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Activision: Our Spider-Man games 'sucked'

CVG: CEO Bobby Kotick tells us what we've suspected for years...

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BigKev455203d ago

No kidding. Last good one was Spider-Man 2 (the movie game).

El_Colombiano5203d ago

No I don't. Explain what you did there!

Imtey5203d ago

"Our Spiderman sucked"

Finally, a reasonable and truthful comment from Kotick :D

GVON5203d ago

And yet they still released them.Thanks Activision.

Godmars2905203d ago

So, can I have my money back?

Though the only one I ever bought was Spiderman 2,

ReservoirDog3165203d ago (Edited 5203d ago )

I did love Spiderman 2 almost wholeheartedly. It was my second favorite movie-to-game-game. Nothing could top the way Lord of the Rings the Two Towers felt like I was actually playing the movie. I played that game so many times it's sad.

But I just loved swinging around in Spiderman 2. Nearly everything in that game just clicked with me.

edit: Oh and I loved that old one where you could only swing twice. This one http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Loved that one.

badz1495203d ago

I don't think it's all about quality. I think it's more a profit thing! I can rest assured that if being asked what game of theirs doesn't suck, he'll say MW2! although that 1 SUCKS hard with all the glitches and broken MP! and all other games also SUCK because all of them are not selling like their overhyped POS!

ps: he'll side with Mario though

evrfighter5203d ago

Kotick probably didn't even know they made Spider-Man games until he was handed some papers on what he needed to say for better PR.

sikbeta5203d ago

"Bobby Kotick: Our Spider-Man games 'sucked"

Ah... and now you Realise?

-_-

Bathyj5203d ago

So do 50% of you CoD games.

And how about less filler in GH while we're at it. WTF's GH Guns N Roses?

RAZORLAND5203d ago (Edited 5203d ago )

Bobby Kotick: "We make games OTHER than '(Insert music genre) Hero' and 'Call of Duty?'"

aaron58295203d ago

there are more games that sucked... besides spideman games...

especially the latest one.. cant remember the name...

See what i did ?

LOL

RAZORLAND5203d ago

Bobby Kotick: "Our Spider-Man games sucked...but I would have loved charge you more than $60 for them."

ape0075203d ago

the best one, it was actually good

SilentNegotiator5203d ago

The contract with Marvel and/or Sony Pictures has expired. :P

Shepherd 2145203d ago

Spiderman 2 was actually fantastic, but sadly it was the last one.

evildeli5202d ago

Spider-man 2 didn't have the same graphical quality of Spider-man 1 for the PS2, but the gameplay was far superior. The Spider-man games on the PS1 were also pretty good. Everything from Spider-man 3 on have just been disappointing.

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GUNS N SWORDS5203d ago

I'm glad that they see how bad their previous games were. I hope Activision took some notes from Eidos. those guys brought batman's popularity back up again in the gaming industry.

LeonSKennedy4Life5203d ago

Web of Shadows was actually VVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRYYYYYY YYY FUN!

The dialogue sucked balls though...

akaFullMetal5203d ago

yea web of shadows, was pretty fun, even though it was a bad port on the ps3 side. especially with all the screen tearing.

nogolis5203d ago

Spiderman 2 sucked... The only Spiderman game that was actually decent in the last 10 years was the 1st one, and it even sucked. But it still had more going for it than the others. What kills me is Spiderman 3 had the same exact gameplay as Spiderman 2. Yet, Spiderman 2 doesn't suck but Spiderman 3 does??? Please... They all suck. Equally. Don't pull punches or play favorites. The bad thing is these idiots have been working on Spiderman IP for years and years and yet they can't pull off a decent one... SuckerPunch plays around with the superhero concept a bit and lands a homerun out of the gate with Infamous.

The crawling and scailing in that game blows away anything Spiderman has ever done in gaming.

Spiderman needs to go back to code. They need to wrangle the license away from Sucktivison and hand it off to someone capable. Probably someone inside Sony's camp.

