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WARNING DANGER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Do you have the right video card to run it? The card HAS to be TNL capable.
Common video chipsets that are NOT supported to run the game:
* All 3DFx Voodoos
* All ATi cards below the Radeon 7200
* All Intels
* All Kyros
* All Matroxs
* All nVidia TNT2s and below
* All S3s
* All SiS
* All Tridents

I tried it on the gamecube it was great but the controls for the PC look really bad. Buy it for another consle NOT PC.

Good luck getting this to work with your video card!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have an NVidia GeForce 200 MX 32 Mb PCI video card. This met the reqts written on the product packaging. I get an error that my card doesn't support "TNL" when I run the game. The Activision support site knowledge-base says this is because *pre*-GeForce cards will not work. Well, I have a GeForce card! Their support site has a link to nVidia. NVidia's site says their GeForce family of cards all support TNL!!! What gives??? I bought the game, it doesn't work, and I can't return it. THINK TWICE BEFORE BUYING THIS GAME!

Don't waste your money or your sanity!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: August 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just knocked my keyboard drawer off the runners and smashed the CD into little pieces... Is that any idea of how I feel about this game??? It has great graphics, but the controls are like that of Indiana Jones; Emperor's Tomb, meaning absolutely terrible!!! Many times, I couldn't get the character to stop or to jump when I hit the buttons! And, like Indy, no saves on tough spots. You have to start all over again from the very beginning!!! Jesus, don't game designers EVER listen to gamers??!!! Fortunately, I only paid $5 for this game. Busting the CD into little pieces WAS gratifying... God, I hate it when designers come up with shoddy games like this! DON'T BUY THIS PIECE OF CRAP!!! REALLY!!!The only thing positive I can say about it is the graphics. They're terrific, but it doesn't do you any good if you can't control the character! I even downloaded a patch, hoping that would correct the problems, but no good. Honestly, it's more aggravating than the money you waste on it. Absolutely terrible, dirty, stinking rotten ##@%+%&##!!!!!!

spiderman the movie

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: September 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

spiderman the movie stinks the game is so easy you can pass the game in one day the game sucks people people dont buy this game PLEASE!!

BEWARE!!! you must have an above standard 3D card!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have a 6 month old computer, with a 3D card, that according to Dell: "meets the demands of professional 3D applications and next generation 3D games. It is a fully integrated, 128-bit graphics and multimedia accelerator that offers leading-edge performance." You can understand my concern when I discover that the game is incompatible with my system.
Amazon.com will only replace the game if it is unopened, and doesn't care that the requirements are not listed on their site.
Be careful when buying any kind of software from amazon.com!

Don't!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 19
Date: June 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was getting this for my birthday, and me and my parents had seen all the trailers and looked at all the screens, and we decided it was okay. But Activision had 3D animated everything in the trailers (Gameplay in trailers such as hitting and punching, effect of blows totally different in the real game). And they had picked out harmless screens. Well, anyway, the game had me all excited, and I downloaded the demo to show my parents. The Everyone rating should be Teen. The effects of henchmen being hit was brutal! You should have seen it! We decided I couldn't get the game, and I could understand why. Think about this. Don't we have enough violence in the world? Saddam Husein probobly started off small, and got bigger and bigger. And now he's on the world's most wanted list. IF WE PLAY THESE TYPES OF GAMES WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE SAME KIND OF DANGER. You might say "Well, this is small, and you're fighting crime, so what the heck, I can play this or see this". But it isn't like that. Saddam Husein probobly said that too. So stay away from these types of games. There's enough voilence in the world. If you don't believe me, go watch the news. (I rated this game a star because I had to to post this. I rate it negative infinity.)

Awesome game, just wish it would work.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 22 / 22
Date: May 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game at Best Buy not too long ago for only [price], when it was displayed as [price] and more at other stores. Before I even questioned this, my first reaction was "wow, I have to get this now!" But I would soon find out WHY it was [price]...

