Xboxer360's Kris Wall writes: Hello true believers. Through Marvel’s Spiderman, you may not have believed a boy could fly, but you certainly believed that a simple spider bite could make you swing and soar about the city in spectacular style. Spiderman has had quite a chequered history beyond the pages of comics. For every Spiderman 2 there is a Spiderman 3. For every animated series, there is still a Spiderman 3. In 2004, developer Treyarch hit the sweet spot with their Spiderman 2 tie in, taking Spiderman and placing him within a large open word recreation of New York City and letting gamers swing about to their hearts content. Recent years have seen the webbed wonder fall from grace and the licence not being used to its full potential, while the Batman licence under the guidance of Rocksteady has gone from strength to strength. It’s been just a year since Spiderman’s last adventure in Shattered Dimensions and now developer Beenox are back with another time hopping adventure.
In honor of the new Spider-Man game arriving September 7th, now’s good time to look at the webslinger’s history in games. Despite being a pop culture icon, Spider-Man has had a fair share of spectacular video games.
Jerry from BagoGames writes, "Beenox Games really outdid themselves with their first entry into the Spider-Man franchise. Shattered Dimensions did everything right and very little wrong. Seeing that success Activision had them pump out a sequel, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, and while the game stands alone very well, it doesn’t compare very well to its predecessor. So in this review […]
"With all the recent news and excitement surrounding the Batman: Arkham Knight, I got to thinking about how much praise was levied on the Arkham franchise–one of the few good game series based on a comic book superhero. " | Explosion.com
What? No 41? :(