Junior Smart of Frost magazine writes 'Listening to the critics of Edge of Time and looking at the efforts put into what some would say the ‘all too soon’ reboot of the Spider-man franchise Beenox knew they had to up their game. Mentality wise, they had to approach this just like Marvel Studios were going to approach the movie – it was going to be a one shot gun; they knew they were either going to re-energise the title or kill it. Restore the hope to millions of spidey fans, or destroy it.'
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.
Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Ultimate Spider-Man use to be my favorite until Insomniac games took over.
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.
Spider-Man (2000), Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro, and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions were all so good! I have fond memories playing them.
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."
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
They absolutely nailed the physics in that game. No game has ever come close.
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.
Lewis writes: "With Square Enix presenting gameplay of the new Avengers game at E3 2019 and with the release of Sony’s Spider-man on PS4 last year it is fair to say we may be heading into a new golden age of Superhero games on consoles. While watching the videos that were released of the new title, I began thinking about Superhero games that I had enjoyed over the last 10 years since Arkham Asylum’s release. I remembered there were a number of them that surprised me with how good they actually were and after looking online and speaking to friends discovered they had little fanfare, or people simply wrote them off for being movie tie-ins despite some being reviewed well.
I wanted to speak to you all about just a handful of these titles so that they may get some of the recognition they deserve, but also so you can enjoy some hidden gems of the genre."
Great game. Worth playing.
How does this game compare to spiderman 2?
Game is fun for the first few hours and then it gets old really, really fast. The physics are ridiculous. Spider-man will do his web zip and then when the animation is done he'll inexplicably slow down even when you're web zipping straight down. The web rush mechanic is fun when you click the button but other than that it breaks the pacing of the game when you stop time to pick from one of many spiderman silhouettes. Web swinging takes NOSKILL whatsoever. I could go from one end to the other only using one hand while texting. The voice acting for spiderman was pretty good, otherwise everyone else was average or worse at times. The lip syncing was WAY off. The graphics for everything but spideys suit were sub-par. You hear the same lines HUNDREDS of times. The first few times arent that bad but eventually it is extremely annoying. The combat is the best part of the game. It's easy enought to attack and counter and was pretty fun. That being said, even that loses its fun after you fight the same enemies over and over. There's no variety to the side missions.
Web swinging was fun but the ridiculous physics and swinging from the clouds ruined it. Game could've been fun but the lack of variety in all aspects of the game kept me from having any fun. All this to say rent it before you buy it like I did.
I agree with all the comments made so far, especially the lip syncing one which is true. having said that, there are some great set pieces and I really like the web-slinging especially when you have boss battles to fight above the city. I think many of the ideas Beenox brought to the table are great, if only they put in a bit more effort to avoid repetition the game would be even better.