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Spiderman: Friend or Foe

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I have to say, I have greatly enjoyed this game. Despite the fact that its aimed for the kids, there's plenty here for anyone to enjoy. The number of characters for Spider-man to team up with is definitely a pro for this game. The characters range from well-known faces like Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and Venom, to more obscure characters like Prowler, Silver Sable, and Iron Fist that a comic book fan like me appreciates seeing in the game. Each of these sidekicks has their own powers and play styles, and the fact that the game rewards you with a new sidekick every two or so levels keeps things interesting. The levels themselves are fun and varied, which also keeps your interest. The cartoon-like graphics fits the lighthearted feel of the game, though some of the characters look odd up close. Another high point is definitely the audio in the game. Voice acting is great, and the in-game dialogue is genuinely funny sometimes. Plus the banter of the computer during mission briefings is usually good for a chuckle or two.

Gameplay is very simple. Enter a room, beat up all the bad guys, a door or bridge opens allowing you to enter the next area where you do the same thing. There are some side paths that lead to hidden collectables, but a lot of them are very obvious, though a few are devilishly tricky to find. The game is a straight-forward beat-em-up, which is enjoyable if you're like me and just looking for a fun way to pass time without needing to think too much.

In terms of cons, the length of the game tops that list. It's very short, easily beatable in about six hours. However, if you're like me and have an innate need to find every collectable and fully upgrade every character, its fun to go back and replay certain levels or the entire game, as long as you keep switching up your sidekick. The other con to the game would be the enemy variation. Each level has four types of enemies: small, medium, large, and huge. These enemies do become tougher as the game goes on (gain projectiles and such) and they have a different coat of paint for each of the five locations, so this becomes possible to overlook.

Overall, if you're a comic book fan and looking for a fun game that doesn't require a lot of braincells, the large number of characters and straight-forward combat makes this game for you. If you're looking for something more mature and with more depth, try Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. However, this game made a fine addition to stack of Marvel Comics related games.

Spiderman Friend or foe was a excellent but very short game. A person can finish this game in a few days. You can defeat bad guys like Green Goblin,Doc Ock,and Venom, and turn them into your sidekicks. BUY THIS GAME!!! I WOULD RECCOMMEND THIS GAME FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES!!!

My 4 yr old LOVES SpiderMan and this one lets him play not only as SpiderMan but all your favorite sidekicks and villians. He can't get enough of the game. He loves all the extras that you are able to unlock. It has coop play which lets someone else join in the fun at the same time. It's got great arcade action.

I like this game a lot - It's easy to learn and easy to play, so it makes for a great, fun-focused experience. There isn't a lot to figure out in this gameplay, although I was stuck in a few places. So it's just enough to keep you guessing a little bit. The PC version of the game seems to lack the option to use the Black Spidey-suit after you've beat the game, and if there are cheats you can use on the PC version I haven't found them. The game ran fairly smoothly on my laptop (XP, 3.0 processor, 2 GB RAM) but lagged during resource intensive fight scenes. Not too badly that it interfered with my enjoyment, though. I love the variety of characters you can play, although many of them have similiar moves. Overall, this was exactly what I hoped it would be - something easy and entertaining for me to play.

Being a fan of the Comic related games, this seemed to be a game to get. The game is entertaining, but not very difficult. Works great with an Xbox controller hooked up to the PC.

My only complaints are that I needed to reinstall the game twice before it would work, and I need to have the disk in the drive to play the game.

We got this game for my 10 year old. He loves it, but in under a week, he had mastered the game. One short-coming is the need to purchase the Xbox controller for Windows in order play 2-players. At a cost of about $50, seems like a conflict of interest. All in all, a good game. Kids love it.

