Saturday, October 23, 2010

Spiderman Shattered Dimensions

So I've seen a couple reviews of this game and everyone is giving it praise on the best spiderman game in a while if not ever. I'm here to say otherwise.

Story:
Really simple story, Mysterio steals a tablet that gives great power. In the battle spiderman breaks it and the tablet shatters across 4 dimensions. Amazing, Ultimate, 2066, and Noir spiderman. So you have to go and retrieve the tablets.

Graphics:
I think this is the one bright spot in the game. The graphics all have the comic book animation to them. Thats all there is to it, besides special moves weren't all that great looking.

Gameplay:
Honestly, kind of hated the gameplay in that you were chasing a boss throughout the entire level just to have them use the tablet and beat a somewhat harder version of that person. Amazing, Ultimate, and 2066 Spiderman were all the beat 'em up type gameplay that didn't to much to keep me active and entertained. The Noir is probably the worst attempt at a stealth sectiong ever, I mean a baseball game has better stealth elements than Noir did. Ok so the basic idea of Noir is stick to shadows, and don't get caught in light or else the goons' super guns will destroy you. And I mean super guns, if you tried to fight the thugs they would just block every attack and shoot you half to hell. It basicly tried to combine Arkham Asylum with Splinter Cell Conviction, and it just doesnt melt together at all. In turn this game just doesn't vary the gameplay well, and its the same chase after a boss for 45 mins for like 12 levels.

Voice Acting:
This section isn't really focused on the way the lips move or anything. More so on the jokes that the Spidermen crack every once and a while. Until you realize that they decided only to put 10 jokes in. The only time I enjoyed this game was when you fight/chase Deadpool, and its just you and him making fun of each other. In such, one other area that destoyed this game.

Story: 3/10 Generic, obvious, and no twists or anything
Graphics: 7/10 They looked nice, but attacks weren't all that impresive
Gameplay: 2/10 Chase a boss for 45 mins, beat up 800 guys, rinse and repeat
Voice Acting: 5/10 Couple of funny jokes, but repeated way to often
Overall: 4/10 If you like spiderman rent it, but in all honesty no replay value and no fun after the tutorial.