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An ok game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The graphics for Spider Man are great. Game play is short. Once you get the hang of the controls...game is easy to beat. Not the game that it was hyped up to be. Rent it first!

A Lesson For Those Who Purchase Titles Based on Licenses

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

Preamble: I decided on two stars for expediency. Since amazon.com doesn't have the option of half stars i thought it would be better to give a ranking within such purview. The game really deserves two and a half stars, not two. Also, my opinion is colored by the history that Licenses (whether it be movie to games or vice versa) have portrayed in terms of originality. Games based off movies (Judge Dredd, X-Men: Mutant Academy, all Star Wars games, etc.) aren't created to capture a new audience but to over-satiate an audience that's already hooked on a product. It's a shame since these games could have expanded the licenses by adding new stories, ideas and themes instead of acting as sloppy simulacrums.

Spider-Man for the Xbox is, firstly, graphically well-done. Spider-Man, as well as his nemeses, move with extreme fluidity and ample graphical tweaking (good anti-aliasing). When you're flying through skylines the utteer power of the Xbox becomes apparent as every building, big or small, is viewable or at least impeded by very little "fog." The controls are also easy to manipulate for the most part.

However, problems arise to shake this somewhat solid foundation. The camera is tricky, annoyingly so. Sometimes as you're running through a hallway the camera will switch angles if there's a turn but the computer controls do not compensate for this change. So instead of you switching directions along with the camera it's as though you run in straight lines until you hit walls and other objects (sometimes even villains). The A.I. is woefully underconstructed. Normal henchmen, later on in the game, surround you by the bundles and seem to know nothing more than beating you down even if they are the only one around. When there are 5 or 6 around it becomes utter tedium to dispose of all of them but when there are only 1 or 2 it seems pathetic. Although there are some who block your attacks, they don't surround you and you can esily get rid of them by wrapping them up in webbing and going combo-crazy. Also, fighting even rudimentary bullies becomes a pain since you have to vigilantly monitor the little health gague equipped. When fighting bosses, some of which fight with deadly efficacy, every punch, kick, jump and swing must be designed with utmost care and precision otherwise the game will get very frustrating very quickly.

The sound, though not terribly annoying, becomes bland. Level after level the same orchestral number rings through as though the production team was strapped for cash. The voice acting also becomes a nuisance as both the narrator and Spider-man regurgitate lines. "Are you guys recyclable?" "Hey, Killbot 5000." "Jane, stop this crazy thing!" What's worse is that the sound effects--all of which sound as though they were recorded under pillows--would leave the game feeling empty if the voice acting wasn't there at all.

Besides these issues, the game is also short (~4 hours long) and also has sloppy cinemas. The bottom line is that if I had seen the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it then the game would have received a higher rating because it would have been judged as an *extention* of a movie license, not an individual parcel. If you enjoyed the movie then you'll probably enjoy the game as well.

Good, but Flawed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In this game Spider-Man comes in great fashion and few flaws. I might as well say the flaws first. They are: Gameplay is very familiar. The first couple of levels are annoying and pointless. And there is no multiplayer. Other than that though, it is super fun and recomended to spiderman fans.

Still Fun After Multiple Gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game hasn't aged at all! Here it is in 2007 and I played this game again and it is just as fun as when I originally bought it! This game is more based on the movie than actually a game for the movie. Scorpion, Vulture, Shocker and Kraven weren't in the movie but they are featured on this game along with the Green Goblin which just adds more gameplay to this really fun adventure. The game is also challenging and not too easy. It may not be as good as Spider-Man 2 video game, but it is still fun after all of these years. Highly recommended if you don't have this game already.

Kabaamm! Here comes the spider man-on xbox!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

OH yeah! first i would like to start out by saying i own this game and it didn't cost much. So if you like it you might just wnat to buy it cause it is real cheap compared to other xbox games. any way in this game you are spider man and you have to fight crime. You have a hole bunch of cool web moves and attacks and aerial moves-and you can unlock more during the game. you get the spider man basics like web swinging. you fight all the guys from the movie plus other ones. the gameplay isn't too hard and tobey magurie only doesn't sound interested at some parts. also if you beat it on super heroe(which i haven't done yet but plan to do) you get to be the green goblin. this is over all a 5 star game like it says. ...

Spiderman the Movie

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Spiderman the movie is a really awesome game at the begining. The first 6 levels are so cool. But, 6,7,8,9,and 10 are STUPID.
I thought that the graphics were ok, but they could have been better. The game is totaly unrealistic. When you are on level 1, in downtown Manhattan, you swing from building to building with your web. Spiderman shoots his web up in the air, and it sticks to nothing, but he still can swing. It is really weird. I think that you should rent this game before you purchase it, because you might not like it.

kids new to video games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Just purchased an Xbox and purchased Spiderman for my 8 year old grandson and it has a great tutoral to help you navigate. It was fun to see his expression when he was able to play the game.

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