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(15 customer reviews) 19 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Reminds me of a Sega Genesis game,
October 23, 2008 Mat (USA) - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Video Game)
I was eagerly looking forward to this games release, especially because it is a Spider-Man game base more on the comics than the movies, with an original plot and story. I have heard great things about the PS3 version of this game, unfortunately the PS2 version is an entirely different game. This game is a side scrolling game with no 3D control at all, the game play is repetitive and boring. Basically you can move side to side and fight enemies with a punch button or a kick button, and climb up and down walls, that's it, you can "buy" special moves for your character, but they don't really do anything. After about the third bad guy you've basically played the entire game. This game reminds me of the Total Carnage Spider-Man game for the Sega Genesis from 1995, but even worse as you can't even control your character up or down in the depth field of the environment. This game is sub-par even to the original Playstation one Spider-Man game, or even to the Sega Genesis Total Carnage...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Not Half Bad If You Have The Right Expectations,
August 23, 2009 Veil_Lord - See all my reviews
= Fun: This review is from: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Video Game)
First of all, I want to say that all these bad reviews for the game are fair. Activision produced this game with the obvious intention of making it seem like it was the "real" Web of Shadows that was on other systems. They've done this before. I was burned on the Spider-man 2 game that was supposed to be a ground breaking sandbox style web slinging game, but for the PC they put out a completely different (and badly done) game made for little kids. From the box art it was nearly impossible to tell the difference. I'm still annoyed all these years later.
When I first saw this game, with the "Amazing Allies Edition" on the front, major red flags went up for me. The art work still looked like the other systems, but given past experience I wasn't buying it. Doing a little research, I found game footage online and knew what I was getting into. That is the key thing to remember, this game is entirely about your expectations. It is not a top of the line PS2 title by any...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Gets boring after a while,
November 16, 2008 = Fun:
This review is from: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Video Game)
With Spider-Man: Web of Shadows swinging across every platform, you'd figure that the PS2 would get a watered down version that if anything, was close to that the Wii would see. Well, with Web of Shadows for the PS2, you'd figure wrong; note the subtitle that reads Amazing Allies Edition. Instead of using the tried & true open world New York City playing style that has been implemented since Spider-Man 2 (and is used on the other versions of Web of Shadows), this PS2 version is a 2-D side scroller-ish beat 'em up. Yeah, it's the 16-bit era of superhero video games all over again, and things haven't changed much either as you'll find here. You play as Spidey, pick up various power-up's, have an occasional team-up with some fellow Marvel heroes, and take down hordes upon hordes of bland baddies and the occasional boss as well. While there is a degree of fun to be had, Web of Shadows does get pretty boring after a while, especially considering that it doesn't take you long to see...Read more
