Spider-Man 3 Reviews

• Like a lot of tie-ins, it feels rushed

  
  By A1AISPOIIHTHXX on 2007-05-07
  The game, Spider-Man 2, was really quite a fun game since it was so exhilirating to swing everywhere. Yeah by the 25th balloon I had to save, it did feel monotonous but everything else was well-done. Including some of the villains that were sorely missed, Spider-Man 3 is basically the same thing with new features. With the Wii controls, it offers a different type of gameplay but polish is really lacking here as it feels unresponsive, lazy and even sluggish. Kids won't mind but this is definately not one of the better Spidey outings.
  
  Story: It incorporates the storyline of Spider-Man having the Alien Symbiote attached to him (honestly I couldn't figure out where he even got it in the game). Doc Connors has mutated and rampaging through New York while rival photographer Eddie Brock gets the Symbiote and turns into Venom.
  
  Graphics: The textures just look...ugly. Buildings up close are fine if a bit repetitive and lack of more refined details while it seems like the higher up you go, the more fuzzy they get. And of course enemies pretty much have 4-5 different settings and you beat up each one over and over. At least now we can go into the sewers.
  
  Sound/Music: Voice acting remains largely intact with Tobey Maguire and co. providing their character voices. It's difficult to badmouth Maguire since he basically says the same things over and over (production thing). The best though is Bruce Campbell providing our Narrator voice. He gets some hilarious things going (my favorite is the Spider-Man who doesn't act Spider-y on walls. "You're just 'Man'? You're playing, 'Man 3?'" The music is fine but I barely notice.
  
  Gameplay: For swinging you use the nunchuk and Wii-mote. Press Z or B and swinging the controller will send you flying. It takes some getting used to but eventually you get hang of it, although I notice it was more comfortable to just use the Wii-mote. Fighting is different as well with shaking the Wii-mote making your combos, A button for kicks/uppercuts. It works fine but the controls are a bit dodgy since it's hard to gauge just how fast to swing and pressing the A is rather slow, causing you to press it 5-6 times before he even does his kick (by which time, enemies are already beating you up). The ideas behind the controls are fine it's just they don't have the responsiveness needed.
  
  As for the game itself, it's very much like 2: very mission-based but thankfully the side missions are kept to a minimum a bit. Some seem slightly inconsistent though. One boss fight took so long because his health went down like a paper sliver with every punch. The one thing that is a pain is that there's these moments that seem like warped reaction commands from Resident Evil 4 or Kingdom Hearts II: at certain points a graphic will display, telling you swing your nunchuk sideways or your nunchuk or both. But they go so far and your reflexes can only go so far so it's a bit of a trial-and-error at figuring out how fast to go.
  
  Do yourself a favor and rent Spider-Man 2. While we do get enemies like the Lizard and Venom, 2 is just way funner.
  
  

• So much better on Wii

  
  By ADIY3IXY2FDJQ on 2007-05-06
  This game is a slight rehashing of Spider-Man 2, with Bruce Campbell's awesome narrative and the fighting sequences, but this game is just that much better as well. The web play slinging through the city is so much cooler on the wii, it picks up where you aim it and is so much fun. This is the best Spider-Man game based on the best Spider-Man movie on the best video game system.
  
  

• What's the Problem With Spider-Man 3?

  
  By A3JQW310O5BPKA on 2007-10-15
  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.
  
  

• Typical movie-themed game with some interesting twists

  
  By AC2EGRJTJYVBA on 2007-05-12
  If you are a fan of the previous Spidey games, you will probably enjoy this one. However, once I got over the joy of being able to Web around the city and crawl up walls using my Wii controller, the game did not hold my attention long. It's a pretty typical movie-themed game. I found the pace a little plodding and the action repetitive. However, the game has an EXCELLENT tutorial mode. Slinging your web to move around the city is challenging, but nothing you can't master with minimal practice. Graphics are solid (for the Wii) and the gameplay is fairly smooth. Had some problems controlling Spidey while he is wall-crawling. I agree with some of the reviews that the overall quality and "feel" in the game seem to indicate that it was rushed to market to be avaialable for the movie release. Games like this should be put on the market at a lower price point. There are some VERY good titles available for the Wii right now, this one is comparatively weak.
  
