Product Description

Spider-Man 3 is bigger, bolder and better action as you become the famous superhero! Even the noblest hero has a dark side, and the rush of protecting New York lets you unleash it. This is Spider-Man like you've never seen him before. In his black suit, he'll show off incredible agility, amazing durability and awe-inspiring web powers. But be warned - as you explore these new feelings and powers, you'll struggle against the darkness that might tear his world apart.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2274 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Model: ACTI9
• Released on: 2007-05-04
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Dimensions: 6.00" h x 10.00" w x 8.00" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• Feel the adrenaline of the Black-Suited Spider-Man - Unleash new abilities and powers, but watch out -- the rush of intensified powers could overwhelm you
• More freedom than ever - Enjoy unprecedented freedom as you swing through the city. Roam anywhere and explore the most massive, detailed New York City ever seen in a Spider-Man game
• Battle 10 of Spider-Man's most infamous enemies from the movie and comics, including Sandman and Venom
• All-new combat system - Empower both Spider-Men with suit-specific powers and abilities -- with new attacks and finishers for both Classic and Black-Suited Spider-Man

Customer Reviews

Great!
While this game has gotten some bad reviews because it's not a big step up from Spider-Man 2, it's still the best Spider-Man game so far (Spider-Man: We of Shadows looks like it'll take the lead when it comes out in a few weeks). It's a ton of fun to play and the better part is swinging across the city like with Spider-Man 2 and Ultimate Spider-Msn. However with the black suit and better PS3 graphics Spider-Man 3 is superior to the other games. Unfortunately the problems such as not enough variety of missions hasn't been solved so it gets to be a little repetitive after a while, but it's still fun. Plus whenever you get bored from missions just swing around the city and have a good time! It's a fun game that any gamer will love[...]

BORING!!!
This game doesn't keep you interested in the plot line at all. It is extremely boring and I'm saddened at how poor it was. The only reason I give it a 2 overall is because the map is big and well-detailed.

Absolutely terrible...
Spider-man 3 does its movie counterpart absolutely no justice in this poorly, and lazily done game. This does not seem much better than Spider-man 2 for the PS2. There is a few new additions in there. Such as a slightly improved combat system, a fresh coat of paint, and a little bit of reflection on some surfaces. The combat system seems terribly incomplete, almost no transition between moves, no fluidity at all, it just felt rushed.



Bosses and some missions felt unnecessarily frustrating, unable to see some enemies, while they would attack what you were trying to protect. I also had several problems with mission "coins" disappearing. Stupidly powerful enemies that stopped taking damage after you had given them an unrelenting beating for nearly 10 minutes, knocking them over countless times.



The "God of War"-esque button system is really innovative, and absurdly complicated. God of War normally limited its buttons to just the face buttons. This one throws face, control stick movements and R1,R2, L1, L2 at incredibly inept time, so unless you are really quick, some give you less than a second to complete the combination. Luckily when you mess up a combination, you are never put back at the "start of the level" or anything, it just repeats and unlike God of War, it will use the same sequence you just failed, however, fail one against a boss character, he can do up to 25% damage to you, 4 failures and you are toast, or really close to it. Control could have had more attention paid to it. The swinging is cool, but run into a bulding and the camera will sometimes freak and get stuck somewhere momentarily, thats not a terrible detriment to gameplay, its when the camera gets stuck somewhere in a fight and you swinging at nothing you can see, thats frustrating.



Bruce Campbell makes his return as the Narrator, though he really gives you nothing new for this game aside from the "Matrix-Style" bullet time. If you have played Spider-man 2, dont expect too much new here. Like I said a fresh coat of paint.



This does not exactly live up to the free roaming sandbox gameplay. Framerate tends to struggle in closed areas, people are not very well detailed at all, they all look like scared puppy dogs, while you are very well designed, and the highest amount of detail is paid to Spidey and the bosses.



With that said this game does have its shiny points. Physics are somewhat used here, the sun reflects off windows realistically, at night you can go to buildings and look inside, even though they may be a cheap-o JPEG sitting behind a window, detail was paid to it a little. Spidey looks incredible, up close you can really see the detail in the suit, and black suit spidey is a crazy blast to play. However, *(SPOILER)*





when you get towards the end, and you have to fight Venom and Sandman, Venom is not really a problem, as long as you keep him stunned. Sandman is a pain in the glutes when you take over as New Goblin, the sixaxis control is frustrating. Laying down while playing this part is almost impossible. And judging the bombs is all hands down frustrating for a casual gamer such as myself.



Final thought:

If time and attention were paid to this game it could truly have been incredible. I would have waited another 6 months to a year for a truly great Spiderman game rather than 3 mediocre ones. This game is fun, and if you are a Spidey-freak, definitley dont pass this one up. If you understand the history of film-game franchises give this one a rent. Other than that, pass this one by. Or pick up Rainbow six, or even the Darkness.