mote. Fighting is different as well with shaking the Wii-mote making your combos, A button for kicks/uppercuts. It works fine but the controls are a bit dodgy since it's hard to gauge just how fast to swing and pressing the A is rather slow, causing you to press it 5-6 times before he even does his kick (by which time, enemies are already beating you up). The ideas behind the controls are fine it's just they don't have the responsiveness needed.

As for the game itself, it's very much like 2: very mission-based but thankfully the side missions are kept to a minimum a bit. Some seem slightly inconsistent though. One boss fight took so long because his health went down like a paper sliver with every punch. The one thing that is a pain is that there's these moments that seem like warped reaction commands from Resident Evil 4 or Kingdom Hearts II: at certain points a graphic will display, telling you swing your nunchuk sideways or your nunchuk or both. But they go so far and your reflexes can only go so far so it's a bit of a trial-and-error at figuring out how fast to go.

Do yourself a favor and rent Spider-Man 2. While we do get enemies like the Lizard and Venom, 2 is just way funner.

Weak

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: May 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After shown what was possible with Spiderman 2, this game is a BIG let down. The fighting is really boring and the graphics are bland. The webslinging is kind of fun once you get the hang of it, but that's the only good thing I have to say about this game. If you must play it, rent it, absolutely don't buy.

Worth The Money, What I Expected

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: May 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Why are people so negative? I thought this game was pretty good. It's worth the money, it's cheaper than the others consoles', and you get a free movie ticket for Spider-man 3. The new, improved New York is a lot bigger than the previous, and now there's sewers and subways too. The graphics are decent, color and lighting was good, and I haven't had any problems with the cameras, but you have to know that the Wii's graphics won't compare to Xbox 360 or PS3, Wii just doesn't have that kinda of hardware, but it makes up for it with a cheaper price, better than gamecube graphics, awesome contols, and games and characters limited to Nintendo. Anyways, the side missions are of course a little repetitive, but the storys and voice-overs are pretty good. The combat and fighting moves are pretty sweet too, but as you probably know by now the Wii's controls are what make the game so different than the ones before, I really like the way they've incorporated the controls into the game. You can really get into the game, with the flick of a wrist, you can experience the sensation of webslinging through the city, really throw a punch to beat up the thugs and baddies, shoot a web at your enemies and hammer them to the ground, or swing them around knocking over the others. The Wii controls even come in the cinematic parts of the game. I like where they're going with this and I'm looking forward to the new Spider-man game, Spider-man: Friend or Foe, coming out this fall. "With Great Power, Comes Great Fun!"

Typical movie-themed game with some interesting twists

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of the previous Spidey games, you will probably enjoy this one. However, once I got over the joy of being able to Web around the city and crawl up walls using my Wii controller, the game did not hold my attention long. It's a pretty typical movie-themed game. I found the pace a little plodding and the action repetitive. However, the game has an EXCELLENT tutorial mode. Slinging your web to move around the city is challenging, but nothing you can't master with minimal practice. Graphics are solid (for the Wii) and the gameplay is fairly smooth. Had some problems controlling Spidey while he is wall-crawling. I agree with some of the reviews that the overall quality and "feel" in the game seem to indicate that it was rushed to market to be avaialable for the movie release. Games like this should be put on the market at a lower price point. There are some VERY good titles available for the Wii right now, this one is comparatively weak.

Webslinging is fun...nothing else is...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just finished the story mode of the game, and I feel that it is sad when you can beat the story and still have 52% left of the game. that to me makes no sense, and I feel that there should be more story then other tasks. The webslining is fun, but it takes a while to learn how to use it effectivly. I also didn't enjoy how the game didn't follow the movie at all. Yes the few villans spiderman fights in the movie are in the game, but the way you fight them, and how they die are completly different. Also they tied in some aspects of the movie that are false in the game (Sandman's daughter). Yes she is a character in the movie, but in the game they changed her character. I also would have like if they would have stuck to the timeline of the movie. The game feels rushed, and it just goes from one thing to the other.

Thats my opinion...take it for what its worth.

If you want to play...rent...don't buy.

I did like it... but it could have been better.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

By the way, Susan Gill's son wrote this. Ok back to the point.

Pros: The controls on this installment are unique to say the least. Flicking the wiimote and nunchuck for spider-man's left or right hand was pure genius. The controls seem a little odd at first, but to be honest I thought that they pulled it off quite nicely.
One of the main features of the game that everyone looked forward to was that you got to play as black suit. The mechanics are simple in this installment. Once you unlock him (which was early on in the game)you can switch between them at will. When you play as black suit, your faster stronger, and you get to use every combat move before you unlock it for the red suit. The catch is that once your rage meter fills up a black haze comes over the screen and starts to envelope it. If you don't switch out soon, you'll pass out, and if you were doing a mission you fail it.
The new gang missions are definitly a step up in the game.
Also another feature in the game was a new thing called cinteractives. It's basically all that button pressing stuff like in kingdom hearts 2 or god of war.

