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Disappointing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: May 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Don't ask me why, but I kind of had high hopes for the Spider-Man 3 video game. Considering how much I loved the surprisingly great Spider-Man 2 game, I figured that Spider-Man 3 would just expand on what the previous title explored with it's immersive environments. Sadly, what we get with Spider-Man 3 is more of the same, only this time around it just comes off as boring and is only fun in small spurts. Once again you play as the wall crawler as you swing through a huge rendering of New York City, which once again is designed wonderfully and just aches to be explored. Sadly though, for such a huge city, not much seems to be going on, and the repetitive missions and choices placed throughout the game are just more grating than anything else. For a late in life PS2 game, Spider-Man 3 looks pretty good, and the controls are pretty responsive as well, and there's still fun to be had in swinging around the city, though depending on how often you've played previous Spider-Man games, that fun's lasting effect will vary. Not to mention that the game's hook: playing in the black Venom costume, never really goes anywhere either. Tobey Maguire once again lends his voice as Spidey, while other cast members from the film like James Franco, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church, and J.K. Simmons are all here as well along with a returning Bruce Campbell as the game's guide/narrator. All in all, Spider-Man 3 is worth a look, but much like the film itself, this game will leave you a bit disappointed because there was a boatload of potential here to make something really memorable.

Dumbed down version of Spidy 2

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: May 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After playing Spiderman 2, several times, and having a blast every time (Sometimes I just like to swing around the city, exploring but not actually doing anything), I eagerly awaited Spidy 3. What a let down. There is still a full city to swing around, but the graphics are some of the worst I have seen since PS1. They not only lack detail, but are often shakey, like the system's processor is being overloaded. The stats are largely removed, and you can no longer check fun things like how fast you have swung, or how far you have fallen. The missions are a bit repetitive, but that was a flaw with Spidy 2, so I can't complain about that.

My biggest disappointment was the control of Spidy. the number of moves he can do is extremely limited. There are very few fighting combos to chose from. and his web abilities are almost non-existent. Forget about ever shooting more than one web, even when swinging (No more slingshotting yourself from between two buildings). My favorite move, the lamp post hanging, has been eliminated in this game, as well as many other great moves. Also, there is no longer a spider-sense mode, only the chance to dodge when his head gets a ring around it. And it becomes very annoying when you have to go anywhere quick, as there is no run mode. Wall crawling is very slow, and so is Spidy's regular movement. You need to swing to go anywhere fast, and it can become annoying when you are trying to cross a building's roof, you end up swinging off the roof.

Had this game just been a reprogrammed version of Spidy 2, with a new story line and villians, but everything else the same, it would have been repetitive, but fun. Instead, they tried to add new "features" like gang wars and photo taking, while greatly increasing the loading times and dumbing down the rest of the game, making it playable by even the most inexperienced of gamers. Spidy 2's hero mode was a chalenge for me. I beat this story mode on superhero, in under 5 hours of play time, with very little difficulty. I looked into doing the gang wars, but they became repetitive too quick, and I went back to the story. Even the swinging around the city was boring. Rent it if you're a fan, but not worth the buy.

Average... Just average...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: May 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bet you were wondering when there would be a perfect super-hero game. If you were thinking it was now you were gravely mistaken. About three or so months before the release of the game, I was reading all of the hype and saying this is totally going to whoop the Superman Returns game. When the movie came out, I saw it on the first weekend. It was cool. I was hoping the PS2 version would be just as cool. When I finally bought the game, I found out they put most of their work into the next generation consoles. Let me start with the good things. In the previous game, you could go around a huge open-world New York City. You can do the same here. In the game there are different groups of gangs which rule different parts of the city. You can try to make the crime rate drop, or you can decide to do story mode missions. Later in the game, you acquire the symbiote which is really awesome. You are like ten times powerful in that. After a while though you have to take it off before it kills you. Comic book fans will be pleased to see New Goblin, Sandman and Venom, along with Carlyle, Lizard, Kraven, Morbius, and Shriek. Also, Bruce Campbell's voice is a nice touch. Now the bad things. The graphics are horrible!! They are really just plain horrid. I think they are even ten times worse than Spiderman 2 (or the first Spiderman game for that matter)! And recently, I just discovered that Kingpin, Rhino, and Scorpion are only in the next-generation games. AARRRRRRRGHH!!!!! Also, you can't go into buildings like you could the last time. Basically, if you ask me, they never really improved with this game. If anything they made it worse. Personally though, I like it. But I still wish it could be better. Overall, it's just average...

