Spider-Man 3: Simply a must buy for Xbox 360 owners or any Spider-Man fan.
9.6/10
Graphics: 9.8/10
Gameplay: 9.5/10
Sound: 9.6/10
Replay value: 9.9/10
Tilt: 9.2/10
Controls: 10/10
THE GOOD
Swinging through NYC is HEAPS OF FUN!
Lots of content and levels
Loads of achievements to get
Very good design of the last level
THE BAD
Game doesn't focus that much on the film
Spider-Man 3 marks the fourth game by Treyach and the third movie by Sam Rami and Marvel. So Spider-Man 3 is the first game in the series to hit next generation consoles such as Wii, Play Station 3 and Xbox 360.Spider-Man 3 is a bit like all of the other previous Spider-Man games, yes it may throw some wrinkle attacks and even a mix of smacks from god of war but that doesn't make it absolute garbage dose it? I have been a fan of Spider-Man since I bought this toy with a video of it and bang, that's when I grew respect for this fictional character and here I am today, all Spider-Man games, heaps of Spidey toys and even a collectors edition Spider-Man 2 DVD.
Ok now to focus on the game, it ties into the movie good like having all 3 famous villains, Sandman, Venom and New Goblin but, like Spider-Man 2, it has other villains which sends the storyline in a completely different direction these villains are, Lizard, Rhino and the well known Scorpion, as well as 3 new gangs Arsenic Candy, The Apocalypse Gang and The Dragon Tails.
The best thing about the game is having
Spider-Man get a black suit which, when
The suit is on, forces Spidey into a sudden
Rage form, as a result he gets very angry.
In the games case, the more enemies you
Defeat, the more rage builds up in our hero.
Then you push a button, and bam!!! You see
A fire around Spidey, and he is very powerful. But this power thankfully, is very limited in out Heros case, in both game and movie. He eventually takes of the black suit, which was not easy but in a result a new enemy was born, Venom.
If you have played all the other, Spider-Man games, you will relies the opened city is still there, allowing freedom to go any where you want, from the empire state building, down to the deepest sewer or subway. The map is also very neat which allows players to identify mission icons with ease and recognize which mission they chose to do, once they have chosen select the mission and go to the icon. As you can see in the diagram, once you select a mission on the map, the icon while tell you where to go and how far. (To the right, image) The web swinging is all so another point
I want to bring up; unlike other Spider-Man games this one allows swing boost, dual swing and Swing zip, which are all in the other games but not as enhanced.
The combat system in Spider-Man 3 is not best, but not the worst either. As you may know it's the usual punch and kick until finished, but this game also has button sequence attacks, for example once you got a main enemy like The Lizard or Sandmans health to zero, a button will appear on his head.Once pressed a series of buttons will commence one after the other, stuff up once and the boss has a quarter of his health back and you must repeat the progress.
The Audio and Sound effects in this game are not perfect, you will encounter times when you will here no music at all, which at times is supposed to happen. The dumb thing is, no music from the movie is here once in the game it just uses in game music. Most of the games music matches the moment your in, for example the official Spider-Man theme song when your swinging or guitar sounds when your fighting. Also the voices of the characters from this game are the voices of the actual actors from the Spider-Man 3 movie and that makes it good. So the sound is alright.
Ok, so in the end Spider-Man 3 had its moments. Swinging through NYC is as fun as it has ever been, and the new button sequences are just awesome. If you are a die hard fan, such as myself I would recommend this for any fan or even just a person who likes games. This is truly the best in the entire series.
-Ajay