Zero Punctuation: The Amazing Spider-Man

[CronoT]

Since the beginning of video games, expecting a movie tie-in game to suck is like expecting the sun to rise. It just happens, and there's very little we can do to stop it from happening.

There are some exceptions. I really enjoyed Constantine on the Xbox. And the incredibly violent Wolverine Oranges tie-in!

Both of those were comic books long before they were movies. They had a very large and deep canon to draw from. They didn't have to rely on the movie for the story or for the hyped up publicity.

GoldeneEye007 is usually trotted out as the exception to the rule, but most people either forget or conveniently omit that the movie came out about 3-4 years before the game.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Why awlays New Yourk ? Why there is no spider-man in LA for example ? Arent there enough skyscrapers ?
Probably Prototype 1 is the better spider-man game than spider man .

Except Prototype was actually a Hulk game.

 

[jmarquiso]

Can we just get Spider Man 2-2? Keep the web slinging and keep the amount of citizens reporting crimes to a minimum so I don't get burnt out on the combat just by travelling to my next destination.

I think that's what Web of Shadows was, though that was more 3-2, but 3 with more content.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

So another movie tie-in game that is not good.No surprise there whatsoever.

Oh well,on to the next one!

 

[PinkiePyro]

lmao man yatzee was in great form today by

Insipid fish paste sandwich to Batman's fearsome whale penis baguette

i was laughing so hard I started tearing up

 

[MarlonBlazed]

That Fresh Prince joke was a hard act to follow.

 

[daxterx2005]

"curt lizardy-bottom"
I loled.

 

[scorptatious]

Why awlays New Yourk ? Why there is no spider-man in LA for example ? Arent there enough skyscrapers ?
Probably Prototype 1 is the better spider-man game than spider man .

I remember there being a Spiderman incarnation that took place in India. As far as I know though, he doesn't have his own game.

 

[hazabaza1]

Will anyone ever make a good spiderman game?

It's called Spiderman 2 for the PS2.

OT: It's gonna be hard for a game to succeed at ripping off Arkham City because it's all so... Batman-y. If it works it's just gonna be called a Batman clone and ignored.

 

[carnege4]

Maybe i'm missing something.
But why everytime someone says "good spider-man game" everyone remembers only SM2?
Ultimate SM wasn't that bad.

 

[Something Amyss]

I don't mind the idea of stealth-based gameplay, but Batman and Spidey are different heroes. Spider-Man is supposed to be knee-deep in the action most of the time. He he does do stealth stuff, it's hardly his primary shtick.

Batman plays it coy because he lacks a Spider-Sense, Spider-Strength, Spider-Agility, Spider-Stamina, and Spider-hair all over his body.

Though Bruce Wayne doesn't need as much Nair.

Why awlays New Yourk ? Why there is no spider-man in LA for example ? Arent there enough skyscrapers ?

Because Spidey's a New York-based hero?

Probably Prototype 1 is the better spider-man game than spider man .

Yeah, boring grindfests FTW.

 

[Something Amyss]

There's a term for that showing up in game reviewers' videos: "Irate Gamer" syndrome.

I thought that was "derr how do you jump" while "Press A to jump" is on screen.

 

[Balkan]

I don't mind the idea of stealth-based gameplay, but Batman and Spidey are different heroes. Spider-Man is supposed to be knee-deep in the action most of the time. He he does do stealth stuff, it's hardly his primary shtick.

Batman plays it coy because he lacks a Spider-Sense, Spider-Strength, Spider-Agility, Spider-Stamina, and Spider-hair all over his body.

Though Bruce Wayne doesn't need as much Nair.

Why awlays New Yourk ? Why there is no spider-man in LA for example ? Arent there enough skyscrapers ?

Because Spidey's a New York-based hero?

Probably Prototype 1 is the better spider-man game than spider man .

Yeah, boring grindfests FTW.

IM going to quote Yahtzee on this one " There is not point at keeping things just in sake of tradition "
POint is that I have played in this fucking city , days of my life in GTA , crysis 2 , prototype. All of these games are hell of a lot better than spider man .
Also prototype is as interesting as you make it to be . If you are a boring mother fucker who uses only one power , then sure , it will be repetitive .
The real limits in the game are the limits of one`s imagination.

 

[Darth_Payn]

I can't tell you how many games I've had to taken returns on from parents because it was "too hard". Activision must be striving to produce the ultimate "can't-fail movie-tie-in cash-grab screw-the-quality" game ever.

And that costume is seriously horrendous. It's far too busy and I have a hard time believing that Peter would design such an overblown, over-tweaked monstrosity on his first try. Daredevil had better fashion sense even in his first costume (the brown and yellow one) -- and he's blind!

Hah! Good ones, about Activision and costumes. Now I'm wondering if a Daredevil game can be good. He can't play THAT different from either Spider-Man or Batman, can he? He sounds like a balance between the two.

 

[Darth_Payn]

Free advice yahtzee, never provoke the wrath of moviebob. Also when are you going to do a ps vita review, both Metal Gear collection and Gravity Daze are out so you something to review.

Bob already hates Yahtzee, considering Yahtzee has been verbally abusing Bob's favorite video game company for the better part of 3 years now. While this wouldn't bother a non-fanboy, Bob is practically the alpha fanboy.

True dat. Remember when PeTA made that Mario rip-off game with the skinless tanooki? Bob really let 'em have it in one of my favorite Big Picture episodes, because they dared to step up to his main man Mario. I'm expecting a showdown of some sort to commence any day now. But let's focus on what they have in common: verbally eviscerating stupid things they hate. And they hate subbing numbers for letters in names, like in sequel titles.

 

[FallenMessiah88]

So it's a movie tie in game and it's not very good? I agree with Yathzee about the "toothless" comment. The biggest problem with most tie in games is that, apart from a few exceptions, there's no real substance to them. It's a popcorn game in the purest sense. You play it and then you immediately forget about it, at least in my experience.

You might as well rip off Arkham City 'cause it's about as close to being Spider-man as you can get. Batman swings around in the rafters, has a free-flow combat system that would seamlessly fit Spider-man's own fighting style of flailing around like a bee in a jar and there's plenty of exploration options for a guy who can climb anything.

Maybe its time for Marvel Films to take control and make Marvel Games.

Pretty much this. I know most people would just call it a rip off, but I don't really care. I really liked both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Granted, I like Batman a lot more than I like Spiderman, but I'd still play it. They could call it Spiderman: New York City.

 

[Redundancylad223]

I feel pretty bad for our friendly neighborhood sell-out these days. The gaming community hasn't been very forgiving towards him, and neither was Yahtzee in that last review.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Yahtzee's right, all we want is to sling around a gigantic city in a red and blue wet suit, is that too much to ask for?