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Does whatever a spider can....almost

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A key part of the marketting machine for summer blockbusters is a tie-in game. Usually these are horrible efforts, lacking originality, taking major liberties and expecting the license to sell the resulting mess. Amongst a sea of these, Spider-Man is a tie-in game done right.
The story of the game is similar to the film but also takes cues from the comics as well as some ideas from the game creators. You start off on the trail of Uncle Ben's killer, swinging from roof top to roof top to try and get information from local thugs (the implausibility of them all being on the rooftops as they are is nicely spoofed in the dialogue of a side quest). This leads you to a warehouse where you discover your Uncle's killer is a gang leader. You have to battle through the rest of his goons to ultimately get a showdown with him. Afterwards the game has you facing off against well known Spidey villains as well as OsCorp, who are after Spidey to study his blood for their human enhancement serum. After getting familair with all your skills and staying one step ahead of OsCorp's efforts, your greatest enemy enters onto the stage- the sinister Green Goblin.

The range of combat available is impressive. The game takes Spidey's webbing and agility into account to create some interesting attacks. Web enemies up, swing them around and even go for a piggy back ride. Your attacks can be upgraded by collecting golden spider icons hidden throughout the levels. The more attacks you unlock, the more fun you can have combining them into cool combos to take out enemies. The levels are large enough to encourage exploration and experimentation. That's not to say that there isn't problems- in the outside levels, trying to go down to the sidewalk will cost you a life. You're stuck just swinging from building to building and fighting airborne enemies. Thankfully this has been corrected for the sequel.
Completing a level requires you to fill mission objectives. For example, you may be required to help the police fight thugs, rescue civillains in peril or keep up with a fleeing villain. If you know where you're going you should have no trouble completing the neccesary tasks.

The game has some star voice talent in the form of Toby Maguire, Willem Dafoe and Bruce Campbell. Maguire's work as Spidey is a mixed bag- sometimes he nails his lines and other times he sounds like he wants to be elsewhere. Spidey will throw out random quips as you play, which your enemies will reply. Call them ugly and they'll tell you where to shove it. Sadly, the game seems to favour the same one liners over and over which can get annoying. Dafoe plays Norman/the Goblin as well as he did in the film. He really seems to be enjoying himself and makes Goblin the menacing villain he needs to be. Campbell brings his well known humour to the game. He's the narrator for the training levels and the in game tips you'll encounter early on. He brings a spirit of fun to the proceedings, coming out with some of the best lines of the game. Didn't take the training levels before you started playing the game? Campbell will put you in your place.

A fun part to the game is the cheats and unlockables. A well thought out bowling mini-game, animation tests and the ability to play the game as the Goblin are waiting for players who rack up enough points. The Goblin is well worth unlocking. Although the levels are the same as Spidey's, the Goblin (Norman's son Harry looking for answers) has different powers including super speed, pumpkin bombers and the Goblin glider.

In all, a great game and a display of how tie ins should be done. The sequel may have improved on most areas, but the original is still worth picking up.

Pathetic

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game isn't nearly worth what I payed for it. The camera for the game is backwords and you can't fix it, and it has other camera glitches that get very irritating. I decided to get a cheat so I could play the last level instead of wasting my time, but five minutes looking for the cheat wasn't worth playing the last level. I beat spider-man 1 for the playstation 1 at least 7 times and I would recommend it instead of spider-man the movie if you have a playstation 1. (...)

Awesome, Awesome. GET THE NEW ONE!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ok, this game isn't the best... the slow loading and level stuff is bull crap, and some of the villains (vulture, shocker) could be better, but everything else is absolutely awesome. It's true to Spiderman, you can do everything he can, even though his "spidey sense" is a bit strange (little yellow !s shoot out of his head), but this game is great, the cheats are awesome (you can even mix and match the player altering cheats, to have a Mini-Matrix character) the gameplay is great, but the story line is slightly choppy with the level loading. The Graphics are good, and there is some very funny dialogue, and the training sessions? not dull at all. Very humorous voice, says stuff like "Back when I was a kid, My family would go to my grandparents farm, and my grandpa would always say "Billy... You gotta jump through the rings. when you jump through the rings, they'll turn the color of your grammas peach cobbler" of course, none of us had any clue what he was talking about"

YOU CAN EVEN PLAY "SPIDERMAN BOWLING!!!" There are many hilarious hidden features, such as bad looking movie pictures in the background of one scene, and in the bowling ally there is a gallery of "bowling hall of famers" that is actually the production crew, and there's a picture of a dogs head on one of them. EVERYTHING BAD IS GETTING FIXED IN THE SEQUEL!!! I can't wait till it comes out, it sounds great!

Spidey's cool!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Awesome Graphics+tubular storyline=SUPERIFIC FUN GAMING EXPERIENCE!!!!!
I'm serious folks this game is like the best on the planet!
I mean after the movie aired I had to get the game asap.
The game is awesome for 2 great reasons,
1-SPIDERMAN IS DA MAN!
2-It's just like the movie!
Even if your not a spidey fan you got to get this game!For an ultimate gaming experience buy this game!
You really(...) don't wanna miss out!!I give this game 10 stars!!!!

A Totally Action Packed Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best games I've ever played!! One of the best features is that not only do you get to play spiderman but you get to play other characters like Shocker, Mary Jane, thugs, a scientist, Peter Parker in his wrestling costume, and the best villian of all, the Green Goblin. I rented this game at a video store but my mom is going to buy it for my birthday.

More fun when you play as the Goblin!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

You must find the cheat codes to really make this game fun.
I beat this game in a day and then had some fun playing as the Goblin. I really enjoyed the openness of the city while web swinging (if only you could touch the ground). The fighting is repetitious and your attacks will keep going even after defeating your opponent. The sequel to this game is supposed to be much better allowing you to move all over the city from the tops of buildings to street level.

Best Superhero movie and game!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Spiderman the movie is a top notch butt kicking, knucle wrenching game.Despite the lame jokes and the repeated one-liners this is the superhero game of all superhero games (puts X-Men and Batman to shame).You play as Peter Pan aka Spiderman.This game ofers you the chance to pit yourself Spidey's deadliest foes- Green Goblin,Shocker,AND Scorpion. You start the game by searching NY to find Peter's uncle Ben's killer.The only problem with this is that there is more than 1 of them. This pits you against deadly gang members and you come face to face with the killer himself.

You may face the problem with dodgy camera angles and lameass jokes but overall this game is fun for both childeren and adults
as you work your way through different levels offering stealth, imagination (do what you want basically), and lunatic bosses. Watchout as you start off hunting down the killer of Peter's uncle and coming mask to mask with the Goblin and a deadly final showdown at the bridge.

'Twas a hard game to complete but hey that's life for ya! Also look out for some ceadly cheats that you are able to unlock once you complete the game. Favourite cheat-play as the Green Goblin aka Harr...oopppps to much info...enjoy the game!

To easy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i have this game and it seems like the best super hero's get the shortest game

good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this was one of the best games for GC ever

spiderman

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

spider man for gamecube was great the gameplay was cool it is filled with secret places and coads the most fun part of the game is web swinging on the first level if you fell like messing aroound just swing around town and enjoy the sights all in all this game was great a must have for gamecube

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