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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

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

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.

Not as Great as Spider-Man 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was fun to play. I loved the graphics. Oh, and the cameo's by a few other Marvel guys was the best to see. When Wolverine entered into the game I also most didn't want to fight him with Venom. Hey Wolverine is cool, I didn't want to hit him. Anyways now that I sound lame... I thought the game was short when it came to the storyline, and there wasn't much to do... Basically 2 submissions (races and beating up gang members). There was a few races with the Human Torch (some of the reviews mention they where to hard, I couldn't tell you if they where, I cheated in those races). I haven't played Spider-Man 2 in over a year, so I don't remember most of the stuff on that game, but I remember there was more things to do on that game, and it wasn't this short and had more things to collect around NY and the city was bigger then the NYC in Ultimate Spider-Man. Another thing I did love to see in this game was that after each battle you had with a boss, or whatever, all the damage you've created in the city while fighting in those battles gets left behind and you can revisit the busted up buildings and holes in the ground anytime you wanted to. I've also seen a few dumpsters shown up in the area showing that people where working on trying to "clean" up Spider-Man's mess, LOL.

GREAT GAME!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

IT TOOK ME ABOUT A WEEK TO BEAT IT,BUT I STILL LOVE IT! OF COURSE IM A HUGE VENOM FAN,SO CONTROLLING MY MAIN MAN ON THIS GAME WAS FUN! I LOVE THE PART WHERE I GOT TO DEFEAT THE BEETLE! HE WAS THE HARDEST TO ME! I ALSO LIKED THE NEW YOUNGER LOOK TO MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS OF SPIDERMAN! A MUST BUY IS MY OPINON!

Ultimate Spider-Man!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Please ingore my first review "Great game although there are some flaws." I didn't have my head on straight. If you ask me I think this game is the best since Maximum Carnage and the recent Spider-Man 2. I am also tired of people saying the webs are too cartoony or it's fun enough to be five stars. It way surpassed Spider-Man 2. Five out of Five stars.

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

Ultimate Spider-Man...There Was Supposed To Be Something 'Amazing' or 'Ultimate', Right?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I remember when the first Spider-Man comic came out. Yeah I'm dating myself.

He was 'Amazing' for all those years. He could climb walls, leap great distances, swing at mind numbing speeds, had AMAZINGLY fast reflexes and strength. Notice that adjective 'AMAZING'.

However, this game has more of a 'LETHARGIC' Spider-Man. He can't jump for squat, he runs slower than molasses running uphill, he swings like he needs mental help therapy, and even Aunt May can jump higher than him. It's sort of like 'Play Skool Spider-Man' or something. You can grow a beard in time it takes to get some things done during this game's action.

The previous game 'Spider-Man 2' based on the popular movie, lived up to it's name! You really felt like you were the wallcrawler using his AMAZING powers to thwart evil. In 'Ultimate Spider-Man' the only thing 'ultimate' is your patience.

Not all is lost. I love the art style. It's rather refreshing. The color schemes are like your kid sister got hold of the crayons and went postal on your yearbook though. The story is just fine. Lots and lots of action and the kicker is you get to play as either Spidey or the purple-people-eater Venom. Playing as Venom sort of made up for not being able to play as Spider-Man. These Venom battles are fierce. Lots of destruction and you get to throw foreign made cars at people and helicopters.

There are chases, battles, strategies, I don't mind them as they make for more fun gameplay. Not enough of the classic characters like J. Jonah Jameson and Aunt May. I can't think of one gameplay scenario that was impossible. They were rather quite challenging and easy.

As a Spidey fan I'll hold on to it and keep playing.

However one final warning, there are chases with the Human Torch that are just intolerable. I stopped playing them as they became too time consuming although they had the funniest dialogue.

Buy at own risk.

I hope in the future Spidey games will go back to the Spider-Man 2 formula. If they put out a new Spidey game each year I would be happy. Just touring NY City by web swinging is fun! In this game NY City doesn't look like NY City. It looks more like when you play frisbee in the house and knock over your mom's pocket book and all those cosmetics fall out.

Spectacular, but not Amazing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've only been playing this game for a few days, but it was enough to inspire me to write a short review (my first). If you are looking for your first Spider-Man game, buy Spider-Man 2. If you finished that one, and you want another game, then buy this one.

This games looks wonderful, but there are two aspects that annoy me to no end.

1. The web swinging is horrible. I'll never understand why they didn't just use the same model from Spider-Man 2. It was perfect. You could swing simply by pressing and releasing a button, or you could develop skill at swinging so that you can move through the city with pinpoint accuracy. I still find myself loading up Spider-Man 2 just to swing through the city for a while. In this game, press R... release R... press R... release R... It is very simplistic and doesn't allow you to move with style like the previous game. I'll mention the two good things just to be fair. Your web still has to attach to a building (or something), not an invisible cloud way up in the sky. Second, the web zip is improved, but I think they improved it only because climbing a tall building without charge jump would have been torture otherwise.

2. This may change as I get further in the game, but so far... you always start in Queens. I get annoyed that I have to make my way to the bridge and swing across (or under) it just to get to Manhattan where the real fun is.

I give the game a 3 overall because in the swinging area it feels as if they took a giant step backwards. However, it is a Spider-Man game that looks great and is still fun, so I give a 4 for fun.

Pity Spider-Man 2 came first

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good game! The scale is grand, the graphics are fantastic and the story is great (with a fun script). Unfortunately it has a lot to live up to and falls short on a number of things:

Though the story over-all is better, it's also a lot shorter and should be completed in a coupole of days (if not less).

The graphic style is very different to Spider-Man 2, being the style used for the Ultimate Spider-Man comics (obviously). The character designs are unique and superb - particularly in the cut-sequences. The cityscape - this time incorporating Queens (though no Roosevelt, Ellis or Liberty island) - is also far more detailed than Spider-Man 2, especially at ground level. However it is also more cartoon-like and you don't get the same feel of flying through the city streets as before. The streets are narrower and the buildings shorter, and the swing-speed is also a lot slower making roaming less fun.

The control method is simpler and easier to get to grips with than previously, but the controls are less responsive making the chase/race missions in particular very frustrating at times. And the lack of a charge-jump and aerial acrobatics don't help. Nor does the camera, which has an even worse habit of throwing itself in random directions than the last one did.

The side missions are pretty much the same as before (i.e. break-ins, purse-snatchings, armoured car hold-ups, gang warfare, people falling from buildings or in need of a hospital, etc.) with some missions having two separate aspects (e.g. stopping an assault and then having to get the victim to hospital), but all the missions appear at random - as opposed to some coming from a witness' calls for help - and without any time-limits.

On the whole, this is prettier to look at and has a better story and script than Spider-Man 2, but simply isn't as much fun to play.

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