Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Xbox 360)

The history of recent 'Spiderman' games has been as topsy turvy as those of the films. 'Spiderman 2' is by far the best game and film in the series, both building on what had gone before and making them better. However, like the third film, the third game sucked. Somehow Activision had managed to suck all the imagination and fun from the previous games, even though the third game was designed on a more powerful console. Despite my annoyance with the third game I still love the comic book genre and Spidey is a fave. I bought and played the child friendly 'Spiderman: Friend or Foe' and found it surprisingly decent. Therefore, when a new game came out for the more ...  Read the complete review

There hasnt been a spider man movie for a while yet a game is out. Web of shadows follows the web swingers adventure as he deals with a venom symbiote infection to the rest of the city. The story makes you meets some familiar faces rom venom, kingpin to wolverine which is always nice to see. The story is god to go through once with options to play as good or bad and having multiple endings depending on your choices in the game. The gameplay has been changed adding some good combos and upgradeable move list. You can aso switch between the black and red suit to switch between power and agility. The web swingin is pretty much the same from previous games and gets ...  Read the complete review

Spiderman Web of Shadows is the first Spiderman game in a while that isn't a movie tie in, surely a good thing as it must have had more time in development! The story of the game isn't very complex, its about a big symbiote invasion which is infecting the city and turning it evil, Spiderman must step in and save the day! Perhaps the guys over at Treyarch have been relying on having a movie script to give them a story these past years. Spiderman has been infected with the symbiote too after an epic battle with Venom so he can use the powers it has to offer with the black suit or stick with his red suit. The gameplay has been refined ...  Read the complete review