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Gets boring real fast, super short

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I finished the game fairly quickly without trying too hard. Just like an earlier reviewer mentioned, what you have to do is pretty much the same on every mission. Some of the "chase the bad guy" missions are super frustrating. Its an OK game, definitely rental material.

Fun but quick

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game can be beaten fairly quickly by a non-skilled player, and presents no real challenge for a skilled player. The ability to play Venom alone makes this a worthy buy for any Spider-man fan. However, the game isn't as indepth as Spider-man 2 and can get tiresome after you have completed story mode.

A Cool Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm 23 three years old and i find this game very interresting, i have not played very much playstation 2 games. This game starts with a new story and version of spider-man & venom, & all of the other characters. In away i wish that they would of stuck originaly with the book. Mabey they did with the Ultimate Spider-man comics, which i have not had the pleasure to read. The graphics are really good. I have been a spidey fan for 5 years now. And i really enjoy this game. It is hard not to like any spider-man games. This game has a couple of hard levels in it, but i like how you can roam a round while you find the next level. It keeps the game going. This Is a very fun game, but don't excpect to beat it in a week.

Ultimate Spiderman really is ultimate.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It has to be said that overall, I'm a terrible gamer. I play a lot of video games, a lot of PC games, and even some MORPGs, and it is well known that I am very bad at all of them. I cannot keep my Sims alive for more than an hour, and in Tomb Raider, well, I make her dive head-first off very high ledges, so needless to say when I received a copy of "Ultimate Spiderman" for Christmas this year, I really didn't think that it would be this amazing.
Growing up, Spiderman was always my personal favourite hero, and he still is, this game was able to recreate the experience of the Marvel comic books flawlessly. The first thing you notice when playing it, is that the game boasts awesome cell-shaded graphics, really putting you right into the comics themselves, right down to the smallest details.
If you're not a fan of tracking down massive mecha-villains or pulling people out of burning rubble, then the game also allows you to just mindlessly sling your way around Manhattan and Queens, a lovely treat if you've never visited either of these places yourself. The locations feature landmarks as well, and you get tokens when visiting all of them. As well as landmark tokens, there are also unlockable features for you to find when wandering around, which allow you to see clips from other games, such as X-Men, and comic book pages.
One of the great things that drew me to this game was the chance to play as both Spiderman and Venom, and both characters have their good points. Spiderman, ever the hero, is able to web sling round his city, travelling from building to building, performing all those amazing flips and kicks you see him doing in the movies. Spidey-sense? He has it. He crawls up and down walls too, but one thing is evident: Spiderman doesn't like water. He's able to look around the city and fight crime, from simply slinging up villains to saving people from falling out of windows.
Venom, on the other hand, is as bad as you would expect him to be. I believe one of the first things I had to do as Venom, was feed the suit- and the game told me to practice on a child in the street. Yeah, gory- but it's nothing out of the ordinary in video games, and besides, the kid had a Spiderman balloon and as Venom I don't take that!
Venom can jump extremely high, instead of webslinging, but you get an awesome thud and smash when you hit the ground; he's also able to climb walls too, but when Venom climbs, he rips chunks out of the buildings- which I also really enjoyed.
Another thing I didn't expect when I first started playing this game, was that you get the chance to meet other characters from other series. As Spiderman, I was able to race that fire-guy from the Fantastic Four (whatever his name is), and as Venom, I attacked Wolverine, and you know- I've always wanted to!
Before I go on and on about this amazing game forever, I'd like to finish with that I would definitely recommend this to anyone. It is simply a must for any Spiderman fan, and really delivers the goods when it comes to play time. There is a little violence (well quite a bit of it), but nothing that you wouldn't see on television anyway.
My only disappointment was that you aren't able to roam around the city as Venom, only as Spiderman. Venom is basically only there to further the story along. This game is also one of the easiest I have come across- there are frustrating parts about it (timed modes), but in general I found it a joy to play.

An enjoyable, even underrated Spidey

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Spider-Man 2 the game was one of those tie-ins that just got it right. Where in cases like the Incredibles or X-Men 3 the movie where there's an overwhelming feeling that the game was basically rushed and there was problems everywhere. Ultimate Spider-Man on the other hand doesn't have a tie-in and it's just basically another outing for the web-slinger...and it's fun. While the "story" isn't all that interesting and certain game design choices bug me, it's one of those kind of games that it almost grows on you and becomes more enjoyable as it goes on.

