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Spiderman 3

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is not a game for those who just want to web around the city aimlesslessly for fun. I was surprised at how complicated and frustrating this game was. If you have a lot of time on your hands, you might enjoy this game. There are several scenes that take at least 30-40 minutes to complete, mostly boss fights. On a lighter note, the designers did a great job of bringing reality to the game in their graphics and giving you a bird's eye view of New York City like you've never seen it before. Even the recent rebuilding at Ground Zero is depicted - it is also the location used to fight Venom at the end.

Spiderham

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Dr. Connors is Peter's father?!! Suspense, action, gangs, heart. This game has it all.
Pros: amazing webswinging action, cool graphics, realistic depiction of NYC, very good game play.
Cons: not multiplayer, sometimes difficult to complete assignments b/c jumpy fighting motion & figgity camera angles, tedious map & assignment retrieval.
This is a great game, providing hrs of entertainment. Highly recommended.

Best in the series, and on the other systems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Honestly, when the game first came out I had to get it for my wii. I hated it. It wasn't anything like I had heard it was going to be. So I did the next best thing. I got it for the PC. It was great at first, although REALLY slow because I was below the requirements. When I got some extra ram to boost up the PC, that helped it alot. The catche: my cpu speed wasn't up to par so it was STILL a little slower than anyone would like. I know its beside the point but, if you're thinking about getting it for the pc, unless your computer is like SUPERMAN'S it won't exactly run as great as you'd think.

Anyway, Christmas came and I finally got an Xbox 360 and since I heard you could play as new goblin on the 360, I went out and got it. I must say I was EXTREMELY satisfied with the results.

Getting it for the 360 was the best thing ever. It actually ran fast and it wasn't so danged short like the wii's. The "cinteractives" were abundant and the combat was alot deeper than the wii's (although the swinging not nearly as interactive). Ok now for good and bad.

Good: The 360 and PS3's version of Spider-man 3 is clearly the best out of them all. The graphics are AMAZING at times. I'll actually just look at the detail in spidey when he's inside a building (thats when he looks his best)and practically, well marvel, at all the lighting effects.

Combat is good, but differs in opinion (I'll explain later). The new way of dodging attacks in the game is a lot different than what it was in SM2. You actually use the slow down button to dodge, which really makes it easier sometimes when your in certain situations. The one button to attack with feature of spidey 2 GONE. Now you get a power attack and a quick attack to give your moves a little more variety. The acrobatics that the normal spidey does are just too cool. Also, I just thought I'd add I didn't really experience any difficulties with the camera. It all seemed to be fine with mine. I also found that there's an option to turn off the camera shakyness if you do have the problem, so its good with that.

Ok, web swinging may not be as good on the 360 over the wii's controllers, but its STILL the fun webswinging that we all know and love. Overall its pretty solid on the controls giving you that feeling of speed we all like.

The black suit is probably the real reason to get the game. He is SWEET. He can do the craziest combo's when he's fired up in rage mode, and his super attacks are almost too powerful. He also looks cooler than the regular suit. I don't know why but he just does.

IF you have xbox live, then the New Goblin is a cheap thing to buy that is totally worth it. Although the controls are funky, you can basically fly like a bird on his sky stick, kickin some butt everywhere you go. Plus it doesn't take 4 seconds to download him, and when you do you it's exactly like the PS3's special addition where you have to fight and beat New goblin on the story. So really its just like gettin the PS3's stuff, which I am SO glad they didn't make it PS3 exclusive.

Bad: Even though the graphics are really good on some area's, when you're out in the streets of new york, unless you're in time's square at night, spidey doesn't really look that great. He's got SOME detail but not enough to make me go wow like I do when he's in buildings or some other dark area. Also, EVERYONE except spidey looks absolutely HORRIBLE. Not one person looks anywhere near as good as spidey does, with only maybe a few exceptions.

Combat may be better than the wii's but it can be really iffy at certain points in the game. Really, if you wanted to, you could go through the entire game using only the basic combo's. It might take longer, but you could do it. Also, if you pressed the attack button and then press jump, spidey will vault off the guys shoulders and end up in the air. Basically this means that if you're in trouble, you can keep doing this combo until there weren't any enemies left. It feels really cheap so I never did it, but the apocolypse gang boss was SO stupid, that I actually had to do that combo and I beat him my first try doing that (idk how many times I had to do that stupid level before I figured out that was the only way to do it). I didn't have to do it again, but its really the only way to beat that level.

The web swinging isn't really that bad. If I said bad things about it I'd be nit picking it to death. Maybe the camera is shaky? I don't think so, but it's pretty solid either way. The only thing that comes to mind is that its really nothing new. It may be alot simpler than SM2's but it doesn't give that same feeling that SM2 gave when I first played it.

Ok, the black suit is the reason this game has playability this time around. I mean honestly if he were gone, what would be new?? They did a great job with him too. Too good in fact. After you beat the game, they let you play as black suit and go through the story playing as him (sorry if I spoiled it but its pretty obvious anyway). When you go through the game you realize just how good he really is. His combos are WAY stronger, faster, and brutal than the regular suit's. He is just PURE power. Rage mode gives him even more power. If you played through the entire game as the regular suit, you couldn't do it. I just wish they could have made that an option, and made the Regular suit a little more up to par to the black suit. I mean I know it's supposed to be stronger than the Original, but come on, couldn't we make it alittle more interesting?? How else could he beat Venom unless he had SOMETHING that made him better (besides brains)??

Ok, even though the New goblin is also cool, and its something else to come back to if there are newer spiderman games, he has some downsides. First off, he doesn't have his own story. All he can do is petty missions that happen, and he can NOT get off his glider for the life of him. All he can really do is races, and that gets old fairly quick. Even though its a blast to glide as high as you can go, I'd still play Superman Returns because he has some enemies to beat up that were more challenging (although thats in its own repetitive). Plus you still have to get points to get him which for some people, isn't possible (sorry guys).

Overall, I think this game had some good and bad that kinda leveled out after a while. Even though it can be frusterating at times, it really is the best out of all of them in the series. My advice, since it is down in price alot, go get it, but only if you're a fair to extreme spidey fan. Otherwise you might not like it as much.

Good if you haven't played Spidey 2.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First off, if you have played the game Spiderman 2, then you should just really look at this as an expansion pack. It doesn't really do anything that Spiderman 2 didn't. Your in a very similiar enviornment as you were in the second, but in it's time Spiderman 2 was much better. I beat Spiderman 2 twice I believe. I'm a third of the way through the game and am not sure whether or not I will ever finish it. I had started back on it not long ago, but I got frustrated and put back on the shelf. If you played Spiderman 2 and moderately enjoyed it, then this isn't for you. If like me you loved Spidey 2 then I would check this out.

Overall 5.5-6.0

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