MY SON 9 SAVED UP HIS BIRTHDAY MONEY FROM SEPTEMBER TO BUY THIS AWESUM PC VERSION OF THIS GAME & WE HAD SUCH A HARD TIME TO GET IT IN PC FORMAT BUT ..... THANKS TO AMAZON WE FINALLY HAVE IT & ALL THREE OF MY SONS ARE VERY VERY THRILLED WITH IT... SO WORTH THE $20.00 & SUCH A FUN EXCITING COOL GAME.... I'M VERY PLEASED SEEING HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY ALL THE VILLIANS AS WELL AS SPIDY.....

This is a very good game. The graphics are really good. It's the best game I ever played. I would encourage you to buy it.

This is a non-canicol (meaning it does not follow any one or stay true to any one of the current spiderman historical narratives) Spiderman Action Game that takes characters and plot points from both the Classic Marvel Universe and the Sam Rami movie franchise and combines them in this fun Marvel Vs. Capcom and Street Fighter style like game.

The story starts outs when Spiderman is suddenly ambushed by different villians from his rogue gallery of villians (aka Sandman, Green Goblin, Dr. Octopuss, Venom, Scorpion, and so forth) when originally rescued by the "New Goblin" from the Sam Rami movie Franchise (Yes, we all know he died in the 3rd Spiderman along with some of the villians being killed off in the previous movies, but again this is non-canicol). Then when out of nowhere they are all suddenly attacked by a unknown Mysterious Villians lacky's and taken prisnor, just when it looks like Spiderman is about to be captured he is at the last moment saved by a transport beam by Nick Fury of SHIELD (The Classic Marvel Universe Nick Fury and Not the Samuel Jackson incarnation from the new Marvel Universe movie franchise) from the Shield Helo Carrier. From this point on Nick explains the situation of what, when, and why and how you spiderman are going to help in making all things better.

You then proceed to be transported to your objectives in locations around the world to retrieve the objectives along with saving and converting the captured foes (who are under mind control) to helping you accomplish your long term goals, you also come across other heroes along the way as well. The levels start out like Street Fighter, were you walk along and fight the mysterious villians lackeys either by yourself or a sidekick (Once you gain allies it can be one of them) face the big bosses until you defeat and rescue one of the mind control villians. You then have the option of fighting them in a "Marvel Vs. Capcom" style versus mode which can be loads of funs. You will also have the option at the end of each level to "upgrade" not only your powers but that of your allies with the points you are rewarded by playing the levels.

For a 2007 PC Game Spiderman Friend or Foe has some relatively low minimum system requirements (Even for that time frame they were low) and can be relatively played on most Pentium 4\Celeron PC Rigs and above along with being played on a Windows 2000 Operating System (which by this time most 3rd party vendors had stop supporting anything for Windows 2000)....

Processor Speed: Pentium 4/Celoron 1.6GHz or AMD equivelent processor or better
Operating System: WIndows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 *
System Memory: 256MB RAM (For WIndows 2000/XP) 512MB (Windows Vista/7)
Hard Drive Space: 5GB
Video: AMD (ATI) 9250 or Nvidia FX 5200 DirectX 9.0c-compatible video card with 128MB of Video Memorey or better.
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible 16-bit sound card

* Can be ran on either 32 bit or 64 bit editions of Windows with the exception of Windows 2000, which is only available in 32 bit.

While some people have critizied the game for being "To Short" I personally feel that the game played long enough and does have great replay value. Both me and my son have spent countless hours playing it (especially in the Vs mode) and would highley recommend this game for kids and adults alike of all ages.

System Specs: My Sons Desktop
Intel Core Dou 2 Quad socket 775, 6mb cache processor
Intel DP43TF MOBO
8GB of DDR2 800mhz PC6400 RAM
750W Antec PSU
750GB SATA HDD
24bit 5.1 Creative Sound Card
1GB intergrated Intel NIC
EVGA Geforce GTX550Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64 Bit)
27inch LCD VE276Q ASUS Monitor.

This is one of the best games I've come across for my eight year old. The way the game is designed makes for a never dull adventure. Once you conquer a bad guy like Green Goblin, then you get to add him to your good guy list and use him as a character. It's not too hard to play either, which as a mom who's not a gamer I appreciate. The kid loves this game.