Spider-Man: The Movie - Xbox

5.3	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Activision Inc.
Release date : 18 April 2002
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0047875803299
UPC : 047875803299

Movie-based (1), Treyarch (1), Also On PS2 (1), Also On PC (1), Also On GC (1), Best Seller (over 1 Million) (1), Action (1), Spider-man (1), Xbox (1), Activision (1)

Description

Product DescriptionIn Spider-Man: The Movie, you get to feel the action of being Spider-Man, the world-famous hero -- and you go beyond the adventure you see in the film!Amazon.com ReviewSpider-Man: The Movie brings your friendly neighborhood web slinger to life with engrossing realism, proving that a superhero Product Description
In Spider-Man: The Movie, you get to feel the action of being Spider-Man, the world-famous hero -- and you go beyond the adventure you see in the film!

Amazon.com Review
Spider-Man: The Movie brings your friendly neighborhood web slinger to life with engrossing realism, proving that a superhero game of such complex nature can be achieved with nearly flawless and nonintrusive gameplay. Be it wandering the city's environs in search of villains, or just checking out your surroundings by web-swinging high above them, you truly can do whatever Spider-Man can. It's all here: high-flying aerial battles, the ability to web up and yank your enemies close for pummeling, and the capacity for crawling or web-zipping up, down, and over any surface--and that's just for starters. All in all, this is one involved game that does not fail to live up to the hype.

The game parallels the motion picture's story line, steering you through a progression of challenges that begins with the hunt for Uncle Ben's murderer and ends with a final showdown with the Green Goblin. You begin as Peter Parker dressed in his wrestling costume and must defeat a variety of thugs throughout each level before advancing to the next set of challenges. The game gets progressively tougher as you encounter, in turn, Shocker, the Vulture, Scorpion, and, of course, the Green Goblin.

Visually, Spider-Man is a treat: cityscapes unfold in realistic detail and are enhanced by sunlight shining between buildings; cutscenes offer seamless animation; interiors are painstakingly re-created; and Spider-Man and his enemies are well rendered, moving about the screen in clean fashion. As an added bonus, most characters are voiced by their movie counterparts, and the training mode features the sarcastic wit of Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell. --Larry White

Pros:

Detailed controls bring Spider-Man to life
Challenging gameplay enhanced by numerous fight styles
Stunning visuals at every level

Cons:

Camera angles slow to respond at times
Some interiors too dark
Repetitive one-liners

Note: This review refers to the PlayStation2 version of this game.

Amazon.com Product Description
Spider-Man: The Movie allows fans to play as Spider-Man in several highly detailed 3-D environments inspired by the Columbia Pictures/Marvel Entertainment live-action feature film (due for release in May of 2002). This full-roaming action-adventure game allows players to jump into the suit of a fledgling Marvel superhero and learn how to battle the forces of evil. Players crawl, leap, and swing from the dizzying heights of skyscrapers to catch criminals and supervillains, and, ultimately, come face-to-face with the Green Goblin in a death-defying display of aerial combat. During the course of the game, players must use Spider-Man's spider-sense, agility, quick wits, and strength to evade the pursuit of the bad guys and overcome obstacles.

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