

Spider-man: Web of Shadows is one of those gems. Eventually, though, there is a web crawler game that comes out and absolutely nails it. Particularly in the earlier years of gaming, Spiderman games were hit-or-miss, skewing mostly towards absolute miss. Spiderman hasn’t had the best of runs across video game history. The entire game is bogged down by overly formulaic missions that are given by recognizable Marvel characters, but ultimately they all play out exactly the same: after being taught a move, the player is required to execute the move ad nauseum in order to complete it once the player reaches a location, they need to beat up X amount of enemies. Unfortunately, Web of Shadows isn’t saved from its dull story by its gameplay. With Great Power Comes Great Repetitivity This even manifests in some dramatically different story decisions, which is definitely a reward for players doing multiple playthroughs. This is where the game begins to present players with the choice of being the responsible regular suited Spidey, or deciding to destroy your enemies completely as black suit Spider-Man. The parasitic alien that possesses Venom eventually takes hold of Spider-Man’s suit, giving Spidey a new set of skills and abilities. Sharing a suspiciously similar plot to the earlier Spider-Man game, Ultimate Spider-man, Web of Shadows kicks things off with an unsurprising duel with Venom. A quick tap of the bumper allows the player to swing from building to building, doing awesome somersaults and spins as Spider-Man flies across the New York skyline.Īll of the usual movement options are here too including web zipping, wall running and general climbing to help the player traverse all of the game’s areas.Like Spider-Man! It certainly doesn’t reach the same heights (no pun intended) that the PS4’s Spider-Man game does, but it’s by far not the worst that gamers have had to deal with.

