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It was initially rumored to be called Spider-Man: Red vs. Black, but it's been officially announced now as Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

It seems New York City (possibly the world) is under attack by some as-yet-unnamed alien/force that is conveniently black, goopy, and, well, related to Spider-Man somehow. Symbiote, anyone?

The game will be free-roaming, with an increased focus on vertical fighting. Sounds badass. Not to mention the game seems to be taking on a grittier atmosphere, with NYC under martial law.

Spider-Man will be fighting with or against a number of characters from the Marvel Universe--you'll be able to choose how you want to play: everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood superhero or a darker anti-hero.

Well, it has the potential to be an awesome game. Hopefully it's better than the last two piles of sh*t that Spider-Man's been a part of (Friend or Foe, I'm looking at you).

It's always Symbiotes.

Still interesting.

Maybe looks kind of good.

Anyway I came to say hi to HS. .bus

Looks better than other Spiderman games, but they're really milking it nowadays..

Originally posted by Barker
Maybe looks kind of good.

Anyway I came to say hi to HS. .bus

Hello, good sir.

My day off: thought I'd stop by.

Originally posted by Outbound
Looks better than other Spiderman games, but they're really milking it nowadays..

Agreed, but if it's good, I won't mind fishing out my wallet for Mr. Corporation.

Originally posted by H. S. 6
Hello, good sir.

My day off: thought I'd stop by.



Agreed, but if it's good, I won't mind fishing out my wallet for Mr. Corporation.

Oh yes Joe wants your money... but it still looks good.

as long as you are able to make choices which effect the environment and story, and the fighting system is actually playable and there are plenty of sub mission crimes to foil while the actual missions are fun and not tedious to play, this game may have a shot to be half as impressive as spiderman 2. I doubt any of this will be the case though. Im expecting a bigger, shinier spiderman 3 video game.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
All depends on the control scheme and how well they pull off the swing mechanics. I'll hold my opinions until there's more.

When's the release date supposed to be?



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It's also a scathing indictment of the direction the comics have gone recently...basically back to 1960's "Holy Tight Situation Spider-Man! How will you EVER weasle your way out of this one? Hahaha!" The video games are at least in tune with modern sensibilities.

I read something about it in Joystiq and its like, "open ended free roaming gameplay"

I'm like, hmmmm havnt see that before.

But the art design of whatever was on that building looked interesting.

The fact that they keep using Symbiotes is another factor that is starting to get old, I like Venom, I like Scream, Agony and Lasher, I don't care about any other Symbiotes apart from them, and for some reason the symbiotes in the games are always weak and can be easily controlled by another villain, even Mysterio has had a crack at using Symbiotes, just like Doc Ock, still i guess they beat regular muggers.

Anyway i will be interested to see the line of villains (comic villains) that appear in the game and how they will be implemented within this rather desolate Spider-Man world, why do i have the suspicion that time travel will be involved at some point.

Originally posted by DigiMark007


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It's also a scathing indictment of the direction the comics have gone recently...basically back to 1960's "Holy Tight Situation Spider-Man! How will you EVER weasle your way out of this one? Hahaha!" The video games are at least in tune with modern sensibilities.

True.

And I heard the release is set for some time in the fall, I believe.

Well, I'll be waiting for some gameplay footage before I judge this game.

No time for wise cracks from Spidey now, it seems.

Eh, despite realizing they're not flawless games, the movie-into-video game series has been pretty sweet if you're a Spidey fan. The swinging, city environments, and movement/controls for Pete himself have been excellent. Basically, if they keep most of that, it'll do fine.

Where they need to improve is writing, story, variance in mission types, objectives, and bad guys, making the game longer and possibly more difficult, etc.

Agreed.

In SM2 I just swung around feckin' everywhere.

Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
Agreed.

In SM2 I just swung around feckin' everywhere.

Agreed.

Originally posted by First_Tsurugi06
No time for wise cracks from Spidey now, it seems.

Heh, he'll find time for wise cracks. He always does. That's what makes him cool.

Originally posted by Smasandian
I read something about it in Joystiq and its like, "open ended free roaming gameplay"



i bet he can use his webbing to swing around the city in this one too

ps3 only or not?

