Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

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).

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?