spiderman is back for more webslinging... only with a twist comic book style
Story: The story works really well picking up from were the comics left off you start the game 3 months after the origins of venom. Before that the in
game story arc narrative tells you that peter parker super hero extrodanaire meets up with childhood friend eddie brock who works in the chemical division in university. Eddie then shows peter the only remaining piece of the venom symbiote ( its the only piece of the symbiote left because peter and eddies dad decided to destroy the suit after finding out there suit wasnt going to be used to cure cancer but as a weapon used by the u.s millitary.
peter then gets a fit of greed and later that night decides to sneak back to the university and steals the symbiote from its resting place and the symbiote merges with peter and gives him new found powers and abillities a couple of hours later peter realises the suit was trying to consume him and dumps the symbiote back to the university eddie catches peter/spiderman in the act and after peter leaves eddie becomes so angry that he dawns the symbiote and becomes venom...
Gameplay: If youve played spiderman 2 then you should know what to expect read on!
Webslinging: If youve hopefully played spiderman 2 though you dont have to this game is accesible to all ages) Youll know that in spiderman 2 webslinging was a great aspect mof the game engine in ultimate spiderman the controls have been revamped for instance in spiderman 2 youd press the R2 button to webswing but when you let go of the R2 button youd still hold onto the web in ultimate spiderman youd press the R2 but if youd let go of it youd let go of his web this can be confusing at first but youll get used to it but there is an intreresting new feature when webslinging youll find that if u press triangle you will automatically climb the web this is great for extra altidute.
Attacks: The attacks have been revamped for instance now when you knock an enemy unconcious you have to press L2 button to web them up other wise theyll regain conciousness. This helps improve the combat and gives it an interesting edge where as in spiderman it was knock out enemy move on. Also the city has been scaled down but dont worry you still get to explore queens!
Combat tours: This is a like a little annoying but basically you run round as spidey or venom kicking bad guy ass complating combar tours gives you new upgraded abbilities.
Characters: They crammed in loads of characters like beetle,rhino,carnage,silversable,green goblin,electro,shocker,nickfury!
Duality: Not only can you play as spiderman but theres now an intersting feature that lets you play as venom! The venom game engine is different which can be good instead of making venom a mirror of spiderman venom doesnt have the abillity to webswing he has a special jump that lets him jump great distances it can be a little cumbersome and first but in a few minutes youll be jumping huge distances. PLaying as the symbioyte does have its bad side for instance the venom missions end a little quickly but this is remedied by the fact once youve completed the game you can play as venom anytime anyplace. Also Being the venom suit its constantly feeding on you so you have to feed on innocent bystanders to regain your health so when your being chased by S.h.i.e.l.d being under constant fire you have to constantly make pit stops anmd feed on innocent people you cant do this on bosses though if you try to frred on them they will break and youll lose health.
Camera: Camera is fine most of the time though in comabt its pain you know why when you focus on an enemyand attack them one at a time method the camera focuses on that enemy so you cant refocus the camera on enemys that try to sneak up behind you.
Controls: COntrols are expectavle as in during webswinging itm can be annoying but this is only when ypou find that when you tap the rr2 button you cant shoot out multiple webs for extra speed when you try this the camera frame rat6e gets really choppy!
Graphics: Graphics are superb the cutscenes looks like your readinjg the comic books this is because panels pop out and the cutscenes within them! theyre also used to point out a bosses weakness in boss battlesadd that to the fact is was written and illustrated by brian michale bendis and mark bagley! Plus the cell shading on buildings and characters is crisp and smooth.
Voie acting: Voice acting is solid and voiced by appropriate characters whose voices fit the characters moods perfectly.
Overal:you should definitley purchase this game its bad in some areas that spiderman 2 was good in but ultimately a good game.