Spawn

by Capcom

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004XONQ
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 18, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,511 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Content advisory: Realistic blood and gore, realistic violence

Straight from the fiery pits of Hades (and the folks at Capcom, of course) comes a devilishly addictive video game with action to spare. Based on the comic book by Todd McFarlane, Spawn has become a successful cartoon, a mediocre movie, an action figure, and, with the advent of Spawn: In the Demon's Hand, a video game.

Spawn's entry in the video game world is not so much a fighting game along the lines of Virtua Fighter, but more akin to a smaller scale Gauntlet Legends, with power-ups and weapons that lie around a 3-D landscape that's filled with ferocious enemies. Spawn: In the Demon's Hand offers three distinct fighting modes--team, battle royal, and boss--and features graphics that are so sharp, it feels almost like you're playing one of McFarlane's comic-book characters come-to-life.

Unfortunately, the game's controls are somewhat difficult to master--movement is controlled by the digital pad, and aiming is performed with the analog joystick. Add the incredibly quick action and multiple characters on the screen, and you've got what can be sometimes a confusing mess.

The faint of heart will be pleased to see that, along with toggles for the skill and volume levels, Spawn: In the Demon's Hand features a three-stage violence option that allows the player to ease the gore. Parents should note, however: even with the violence level turned all the way down, Spawn's idea of conflict resolution still involves a magic chain to the noggin. --Benjamin Reese

Pros:

• Incredibly rendered graphics
• Characters true to McFarlane's comics

Cons:

• Nonintuitive controls can be hard to handle
• Some might be turned off by demonic themes and violence
• Easy to lose track of extremely fast action

Amazon.com Product Description

Spawn features Todd McFarlane's comic-book creation, and is based on the arcade game. Players choose their character, and battle enemies in 3-D environments. Beat final boss Malbogia to unlock new playable characters. In addition to the main game, players can choose a computer-controlled teammate for the team battle tournament mode. There is also support for up to four players in the team battle mode and the battle royal.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bloody Marvelous, mostly!, October 23, 2000

By 

"enemyofrome" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spawn (Video Game)

Spawn, is a game that is alot of fun if you realyy get into it. Though sometimes it get difficult with the frequent death rate, in the end you still love the havoc you can reek with a missile launcher or magical chains. The graphics are crisp and the camera is pretty decent. The framerate is a solid 60 fps and the weapons are plentiful and amusing. If your a fighting game fan and you want take a break from massive combo capcom fighters, pick this title up. If your looking for fighting depth, look elsewhere. This is maniac fighters only. At least a rental, for everyone else.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mulitplayer options abound in Spawn, October 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Spawn (Video Game)

Spawn:In the Demons Hand, is a game reminscent of Gauntlet, where more friends are not only better, they are needed to unlock more aspects of the storyline, and aid in unlocking special characters. The graphics are top rate, the special powers are wonderfull to see if you are a fan of the comics, HBO animated series, or someone just in awe of the world of SPAWN. The controls have a slight learning curve of a half hour, or so, until you master the art of aquiring or switching weapons in combat. All the characters are there, each with distinct abilites, some abilities like the SPAWN Mythos drain your very life force when you use them. Others merely require you to reload, the Angels from Heaven are stunning, plus they can move as one would expect(they fly). The Violater, is here in all his glory, the characters are well rounded, the choice of weapons is excellent. This game has a high replay value if only to unlock the extra 24 characters, multiplayer is fantastic, the display icons could be larger, but aside from an occasional camera angle snafu (i.e. you get blindsided in corners), this game is a must have for fans, & multiplayers alike.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Spawn: not as good as it could have been., October 24, 2000

By 

Iosef Smith (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spawn (Video Game)

The first time you boot up this game in your Dreamcast you are going to be impressed. This game looks great but doesn't play very well. The concept is along the lines of a deathmatch. You choose a mode of play; team play, boss attack or deathmatch, then pick a character and level. Gameplay consists of running around wonderfully designed levels shooting, blowing up, and slicing apart your oponents. All of the popular characters from the comic book are here, and some of the levels might be familiar to a few fans too.

The graphics are absolutly mind blowing. Some of the best graphics I have seen on the Dreamcast to date. The characters are highly detailed and the level design is wonderful. After you pick your jaw off the ground and grab the controler to start playing things begin to go down hill. The controls for this game are not very user friendly at all, and the camera angles are going to frustrate just about everyone who plays it. You aim with the analog stick and move with the digital pad, all while using the buttons to jump and change weapons. If we all had three hands it might work but for those of us with only two, it is very frustrating.

Overall the game is alright, wonderful graphics but horible controls. Single player can get a bit old fast but this game is a lot of fun with someone to spar off against. I would only advise the die hard spawn fans to buy it, the rest of you casual gamers might want to rent it first. Spawn is not a must have for the Dreamcast.