It doesn't work on most computer systems. Think about it, why else would a BRAND-NEW game posing such great graphics be so cheap? I have an 850mhz Pentium III, 256mb RAM, so my computer is more than good enough for it. I installed this game and after literally 20 mins it was finally done. First bad sign. Then I tried playing it. Well, it appears my ATI Radeon 7000 video card isn't good enough for it, so it tells me I can't play it. That means I have to shell out about [price] for a new v-card just so I can play this damn game. It requires TnL (Texture and Lighting), which is one of the FEW games out right now that uses it, in order to work. Oh, also, the help technicians told me it's "screwy" if you don't close every application running in the background (they said everything except win32 and system - which means basically close everything). Okay, my brother has an ATI Radeon 7200, the exact MINIMUM requirement (which is ridiculous when most games with graphics just as good can run with on-board video cards, like Jedi Outcast). I install/run it on his, and the game becomes non-responsive. The keyboard locks up and suddenly Peter Parker is moving in EVERY direction without stopping! I couldn't figure this out and still can't, but it seems that the keyboard (with updated drivers and everything) was being slowed down by the game and took longer to respond. I'd hit "W" for forward, and literally 3 seconds later, he'd move... but wouldn't stop. That part has nothing to do with a keyboard. In short, I would've given this game 5 stars because it's definitely worth it, but due to the screwy bugs that inhabits this PC version, I recommend you only buy this game for one of the many consoles out now (PS2, Xbox, GameCube), because everything you need is already there and it's much easier to play this with a controller as opposed to a keyboard.

Annoying Controls

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: May 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you love Activision or Spiderman, and are sensitive, do not read any further.

The goods:
The graphics and animation are cool, but that's about it. Also, it seems that it does not work your computer's butt off, so that's cool.

The bads:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't seem to brighten up the picture. The game does not let me.

It seems that Activision and whoever they are working with, enjoy making life miserable for anyone who likes complete control of their character. There was a Spiderman before this and the controls were pretty bad. Infact, it feels just as bad.

Well in this Spiderman (SM), there is an awkward feel to the controls. You move forward, SM moves forward, you move backwards, SM DOES NOT move backwards; instead, he turns 180 degrees and then he moves towards the monitor (you). In most first person OR third person games, the keyboard controls the character the way you want. The mouse is used as a pivot for the character's torso movements; however, in this game, the mouse control is completely eliminated. Instead, the mouse controls the angles. But wait! You don't really have control of the angles; the angles seem like they are randomely changed to disorient you. That's right, you are swinging left to right of screen, when all of a sudden, the camera angle decides to change by itself, and you are now swinging up to down of the screen. Cool eh? Um no.

You beat up bad guys. And they just fall and dissapear. Not exactly fun. You are swinging in the air, but when there are no more buildings above you, your web is still pointing in the air as if they are attached to the clouds. It is a strange feeling. The "spidey senses" is not always accurate. You follow it to the best you can; however, sometimes the target is right under your nose, but the "spidey senses" tells you it is "that way" or "this way".

The tuturial is also annoying. You get this voice (Maybe the movie actor himself, I can't tell) narrating the instructions to you, but he throws in a bunch of Bob Sagat jokes (if you forgot who Bob Sagot is, he is the father in the old sitcome "Full House"). I want to learn how to play, not listen to some guy try to be funny.

When you fall from buildings, there is an invisble barrier where if you cross it, you would die. You cannot climb down the building and walk among the crowds. The invisible barrier stops you. Not exaclty a complaint, but a warning for those of you who have to get their nose in every aspect of a game.

If controls are important to you, do not buy this game. If you want a good single player game, get maybe Jedi Knight 2; it has great controls and even greater multiplayer.

Activision and its partner(s) could have done a lot better. It is ashame the graphics were negatively countered with poor controls and interface.

I gave it 2 stars because they neglected what is so important in a PC game - controls.

Controls are major problem

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I echo previous reviewers complaints about the controls. Really, really frustrating, especially since the graphics are so nice (gamma adjustment is needed though). Seems like they ported from console to the PC in a big hurry.

Outdoor = good. Indoor = bad. Bad guys have weapons. WHAT?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After watching a friend play this game and playing a little myself, it looked sweet. When I got it however, I found it far too challenging, even on the easiest setting. Question: WHERE IN THE MOVIE DO ANY OF THE BAD GUYS CARRY GUNS AND WHERE ARE THE ROBOTS THAT SHOOT MISSILES AT YOU? Answer: NOWHERE. So why put them in the game? Spidey really doesn't have a good enough defense for either of these and both do way too much damage. Also, they should have had more city levels where you swing from the sky around buildings and less indoor fighting levels.

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