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Category: Video Games
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 3110
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: adventure-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030917029134
ASIN: B0009RF7WA
Release Date: October 14, 2005
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Ultimate Spider-man? Not quite................... September 30, 2007
Mr. S. W. Steel (England)
This is a game that i have just completed, and one worthy of a review. There have been quite a few Spiderman games on both the playstation one and the playstation 2. And where does this one rank?
Well, in my opinion it is pretty good, though not perfect.
Ultimate Spiderman has a lot going for it though.
First of all it is great in terms of style. If anyone out there has read the graphic novels entitled Ultimate Spiderman from volume one right through to the most recent one, you will recognise the style straight away. It is exactly the same sort of artwork, and with the same styling - it is highly influenced by the comic Spiderman, and not so much of the film. When this game goes into FMV sequences and cinematics, it is like watching a living, breathing comic! All the classic comic book tools are here - the individual boxes for each scene etc...... In the game itself the graphics are good for the main characters, but you have to say that the New York landscape is a little bit bland.There are only so many buildings you really want to climb up, because most look the same! There are some recognisable landmarks though - the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, and the Statue of Liberty can be seen in the harbour off the south of one of the islands. Spiderman and Venom are nicely drawn, if a little basic.
The playability is pretty good too. Both Spiderman and Venom have slightly different characteristics when you are playing as them. Venom is all about power and brute force. He has a huge leap, and tentacles are his main attack, whilst he can replenish energy by consuming various members of the public! Spidey is a joy to play. He is slick and stylish. And as you progress you get a few more additions to his moves - though, maybe not enough for the hardened gamer. These moves are really basic punch and kick moves.
The voices for all the characters are superb too. Not one of them is poor. Peter Parker is excellent, and Spidey has a full list of comic characters to meet in this game such as Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four, Nick Fury, Mary Jane Watson,Green Goblin, Carnage, Electro and Rhino to name but a few. The only characters missing to really make this superb are Jonah Jamieson and Aunt May.
There are lots of hidden extras to collect too. The token system from many of the other games are here again - such as the landmark tokens, comic book covers and secret tokens. These all open up costumes and artwork in the menu.
The story surrounds the invention of the Venom suit, by Peter Parker's and Eddie Brock' fathers. We then fast forward to the present and we see how people want to gain the Venom suit for themselves and harness its power. The story is pretty good too - it has stayed true to the comic books, so that fans and people new to the series will be happy.
So far, i have covered all the things that make this a great game, so now i have to balance up the review and tell you what makes this a flawed game - and i always hate doing this!
Firstly, it is way too short. I completed this in next to no time. If you concentrate on the plot and none of the side missions or collecting hidden tokens you will get through it very quickly. And there is not a huge amount of variety to completing the side missions. Rescuing someone hanging off a ledge, or saving people from muggers isn't too gripping after you have done it for the 5th time - let alone the hundredth! As for the races against the clock and Johnny Storm - they are so repetitive that you never want to try and earn all the medals, and extras they earn you. The main story is great, but the side missions all feel 'bolted on' and in my opinion will not keep you hooked long enough.
The other thing i really disliked is the camera. It is fine in free-roaming mode, but when you are fighting a boss it almost gives you a headache! The thing is so awkward! There is a boss battle in Time Square where you play as Venom going up against Electro, and the camera drove me to despair!
In balance though, this game is very well done, but the developers didn't really take Ultimate Spiderman to the next level. I had a lot of fun playing it - it is easy to pick up and play - but there was very little reason to keep playing it once the main mission was over.
Where does this come in relation to the other Spiderman games? It is hard to place, but if you can get your hands on the first Activision Spiderman game on the playstation one, THAT is the best one in my opinion. It has loads of extras, great pacing, great side missions, and the action has lots of variations. Admittedly it is graphically a bit dated now, but it is the best by a long way in my view. I would put Ultimate Spiderman in joint second with Spiderman 2 on the playstation 2. They are both flawed in quite important ways, but both have their strengths. Ultimate Spiderman is way more stylish and fun, but Spiderman 2 has a bigger feel to it, and captures the films much better. If you like the comics, definitely go for Ultimate Spiderman. If you prefer the films, then go for Spiderman 2.
