I must have been..... six or seven when one day I caught a glimpse of a small TV spot for a spidey game. And then it was gone. My dad had watched it as well and must have got some idea of the thing I wanted most in the world.Time passed. and after snooping around for reasons I can't remember I found a game in a draw for the PS1. I asked my mother and father about the game. I can't remember what happened next but I have fond memory's of playing it the next day in a cloth spidey suit.
9 years. (sniff) I miss those days.......DAMN YOU MARVEL!! YOU KILLED SPIDER-MAN!!
Well It has been some time but I can remember both the PS1 version and the PC version which I brought after my beloved PS1 disc died. So let's take a trip down memory lane to the best superhero game ever. Except batman.
Plot
When a reformed Doctor Octavius new machine is stolen by Spider-man, he becomes public enemy number 1. But there is one problem......Peter Parker wasn't the one on stage! he witnessed his own superhero identity steal a machine? an impostor. So Peter dons the red and blue tights to find this Criminal, but a mysterious fog shrouds new york causing panic. But who is behind it?
fantastic. A real comic book plot. you know who is behind it but come on. It is the best spidey plot I have ever heard in a long time.
10
Graphics:
PS1: well.....there not good. For the time games like Lara croft kicked this in the ass. but they where some of the best on the PS1. Some characters looked okay and the animations where okay. my problem is the fact that some things are taken out. Black cat doesn't have a mask, and spidey has no lines .enviorments are the saviour of this really so a nice shiny 7
PC: okay better. But not much. The characters have all there details, and enviorments look much better. But the animations are worse. The hands POP! you see if spidey turns his fist into a open hand it POPS! not like the PS1 in which he opened his hand. Still it gets an 8
Game play
PS1 & PC: there are two attacks. Punch and kick. punch was faster but was weak, while kick was slower but stronger. You could do combo's but I think they basically did the damage of a three hit combo so they where only there to look cool. The web combos where awesome though. you could chain you're attacks to do some serious damage. There where also 5 web moves.
Web tie: tie an enemy up instead of beating him up. Web ball: fire a web ball to do some massive damage. Web shield: protect yourself, then knock enemies back. Web gloves: do extra punch damage. Web tug: pull an enemy towards you. If he hit you he would be knocked out, but you would lose health. However if you jumped he would hit whatever behind you.
Combat was easy. but spideys other powers? crawilng on walls was easy. jump on the wall and Viola! swinging? double tap jump or press the R2 button. The difficulties? easy, normal, and hard. There was a 4Th though called kid mode. When selected spidey, or black cat or venom or anyone would shout out kid mode. In kid mode you didn't lose webbing so much, and didn't lose webs swinging. It was easier than easy. Cool. Boss fights where awesome, and well missions where really fun. so a perfect....
...10!
Music & Voice acting: The acting is terrific. It's like the characters jumped of the page and voiced themselves in this awesome game! as for music well listen to these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqFpC4UBQQE&playnext_from=TL&videos=906aDzcxX0s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCRaF4IOtk&playnext_from=TL&videos=-gXaUeXLvEIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7gNBzCpxdQ&feature=related
Crap right?
WRONG!! if you say it is, I am going to make myself a spidey suit and come over and punch you on the nose!! it fits spidey it sounds awesome listening to it and keeps the blood pumping
5
Sound effects: The webbing, the wall crawling, everything exept the cartoon punches rule. Better than the movie sound effects okay.
5
5+5 = 10
Unlockabels: this new feature covers the unlockables in a game. Well there is a lot. (Deep Breath)
Special comic covers, that can be viewed from the menu. In game cinematics, storyboards for every movie, Cheat codes, character bios, costumes, and of course chapter covers
....hufff......pufff.... oooohhhh jeez.......and challenges. awesome stuff.
10
I am really happy to say that this game, for both consoles gets a
DIAMOND!! YAHOO!!
SPIDER-MAN, SPIDER-MAN!! HAS A HYPTHEN IN IT FOR GODS SAKE!! YEAH HERE COMES THE SPIDER MAN!!
Oh, this review brings back such happy memories :-)
ReplyDeleteEver thought that we might have put the game in the drawer as a surprise for you? Unlike your sisters, you've never been a snooper. Or have you? Perhaps you've been pulling the wool over my eyes for all these years!!
Here's another trip down Memory Lane - remember Hercules? Was this your first introduction to the world of games?
no hercules was my first. but I can emember this clearly. I do remember snooping. I think it was for food though. Yeah it was a surprise.
ReplyDeleteSorry it took a while to answer