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You're better off buying a GameCube and Spiderman 2 for 50 bucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This might be the worst game to come out for the Wii. First, let me just say that I love both the Wii and the Spiderman franchise. I'm not a Nintendo hater and Spiderman, especially games 1 and 2, were definitely my thing. What's wrong with this game? It's definitely not the controls. Swinging that web with your wii remote and nunchuk really is as cool as you imagined it would be. That's the one part of the game the developers got right.

Everything else makes you want to return the game and get your money back. No kidding, if you plug in a Gamecube and Spiderman 2, and a Wii and Spiderman 3, and climb up to the top of the Empire State Building in each, the Gamecube looks infinitely better. There's not a loss of detail in the buildings on the Wii version, there is NO detail on the buildings. None at all.

When I saw my first cut-scene movie I thought my game was scratched and they had given me a defective copy. That's how bad the cut scene graphics are.

Rent this game and do a shot of web to an enemy's face - literally the graphic displayed is a white, Pong-esque dot floating across the screen, that vanishes before it really even touches the opponent, and a faceless polygon blob covers his "eyes".

The game does LOOK better on the PS3 and 360, but I can't say that it plays any better. And it only looks better on the PS3 because it looks a lot like a slightly improved GameCube version of Spiderman2.

Any good from this game? Well, they made improvements to the web zip. It does more now than it did before, and they didn't really make it any worse. So that's a plus. The Wii controller shines here - it really is outstanding and if only they had made an actual game we could have really seen it at work. This game really stinks. Even if you loved the other 2 Spiderman games, this one you will hate. Save your money and if you really feel the need to websling with the Wii, wait till this game costs 20 bucks, which shouldn't be that long.

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.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: July 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's no secret that like the film itself, the video game tie-in for Spider-Man 3 is a disappointment on the consoles. The Wii edition of the game is no different, and what makes it even more disappointing is the fact that the game's attempt to make use of the Wii-mote is an ultimate failure. The game follows the plot of the film for the most part, as you play as Spidey in an open world New York and take on generic baddies as well as big time villains like Sandman, Venom, the New Goblin, and the Lizard to boot. The game attempts to make sue of the Wii-mote to swing through the city, which you'll either enjoy or hate, which along with the sloppy combat controls, really mar what could have been otherwise solid gameplay. The game's look is marred as well by an overly choppy frame rate combined with stiff character models. There are a few good points about Spider-Man 3 though, but they are few indeed. The game features voice acting from many of the principal actors from the film (including Tobey Maguire, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, J.K. Simmons, and Bruce Campbell who reprises his role as your video gaming guide) and swinging through New York City is still pretty fun. However, the repetitive gameplay gets boring, and the game has an overly linear feel to it as well. All that being said, Spider-Man 3 is worth checking out if you own a Wii and are a Spidey fan, but don't expect anything great from it at all.

Insulting to Wii Owners

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is an example of a 3rd party Wii game that just feels tacked together. There's a decent amount of effort put into swinging and in the end that's the best part of the Wii version of this game.

Once on the ground though the game becomes completely counter-intuitive. I'd rather do button combos than try to swing the remote side to side with little responsiveness. Combat is simply not fun because in the end it turns into swinging wildly or relying on the A button. Camera is also completely unmanageable.

The game is ridiculously glitch ridden and randomly Spidey will get stuck floating in mid-kick or a mission will fail or pass instantly after starting it.

People complain about the graphics, personally I would gladly take what they give if the gameplay was anything up to par with Spider-man 2 or Ultimate Spider-man, but that's simply not the case. It's a pretty ugly game, if my PS2 can handle God of War and GTA: San Andreas, why does my Wii version of Spider-man 3 look like I'm swinging through a graphing calculator?

The game was obviously rushed and most of the controller configuration besides the swinging (which could be better, but shows promise) was an afterthought. The game can be finished within a couple of hours and completing the bonus goals simply opens up things you already had earlier in the game. If you want a 3rd party sandbox Wii game done right, get the Godfather. This is simply insulting to Wii users.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

Great game, for about the first hour

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you love Spider-man as much as I do, and you just can't miss out on this game, and you have a Wii and either an XBox 360 or Playstation3, get it for the 360 or PS3. It just has a huger enviroment, more villians, more missions, and more everything. If you ony have a Wii as a major system and you already played Spider-man 2, then this game is definetly worth renting at BlockBuster for 5-8 bucks. The web-slinging is really fun, and i am sure you will beat the game within a week. Once you beat the final boss, venom, you will still be able to roam the city and do boring crime spree missions, but there really is no point. Do not buy this game.

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