Spider-Man

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Spider-Man, the classic comic book co-created by Stan Lee, is now a major motion picture. This conversion of the movie to the video game world takes the major storyline, characters and artwork of the Spider-Man movie and adds a lengthy backstory and new characters.

The Green Goblin is the main villain here, and as Peter Parker you must defy gravity using your spider crawl, web-slinging and spider-sense abilities to track down Spidey's nemesis through the skyscapers of New York City.

The major inclusion for this title over the previous Spider-Man series (on PlayStation, also by Activision) is aerial combat. Attack the enemy mid-air while web-slinging, rise and descend while swinging and banking around buildings create a greater emphasis on Spidey's greatest asset, the spider web.

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  • ספיידרמן - Hebrew spelling

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Average score: 77% (based on 46 ratings)

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Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 65 ratings with 5 reviews)

Welcome to the true world of Spiderman.

The Good
This game as introduced almost immediately after the first spiderman game for the playstation, and, frankly, this game is much much better. Graphics are amazing Gameplay is excellent The overall plot just keeps you playin

The Bad
Jerky sometimes Few bugs Boss' get hard

The Bottom Line
Although not the best it could have been, Spiderman is very good game which deserves to be bought

Windows · by ThE oNe (180) · 2002

Not as good as the originals

The Good
The graphics are crisp and definitely better than the first two. The web-swinging has been much improved. instead of just 2 swings in 1 direction, you can change altitude, speed and turn in the middle of a swing. The new attack combos are very cool, a step above the previous ones.

The Bad
No what-if mode. Also, the levels aren't as fun or well laid out as the previous.It's always just go around, bonk heads and find switches. (except for an annoying stealth level.) It doesn't follow the movie very well. Uncle Ben's killer wasn't a member of a gang and Spiderman didn't go into the gang facilities and defeat 50 thugs. The story is sub-par. Some sillieness having to do with the movie (which was pretty fun) You really don't get to fight any really cool enemies (like the Jade Syndicate in Spiderman 2000) The bosses are too easy. They don't require you to throw a special item at them, or anything else. Just punch them more than normal enemies to win. Voices just aren't as good and it doesn't have the nice comic book feel the previous ones had. Stan Lee also does no voices. What a disappointment.

The Bottom Line
It's ok, but the previous ones are better.

PlayStation 2 · by James Kirk (150) · 2004

A decent but awkward film conversion with some irritations.

The Good
Most of the time film to game conversions have come out about as well as games translate to film. IE not too well but Spiderman manages to follow the films premise and still hold its own as a fairly decent action game. The graphics look fantastic and the levels vary greatly in appearance but seem to switch between either indoor or outdoor/rooftop type levels. Animation is also great and the cutscenes look wicked. Soundwise the music is awesome orchestral type stuff which fits perfectly with the action and the effects are meaty enough but the real show stealer is the voice acting. Tobey Maguire who played Peter Parker in the film has done all of spideys voice work for the game to great effect and William Dafoe also voices the Green Goblin (his big-screen counterpart) very well. The icing on the cake however, comes in the form of Bruce Campbell providing all the voice over speech. As usual Bruce is in top form and does a sensational job. There are loads of moves to learn and discover which will please fighting fans and if you're prepared to put in the time then the web moves combined with the fighting aspect can really pay off.

The Bad
Unfortunately Spiderman forces you to spend quite a bit too much time getting used to the controls and if you're not prepared to put all this time into learning how to play a game then it's far too hard from very early on. There are too many keys and so many functions that you easily end up pushing the wrong one in the middle of about ten baddies with guns, hence you die and have to try again. This is also a direct port of the X-Box version and not a lot of effort has been put in to accommidate different system setups. On my system the cutscenes stuttered unbarably and my system isn't exactly mediocre which was purely unacceptable. The camera is really bad too. Most games with awkward camera angles I can stomach but in Spiderman they are so awful that it becomes an exercise in pure frustration. This coupled with the steep learning curve and the fact that you can only save at the end of a level (more proof of a cheap port) means that you can easily end up giving up on this game before you get very far.

The Bottom Line
A slick and well made game but the controls and gameplay mechanics can be so hard to get used to that it makes the game unplayably hard at times. Try before you buy.

Windows · by Sycada (177) · 2002

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Cheat codes

This game has several cheat codes that allow you to play the game as a variety of characters, such as thugs, security guards, the Shocker, and a motorcycle cop named Captain Stacey with a striking resemblance to Marvel kingpin Stan Lee. One code allowed you to play the game as Mary Jane (the only female playable character), but this code was apparently disabled in later production copies of the game. A possible reason for this is that in the game's ending you see Mary Jane and your character kissing, so if you play as Mary Jane you end up with her frenching herself. Perhaps the developers felt that having two women making out in their game would alienate potential buyers (or, more likely, the parents of potential buyers), considering the family demographic this game is targeted at. Also, In the PC version of the game, two cheat codes, one that made you have big head and feet and another that made your character tiny-sized, are disabled by the 1.1 patch to the game. The reason for this is unknown, possibly to improve game stability or something like that.

Xbox version

In the Xbox version of this game, there are two extra levels where you fight Kraven the Hunter that isn't in the PS2, Gamecube, or PC versions.

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Game added April 18, 2002. Last modified November 29, 2023.