A Good (Not Great) Addition To Your Spider-Man Library

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Let me start off by saying that I fully agree with the mixed reviews. I fully enjoyed the game, but found many annoying things in it, as well. Will you like it? If you enjoyed Spider-Man 2 and Ultimate Spider-Man, then yes. Spider-Man 3 plays a lot like both games with respect to the third movie and a few other villains that are added just like in the previous Spider-Man games.

The game feels very rushed--far too many loading screens (which not only take away from the game's pace, but also cuts-off a lot of dialog), a few glitches (landing on the ground right up against some buildings will make you fall through the ground and into nothingness causing the game to automatically reset/restart missions, people walking through objects), poor sub-missions (the "City on Alert" missions are easy, but tacky--delivering a pie to only later have to save the pie from being kidnapped? Are you kidding me?), and mediocre voice acting add to the bad reviews.

The game's main plot follows the Spider-man 3 movie fairly close in terms of what to do and length of gameplay (movie plot only lasts for a few hours--far too short). There is a sub-plot as you follow the path of the Lizard. This sub-plot is about as lenghty as the main plot, but does add well to the game and gives you more bosses to battle. The only negative here with the Lizard in this game is that I am hearing that the fourth movie will be based on the Lizard as the main villain. That kind of eats at any Spider-man 4 the game ideas and originality.

The game engine is familiar as the game-play is very similar to Spider-Man 2. A few things were taken out (sprinting, slow-mo spider-sense), but the added ability to fight in the black suit not only adds to the fun, but also adds to your strategy as you can't fight in the black suit all day or it will knock you out and cause you to fail your mission if you fight too much with it on at one time. Fighting is basic button mashing, but add-ones and upgrades are available to purchase with your hero experience points (sound familiar). The movie plot is obviously in the game, but you can pretty much go your own path and fight some of the other villains (like the Lizard) in the game whenever you choose.

Graphically, the game looks quite good. It's a tad cartoon-ish, but Spider-Man is based off a comic book; therefore, personally, I didn't mind the looks of the game at all. Voice acting is good, with the exception of James Franco (Harry Osborne/Goblin). He needs a serious lesson in doing voice-overs. Cameras and controls are a tad rough at times, but if you didn't mind them in previous Spider-Man games, then you won't have a problem here, either.

Also added is the timed action button sequences (ala RE4 or the God of War games) where a button symbol shows on the screen and you have to press that corresponding button as soon as it shows or you take damage. However, where it's a nice addition, it's not done well--you have what seems like all day to press the correct button, wait a minute, and then press another button. If these sequences were sped up to the pace like in the GoW games, then this would be a welcome addition. Since it's not done well, this just adds to the "game feels rushed" negatives.

Overall, the game is quite solid. It was rushed to join the movie release, but it is enjoyable and worth a purchase. Take the good with the bad and you will enjoy yourself with Spider-man 3.

spiderman rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: May 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

SPIDERMAN ROCKS AND IS SO COOL.WHEN YOU ARE THE BLACK SUITED SPIDERMAN YOU GET COOL NEW POWERS. THE GRAPHICS ARE PRETTY GOOD AND THE CONTROLS ARE MANAGEABLE.pEOPLE WHO SAY ITS BAD ARE IDIOTS. tHIS gAME IS AWESOME AND I DEFINETELY RECOMMEND IT.YOU CAN GO AROUND NEWYORK CITY AND EXPLORE THIS GAME WILL GIVE YOU HOURS OF FUN AND WILL NEVER GET OLD.

