Spiderman 3 Review

While the last few Spiderman games have been at least enjoyable, Spiderman 3 misses the mark and ends up being a frustrating experience. Each element of the game is well polished on its own, but the designers lacked the vision to pull all of the elements together into a concise product.

The graphics? good enough. Not breathtaking but enough to give a good representation of spidey. The sound? Pretty good, with wicked voice over actors.

The combat? Shaky at times, but with a bit more polish it could have been much more enjoyable. There is far too many moves and not enough reason to learn the difference between them. This means that players will usually end up button mashing and hoping for the best. Less moves with a bit more refinement would have gone a long way in this category.

The plotline is fairly standard comic book fare. It is acted out through in game cutscenes. It tends to be cheesy at times, but few games are able to avoid doing so.

But the problem with Spiderman is none of the single elements on their own, but to lack of smooth integration of all of the elements into an enjoyable package. Its like they spent all of their time working on making sure there were enough attack moves, missions, and a large enough city but forgot to spend any time making the game fun. All in all.. if you a big fan of spidey you will get some enjoyment out of this game. If you are looking for an open ended super hero adventure that plays like GTA after being bit by a radioactive spider, your going to be disappointed. First Superman, and now this... can someone bring us an open ended superhero game that doesn't stink?