Ultimate Spiderman

Drainbamage · 10-09-2005, 09:00 AM

Not sure if anyone else has played this game -- but holy shit it is short.

I rented this from blockbuster, and well i beat it the same night... The missions are ridiculously easy and venom is really frustrating to play. Playing as spiderman is really fun i must say, just swinging around and shit, but the game is really limited it seems. the combat system is very 'simplified', meaning you can punch, kick, and use your web.. and thats pretty much it. No cool combos, no timing necessary, just mashing triangle or whatever. After you beat the story missions all you are left to do is complete repetitive races (which is just swinging and wallclimbing to the next check point), finishing the combat tours which just sets you on a track which tells you to beat up 4 guys and then move on to another set of four. To unlock everything you have to collect abunch of tokens (think GTA: VC)

Its a decent rental i guess, but at 50 dollars you will feel ripped off buying this game.

hypo · 10-09-2005, 10:39 AM

Thanks man you just saved me 50$ allmost bought this today.

Vorph · 10-09-2005, 11:05 AM

I definitely wasn't impressed with the pc version either. Controls were fine using a PSX gamepad, but the game itself was just lame. I hated all the race/chase missions, and I don't think much of the kiddie Spider-man theme either. Running around looking for 39458039 different kinds of GTA-ripoff-tokens to unlock all the extra stuff wasn't something I was about to do either.

Runnen · 10-09-2005, 11:37 AM

While we are on the topic of ultimates, I have been playing Hulk : Ultimate Destruction and can only recommend it. It's tons of fun, very long and the difficulty scales up nicely (I'd say you can expect to die and have to retry at least once every 2 or 3 missions because you can get swarmed by a shitload of choppers / mechs pretty easily sometimes).

I had heard before I bought it that the Story Mode was very short and was pretty gimpy overall, but I've been doing only Story since I got the game (4 days ago) and I'm only reaching the ending now.. and there's still at least a hundred of missions (races, trials, save X, kill Y) left to do in the city and in the badlands..

On top of that, it was 30 dollars less than other games, and wasn't used.

Kasonic · 10-09-2005, 12:00 PM

If you want an awesome Spiderman game, go get Spideman 2. I loved it. Varied combat system, best movement system of any game I've played, and big.

Drainbamage · 10-09-2005, 12:01 PM

I'm deff a fan of open-ended games, its surely the best thing that has happened to consoles in the last 10 years. SM2, GTA, Hulk are among my favorite games.

i think what spiderman: ultimate is missing, well is the ability to blow shit up. as spiderman you arnt allowed to kill any citizens or web throw cars or whatever. i really wish there was a good/bad meter (ala kotor), i mean they butchered the spiderman storyline so might as well make some incentive to keep playing.

they got the web swinging controls perfected (for ps2 anyways) it just seems like they wasted all of that just to keep spiderman 'good'. I can't really think of any way else to make the game better, i'm just not a fan of mini-games, and thats all this game seems to offer.

they just need more choices in this game, because the game feels very linear even if it is open-ended.

Yukiri · 10-10-2005, 10:50 AM

I may have enjoyed Ultimate Spiderman more had i not been playing the Hulk: Ultimate Destruction for a few weeks before it came out. Something about swinging around buildings when im used to going through them...

Ill echo the above post, the Hulk game is worth the cash, Spiderman is worth a rent.

10-09-2005, 09:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Drainbamage Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 15 +0 Internets	Ultimate Spiderman Not sure if anyone else has played this game -- but holy shit it is short. I rented this from blockbuster, and well i beat it the same night... The missions are ridiculously easy and venom is really frustrating to play. Playing as spiderman is really fun i must say, just swinging around and shit, but the game is really limited it seems. the combat system is very 'simplified', meaning you can punch, kick, and use your web.. and thats pretty much it. No cool combos, no timing necessary, just mashing triangle or whatever. After you beat the story missions all you are left to do is complete repetitive races (which is just swinging and wallclimbing to the next check point), finishing the combat tours which just sets you on a track which tells you to beat up 4 guys and then move on to another set of four. To unlock everything you have to collect abunch of tokens (think GTA: VC) Its a decent rental i guess, but at 50 dollars you will feel ripped off buying this game.

10-09-2005, 11:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Vorph Never Go Full Retard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 5,623	I definitely wasn't impressed with the pc version either. Controls were fine using a PSX gamepad, but the game itself was just lame. I hated all the race/chase missions, and I don't think much of the kiddie Spider-man theme either. Running around looking for 39458039 different kinds of GTA-ripoff-tokens to unlock all the extra stuff wasn't something I was about to do either. __________________

10-09-2005, 11:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
Runnen CEO of MillieDolls Ltd. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: France Posts: 2,162	While we are on the topic of ultimates, I have been playing Hulk : Ultimate Destruction and can only recommend it. It's tons of fun, very long and the difficulty scales up nicely (I'd say you can expect to die and have to retry at least once every 2 or 3 missions because you can get swarmed by a shitload of choppers / mechs pretty easily sometimes). I had heard before I bought it that the Story Mode was very short and was pretty gimpy overall, but I've been doing only Story since I got the game (4 days ago) and I'm only reaching the ending now.. and there's still at least a hundred of missions (races, trials, save X, kill Y) left to do in the city and in the badlands.. On top of that, it was 30 dollars less than other games, and wasn't used. __________________ As the speed of light is superior to that of sound, most people look bright until they start talking.

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10-09-2005, 10:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
hypo lurker 4 life Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Under the sun Posts: 30 +0 Internets	Thanks man you just saved me 50$ allmost bought this today.

10-09-2005, 12:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kasonic dumb Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,627 +1 Internets	If you want an awesome Spiderman game, go get Spideman 2. I loved it. Varied combat system, best movement system of any game I've played, and big.

10-09-2005, 12:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Drainbamage Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 15 +0 Internets	I'm deff a fan of open-ended games, its surely the best thing that has happened to consoles in the last 10 years. SM2, GTA, Hulk are among my favorite games. i think what spiderman: ultimate is missing, well is the ability to blow shit up. as spiderman you arnt allowed to kill any citizens or web throw cars or whatever. i really wish there was a good/bad meter (ala kotor), i mean they butchered the spiderman storyline so might as well make some incentive to keep playing. they got the web swinging controls perfected (for ps2 anyways) it just seems like they wasted all of that just to keep spiderman 'good'. I can't really think of any way else to make the game better, i'm just not a fan of mini-games, and thats all this game seems to offer. they just need more choices in this game, because the game feels very linear even if it is open-ended.

10-10-2005, 10:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
Yukiri Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 145 +1 Internets	I may have enjoyed Ultimate Spiderman more had i not been playing the Hulk: Ultimate Destruction for a few weeks before it came out. Something about swinging around buildings when im used to going through them... Ill echo the above post, the Hulk game is worth the cash, Spiderman is worth a rent.