Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4400 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2007-05-04
• Rating: To Be Announced
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: PlayStation2

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There cannot be a Spidey fan alive that hasn’t seen the stunning movie trailer for the new film, but rather less is known about the accompanying game. It will feature a free roaming environment similar to the previous games though, which is no surprise considering how popular they are and how most subsequent superhero games have reused the same concept. It’s also known that almost the entire movie cast will be lending their vocal talents to the game, including Tobey Mcguire, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Haden Church, James Franco, Topher Grace and Bryce Dallas Howard. The main villains of the game will, like the movie, be Sandman, Venom and the new Green Goblin. However several other minor Spider-Man villains will also appear from the comics, including Shriek and the mysterious Dragon Boss. More information will undoubtedly show up as the movie’s release date grow closer but a teaser trailer of the in-game graphics for Spidey himself suggest that this will be one of the most impressive next gen movies license so far.
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Manufacturer's Description
Based on Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures' feature film of the same name, Spider-Man 3 allows players to experience the actions of heroic red-suited Spider-Man and, for the first time ever, his darker, more mysterious black-suited persona. Set in a larger, dynamic, free-roaming New York City, the game gives players the freedom to choose their own gameplay experience through multiple movie-based and original storylines, fully integrated city missions and performance rewards including improved speed, combat manoeuvres and agility. In Spider-Man 3, players draw upon Spider-Man's completely revamped combat abilities as they protect the city and defeat nemeses using expanded aerial fighting, finishing moves and dynamic webbing during missions and epic boss battles.

Key Features:
Welcome to the dark side - For the first time ever, control the legendary black suit, which magnifies Spider-Man's strength, agility and durability. Punish your enemies with explosive new attacks and incredible upgrades, including fearsome room-clearers. All this power comes with a price, though, as players will find the black suit harder and harder to control. Will you be strong enough to make a heroic choice before your quest for vengeance turns the city against you?

Let freedom ring - Go anywhere at any time in a larger, dynamic, free-roaming New York City and get involved in whatever you want, whenever you want. Players decide how to proceed through the game and set their own goals. Should Spider-Man follow a plot twist, switch to an alternate storyline, fight off crime waves that threaten the city or explore vast interior and underground locations? You decide.

The city is your playground - From towering skyscrapers to the vast new subterranean sewers and subways Spider-Man must patrol all of New York. Three criminal gangs and variety of Super Villains will be competing for your attention, taking hostages, stealing cars, harassing citizens, and creating havoc. Will you be able to save everyone?

Don't let the city go to the dogs - Three vicious gangs have laid claim to the boroughs of New York and must be taken down. As Spider-Man brings these criminals to justice, the crime rate will drop in that section of town and city life will return to normal; if he doesn't, the streets will turn to chaos. These super thugs won't go down without a fight though. Their advanced AI will surround Spider-Man, grapple him, call in reinforcements, and do everything they can to retake their territory.

Everybody was kung-fu fighting - Redesigned from the ground up, the all-new combat system empowers players to perform suit-specific attacks and combo chains to defeat their enemies and complete challenges and missions. New animations, combos, and finishers make punch, kick, and web attacks more effective than ever while executing ground and air manoeuvres.

Super Villains galore - Experience multi-stage, dynamic boss battles against the headlining villains from the movie as well as a host of legendary comic book foes who all take advantage of their environments, their minions, and the large-scale destruction that their superpowers cause in trying to defeat Spider-Man.

Go, go gadget - In addition to faster web-swinging, certain events and environments open up additional Spider-powers for you to control. Using Spider-Man's web abilities, he can catch falling objects including people and debris, fix hazards like broken train rails, barricade doors, and even slingshot from the tops of buildings for increased speed and huge air.

Spider-Man is growing up - As players master Spider-Man's powers through natural progression and completion of missions and challenges, Spider-Man gains ability enhancements including improved web moves, swing skills, and amazing melee combos.

