Ultimate Spider-Man Xbox Reviews

Ultimate Spider-Man

2005

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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When bitten by spiders on planet Earth, you can normally expect one of the following to happen: mild discomfort, but otherwise no ill effects; illness; horrific rotting of the skin; an unpleasant and feverish death, even. But, when mild mannered orphan Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, something much better followed: the creation of surely the greatest hero ever to grace the pages of a comic book. Sam Raimi?s recent films and the resulting flurry of games have brought Stan Lee?s greatest creation to life once again for a new generation. The first two Spider-Man games far exceeded what we have unfortunately come to expect from games of film licenses. Now, shrugging off the restrictive creative shackles of a film?s plot, comes what may be the greatest Spider-Man game yet. This time inspiration is drawn from Spider-Man?s true home ? the comic book. Spidey comics are a confusing maze for the uninitiated, with series prefixed with different superlatives following totally different storylines: The Amazing Spider-Man, the Incredible Spider-Man. This game, as you might guess, is based on the Ultimate Spider-Man series, written and illustrated by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, and these two stellar comic book creators have lent their creative powers to Activision, providing the script and look for this videogame. The game picks up where the story of the comic book left off, and features an unprecedented number of characters from Spidey?s native New York. With comic book-style frames and artwork, the look of the game complements Spider-Man?s fluid grace as he swings through the streets of Queens and Manhattan. Just as exciting, is the chance to play as surely one of the most recognisable Spidey villains of recent years: Venom. A bodybuilder possessed by a moon alien inhabiting Spidey?s old black suit, Venom is everything Spidey is not: evil, raging, lumbering powerhouse to his upright, wisecracking, nimble webslinger. This DS version also contains the single card wireless mulitplayer that is always received gratefully by DS owners. Spidey fans should look no further for their next fix.

Ultimate Spider-Man details

Formats:	7 DS, PG PS2, Xbox, GameCube
Players:	1
Genre:	Adventure
Developers:	TREYARCH
Rental release:	14 Oct 2006

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Good web slinging action

By James Boraston from Worcester, England , 01 Jun 2006

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Ultimate Spider-man gives you the chance to play at being Spidey and Venom, and has a nice line in co-stars, so you can race the FFs Human Torch around New York as a mildly pointless side game, but what I found was unexpectedly cool was getting to fight Wolverine as Venom. The game is also nicely free-form, there is an overall plot to follow but there is no urgency to get to it, if you want to websling around the city beating up muggers then you can. This game is miles better than the original Spider-man game that came out a while back - but does require some dedication to get into.
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Good web slinging action

By James Boraston from Worcester, England , 01 Jun 2006

Ultimate Spider-man gives you the chance to play at being Spidey and Venom, and has a nice line in co-stars, so you can race the FFs Human Torch around New York as a mildly pointless side game, but what I found was unexpectedly cool was getting to fight Wolverine as Venom. The game is also nicely free-form, there is an overall plot to follow but there is no urgency to get to it, if you want to websling around the city beating up muggers then you can. This game is miles better than the original Spider-man game that came out a while back - but does require some dedication to get into.
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