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Spider-Man Review
User Submitted Spider-Man Reviews
Date: 2007-05-07
Playstation does better what a spider can
This was the 3D Spider-Man game that redefined how to faithfully translate comic books to the video game medium. You play as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, framed for a crime you didn't commit. You'll web-swing through the city, crawl through sewers, bust up secret labs, and take on a host of your most deadly adversaries. While the camera and controls weren't perfect, this was the first time you really felt like you were playing as Spider-Man, instead of some generic platforming character with Spider-Man graphics. The wall crawling looks and feels right, and there are multiple uses for your webbing. It's the game every Spider-Man game since has built from.
The N64 port is pretty accurate to the Playstation original in terms of raw gameplay, but it sacrifices some of the presentation. Notably, the fmv cutscenes have been replaced with slide shows of stills from the fmv, with text dialogue. It still gets the story across pretty well, but loses some of the character that comes from voice acting and animation. Elsewhere you lose the vocals to the spider-man theme from the start screen, and also an extra costume in the unlockables section.
If you only had an N64, this was still a great purchase. But if you had a Playstation, that is definitely the better version to get.
Date: 2006-05-11
Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
This is the best Spider-man game i've played, since Maximum carnage. This game is so sweet and you get to Battle a lot of classic Villians, Like Scorpion, Venom and others. It would be cool if you could play black cat. And what is better is that you get to change your costume from the original version, street version and venom version. This game is sweet. this is a must have.
If you liked this game check out all of the other Spider-Man games.
Date: 2004-01-23
Go Spidey!
I only tried this game on Ps2 but on that system it was very good.
Date: 2002-07-18
It passes the time... and that's all I ask
What surprised me most when I first popped this cartridge into my system and turned on the unit, was how much of a likeness that the game bore to 'Maximum Carnage,' the title that was Spider Man's foray into Sega Genesis. Although it's been awhile since I've played 'Maximum Carnage,' I distinctly remember how Spidey and Venom looked in that game, as well as how the story went. It seemed as if attempts were made to just simply adapt 'Carnage' to Nintendo 64, Sony Playstation, and Game Boy Color. The only differences I could see between the games, other than the more straight-out fighting style and lack of big name villains, was the fact that 'Carnage' was only a partially 3-D game with more of an emphasis on battling villains then on travelling throughout the three dimensional background and swinging from building to building. Even a few of the early villains look a bit similar. What I next noticed was just how of an all-around solid game it was. I was completely enamored for the first three or four levels before I began to notice the occasional flaws and inconsistencies. The first level, just a really simple swing from building to building, is a testament to not only the beauty of the graphics, but how smooth the game runs, and just how fun it is. Even the voices of the characters were done beautifully, and original Spider Man creator Stan Lee's commentaries at the beginning of each level ('Looks like everyone's favourite wallcrawler is in a bit of trouble') was just a real cool touch. From there though, I began to discover little things about the game that just bothered me a bit. First was the occasional glitch in the game. Although their occurences were few and far between, they did ruin the mood of the game. Most of these glitches occured while using the dome of webbing to protect Spidey. Oftentimes the webbing would just randomly float in mid-air, just sitting there. But, no biggie, no games are perfect. Second was the weak storyline. I found it a little hard to understand what was going on throughout the game. The story just seemed to jump at random from being attacked by Rhino to fighting off symbiotes with the help of Venom. I was pretty confused at a couple points in the game, even after playing through a second and third time. Thirdly is how easy the game was. I had the game set on easy, so I can't make any conjectures on how the medium and hard settings are, but I was finished with the game in less then a day. I rented it Wednesday morning at noon, and had it beat after only about 5 or 6 hours of playing. However, even though it was pretty easy to beat, some replay value is given in attempting to go back through the levels and collecting classic issues of 'Spider Man' comic books in hidden spots. And finally, my last and biggest complaint is the cut scenes. Since I had seen the ending for the PSX version of the game while hanging around in 'Electronic Boutique' (some guy had no life and just had to go through and beat it all - surprisingly it only took him a half hour, because other people had already reached the point he started at), I was expecting the same thing from the Nintendo version. What was a brilliantly funny cut scene from PSX suddenly became a poorly directed slide show of the same scene with captions below the photos. And it wasn't just the ending either, every scene between levels was in the same form of a slide show with captions below the photos. Despite my complaints, I thought that this game was actually extremely fun to play and I'd still mantain that it's a solid game - if only somewhat more solid for PSX. I still do recommend Spider Man, because if nothing else, it's just a fun game that doesn't have too hard of a learning curve, and will pass the time exceptionally well.
Date: 2002-07-05
Spidey kicks butt!!
We rented the N64 version for my 5 year old before we bought it and he absoluley loved it. I liked that it had a kid mode, although my son is so adept he didn't play kid mode and still [did well]. The spidey sense was cool as well. The characters were awesome and we really liked reading the comic strips. All in all, I would definatly recommend this game for anyone, it really is a lot of fun, even for younger players.
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