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Spider-Man: The Movie brings
your friendly neighborhood web slinger to life with engrossing realism,
proving that a superhero game of such complex nature can be achieved with
nearly flawless and nonintrusive gameplay. Be it wandering the city's environs
in search of villains or just checking out your surroundings by web-swinging
high above them, you truly can do whatever Spider-Man can. It's all here:
high-flying aerial battles, the ability to web up and yank your enemies
close for pummeling, and the capacity for crawling or web-zipping up, down,
and over any surface--and that's just for starters. All in all, this is
one involved game that does not fail to live up to the hype.
The game parallels the motion
picture's story line, steering you through a progression of challenges
that begins with the hunt for Uncle Ben's murderer, and ends with a final
showdown with the Green Goblin. You begin as Peter Parker dressed in his
wrestling costume and must defeat a variety of thugs throughout each level
before advancing to the next set of challenges. The game gets progressively
tougher as you encounter, in turn, Shocker, the Vulture, Scorpion, and,
of course, the Green Goblin.
Visually, Spider-Man is a
treat: cityscapes unfold in realistic detail and are enhanced by sunlight
shining between buildings; cutscenes offer seamless animation; interiors
are painstakingly re-created; and Spider-Man and his enemies are well rendered,
moving about the screen in clean fashion. As an added bonus, most characters
are voiced by their movie counterparts, and the training mode features
the sarcastic wit of Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell.
--Larry
White
Pros:
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Detailed controls bring Spider-Man
to life
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Challenging gameplay enhanced
by numerous fight styles
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Stunning visuals at every level
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Cons:
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Camera angles slow to respond
at times
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Some interiors too dark
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Repetitive one-liners
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 Spider-Man:
The Movie allows fans to play as Spider-Man in several highly detailed
3-D environments inspired by the Columbia Pictures/Marvel Entertainment
live-action feature film. This full-roaming action-adventure game allows
players to jump into the suit of a fledgling Marvel superhero and learn
how to battle the forces of evil. Players crawl, leap, and swing from the
dizzying heights of skyscrapers to catch criminals and supervillains, and,
ultimately, come face-to-face with the Green Goblin in a death-defying
display of aerial combat. During the course of the game, players must use
Spider-Man's spider-sense, agility, quick wits, and strength to evade the
pursuit of the bad guys and overcome obstacles. |
