Product Description

Inspired by the Spider-Man film trilogy and the classic Spider-Man comics, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe challenges players to defeat and then join forces with notorious movie nemeses including Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Venom and Sandman, and embark on an epic quest to overcome a worldwide evil threat. Throughout the games original story and thrilling battles, fans control Spider-Man and one of numerous Super Hero or Super Villain sidekicks and master unique fighting moves and styles while switching between characters to execute team combos and defeat foes. For the first time ever in a Spider-Man game, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe features a unique co-op mode in which a friend can join the game at any time and take control of Spider-Mans sidekick as they battle through the game side-by-side and replay favorite levels.

• Pick from a long list of Spider-Mans powerful allies, like Blade and Iron Fist, and swap between the web-slinger and the chosen sidekicks at any time during gameplay.
• Each sidekick, good or evil, features their own unique attributes and powers that will assist Spider-Man throughout the games challenges
• Using an innovative combat system, face off against and defeat some of the Spider-Man movies most notorious Super Villains such as Doc Ock, Sandman and Green Goblin, and then convert them to join Spideys list of potential sidekicks
• A unique cooperative mode lets friends join the game at any time and take control of Spider-Mans sidekick. Playing in two-player cooperative mode allows gamers to discover new ways to overcome obstacles and enemies. As players progress through the game, battle arenas are unlocked where raw one-on-one brawling with any Super Hero or Villain can take place at any time
• Replay the game or experience Versus mode with a different sidekick and eventually play as Black-Suited Spider-Man (Spideys darker, more agg

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11551 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2007-10-12
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Xbox 360

Manufacturer's Description
Inspired by the Spider-Man film trilogy and the classic Spider-Man comics, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe challenges players to defeat and then join forces with notorious movie nemeses including Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Venom and Sandman, and embark on an epic quest to overcome a worldwide evil threat. Throughout the game’s original story and thrilling battles, fans control Spider-Man and one of numerous Super Hero or Super Villain sidekicks and master unique fighting moves and styles while switching between characters to execute team combos and defeat foes. For the first time ever in a Spider-Man game, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe features a unique co-op mode in which a friend can join the game at any time and take control of Spider-Man’s sidekick as they battle through the game side-by-side and replay favorite levels.

Customer Reviews

Spiderman: Friend or Foe
When I 1st heard of the idea of this game, Spiderman working with his enemys I didnt think it was gonna work.. but in all honestity it worked pretty well. The game is very much your normal scrolling Beat em up which I will admit gets pretty boring after awhile if your playing it solo wise, but get a friend to play with you and you have a game that will give you some fun and some good laughs.

Lets talk about charactors, as you can guess you can play as all the Villains from the Movies which you need to unlock 1st before playing them and some charactors that are not in the movies like Blackcat, Rhino and the Lizard.

If you like Marvel Ultimate Allience and Xmen Legend you may very well like this, if your not sure about it, try and rent it out 1st.

Co-op mode is fun - don't bother buying it to play on your own.
The Positives: This is a fun wee game. Much in the vain of Marvel ultimate Alliance although simpler and a lot shorter. Essentially you control Spiderman and you select a "sidekick" to join you during your missions. The sidekick will be one of Spidey's long time foe's (such as Green Goblin, Dr Octopus - you get the idea...). The game is essentially a side scrolling platformer and it does this job well. Some of the cut scences are quite funny, the controls are easy and performing combo's on mutiple enemy's or a boss while trying to co-ordinate it with another player is fun (I found myself yelling "Hey !! Quit running in the opposite direction dude - you are knocking me off a cliff!" a lot). You can upgrade the health and abilities of Spidey and his sidekicks as you progress though the game. Achievement points are painfully easy to rattle out here for all those competative folks among you!

The Negatives: Well this has really all been done before. This game brings absolutely nothing you haven't seen before to the Marvel franchise. The game is very easy and very short you can rattle through it in a couple of evenings easy. Also the levels are pretty formulaic. The game doesn't really mix it up a lot. Finally, some of the sidekicks you can unlock are so woefully useless compared to Spiderman that one wonders what the point of having them join you at all might be?

Summary - Don't buy this if you want hours of single player fun but if you can get it cheap the co-op mode can be a good laugh.

Only for the Dedicated Web-heads! Definitely not an Amazing Spiderman Game
There have been some great Spiderman games on consoles over the years - remember Spiderman and Spiderman : Enter Electro on the playstation one? Or how about Spiderman 2, and Ultimate Spiderman on PS2?
This sadly, is a poor relation to those games.
It is essentially a scrolling beat 'em up, and it is definitely targetted at a younger audience, and not hard core gamers.
The graphics are not really memorable on a current generation console. They are pretty adequate, but nothing more. The cut-scenes are really quite blocky in their appearance, though in-game action graphics are quite nice, if a little small!
The big problems with the game are it's length, and the difficulty. Firstly, the content is a basic beat 'em up, with no real flair for any special moves. It is a button masher of a game at best, and quite repetitive at its' worst. And the difficulty is really weak - i completed this in just a few hours. As an example, i managed to beat the end boss first time, which is unheard of in most games.
So what are the positives to this game? Well, it is a really easy game to get 1000 achievement points on the 360! You definitely won't need a guide, or to look up how to unlock all the hidden collectibles - you will probably find them all on the first play through. Despite my criticisms of the game, it is quite fun to play - for a very short while, though there is little to no replay value to it.

I definitely didn't hate this game - it was just to easy and too short.
It is definitely aimed at children, and any parent reading this review can buy this safe in the knowledge that it is easy enough for most kids to play - and it has no violence in it, other than cartoon-style bashing.

For everyone else, buy it just to get a 1000 easy achievement points!

My final recommendation, is not to buy this at full price. It is definitely not worth the price of a normal big release game. If you can find it on Amazon Marketplace, then i would suggest buying it cheaply, second hand.

Enjoy it while it lasts, but don't expect anything amazing