Of course, you can also suck life from other superheroes Spider-Man fans and gamers rejoice! Finally, a straight up, down-and-dirty, rock-em' sock em' Spider-man game has become available for the DS and this time it gets the thumbs up from this reviewer.
As a fan of the comic book and defender of all things cheesy, Spider-man gets a fantastic makeover in this comic book literally game on the DS. Now I said it before, of all the superheroes out there, Spider-man seems to get the best games. Some have been so-so, but still light years ahead of the competition. Well this time Activision released Ultimate Spider-man on darn near every system and it is doing well by the reviewers. Basing itself in the Ultimate Spider-man universe, the game comes at you in comic book style frames as the story unfolds.
Peter Parker, having already been given his powers, roams the city in 2-D action, rescuing people and taking on bad guys. The levels are varied enough so that repeat play is a must. The big addition to the game is that you spend half the time playing as Venom, Spider-man's most harried rival.
Playing as Venom brings the game in a whole other direction since he has more decidedly evil ways in dealing with the opponents that he faces. The fact that you are forced to play as both characters makes the experience better-rounded and there are even points in the game where you make choices that send you one direction or the other. The basic game controls are easy enough to pick up and in no time you will be putting out fires and carrying people to safety, not to mention knocking people on their duffs as you dole out two-fisted justice on the mean streets of New York.
The touch screen that the DS is most popular for is used in a stable more even handed way, even though it clearly is more fun playing as venom when using it. The touch screen dynamic is just more effectively used with his tentacle grabs and attacks.
Even though the game is quality play, the sad fact is the audio is not sufficient enough for the level of action that is delivered.
Special effect noises seem thin and not beefy enough for all that heavy action that's clipping by at 60 FPS. But when all is said and done, Ultimate Spider-man has enough surprises and innovative gameplay to warrant a purchase. The comic book quality graphics and spot on story telling are the icing on an already fun to play, easy to control game.
Spider-Man has seen a huge boost in popularity since its recent big screen appearances and movie success often immediately drives game production. Unfortunately many developers try to sell the license more then the game, leaving much to be desired.
Spider-man has avoided this to date with surprisingly strong showings in the last two releases. The latest Spider-man game, Ultimate Spider-man however is following a different formula then its predecessors, shifting the focus from the movies to comic books. Ultimate Spider-man has a totally new feel from the previous releases, closely tracking to the poplar comic book series of the same name. Activision was able to bring the comic books to life, paying close attention to story lines, bringing in many familiar heroes and enemies, and allowing both Spider-man and Venom to be playable.
The whole game looks like it came out of a comic book from the graphics, to the audio, to the presentation. It definitely takes the essence of the series and accurately recreates it. The odd thing is the strengths and weaknesses of the last Spider-man games seemed to be switched in this one. You would think that they would take what works and change what didn't quite meet expectations.
Probably the most obvious example of this is the story-line and web slinging through the city. In Ultimate Spider-man , unlike the recent Spider-man games, the story line is fantastic bringing in many plot lines and even different perspectives, but the web slinging through the city just isn't the same.
It's not bad, but that smooth lighter then air feel isn't there anymore. The rest of the gameplay is of a similar quality, which isn't revolutionary but the rest of the experience overwhelms it. Basically, Spider-man fans are going to get plenty from this as it brings you right into the Ultimate Spider-man universe. The graphics are solid and set the right tone, the story line will keep you playing to the end, and the gameplay will keep your Spidey sense tingling. Browse games Game Portals.
Ultimate Spider-Man. Install Game. Click the "Install Game" button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game.
Game review Downloads Screenshots Download Ultimate Spider-Man. During a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peter gets his "Eddie headaches" again and fights his former friend on the roof.
However, Venom is later captured by Silver Sable. His first test is going up against the recently escaped Electro where they fight over a knocked out Spider-Man in Times Square. He then transforms and is chased away by the Wild Pack. Silver Sable then fires a tranquilizer at Peter Parker and tries to bring him to Trask yet Peter awakens and they fight above the Queensboro Bridge before Venom appears and knocks Sable out. Eddie awakens inside Trask Industries due to hearing Peter screaming as Toomes injected him with their own makeshift sample of the Venom Suit, transforming him into Carnage.
Venom then absorbs Carnage and spits Peter out again. The combination of the Carnage Suit and the leftover Venom samples in Peter's blood, Eddie believes he now has complete control over the Suit along with the white spider-symbol that appeared on Peter's version when he transformed.
Trask finally gives Peter files on their parents yet takes them while trying to flee from an angry Venom yet he does not know how to fly the helicopter and his contract with Silver Sable has expired. Venom is eventually defeated but escapes. There were only 3 survivors and one of the witnesses was Peter's mother who died in the ambulance. Eddie is distraught that after all Trask made him do, all he got was 3 years in a golf course prison, so he transforms and kills him.
The game takes place three months after the events of the "Ultimate Venom" arc Ultimate Spider-Man 33 - 38 , and events within the game suggest the events of Ultimate Six have already passed, since the Green Goblin is found in a cryogenic cell and Sandman is in a vial. Electro is somehow free, despite having been apprehended by S.
Kraven the Hunter's billboards can be seen around the city, which was mentioned in Ultimate Six. Eddie seems to have survived by lying low and staying away from Peter Parker, and picking off random victims to sustain his own existence. At the time the game came out the most logical point for the game's story to take place between the Superstars and Hobgoblin arcs. Between issues 71 and 72 A few months later Marvel.
However in this arc not only are no parts of the game acknowledged, but Sable kidnaps Flash Thompson thinking he's Spider-Man. In the game Sable knows not only Peter Parker is Spider-Man, but kidnaps and fights him out of costume. Events in this storyline happen in a different order, with some events, such as Peter's transformation into Carnage, being ignored.
It can be taken that the video game is now out of continuity. Treyarch, who made the console games based on the Spider-Man movies, developed the console game, while Vicarious Visions developed the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance versions and Beenox ported the Microsoft Windows version from consoles. Stylistically, it differs from its predecessor, Spider-Man 2, in that it employs what has been dubbed Comic Inking Animation technology, a form of cel shading intended to make the game appear as if it were a living comic-book.
In Ultimate Spider-Man the player can experience a free-roaming city environment that covers Manhattan and Queens. You start in story-mode where the game automatically switches between Spider-Man and Venom. Spider-Man travels by web swinging, and attacks using acrobatic attacks.
Venom travels by using his tentacles to pull himself and by performing massive jumps. Venom attacks using his claws and tentacles. Venom can also throw cars at targets and perform much more brutal attacks, including "eating" people. However the player must shoot a web at an actual building to swing, much like its previous game Spider-Man 2 video game.
There are additional activities throughout the game such as finding secret tokens, landmark tokens, comic book covers and competing in trick races. Basically a menu for the player to check out how many tokens they have collected, and how many combat tours, races and city events they have completed.
It also tells the player what goals must be completed before the story can continue. Every message that appears onscreen during game play appears here and is accessible through the pause menu. This menu shows how many things the player has unlocked through interacting with other non-playable characters, tokens collected, landmarks visited, etc.
All unlockables are viewed as a colored question mark and once unlocked is replaced by a picture.
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