Cons: The graphics could have been WAY better on this game. The wii has an engine that's like 10 or 5 times bigger than the original xbox. The graphics wouldn't have been as good as the next gen, but it should have come close. Spider-man looks a little better than sm2's, but his costume's eye things look disfigured. The black suit's eyes look better, but his suit annoyed me because of how flat it looked compared to the next gen's which was alot shinier. If you don't believe me here's an example. You know times square? The place with all the lights and stuff? It's still there, but geuss what? NO LIGHTS!!! Nothing at all! There's hardly any room for detail at all.
One of the biggest dissapointments was the fact that it had no sewers or subway sytems! They were backed down to be made interior levels. Even though they had subway entrances all around the city they were blocked up! They could have easily scaled down the city to make enough room for a sewer and subway system( and believe me the city is humongous).
Even though you can roam around in black suit as much as you want as long as you don't go into rage mode (and don't worry, it takes a fair amount of hit's just to get into rage mode) you only get him until after you beat the game. After you beat it you have to find 50 spider emblems to get it back. The downside, it's a humongous city! The good side is that once you get it you can control rage mode. I don't know if it means that you could stay in it for as long as you want, but I don't know cuss I haven't gotten them all... yet. There is only one other set of tokens in the city: meteorite's. There are exactly 100 of them, but once you get them all, you get to play as venom. I'm not quite sure if he's his own character or if he's still spider man only he looks like venom. As before, I haven't gotten them all... yet. Another good thing is that it's easier to unlock venom on the wii ps2 and psp than on next gen systems. You see, if you get pretty close to them, they make a noise that get's louder as you get closer. The spider emblems are kinda hard to find, the meteorites are alot easier cuss there always out on buildings in the open, but it makes it a whole lot better to find them if you turn up the tv a little and just listen. You'll know what I mean if you get the game.
I hate to say it, but there are glitches in the game. I can't really give any examples because I would have to make this review way bigger than it already is.
The story unfolds by itself. This may not sound all that bad, but the next gen system allows you to pick which villian you want to fight in the villians own story line. There were 10 villians on the next gen systems including the movies villians, but there were only 8 on the wii, ps2, and psp's. That makes only 5 villians not including the movie's villians. It's kinda like as you move on in the story they set up the order of which villian you were going to play against.
The combat was definitly improved since sm2. Villians can dodge but only a one type can, but now you get to vault over them and start pounding the heck out of them. But dodging is a completly redone thing. All he does now is just roll out of the way. On the next gen he actually dodges and then can attack again.
The gangs were also different on next gen. On the next gen a specific area was given to 3 gangs. On the wii, ps2, and psp's there are scattered areas with 4 different types of gangs. What I mean is that there's a dragon tail gang here and waste tribe gang there... you get the point. Of course, I guess it all depends on which one would suit you best.

All in all, there are qualities I like about both games. Like the fact that the camera is better on the current gen. The next gen with all its extra, perhaps better, content like swimming. I'm going to buy it on the pc cuss it was based off of the 360's version, and you can swim. I think I'll keep both games in the end though. That way I can balance it out. And before you go off doing the same thing that I'm gonna try and do, look at the power it takes for the game. It's apparently pretty big.

Fun and EXTREMELY SHORTLIVED

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Spiderman 3 was fun. The controls are by far the best for the wii yet. Activision managed to take full advantage of the possiblities of the wii remotes. However, the graphics are just okay, as well as the sound. Still, this doesn't stop you from enjoying this game. Like I said, the controls here get an 11/10! There is a major drawback here, though. I beat this game in under 7 HOURS, not including extras. This story mode is UNBELIEVABLY SHORT! Upon beating this game, rather than being happy I was dissapointed that it ended so fast. I would advise you to rent this game or buy it cheap, but do not spend your $50 on this incredibly short game. Fun but not worth the price.

Not too shabby

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A decent game that so far has kept my interest . Controls get better with experience, web slinging alot of fun and the black suit feature is cool. Hopefully this is just a stepping stone for developers for Wii games! I will take fun controls over graphics any day

It is what it is...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I was first interested in Spider-man 3 (wii) game I noticed they made it for the wii as well. I had yet purchased a wii, but I knew I wanted one before Spider-man 3 game came out. I thought it would be awesome! Looking online, like most people looking at the game play and reading as much as I could on the game, and seeing the ads on television. I thought wow! This is going to be awesome especially on the wii sense you have to use the remote and the nunchuk to fight swing in the air. Which that part was fine. But the let down, as you may read in many other reviews is that graphically it's not the best. It is smoother and the city is 2X bigger and you can get hit by a car, which is neat, which you can't do in Spider-man 1 (no free roaming) or 2. But if you are going on the game mainly thinking about the graphics, don't bother. I thought it would be the same for PS3 maybe my naivety but I just assumed. I knew there were character differences, but... Save your money, or wait until the PS3 lowers in price and get the game for it. The wii game wasn't even made by the same game developers of PS3 or Xbox360. I did enjoy it when I played it but the game took its toll on me when I finished it and I realized I couldn't do the same things that were on the PS3 version. The graphics are 100X better for the PS3, due in part for the next gen technology. It looses the fun quality after the fact knowing that game is not up to par with the other consoles, but the game for the wii is what it is...

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