Who would i recommend this too? I would recommend this to fans of the comics and the films, and probably to anyone over the age of 10. It is not violent at all - it is comic violence, as opposed to blood and gore!
It is fun and stylish too! But it won't keep the hardened gamer occupied for weeks and months..........
So, all in all - it is great fun whilst it lasts! If the developers took the good points of the game and worked on the weaker elements, there could be a really great sequel to Ultimate Spiderman, and i for one would snap up a copy straight away! The advantage of this game now is that it is quite cheap, and the amount you pay reflects the length of the game, so i didn't feel too hard done by!
For kicks this game rocks!!!!! September 14, 2007
C. Hayward (Kent, England)
When i game my priority is to have fun and get in to the game enough to enjoy a few hours passing but not enough to feel as if my whole life is being taken over by the quest to complete the game, and this game does the former, it is immensely fun and has an old school kind of sega megadrive feel about it, especially the guardian fights, which i think are just awesome, the difficulty factor is just right, challenging enough and engaging enough to keep you playing but not so hard that you throw down the controler and want to give up, graphics wise it is awesome, this is the first cell shader i had played and i loved it . it made me wonder why all video games aren't cell shading ( for those who don't know what cell shading is, it is like playing an animated cartoon), for this style of comic book game i think cell shading works perfectly, the cut scenes advance the plot nicely and the levels where you play as venom are awesome fun, you can just tear new york apart and leap whole buildings, awesome fun!!
the voice overs work really well and bring spidey to life as the cheeky kid he is in the ultimate spiderman comics, the story follows the comics and not the movies so this isn't a repeat of plot lines you have seen already(unless you read Ultimate Spiderman comics) and i found it great fun, took me about 18 hours to complete and then there are countless side quest like races and defeating gangs, which if you play in context to the main plots, stretches the length of the game out a lot more, the beautiful choreography of spidey is excellent and i've played the movie spiderman games, and this game is in my opinion far far superior in every single way
if you are a serious hard core gamer then this might not be for you, but if now and then you like to play a really engaging fun game that you won;t be dissapointed that you played, then this game is worth getting!
 Ultimate Spiderman is ultimate September 3, 2007
Fergus Wolves (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ultimate Spiderman is well and truely ultimate! Fighting enimeis with Spiderman is great but with Venom aswell is brill. The lvls were great because you had a big enemy in every lvl. When you complete the game you fight the gangs in tours or play races or just wonder around collecting to tokens unlock costumesor do it all by helping the city by helping them and police by stoping the villans that are terrorising them. You can allso change into venom and fight the police! I recomend this game because now it is it is not expensive and ive played spiderman and its allot better for the price.
Not as good as Spiderman 2 June 4, 2007
D. Climo
Ultimate Spiderman has got to be one of those games that, although has loads to do upon playing it, only holds your interest for a few hours or at least until when the story missions are over.
I must say that the graphics are beautiful but sadly this game isn't as good as Spiderman 2 because it's a little too wacky (alright I know it's a comic book based game but I still like a sort of realistic feel about them) in that Spidey looks as skinny as Victoria Beckham and the villains he takes on are sometimes almost King Kong huge (Green Goblin is an example and he doesn't even have a hover board!) There is the plus side that you get to not only play as web-head but also long term arch nemesis Venom but in my view he really isn't worth crying home about as, upon completeing story mode, he doesn't get as much freedom as Spiderman with Nick Fury's soldiers constantly chasing him.
However if anyone BADLY wants to play as Venom then just get this game and don't keep whinging about not being able to play as him in Spiderman 3.
 A fun game - but a little flawed December 14, 2006
C. R. J. Haskins (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having played Spiderman 2 and enjoying the ability to play as spiderman, I was looking forward to Ultimate Spiderman. Firstly the story, and comic book sequences are great fun, and link very well to the missions. Also playing as venom was a welcome change, and suited the character well. However I found the controls to be nowhere near as intuitive as Spiderman 2, especially when it came to webslinging around the city. Also the city was a lot smaller compared with the previous game (although there is the addition of playing in Queens). Overall though my main gripe was the missions - the story missions were simply (often irritating) chases and boss fights, and though there were side missions they made no difference to the game. In Spidey 2, by saving civilians and completing races you were rewarded with money to buy character upgrades. That said, its fun while it lasts and I hope they do a sequel that improves on the original.
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