Originally posted by MadMel
ps3 only or not?

i think its coming out for every system possible, wii, ds, psp, ps2, ps3, xbox 360, pc? and cell phone?

I look forward to the 360, Wii and PS3 versions only.

Originally posted by xNIXSONx
i think its coming out for every system possible, wii, ds, psp, ps2, ps3, xbox 360, pc? and cell phone?

i think thats a safe bet

Originally posted by Neo Darkhalen
I look forward to the 360, Wii and PS3 versions only.

I look forward to the 360 version, and I may play the Wii version someday.


I miss the days when I prefered a nintendo over all other consoles...

blasted achievements ruined my fanboyishness.

Same here, dude.

That, and competent internet gameplay. ermm

to true... to true...

Originally posted by Kapton JAC
I look forward to the 360 version, and I may play the Wii version someday.


I miss the days when I prefered a nintendo over all other consoles...

blasted achievements ruined my fanboyishness.

Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
Same here, dude.

That, and competent internet gameplay. ermm

Agreed.

Originally posted by Kapton JAC

blasted achievements ruined my fanboyishness.

sucker

This game looks pretty cool. Anyway, its going to have a crap load of characters, but so far, only Luke Cage, Wilson Fisk (Kingpin), and Nick Fury were confirmed. I think Venoms inclusion is also a safe bet.

beter be, so long as they stick to che comic version... hmm... I wonder if they'll use Eddie Brock or Mac Gargan? I doubt it'd be Angelo, since the symbiote abandoned him pretty quickly.

Originally posted by H. S. 6
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/867/867061p1.html

It was initially rumored to be called Spider-Man: Red vs. Black, but it's been officially announced now as Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

It seems New York City (possibly the world) is under attack by some as-yet-unnamed alien/force that is conveniently black, goopy, and, well, related to Spider-Man somehow. Symbiote, anyone?

The game will be free-roaming, with an increased focus on vertical fighting. Sounds badass. Not to mention the game seems to be taking on a grittier atmosphere, with NYC under martial law.

Spider-Man will be fighting with or against a number of characters from the Marvel Universe--you'll be able to choose how you want to play: everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood superhero or a darker anti-hero.

Well, it has the potential to be an awesome game. Hopefully it's better than the last two piles of sh*t that Spider-Man's been a part of (Friend or Foe, I'm looking at you).

Oh great...not another crappy Spider...oh SPIDER-man. Sorry I was thinking about Superman. Awesome! Another Spider-man game!!

Originally posted by H. S. 6
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/867/867061p1.html

It was initially rumored to be called Spider-Man: Red vs. Black, but it's been officially announced now as Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

It seems New York City (possibly the world) is under attack by some as-yet-unnamed alien/force that is conveniently black, goopy, and, well, related to Spider-Man somehow. Symbiote, anyone?

The game will be free-roaming, with an increased focus on vertical fighting. Sounds badass. Not to mention the game seems to be taking on a grittier atmosphere, with NYC under martial law.

Spider-Man will be fighting with or against a number of characters from the Marvel Universe--you'll be able to choose how you want to play: everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood superhero or a darker anti-hero.

Well, it has the potential to be an awesome game. Hopefully it's better than the last two piles of sh*t that Spider-Man's been a part of (Friend or Foe, I'm looking at you).

Isn't there a point in the Spider man comic series where symbiotes run amok or something... I read it on Wiki, haven't cross-refrenced it. Here's the line:



I usually don't use wikipedia as a definitive source, so I will be cross-refrenceing this.

Here's a picture:

http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/1107/mavng7.jpg

Originally posted by Kapton JAC
Isn't there a point in the Spider man comic series where symbiotes run amok or something... I read it on Wiki, haven't cross-refrenced it. Here's the line:



I usually don't use wikipedia as a definitive source, so I will be cross-refrenceing this.

Here's a picture:

http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/1107/mavng7.jpg

I'm wondering if they might inter-twine

Originally posted by Kapton JAC
Isn't there a point in the Spider man comic series where symbiotes run amok or something... I read it on Wiki, haven't cross-refrenced it. Here's the line:



I usually don't use wikipedia as a definitive source, so I will be cross-refrenceing this.


