Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Not-So-Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man - A fusion of web-slinging and powerful combat moves combine to create an unbeatable, all-new fighting system that intuitively blends Spider-Man's speed and strength with the environment for deadly new attacks and combos
• Anything Goes - At a moment's notice, you can harness the grace, agility and acrobatics of Spider-Man Red Suit, or leverage the brute, savage power of the Black Suit. Switch suits at any time to create devastating never-before-seen combos and finishing moves
• The City That Never Sleeps - Teeming with life, the Big Apple is more alive than ever before in the Spider-Man series. Citizens will either cheer Spider-Man on or run away in fear, depending on your actions and decisions
• Increased city interactivity and destructibility allow you to pick up and use anything in your way as a weapon, destroy store fronts, demolish vehicles, and virtually obliterate city streets with powerful attacks
• With some of the greatest heroes and most notorious villains in the Marvel Universe, including staples such as Luke Cage and Vulture, your choices control who will ultimately aid you in the fight to rid New York of the alien symbiote

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001814QDW
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 6.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 21, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,500 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

A deadly symbiote invasion brings devastation to New York City. In Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, the game is set in an apocalyptic vision of the city. You'll have complete control over New York City's salvation and the fate of Spider-man. It also features an all-new combat system that allows for three-dimensional battles that can start on the street and end up on rooftops. You can also switch between the red and black Spider-Man suits, choose to ally with Marvel's heroes or villains and decide what missions to undertake to save Manhattan from destruction.

Extra Credit - As you progress, you earn experience in multiple combat disciplines so you can custom-design your ideal Spider-Man Instant Replay - dozens of story choices and character customization options

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Reminds me of a Sega Genesis game, October 23, 2008

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Mat (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Video Game)

I was eagerly looking forward to this games release, especially because it is a Spider-Man game base more on the comics than the movies, with an original plot and story. I have heard great things about the PS3 version of this game, unfortunately the PS2 version is an entirely different game. This game is a side scrolling game with no 3D control at all, the game play is repetitive and boring. Basically you can move side to side and fight enemies with a punch button or a kick button, and climb up and down walls, that's it, you can "buy" special moves for your character, but they don't really do anything. After about the third bad guy you've basically played the entire game. This game reminds me of the Total Carnage Spider-Man game for the Sega Genesis from 1995, but even worse as you can't even control your character up or down in the depth field of the environment. This game is sub-par even to the original Playstation one Spider-Man game, or even to the Sega Genesis Total Carnage Spider-Man game, both of which were actually quite good for their day. It gets extremely boring after about 5 minutes, the gameplay is horrible and the story line isn't much better. There's very little spoken dialog between characters, you can make "choices" as to what Spider-Man can say to them in written form, but the choices don't make much difference except to give your character red or black points in order to purchase meaningless power ups.
Activision has promoted the PS3 and 360 versions of the game and not made it very clear that the PS2 and PSP versions have dramatically different versions of gameplay.
This game was made for the PS3 as a 3D game and the PS2 version is one of the worst PS2 games I've ever purchased. I think that it has been mis-represented by Activision's marketing campaign and is a truly poor attempt to make a quick buck off of people who have not purchased next generation consoles. If you're a Spider-Man fan or a gaming enthusiast you will be most likely be extremely disappointed by the PS2 version of this game.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Half Bad If You Have The Right Expectations, August 23, 2009

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Veil_Lord - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Video Game)

First of all, I want to say that all these bad reviews for the game are fair. Activision produced this game with the obvious intention of making it seem like it was the "real" Web of Shadows that was on other systems. They've done this before. I was burned on the Spider-man 2 game that was supposed to be a ground breaking sandbox style web slinging game, but for the PC they put out a completely different (and badly done) game made for little kids. From the box art it was nearly impossible to tell the difference. I'm still annoyed all these years later.