Customer Reviews

Third Time Not-so-Lucky
I bought Spider-Man 3 on the day it came out and had high hopes. As I entered the game, I expected it to top Spider-Man 2, one of my favourite games. However, I was to be disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad game, but it just wasn't as good as its predecessor. The swinging is either an upgraded version of Ultimate Spider-Man (with a better boost) or a downgraded version of Spider-Man 2. The combat is nowhere near as flexible as Spider-Man 2, where it clearly states what buttons to press to hang someone on a lamp post or whatever, in this game you have to cycle through several different screens which may or may not conceal which move you're looking for, resulting in a lot of wasted time. The black Spider-Man suit is OK, but don't believe the hype, you won't notice much difference in the attacks apart from that they do more damage, and the fact that when Spidey wears to suit for too long in combat, he gets defeated makes you have to rip the suit off whilst trying to hold off the Lizard and his pals. Ah yes, the villains. Obviously, the first one is the Lizard, who's pretty cool, but we've seen him on most Spider-Man games. Kraven the Hunter, basically a stronger-than-average thug who sometimes whizzes around the screen for no explicable reason. Green Goblin 2, you only fight him once, and it's not really a proper fight, just a 'cinterlude'- timed button presses on the screen. Morbius, the toughest in the game, a vampire who's practically invincible. Shriek, his wife, who's nearly just as invincible as her husband. The Sandman, more timed button pressing for the first part then battering him with the black suit, and finally Venom. After Morbius, he's the toughest, but if you utilise your dodges well, you should beat him fine. That brings me onto the shoddy dodging system. Spider-Man 2's pressing circle whenever his Spider-sense flashed was a lot better than pressing L2 here and doing a fancy roll that invariably lands you in worse trouble. The gangs in the game are pretty good but boy, do they get those bombs wholesale or something? You'll see what I mean if you buy this game. The biggest criticism of Spider-man 2 was that the city events were samey, but on this front they've actually taken a step back- you just feel like punching the fat guy in the white vest after you save him and only him for the fiftieth time. However, graphics are pretty good in the cutscenes and you do get attached to the game after a while - although don't expect a long time playing it, I've completed the story already and this is the day after I bought it. The game is quite fun and I would recommend it for fans of Spider-Man, but if you're just looking for a sensational game to play, type in 'Spider-man 2' in the search box and buy that instead.

Underrated
Granted, there are good and bad points about this game. The storyline isn't great and, if you hadn't seen the film you may just think people like the Sandman were some run of the mill villain, without too much background. However, if it's just fun you're looking for, then this is a good buy. The swinging is as fun as ever and the addition of the black suit is awsum and, dispite this not being next gen, the game does maintain pretty good graphics. Nice.

not as bad as it has been made out
to start with, i think why so many people hate it is because owners of a ps2 are brought back to earth with a bump after seeing the ps3 version on youtube and such like.

i have played both ps2 and ps3 versions and i can say in all honesty i enjoy the ps2 version more. i'll admit, i'm a bit of a fan boy when it comes to spiderman films and games, and the swinging is a vital part of its general game play for me. for ps3 it remains more or less similar as spidey 2, hit R2 = webline out of nowhere, but for ps2 its alot more fluid, you actually see the process of him reaching out, shooting the line and swinging, plus there is a cool feature where you then pull your legs back and increase jump height at the end of the swing arc. as i say, i look too much into it as i'm a fant boy, hah.

admitadley the story quote on the box '5 different stories' to follow is very loose, there are a few stories but it doesn't have the freedom that the quote implies.

the combat is good, simple, but good, unlike the ps3s stupidly complex one. the upgrade system is simple however the hilarious commentator guy returns along with it. (my main dissapointment is his lack of appearence however, he is so funny.)

a gang system is introduced so that in your spare time you get to knock some thugs senseless and then see how much the police begin to reclaim the streets. whats good is, at the end, even when you defeat all the gangs, you probably havn't got all the upgrades, but then a system is intorduced in which you can help the police sort out micellaneous crimes to earn the rest of the experience.

the black suit is cool, but the novelty wears off pretty soon, and its satisfying when you manage to get red spidey to the same level of power through upgrades.

the graphics for ps2 are suprisingly good however they come at a price, there are often times when swinging through a packed out frame the fluidness is lost (as in frame movement slows slightly), this occurance is rare however.

it is easy but then spiderman games are, it was like 2, very easy and then the last boss is tricky.

so yeah for ps2, i believe it to be a very good game and it shows all the attributes of 2 we loved in a better manner. but whoever liked 2 must have thought its length was an issue, if nothing else this gives you more oppurtunity to obliterate some more spidey missions.

i hope this helped