Story: There's not much story to speak of as we get villain upon villain such as Elektro and the Green Goblin as the story is basically Spider-Man vs. Venom. The story could've used a lot more work but since this is a comic book game, I guess it's forgivable. At certain moments, you'll switch from Spidey to Venom and see things from his side.

Graphics: Really well-done. A more cel-shaded look, this just feels like a comic book and reminds me of the Maximum Carnage/Separation Anxiety games for the Super Nintendo. With cutscenes feeling like animated comic panels as well as the in-game graphics, this is one of the better looking Spider-Man games. Sure textures look rough from far away but that's small potatoes to the overall presentation.

Sound/Music: The voice-acting is serviceable at best. The young actor has a really higher voice and you get the feeling this is a guy you used to pants in high school and not New York's hero. The others are fine but they're not really all that memorable and have a unique quality between them. The music though is quite enjoyable and even gets a little epic in more exciting missions.

Gameplay: Very similar to Spider-Man 2. The swinging feels a little bit different but it felt more intuitive and even funner. I was zipping along fast and going in narrow alleys with a lot more ease and precision than SP2. The only thing that can get bothersome is that New York is filled with a lot of holes that you can fall in and during races or chase missions, it gets frustrating fall on these things and web zipping up buildings doesn't help. Combat is pretty fun although it's strictly beat-em-up. You can web an enemy and fly at them and kick them or bounce off walls or toss em lasso style but by and large, your punches and kicks are mainly used.

As for the missions, they range from city events (saving civilians from thugs, dangling off ledges and whatnot...thankfully no balloons) to the story missions. We have races where you zip along a small part of the city for medals, finding hidden tokens a la GTA as well as combat tours which are basically travelling from spot to spot dishing out some justice. This is all fine and all but they're basically required, meaning you can't progress in the story unless you get a race medal or a token or whatever they need. Playing as Venom is a bit more different since Venom is a bulky machine who can toss cars (my favorite) and leap high as hell in the air. But all that takes a toll and his health slowly drops prompting you to "eat" civilians. Not literally, just their energy. It's quite fun although used sparingly but one mission involving a chase mission was unbelievably frustrating.

One of the more underrated Spidey's, this is one where a sequel would be welcomed, if they'd fix a couple of things. If they did that, it'd be almost a perfect Spider-Man game.

Really good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If this is your first Spider-Man game, as it was for me, the controls will take some getting used to. Web slinging is a skill that must be learned. But once you get it down, it's a ton of fun. Just swinging through the city is actually more fun than the game itself.
The graphics are a bit clunky but given the size of the city, it's forgivable. It would be nice to see an Ultimate Spider-Man 2 for the PS3. Other than that, I love the comic book style of the graphics.
The controls are just so-so. The camera is the real pain. A lot of the time I can't even see the enemy I'm fighting. Very frustrating.
Venom is a cool character but his levels are a lot more difficult since he's black and the levels are at night. Makes it hard to see where you're going.

But overall the game is a lot of fun.

graphics: 3.5
sound: 4.5
controls: 3.5
fun factor: 4.0

awesome game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Best spider man game ever.they replaced the hillarious narrator with spider man talking throughout the game. Venom is awesome to play as at the end of the game because you have to destroy police officers at the end of the game and spider man

does city alerts and you can make him jump off of really tall buildings.

Graphics are cool,But buy the special edition of it because it has tricks and videos and it only costs a few cents more.Parents this game is T for language and let your kids play it it isn't bad

Don't like it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: October 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a game for kids under the age of 13. It has cool comic book style cut scenes but the actual gameplay is short, simplistic, and either way too hard or way too easy. And no you don't get to freeroam with Venom. You can only use him as part of storymode. I've been a huge spidey fan for well over 10 years but this game was a total letdown. If you're still in middle school you might like it. Anyone else should stick with Spiderman 2 or get the new X-Men Legends instead.

Great game although there are some flaws

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: April 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This games is great although its has some flaws.
you play Spider-Man and then you play as Venom.The game is good but the Venom stages need more levels and the Johny
Storm races can get hard but anyway this is a great game

spidey

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 36
Date: October 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bout this game and i beat it as venom and spidey and its gay i mean if you've played spiderman 2 and this game....i mean realy.
compare:
spiderman 2 utimate spiderman

fredom during career no
good graphics no
good game play no
alot of fighting move and combos no

overall this game is a good rental but don't buy.

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