Activision murders Spidey
I think another videogame business should make Spider-Man games from now on because Spider-Man (2001 game), Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, and Spider-Man: Friend or Foe were crap.
Do you agree or do you think the Spidey games were kinda good but Activision needs work to improve future SM games?
FoF shouldn't be grouped with the others. Not only was it a different creative group making it, but it shared none of the game mechanics of the others that were listed. Yes, it sucked. Every reviewer and player in the world said so. But that doesn't damn the whole series.
Spider-Man 1 and 2 received fair reviews and had excellent sales, particularly the swing mechanics in 2, which received loads of critical praise. Ultimate Spider-Man had a good story, tight scripting and bosses, though was admittedly a bit short. Spider-Man 3 suffered from the movie's poor reviews, but basically improved upon the mechanics of 1-2 while adding a few new twists. Maybe not for its time (which would go to 2), but in a non-era-based comparison, it's the best of teh bunch.
Those said, three main things:
- One, it's an industry. They sell, don't tank in reviews (except FoF) and so they'll continue to be made.
- Two, with a franchise like Spider-Man, more than most games you're having to stretch a gigantic array of fans....casual non-gamers who buy it in droves because of name recognition, as well as hardcore gamers. Given that, I honestly think they've done a decent job appealing to both crowds. I still fire up my SM games years later just to swing around, though admittedly the story mode has very little replay value. The games aren't terribly hard, granted, but we have to bite the bullet and realize that the vast majority of sales for a Spider-Man game are going to come from teh casual crowd.
- I can say all this, and then use it as my personal platform to say they should continue making these games, and would have equal claim as Nemesis....which is to say, no claim at all. The decision lies with consumers and production companies. Having opinions is fine, but issuing vague "what-if" ultimatums is a bit silly.
I love the series, for all its faults. The web-swinging full-motion freedom and occasionally epicly frantic combat make me feel like Spider-Man. I'll be buying WoS with glee.
Whoever made Friend or Foe must have been bored as hell and decided to piss us gamers off just for fun.
Maybe Activision should quit making Spider-Man games based on the movies because oh gee I dont know... because we already know what the friggin plot is and how it'll end! Spider-Man shows an example on how much movie based games suck.
I liked most of them I mean Activision surely has put a lot into the spider-man series.
Spider-man PS1, was amazing and remains one of my favorite games
Spider-man the Movie, was good for its time, a decent game.
Spider-man 2, was great for what it was
Spider-man 3, I hated it, but that's just me.
Ultimate Spider-man, was great though short
In the long-run most of their games were fine, just Spider-man 3 that sucked a nut imo.
Originally posted by Kazenji
Did anyone ever play the spider-man sequal to the PS1 game, "Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro" ?was it any good.
it was just like the first... so it was a great game
.... though playing the final battle on top of the twin towers was a bit ...odd 😬... the game was supposed to be out in September (right after 9-11)... it was pushed back a little... first released unchanged, but later change by making a bridge between the towers and changing the textures... which by the way killed the last battle since it made much easier 😐
never played Spiderman 1, but SM 2 was excellent.... SM3 was a pile of crap though... (on Wii and PS2)
Way to address points to the contrary Nem, instead of simply reiterating your rants. And by "way to" I mean "way not to."
Really, is there a point to this other than b*tching? Reading your posts is starting to remind me of the delusional hatred directed at organic webshooters in the movies or something.
Originally posted by Nemesis X
Web of Shadows might be just all talk and we'll all be pissed at the end when we buy it. Before Spider-Man 3 (the game) got out into stores, I kept hearing talk and reading game magazines saying that this game will be kick ass and boy was I mad when I blew $60 away on it. Darn you Activision.
So you buy into advance hype, rather than renting and/or reading reviews after the game comes out, thus making an informed decision. No, that's entirely your own fault. Don't blame the company.