Hmm... might be. But that storyline was extremely recent, and if I'm not mistaken, incredibly short-lived. I don't know that they would have based an entire video game around it.

Beyond that, it was the Mighty Avengers that dealt with the outbreak, not Spider-Man (or the New Avengers).

mighty avengers suck

This could be good. As long as it isn't like Spiderman 3. Hoping it'll be like the spiderman 1 and 2 on PS. Except sandboxed obviously.

Originally posted by Menetnashté
This could be good. As long as it isn't like Spiderman 3. Hoping it'll be like the spiderman 1 and 2 on PS. Except sandboxed obviously.

Odd comment. SM3 was basically SM2 with more variety in the mission types. For its time, I liked SM2 better because it got the swing mechanics almost perfectly. But otherwise, 3 was a better game in almost any conceivable way.

Originally posted by H. S. 6
Hmm... might be. But that storyline was extremely recent, and if I'm not mistaken, incredibly short-lived. I don't know that they would have based an entire video game around it.

Beyond that, it was the Mighty Avengers that dealt with the outbreak, not Spider-Man (or the New Avengers).

Yeah, it lasted about half an issue, then Tony dealt with it like it was a dirty pair of underwear. The symbiotes didn't even do much real damage.

The closest the series has ever come to something like the trailer is when Carnage spawned something like 5 "children" and Spidey/Venom, and I think a few others teamed up to take them down.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Odd comment. SM3 was basically SM2 with more variety in the mission types. For its time, I liked SM2 better because it got the swing mechanics almost perfectly. But otherwise, 3 was a better game in almost any conceivable way.


I never played the game because I absolutely hated the movie, but I enjoyed 1 and 2.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Odd comment. SM3 was basically SM2 with more variety in the mission types. For its time, I liked SM2 better because it got the swing mechanics almost perfectly. But otherwise, 3 was a better game in almost any conceivable way.
More combos ,a new suit and a larger city.

SM3 was a frustrating game.

I want a new web-swinging system. It's so visually repetitive and not at all like the movie.

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um.....ok

random and useless... Anyway, I, personally am excited to see the return of the classic Spider-man costume out side of comics. When I saw that I was like YES! THE TOBY MCGUIRE SPIDERMAN IS GONE!!!

Some new screenshots for the game:

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/spidermanwebofshadows/images.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gsimage&tag=images;img;1

Spidey in the Symbiote costume. Vulture. And some Goblin-esque baddies. Interesting...

Those are some interesting pictures.

I can't wait to see some gameplay footage.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35351.html

this looks AWESOME.

alternate link: http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/index.php

This game does indeed look awesome, i can't wait for it to be released.

Holy god. Thank goodness my favorite character has great video games. I can't imagine what I'd do if I liked, say, Superman...raoul.



That trailer is tight, btw.

Originally posted by Raoul
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35351.html

this looks AWESOME.

alternate link: http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/index.php

Dang, that's a good video.

I'm looking forward to playing this game.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Holy god. Thank goodness my favorite character has great video games. I can't imagine what I'd do if I liked, say, Superman...raoul
haermm

Originally posted by DigiMark007
Holy god. Thank goodness my favorite character has great video games. I can't imagine what I'd do if I liked, say, Superman...raoul.



That trailer is tight, btw.

my favourite character has good games, they're called xml and mua...

and the justice league game wasn't that bad...

etc etc...

Originally posted by Raoul
my favourite character has good games, they're called xml and mua...

and the justice league game wasn't that bad...

etc etc...

*yawn*

Team games. ...let me know when Cyclops cuts a solo album. Then we'll talk.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
*yawn*

Team games. ...let me know when Cyclops cuts a solo album. Then we'll talk.



meh. when i play mua i just have cyclops on my team at times, literally by himself...

Originally posted by Raoul
meh. when i play mua i just have cyclops on my team at times, literally by himself...

...then he fondles the screen and whispers to it in his best Emma Frost impersonation, folks. It's true. I've seen it. PM me for pics.

biscuits

Originally posted by Raoul
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35351.html

this looks AWESOME.

alternate link: http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/index.php

Badass.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
...then he fondles the screen and whispers to it in his best Emma Frost impersonation, folks. It's true. I've seen it. PM me for pics.

biscuits