Less of the same

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After playing other Spiderman games I figured this one would be about the same with new missions. It isn't - in fact it is astoundingly bad.
There are some major issues:
First the bad plot that has almost nothing to do with the movie. Do you remember Brock getting fired because he dressed up like black Spiderman and mugged people? How about MJ breaking up with Peter because he got nasty and knocked over a wine glass? What about Sandman's kid locked in the trunk of the taxi that MJ was dangling from at the end? I would like to know if Activision was simply not told the majority of the plot or if they just decided to kind of made it up as they went along?
Second the short length. After long side missions I beat the game in 7 hours. I bet you could finish the game in less than 5 without the side missions. They also cut several storylines from the PS2 version like Kingpin, Rhino, and Scorpion.
Third, it looks like they replaced the actors with zombies. Mary Jane looks the worst. Seriously though, this game is a textbook example of the uncanny valley.
Fourth the controls suck. There is a slight delay in your attacks, so combat is hard to get used to. Also they removed many of the fun moves from Spider-Man 2.
There are also tons of glitches. I loved it when in a mission a guy decided to stand on my shoulders, or get carried in the air slightly to the left of me. Also you can frequently fail a mission because all of these glitches.
Finally the amount of loading is ridiculous. For example if you have just completed a mission this is what will happen. First loading, then text says "Mission passed!" followed by more loading. You get a few XP then loading...again. Five second cut scene. You guessed it - more loading.

There is some good in the game. Bruce Cambell as usual is a top notch narrator. Also the gang wars are an improvement on 2 and actually makes it seem like what you do positively affects the city.

In the end this is a depressingly bad game. Spider-Man 2 was infinitely better. Even the average Ultimate Spider-Man was better than this. Buy virtually any other Spiderman product and you'll be better off.

Every hero has a dark side...Unleash yours!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 18
Date: May 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Spider-Man 3 the movie is now the game. Play as the classic and the black suited Spider-Man, each with their own special moves and powers. Playstation 2 owners will have a special treat. After you beat the game, you can choose four more storylines!!! The first two games were great, but surpasses the two!! A must have!! 9.5 out of 10!!

SPIDER-MAN 3: not the best game ever

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After playing Spider-Man 2, I couldn't wait for Spider-Man 3 to come out. Little did I know I was in for a disapointing game. It was just like Spider-Man 2, but dumbed down a little bit. The freedom of Spidey wasn't as much as it was in the second one. I read some of the other reviews and they say that the graphics are bad. You must have the PS2 version or something. I have the XBox 360 version and the graphics are stellar. I love how they came up with more things with this game. Such as being able to take pictures and stuff. I also liked playing as black-suited spider man. Now, that was fun. I think this game could have done better but was better than most super-hero games.

One of the Best Spider-Man Games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 20
Date: May 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game today and played it and it had really cool graphics.I got the hang of the moves and I can't wait to get to the level where you use the black suit spider-man.This game has very good gameplay and it is fun.I am asuming that venom will be the hardest to beat or sandman where he turns into a giant.This game is really cool and fun!The movie is out and this game is highly recommended.

A REVIEW?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game after reading reviews about how HORRIBLE the graphics were, and how the camera just ruins everything, and the controls were terrible.

I have to say that i experienced minimal problems with the controls, little to no trouble with the camera angles, and the graphics, while not ground-breaking, were nothing to be ashamed of.

This game is quite fun, and i particularly liked the black suit feature, how you have to fight it to remove it. I also liked the fact that the controls and setup are exactly like that of 'Ultimate Spiderman'. The city is bigger than ever, and theres tons to roam and do. Theres 5 different gangs to beat up on, so im never all that bored. However, i beat the story mode in less than 7 hours. It was fun while it lasted, but it jsut flew by. Now, i have nothing to do but start over, or just roam and beat random thugs for fun. This to me is disappointing, because thats the majority of the replay value gone.

Anyways, fun game, DECENT graphics - a little rushed to meet movie deadlines and a little short. A nice addition to any spiderman fans collection, but probably not a super-defining piece.

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