Oh, and the reason why Spiderman games suck, like most superhero games... They are all based off the movies and not their comic book roots. Go back to the comics and you'll have some good material to work with. Keep hashing out junk games based on junk movies and you'll get junk everytime.

ico925203d ago

spiderman 2 was probaly the 1st superhero open world game ever made it was extremley fun even tho combat and missions got extremley repeptitive but it was superb in its own right, one of my favourite ps2 games

LordMarius5203d ago

weird how Sony makes the movies but don't make the games

Baka-akaB5203d ago (Edited 5203d ago )

I didnt see the appeal neither of Sp2 . I can only certify that the next ones are even worse .

And in my case i'm not a fan of SP2 because i'd rather have a less "realistic" game and closer to comics one .

Anyway i found it boring and repetitive , even if decently done and open .

I must confess that i'd rather see a closed and heavily scripted action adventure game . Doesnt mean you still wouldnt crawl and swing around . but feels better to me than gta with ropes .

A next gen maximum carnage like experience would feel better to me than gta spiderman .

OgTheClever5203d ago

Spiderman 2 pretty much perfected the swinging mechanics. 3 then went and completely ruined them. Please don't compare the two games as equals.

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Ranking Every Spider-Man Game From Worst To Best

From the Amazing Spider-Man series to the most recent titles and DLCs, explore which Spider-Man game deserves to be ranked first and why.

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Sonic1881148d ago (Edited 148d ago )

Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Ultimate Spider-Man use to be my favorite until Insomniac games took over.

Inverno148d ago

I'd still choose Ultimate above all other games, followed by Shattered Dimensions

Abnor_Mal148d ago (Edited 148d ago )

My favorite and still champion Spiderman PS2, followed by Marvels Spiderman2, then Miles Morales, followed by Marvels Spiderman, and finally Ultimate Spiderman.

I need to drag out my PS3 and try Web of Shadows, owned the game for years and years and never played.

Rimeskeem148d ago

Shout out to cultured vultures for NOT making this 40 separate pages.

Relientk77147d ago

Spider-Man (2000), Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro, and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions were all so good! I have fond memories playing them.

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This 2008 emo ‘masterpiece’ makes Spider-Man 2 totally redundant

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is a hotly anticipated game, and one that I'm desperate to play, but why wait when you can play Spider-Man Web of Shadows right now?

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Nitrowolf2257d ago

What's up with all the hate for the Sequel lately.

BehindTheRows256d ago (Edited 256d ago )

Typical with Sony sequels. Pay it no mind - the game will release to great reviews, break records, and articles like these will prove their irrelevance once more.

z2g256d ago (Edited 256d ago )

just more of the same for me honestly. it doesn't even look that different than the last game or version. like they upgraded some textures etc, made some new story points and swapped out the characters, but it pretty much just feels like the same game. also - personally speaking, I'm pretty sick of Spiderman, and I definitely have superhero burnout.

thats honestly why im looking forward to starfield so much. not because its an xbox game or whatever reason the internet will tell you is the only reason, its actually because it is just something new. its not superheroes, its not marvel, its not medieval magic stuff, its just straight up space sci-fi proper RPG and that just feels so refreshing imo. There are certainly other ps5 games that I am looking forward to more than SM2. Not hating tho.

ApocalypseShadow256d ago

Yeah. It's because it's an Xbox game. You play this same game about other Sony games or VR. No one is fooled.

Star Field looks no different than what people are doing in No Man's Sky or Elite Dangerous or Star Citizen. Play those and you'll have basically played Star Field.

Many sequels are going to play similar to the first game. Super hero games are about being super. That's the point. To be that hero kicking some ass.

Extermin8or3_256d ago

We had 2 spiderman games in like the last decade that were worth playing and you are burned out in spiderman? Wtf. Yeah what a load of bullshit.

KyRo256d ago (Edited 256d ago )

I agree with the first part about superhero burnout as great as Spiderman looks but that is happening in and outside of gaming but how can you say you're not looking forward to Spiderman but then in the next paragraph praise Starfield when everything they've shown so far looks like yet another Bethesda 6 or 7 out of 10 game which the media will praise to high heaven, award GOTY, whilst scrutinizing other games for the same problems all Bethesda games have. Baffling

Hypertension140255d ago

@z2g

You must hate every sequel ever made then.
Its crazy to me that this is what it has come down to, it's just shows how amazing playstation exclusives are if thats the best excuse you got.

