 What's the Problem With Spider-Man 3? |
| Review Date: October 15, 2007 |
| Reviewer: P. Lauzon, Ogdensburg, NY USA |
I don't understand why there are so many bad reviews on Spider-Man 3 the game. When I started playing this game, I thought wow, this game is awsome. I flick my wrist and out shoots a web line! I thought to myself, finally a spider-man game that makes me feel like spider-man. But after reading a few of the reviews,it seemes that alot of people don't like it because it's nothing new. Well, fine then, but if your a Spider-Man fan, like I am, then you will love this game. I've beaten it like 3 times already and I play it over and over again.
Buy the game, I think it is totally worth it. |
You can do whatever a Spider-Man Can!
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| Review Date: May 14, 2007 |
| Reviewer: B. Gourdji, |
Hi, I've played pretty much every Spider-Man game that's been made from the Activision Spider-Man game for the PS1 through the Spider-Man Movie title games and now Spider-Man 3, and this one definatly tops the list thus far.
First off, for those of you who may worry if this game is the same as the console version or not, no worries, this game for the PC is identical to it's game console counterparts, with the exception of the Collectors Edition which includes an unlockable Goblin character.
Now about playability and performance on a PC. I've also played this game on the Sony PS3, and on my computer, not only does it look just as good, it most definately runs better. I have the game set on 1900x1200 reolution with all the detail options maxed out and the game runs flawlessly. Also much to my surprise, I didn't even need to program my Logitech Rumble Pad 2 (PS2 Style Controller, as the game already had presets for it already made. So not only does this game look and run better than on the console, it controls identically as well.
Now you may be asking, what kind of PC do I have that it runs so well, good question. I'm running an AMD Athlon 64 4000+, FOXCONN Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB version (the 320 MB version should do fine for those of you running below 1900 resolutions), 3 Gigabytes of PC3200 DDR RAM, Soundblaster 2 ZS, and my HDD's are in RAID 0 (Yes, Raid is the way to go for improved Hard Disk Speed), and I have a 21" CRT Monitor.
Okay, now that I've got some of the technical stuff out of the way, here's a little about the game. I havn't completed the game yet but here are my impressions thus far.
Game Play:
The game play is awesome, New York City is rendered wonderfully, and is the best looking so far in the series. This game is "Sand Box" Style, meaning it's completly free roam leaving you to do whatever missions or tasks you want to do, in any order. The web swinging is amazing and not hard to get used to. It really gives you the feeling of what it would be like to web swing around the city.
Controls / Fighting: The fighting, if you'd like to learn the combo's can be great, or you can just button mash your way through the game, if you don't wish to memorize the various combination of button pression for specific combos. As Spider-Man you also have something called "Spider-Reflexes" which when activated, slows everything down and enables you to dodge enemy attacks and unleash more devastating combos. There are also come parts of the game, to get through specific areas of the game or cut scenes, the button number of a specific button will flash on screen, and you will need to hit the buttons in sequence as they appear, or fail. It may take a couple of trys sometime, but it's not hard.
Missions: There's quite a lot to do in this sprawling city, and not only can you go around the city, you can also go under it, yes you heard me right, there's the full NYC Subway system, as well as sewer systems in the game, for more free roam and mission enjoyment.
Pulling up the map screen shows you where to go to see where the missions are, if you select a mission (to find it more easily) an arrow will appear when you exit out of the map, showing you how to get to that location and the distance to it. The Map view also shows you where various challenges, and races are in the game, as well as what are good areas for crime fighting.
There are many mission types in the movie, some that are related to the story line of the movie, as well as original mission story line / content. The missions can be fun, diverse and challening. You also have puzzles like bomb disarming.
Final Thoughts and Conclusion (for now):
So here's the summary, if you have a decent computer / video card then don't hesitate to run out and buy this for the PC, don't dispair if you don't have the best computer, because you can change the resultion, and various detail settings to better suit the needs of many computer types / configurations. 1 GB of RAM is required and at least a 2.8GHZ P4 or equivelant. The game runs beautifully on my system, and looks and controls better than the PS3 verion I tried. The missions are fun and varied and gives you plenty to do in the game. The fully rendered city, and web swinging / wall crawling is within it self so much fun it's worth getting this game.
On a side note:
For those who comment about PC Games needing patches, may be true of some games / programs but certainly not all games / programs. Als also more and more console based games have been needing "Pathes" themselves lately. I personally would much rather be running a PC game where I have more flexability to do what I want with it, and have more easily available upgrades, patches and upgrades to a program if and when they should become available. |
Excellent game for PSP
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| Review Date: November 11, 2008 |
| Reviewer: S. Asmus, |
| Spider-Man 3 game for the PSP is an outstanding action hero game. The graphics and sound are excellent, including real voices from the actors in the movie. There are many different story lines and levels, and many different villians to fight, so the game has lots of variety. Spider man takes on different personalities (black suit) as in the movie, which adds a twist to the game. Highly recommended. |
Now this is what I'm talking about
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| Review Date: May 11, 2007 |
| Reviewer: A. Washington, |
Now this is what I'm talking about!!!
This game is really cool. I have not been able to put it down. I haven't completed it yet, but here it goes. I never had a chance to play Spiderman 2 on the PS2, but I know that this installation is 10 times exponentially more fun than the 1st SM (Spiderman). The free roam ability is reminiscent of the Grand Theft Auto series along with the many missions. There are also sub missions where you have to stop crimes in progress while just swinging through the city by fighting against the different crime gangs. It says there are 42 missions. And these missions are very detailed & in depth I must add. I completed the 1st Lizard mission & the large underground sewer environment in this mission is awesome. I completed the 1st Scorpion mission which took place on an island fortress that was also very detailed & the graphics were great. I have unlocked the New Goblin playable character & I have only completed a couple of mission/races with him but the 6 AXIS control is really, really, cool. You actually steer the glider by articulating the controller. I REALLY LIKE THIS. The detail of NYC is very accurate down to the missing twin towers :-(. Times Square actually has the advertisement monitors on the side of the buildings that have real ads. What's really cool is the lighting & detail in these ads. The swing controls of SM are very good. My only complaints are that are when I was fighting the Scorpion there was "selective damage" to him in the fight. During the fight I was able to inflict damage, but at other parts of the fight my attacks just passed through him & did no damage. This happened a lot during the fight. WTF developers?! This was very annoying... Also there are instances where you have to pick up an object or interact with the environment by pressing the square button. Example, I was on a mission where the clock was ticking & I had to get rid of a bomb. When standing in front of the bomb the square action button appears on the screen. Well, if you are standing in the wrong spot & press the square button, SM will perform attacks instead. THIS IS VERY ANNOYING.... My last gripe would be & I don't feel that it could have been addressed because SM can climb walls & he is in weird positions sometimes, is the camera angles are confusing & you don't know where you are. I usually end up just jumping to the ground to figure out where I am. Other than these complaints the game is excellent. I am glad that Sony developers finally created a game for the PS3 that is worthy of the system's potential. This is what I call a next generation game. |
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