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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

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The last few years have seen a big mess of Spider-man.Films, games based on films...And that killed the games based on the comics.While this game takes more of a comic inspired approach, they go their own way with the story and some other details. I'll let you know what I thought they did right, and what they completely burned to the ground.

First off, Wii owners did NOT get a bad port of a PS2 version for once.You get just about everything that the Xbox360/PS3 get, minus the obviously superior graphics.Lets start there-The graphics are not bad.Not the best Ive seen on a Wii game, but it has a much better character model then Spider-Man 3, pretty smooth animations,and a not entirely but still kinda sucky camera. It can slow down a lot in high number fights, but for the most part its smooth.

Controls on a Wii game can make but usually break it.Besides one problem that will pop up frequently, the controls work and feel pretty natural after the small learning curve.With experimentation you will find that Spider-Man has quite a few cool things he can do with the enviornment with the right timing and button, many based on his comic book signature moves. Jump towards a wall, push against it and let go, you will kick off the wall jumping into the air again. Jump at a wall and hit the jump button again on impact, and you will stick to the wall in a classic pose until you release the button. Major comic fans will love these little things.
There is basically a button for punching, jumping,interacting and using webs followed by waggle control for lock ons, costume switching, web chain attacks, web zips, and just normal web-swinging.
Pros-the combat system is amazing, as it allows you to chain hundreds of attacks together through the air to the ground to the walls.Web swinging is simple and fun again, and doesn't use the horrible nunchuk like SM3.
Cons-You flick the nunchuk left or right to change costumes, and down to lock on to enemies.You should be used to nunchuk waggle controls sucking, and if you aren't, well this sucks.You will lock on when trying to change costumes or vice versa in some very bad times.

The storyline is pretty basic, and is really just a way to give you more missions which are pretty much kill everything in sight or save someone.Throw in some cool boss fights, and thats the game.Yes, you will fight a lot.Besides collecting tokens to improve speed and strength, you will most often fight.Did I get it in your head yet? FIGHT.It will bore some people.You can skip most of the side missions if you want so that you fight LESS, but you get the idea.If anything once in a while they could have added a cool button sequence rescue like what was in ultimate spidermans storyline sometimes,so lets hope for some improvememnt here in the future.The list of other characters that you meet or mention is a great bonus for marvel readers though.You even get quizzed on spidey knowledge at one point.Nice.

There are a few glitches in the game that i have to mention.Number one is the buzzing freeze, no explanation needed.I didnt get this untill later on in the game, but it sucks.Other epople online have reported things that vanish, missions that dont show up or parts of missions that dont show up, which allow you to never move on unless you reload the game-I have not seen any of this, but I thought I might as well mention it.

Oddball details will occur-Venom is mentioned as Eddie, even though he looks based on the new scorpion venom design.Things like this make it hard to place exactly when this occurs(though its not canon by any account). But overall, I have had fun with this game and plan on replaying it to get the different ending.It could be better, but is in my opinion the best spider-man game we have to date.

Got this for my husband when it was a gold box deal for Christmas... I saw that it had good reviews but honestly didn't expect it to be as fun as it was! I was thinking it would be good- FOR A SUPERHERO GAME. But it's actually a good game, regardless. He really enjoys it... it has great gameplay and the movement of the characters (the way you make him jump from building to building and swing on his webs) seems to be a lot of fun. I haven't played it myself, but just from watching, I am impressed, and hubby said it's much better than he thought it would be. Definitely recommended!

This is the best Spider-Man game ever made. It's even better than Spider-Man 2 which was so good I've played it for over three years - in fact I was still playing it before Web of Shadows was released.

Web of Shadows takes everything was great about Spider-Man 2 and adds more. The combat is simply incredible. Not only can you engage foes on the ground, but now you can take the fights to the side of buildings, and even into mid air (something I have always wanted to do.)The swinging controls are also good and very smooth. All the controls integrate very well with the Wii-mote and nun chuck.

There are lots of things to do in this game, and although the story mode is a tad short, it's made up for by a large number of side missions. But the main draw here is definitely the combat, and this is something that never gets old. Spider-Man Web of Shadows is the Spider-Man game I've been waiting for all my life. Definitely worth a buy!

This game is REALLY GREAT, it alows you to play, meet and fight with a lot of Marvel Comis heroes and Villians, with the Wii cantrols you fells like you are swinging like spiderman, and when you complete the missions you can unlock many many many fights combos, and you can use all the spiderman costumes (armored, ben reilys, black etc), if you are a fan of Spiderman and fight/zombie games this is a must have.