  

• Disappointing

  
  By AJKWF4W7QD4NS on 2007-07-06
  It's no secret that like the film itself, the video game tie-in for Spider-Man 3 is a disappointment on the consoles. The Wii edition of the game is no different, and what makes it even more disappointing is the fact that the game's attempt to make use of the Wii-mote is an ultimate failure. The game follows the plot of the film for the most part, as you play as Spidey in an open world New York and take on generic baddies as well as big time villains like Sandman, Venom, the New Goblin, and the Lizard to boot. The game attempts to make sue of the Wii-mote to swing through the city, which you'll either enjoy or hate, which along with the sloppy combat controls, really mar what could have been otherwise solid gameplay. The game's look is marred as well by an overly choppy frame rate combined with stiff character models. There are a few good points about Spider-Man 3 though, but they are few indeed. The game features voice acting from many of the principal actors from the film (including Tobey Maguire, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, J.K. Simmons, and Bruce Campbell who reprises his role as your video gaming guide) and swinging through New York City is still pretty fun. However, the repetitive gameplay gets boring, and the game has an overly linear feel to it as well. All that being said, Spider-Man 3 is worth checking out if you own a Wii and are a Spidey fan, but don't expect anything great from it at all.
  
  
• Weak
  By AA6K1PDOE130V on 2007-05-09
  After shown what was possible with Spiderman 2, this game is a BIG let down. The fighting is really boring and the graphics are bland. The webslinging is kind of fun once you get the hang of it, but that's the only good thing I have to say about this game. If you must play it, rent it, absolutely don't buy.
  
  
• Worth The Money, What I Expected
  By A1NZVDQGRV3SKA on 2007-05-10
  Why are people so negative? I thought this game was pretty good. It's worth the money, it's cheaper than the others consoles', and you get a free movie ticket for Spider-man 3. The new, improved New York is a lot bigger than the previous, and now there's sewers and subways too. The graphics are decent, color and lighting was good, and I haven't had any problems with the cameras, but you have to know that the Wii's graphics won't compare to Xbox 360 or PS3, Wii just doesn't have that kinda of hardware, but it makes up for it with a cheaper price, better than gamecube graphics, awesome contols, and games and characters limited to Nintendo. Anyways, the side missions are of course a little repetitive, but the storys and voice-overs are pretty good. The combat and fighting moves are pretty sweet too, but as you probably know by now the Wii's controls are what make the game so different than the ones before, I really like the way they've incorporated the controls into the game. You can really get into the game, with the flick of a wrist, you can experience the sensation of webslinging through the city, really throw a punch to beat up the thugs and baddies, shoot a web at your enemies and hammer them to the ground, or swing them around knocking over the others. The Wii controls even come in the cinematic parts of the game. I like where they're going with this and I'm looking forward to the new Spider-man game, Spider-man: Friend or Foe, coming out this fall. "With Great Power, Comes Great Fun!"
  
  
• Fun and EXTREMELY SHORTLIVED
  By A8T7F5XJ5HZ1L on 2007-05-13
  Spiderman 3 was fun. The controls are by far the best for the wii yet. Activision managed to take full advantage of the possiblities of the wii remotes. However, the graphics are just okay, as well as the sound. Still, this doesn't stop you from enjoying this game. Like I said, the controls here get an 11/10! There is a major drawback here, though. I beat this game in under 7 HOURS, not including extras. This story mode is UNBELIEVABLY SHORT! Upon beating this game, rather than being happy I was dissapointed that it ended so fast. I would advise you to rent this game or buy it cheap, but do not spend your $50 on this incredibly short game. Fun but not worth the price.
  
  
• Fun in spots, falls short of expectations
  By A3N594NXW8JX6H on 2007-07-10
  pro:
  -Bruce Campbell...nuff said.
  -web swinging is fun and intuitive.
  -good selection of spidey villains.
  -being able to level up and choose new abilities.
  
  con:
  -the city is extremely bland. How are you supposed to scour for bonus items in a city that all looks vanilla?
  -short story line.
  -fighting system is extremely simplified and boring.
  
  Could have been much better, sad to say not as interesting or fun as Spidey 2 or Ultimate Spidey, two games this one obviously raided heavily for ideas and mission designs.
  
  
• Webslinging is fun...nothing else is...
  By A2IPXKPU8W9DRX on 2007-05-12
  I just finished the story mode of the game, and I feel that it is sad when you can beat the story and still have 52% left of the game. that to me makes no sense, and I feel that there should be more story then other tasks. The webslining is fun, but it takes a while to learn how to use it effectivly. I also didn't enjoy how the game didn't follow the movie at all. Yes the few villans spiderman fights in the movie are in the game, but the way you fight them, and how they die are completly different. Also they tied in some aspects of the movie that are false in the game (Sandman's daughter). Yes she is a character in the movie, but in the game they changed her character. I also would have like if they would have stuck to the timeline of the movie. The game feels rushed, and it just goes from one thing to the other.
  