All of the complaints I've heard from fanboys are also an issue in other games, but it's bad if Sonys games do it? Are Sonys games more special than others according to you guys?

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chicken_in_the_corn256d ago

Hating on new games is what gamers do.

ThichQuangDuck257d ago

web of shadows had more unique fun ideas for it to me. spider man 1 and 2 wiil surely be cool though

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Inverno256d ago

Ultimate is overall better. Web of Shadows had an interesting idea, but the mission structure in the first half made no sense.

Vengeance1138256d ago

No Man's Sky existing makes Starfield totally redundant.

GotGame818255d ago

No Man's Sky didn't have the story Starfield will. It also didn't have the combat both on the ground and in space Starfield does. I am cautiously optimistic about Starfield.

You spewing hate for a game that hasn't released yet, and is being released by one of the best gaming developers out there is funny. It has the potential to be fantastic.

IRetrouk255d ago

Nms had a story at launch, ground combat and ship combat at launch too...

Not saying starfield is gonna be crap, cause I don't believe it will be, but its certainly not doing anything we haven't already seen in other games.

Hypertension140255d ago

@GotGame818

"One of the best developers" funny most people used to hate them and would've made fun of you for making that comment, but suddenly many people act like that always loved them now why is that?
Is it because your favorite company buys them and all is forgiven? I'm seeing the same with Activision, I cant f**king stand fake people like this.

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Every Spider-Man Game EVER Ranked From Worst to Best

BLG writes: "Marvel's Spider-Man games have spanned decades. We've ranked every game from worst to best across consoles, handhelds, PCs, and mobile."

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darthv72658d ago

2600 Spider-man was the first I ever played. So many memories of that and Superman game. I didn't play another SM game until the Sega CD Spider-man vs the Kingpin

Yui_Suzumiya657d ago

I guess 6 people don't believe you, lol

ClayRules2012658d ago

Spider-Man 2018 (Insomniac’s game) is the absolute worst…I’m kidding, I’m kidding. The absolute BEST Spider-Man games to date!

1. Spider-Man: Miles Morales “ “Insomniac”
2. Marvels Spider-Man 2018 “Insomniac”
3. Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions.
4 Spider-Man 2.
5 Spider-Man (I forget the name) but I played it when I was about 10 or so, back in school. I thought it was the coolest game (which was a side scroller) and believe it or not, I felt like I was playing Spider-Man lol. If only I knew what the future would hold for technology, the talent of artists in these studios in the future, my eyes and brain would melt outta my head haha.

Seraphim657d ago

Ultimate Spiderman is definitely #3 on my list and a gem of the PS2/XB/GC era imo.

I can see an argument to flip 1 and 2 but I think the improvements Insomniac made to Miles Morales does technically put it a step above the original. Because it was Miles it was something refreshingly different too.

ClayRules2012657d ago

Nice! I’m glad you enjoyed Ultimate Spider-Man. I forgot about that one. That was a good one!

Yeah, I can see that argument to clip 1 and 2 as well but the improvements added in Miles Morales for me definitely put it above the original, which is why I put it as my #1. I absolutely love both tho!

ZeekQuattro658d ago

The first one I played was on the Game Gear called Spider-man vs the Kingpin. Definitely one of the worst Spider-Man games but I loved it as a kid. My favorite Spider-Man games include Spider-Man PS1/64, Maximum Carnage, Web Of Shadows, Shattered Dimensions, ASM 1 and the two Sony recent Sony exclusive ones. Edge of Time and ASM 2 get honorable mentions because though I did enjoy them both felt like step back from the previous titles.

gunnerforlife658d ago

Still hold amazing memories of spiderman 2! What a game!

SavageFlamingo658d ago

They absolutely nailed the physics in that game. No game has ever come close.

Silly gameAr658d ago (Edited 658d ago )

Spider-Man The Movie, the game will probably be my favorite SP game ever, with the nostalgia goggles on. I doubt it would hold up at all today. Shattered Dimensions was great too.

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