Wow, what a fun game. A game where the story is in perspective, and a very intriguing one at that. Spider-man has always had a bountiful amount of villains, and now we get a game that doesn't just throw in the cliche super heroes and villains that we see in all of the other Spider-man games; despite the fact that there is Venom who is been in every comic book spider-man game. Though Venom is essential to Spider-man, like X-men and Magneto.
The game having very fun combat system does have a mildly weird control scheme. Now, you can't change it, but you can learn it...and in a few minutes you get the hang of it...although at first it does feel kind of awkward. The fact that you are guided by cool superheros such as Moon Knight,Luke Cage, Wolverine, and more.
With interesting boss fights and memorable good or bad decision choices/videos,extra costumes,and upgradeable moves this makes one game thats worth buying.

PS. the camera does get crazy at times...but it just makes your heart start pumping for more.

I had seen this game and was so exited to get it.when i finally got it i slamemed it into the wii and started playing.

story:the story is pretty simple.venom returns and infects spider man during a fight.Which gives spider-man his own black suit again along with some added features such as the tendril whips.Venom also infects all of Manhattan leading to a war between shield and the symbiots(symbiots are a living organism that needs to bond to a host to survive. such as the alien goo that is latches on to Eddie Brock to form venom in the comics and the movie.)as the story progresses you will be require to defeat the normal and symbiotic versions of marvel heros and villains.such as electro, black cat and wolverine.

controls:the controls are the best for a spider man game so far.the hardest to master is the web strike.You have to time your moves perfectly.the trick is to do the bounce rightly at the point of impact.

overall the story is great.It can get boring if you play it too often.the graphics are great.But i do have one problem and that is the freezing.It has only happed twice but it can ruin the game.also it can get brutal. If you pick the bad choice after fighting symboit wolverine then spider-man rips wolverine in half.it doesn't show how or where he was ripped but his lower body is placed in front of his upper body.there is a loophole though if you pock the right choice after fighting symboit wolverine then everything turns out all right. and wolverine keeps all of his body.this is meant for an older audience.not 5 year olds who get scared easily.overall it is great.if you have a 10 year old who loves spiderman this is a great game. but it is not meant for younger kids.It is awesome seeing Manhattan progress from a normal city to an alien infested death trap

this game is so awesome.it has all new moves.the black suit is better then it was on spiderman3.Spiderman3 was a boring game on the wii.All of you viewers reading this review forget about spiderman 1,2,3 just get spiderman web of shadows on xbox360 or the wii or the ps3.

Spider-Man hasn't had too good a track record on the Wii so far. Spider-Man 3 was awful, and while Friend or Foe wasn't as bad, it still wasn't much of an improvement. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows seems to be a step in the right direction, as this game doesn't feel like just another port, and actually feels like it was made with the Wii in mind. Case in point the Wii-mote and nunchuk controls which are much better implemented this time around, as you swing through New York City taking on baddies. Playing as Spidey and being able to alternate between the classic and black costumes, you swing around New York City cracking heads and saving citizens, which is pretty much what we've been doing since Spider-Man 2. However, what's different with Web of Shadows is that the game rarely becomes boring and the missions rarely become tedious to boot. Also, the game's story is a surprising blast to play through. The longer you play Web of Shadows, the more you'll get enthralled, particularly in its final acts where the symbiotes begin to wreak havoc. The ability to (somewhat) choose your own path depending on your actions is a plus, and there's plenty of appearances from familiar faces on the sides of heroes and villains as well. The only real flaws of Web of Shadows are technical ones. There are some noticeable graphical glitches and sound hiccups, plus a few issues with the in-game camera. Still, swinging around New York City has never been more fun or easy to do, and the game manages to stay entertaining from start to finish. All in all, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows for the Wii finally finds the web-head getting a game on the Wii that's worthy of him. Let's just hope the next time around that Activision and Treyarch add some more polish and really deliver something special.

i really liked the game when i rented it storyline was good not much to say but i liked it

I found this game to be great. As far as Spidey games go on the Wii, this is probably my favorite. There are alternate story lines that you get to choose. I think that was just awesome. The fighting, graphics, and everything was top notch. The only problem I found was that it would randomly lag. If it weren't for the frequent lag, I would have given it a 5 star rating.