  Thats my opinion...take it for what its worth.
  
  If you want to play...rent...don't buy.
  
  
• I did like it... but it could have been better.
  By A4KVIKCFC0OUI on 2007-05-12
  By the way, Susan Gill's son wrote this. Ok back to the point.
  
  Pros: The controls on this installment are unique to say the least. Flicking the wiimote and nunchuck for spider-man's left or right hand was pure genius. The controls seem a little odd at first, but to be honest I thought that they pulled it off quite nicely.
  One of the main features of the game that everyone looked forward to was that you got to play as black suit. The mechanics are simple in this installment. Once you unlock him (which was early on in the game)you can switch between them at will. When you play as black suit, your faster stronger, and you get to use every combat move before you unlock it for the red suit. The catch is that once your rage meter fills up a black haze comes over the screen and starts to envelope it. If you don't switch out soon, you'll pass out, and if you were doing a mission you fail it.
  The new gang missions are definitly a step up in the game.
  Also another feature in the game was a new thing called cinteractives. It's basically all that button pressing stuff like in kingdom hearts 2 or god of war.
  
  Cons: The graphics could have been WAY better on this game. The wii has an engine that's like 10 or 5 times bigger than the original xbox. The graphics wouldn't have been as good as the next gen, but it should have come close. Spider-man looks a little better than sm2's, but his costume's eye things look disfigured. The black suit's eyes look better, but his suit annoyed me because of how flat it looked compared to the next gen's which was alot shinier. If you don't believe me here's an example. You know times square? The place with all the lights and stuff? It's still there, but geuss what? NO LIGHTS!!! Nothing at all! There's hardly any room for detail at all.
  One of the biggest dissapointments was the fact that it had no sewers or subway sytems! They were backed down to be made interior levels. Even though they had subway entrances all around the city they were blocked up! They could have easily scaled down the city to make enough room for a sewer and subway system( and believe me the city is humongous).
  Even though you can roam around in black suit as much as you want as long as you don't go into rage mode (and don't worry, it takes a fair amount of hit's just to get into rage mode) you only get him until after you beat the game. After you beat it you have to find 50 spider emblems to get it back. The downside, it's a humongous city! The good side is that once you get it you can control rage mode. I don't know if it means that you could stay in it for as long as you want, but I don't know cuss I haven't gotten them all... yet. There is only one other set of tokens in the city: meteorite's. There are exactly 100 of them, but once you get them all, you get to play as venom. I'm not quite sure if he's his own character or if he's still spider man only he looks like venom. As before, I haven't gotten them all... yet. Another good thing is that it's easier to unlock venom on the wii ps2 and psp than on next gen systems. You see, if you get pretty close to them, they make a noise that get's louder as you get closer. The spider emblems are kinda hard to find, the meteorites are alot easier cuss there always out on buildings in the open, but it makes it a whole lot better to find them if you turn up the tv a little and just listen. You'll know what I mean if you get the game.
  I hate to say it, but there are glitches in the game. I can't really give any examples because I would have to make this review way bigger than it already is.
  The story unfolds by itself. This may not sound all that bad, but the next gen system allows you to pick which villian you want to fight in the villians own story line. There were 10 villians on the next gen systems including the movies villians, but there were only 8 on the wii, ps2, and psp's. That makes only 5 villians not including the movie's villians. It's kinda like as you move on in the story they set up the order of which villian you were going to play against.
  The combat was definitly improved since sm2. Villians can dodge but only a one type can, but now you get to vault over them and start pounding the heck out of them. But dodging is a completly redone thing. All he does now is just roll out of the way. On the next gen he actually dodges and then can attack again.
  The gangs were also different on next gen. On the next gen a specific area was given to 3 gangs. On the wii, ps2, and psp's there are scattered areas with 4 different types of gangs. What I mean is that there's a dragon tail gang here and waste tribe gang there... you get the point. Of course, I guess it all depends on which one would suit you best.
  
  All in all, there are qualities I like about both games. Like the fact that the camera is better on the current gen. The next gen with all its extra, perhaps better, content like swimming. I'm going to buy it on the pc cuss it was based off of the 360's version, and you can swim. I think I'll keep both games in the end though. That way I can balance it out. And before you go off doing the same thing that I'm gonna try and do, look at the power it takes for the game. It's apparently pretty big.
  