When I first saw this game, with the "Amazing Allies Edition" on the front, major red flags went up for me. The art work still looked like the other systems, but given past experience I wasn't buying it. Doing a little research, I found game footage online and knew what I was getting into. That is the key thing to remember, this game is entirely about your expectations. It is not a top of the line PS2 title by any means, but that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable.

Web of Shadows (PS2) is a pretty decent retro-style beat 'em up experience. It is along the lines of Maximum Carnage for the old Sega Genesis. The problem is you have to play it for a while to realize that. One of the biggest hurdles is that the hit detection is just plain bad. If you are too close to an enemy you can punch right through them. It's sloppy, but it's consistently sloppy, so after some play time you can at least adjust for it. You also need to be able to adjust to the wide jumps Spider-man makes. He leaps around wildly, which is sometimes helpful and I suppose is realistic, but he can be hard to control.

I was quite impressed with the two suits. They actually did manage to do a pretty decent difference in the fighting style between the two. Normally, you'd think the black suit is just stronger and there's little reason for the red, but I found myself actually favoring the red in many situations. The red style utilizes the immobilizing powers of your webbing and combines it with some lightning fast moves. With some practice you can juggle guys somewhat and pound the living @$#@ out of them. Your black style is more about raw power and ends it's punching combo with a series of symbiote spikes that can launch enemies in the air. It's also used for smashing through walls, floors, etc.

The bosses were pretty easy on normal mode. I personally had fun with most of them. They can be a tad cheap, but at least if you lose you just restart at the beginning of the boss battle with out useless replaying from another checkpoint. I found them and most of the characters in general to be well modeled. There was a good amount of care given to some of the backgrounds, so that was a plus too.

The checkpoint system in the game is pretty good. I didn't like that I couldn't save anywhere, but the auto-saves were spaced really well and I never had any problems with that. It would have been nice to be able to save a couple different progresses, but not a deal breaker.

The voice of Spidey is OK as are most of the others, however there's an overall lack of voice acting and no space considerations (as the game only uses 1.4 Gigs of the DVD) to account for that. You end up reading a lot of text that you'd think they could have just had a programmer or the pizza delivery guy off the street just read it for a couple bucks.

There are also some inexplicable slow down issues where things will sort of stutter a bit like the game is trying to load more data while you fight. This really is unacceptable and can throw you off when it happens. The people on staff in charge of that and the hit detection should both be embarrassed to have their names on this project. Both areas show a lack of care in crafting and testing this game.

All things being said, everything about this software screams "bargain priced" software. There is a good game buried here, but with a lot of glitches and unpolished bits that function as a major a hindrance. It is unconscionable that they were charging $30-$40 for this game brand new. It's worth at most $20 new and maybe $15 used, but if you go in with your eyes wide open and know what you're getting into, you may just enjoy yourself.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Gets boring after a while, November 16, 2008

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Video Game)

With Spider-Man: Web of Shadows swinging across every platform, you'd figure that the PS2 would get a watered down version that if anything, was close to that the Wii would see. Well, with Web of Shadows for the PS2, you'd figure wrong; note the subtitle that reads Amazing Allies Edition. Instead of using the tried & true open world New York City playing style that has been implemented since Spider-Man 2 (and is used on the other versions of Web of Shadows), this PS2 version is a 2-D side scroller-ish beat 'em up. Yeah, it's the 16-bit era of superhero video games all over again, and things haven't changed much either as you'll find here. You play as Spidey, pick up various power-up's, have an occasional team-up with some fellow Marvel heroes, and take down hordes upon hordes of bland baddies and the occasional boss as well. While there is a degree of fun to be had, Web of Shadows does get pretty boring after a while, especially considering that it doesn't take you long to see what all the game has to offer, which the PS2 version has little. Still, the game doesn't look or sound bad one bit, and there is a decent amount of power-up's and unlockables to find, plus the game's story is fun and makes good use of Spidey and his supporting cast of allies and villains. All in all, if you're still holding on to your PS2 and are a Spidey fan, Web of Shadows is worth a rental and nothing more. If you're craving another open-world Spidey adventure though, you won't find it here.

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