  
  
  
• Insulting to Wii Owners
  By AJPZ470BUOOII on 2007-05-27
  This game is an example of a 3rd party Wii game that just feels tacked together. There's a decent amount of effort put into swinging and in the end that's the best part of the Wii version of this game.
  
  Once on the ground though the game becomes completely counter-intuitive. I'd rather do button combos than try to swing the remote side to side with little responsiveness. Combat is simply not fun because in the end it turns into swinging wildly or relying on the A button. Camera is also completely unmanageable.
  
  The game is ridiculously glitch ridden and randomly Spidey will get stuck floating in mid-kick or a mission will fail or pass instantly after starting it.
  
  People complain about the graphics, personally I would gladly take what they give if the gameplay was anything up to par with Spider-man 2 or Ultimate Spider-man, but that's simply not the case. It's a pretty ugly game, if my PS2 can handle God of War and GTA: San Andreas, why does my Wii version of Spider-man 3 look like I'm swinging through a graphing calculator?
  
  The game was obviously rushed and most of the controller configuration besides the swinging (which could be better, but shows promise) was an afterthought. The game can be finished within a couple of hours and completing the bonus goals simply opens up things you already had earlier in the game. If you want a 3rd party sandbox Wii game done right, get the Godfather. This is simply insulting to Wii users.
  
  
• You're better off buying a GameCube and Spiderman 2 for 50 bucks
  By AUZYBG4XK93WY on 2007-06-04
  This might be the worst game to come out for the Wii. First, let me just say that I love both the Wii and the Spiderman franchise. I'm not a Nintendo hater and Spiderman, especially games 1 and 2, were definitely my thing. What's wrong with this game? It's definitely not the controls. Swinging that web with your wii remote and nunchuk really is as cool as you imagined it would be. That's the one part of the game the developers got right.
  
  Everything else makes you want to return the game and get your money back. No kidding, if you plug in a Gamecube and Spiderman 2, and a Wii and Spiderman 3, and climb up to the top of the Empire State Building in each, the Gamecube looks infinitely better. There's not a loss of detail in the buildings on the Wii version, there is NO detail on the buildings. None at all.
  
  When I saw my first cut-scene movie I thought my game was scratched and they had given me a defective copy. That's how bad the cut scene graphics are.
  
  Rent this game and do a shot of web to an enemy's face - literally the graphic displayed is a white, Pong-esque dot floating across the screen, that vanishes before it really even touches the opponent, and a faceless polygon blob covers his "eyes".
  
  The game does LOOK better on the PS3 and 360, but I can't say that it plays any better. And it only looks better on the PS3 because it looks a lot like a slightly improved GameCube version of Spiderman2.
  
  Any good from this game? Well, they made improvements to the web zip. It does more now than it did before, and they didn't really make it any worse. So that's a plus. The Wii controller shines here - it really is outstanding and if only they had made an actual game we could have really seen it at work. This game really stinks. Even if you loved the other 2 Spiderman games, this one you will hate. Save your money and if you really feel the need to websling with the Wii, wait till this game costs 20 bucks, which shouldn't be that long.
  
  
  
• Great game, for about the first hour
  By A1EPJ35LDYMCXK on 2007-06-16
  If you love Spider-man as much as I do, and you just can't miss out on this game, and you have a Wii and either an XBox 360 or Playstation3, get it for the 360 or PS3. It just has a huger enviroment, more villians, more missions, and more everything. If you ony have a Wii as a major system and you already played Spider-man 2, then this game is definetly worth renting at BlockBuster for 5-8 bucks. The web-slinging is really fun, and i am sure you will beat the game within a week. Once you beat the final boss, venom, you will still be able to roam the city and do boring crime spree missions, but there really is no point. Do not buy this game.
  
  
• Best Spiderman 3 Experience out of any console!
  By A20Y4UXPH51TDP on 2007-08-01
  SM3 on the Wii has truly shown what the right minds with the right console can do. The game itself and the story may not have been all that great, but the web slinging with the Wii remotes was probably the most satisfying feeling I have had on the Wii. If you buy the 360,PS3 or PS2 versions you're going to get the same game, with almost nothing different. The Wii version offers you an amazing control scheme that can't be beat by any of the other consoles. If you really want to feel like spiderman swinging around the city, buy the Wii version!
  
  

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