'Spider-Man' swings to cinematic heights | The Toledo Blade

By Will Harrison:
"Marvel’s Spider-Man doesn’t break much new ground in regard to gameplay, but as a narrative and piece of entertainment, it stands high above other video games. This is the Spider-Man film I’ve always wanted but have never quite received, which is as high a compliment as I can give."

[Bhuahahaha]

lol and arkham rips off the spiderman 2 game (2004)

[Abnor_Mal]

YouExactly, people seem to forget that Spider-Man2 had some of the same combat style.
For this game I wish we could spring off of walls while swinging much easier.
Also, does anyone else notice that Aunt May looks like Marion Cunningham from Happy Days?

[coolbeans]

Some of the same in that you punched goons in a 3rd person perspective? Ok...sure from such a simplistic viewpoint. But the general rhythm of combating foes, the way stealth & action are implemented, etc. shows clear disparities between them. To consider it a "rip-off," the way it's usually termed, strikes me as absurd in this context.

[Abnor_Mal]

@Coolbeans, well of course combat in a third person perspective. Also in the fact that in Spiderman2 you also had a dodge warning and dodge/evade button, which Batman copied. You fought people in groups the same may strike and counter jumping from one enemy to the next. You could also stealth attack people.
Spider-Man swings on webs to reverse his surroundings, Batman used a grappling hook. Ask yourself have you ever seen an actual bat using webs or anything else besides it wings to get around. So that to me seems like something that Batman should not really do if keeping with the animal theme.
Only thing that was like Arkham was the unscrambling of signals. In Spider-Man it's a much easier process.
Seems to me many people calling this game a rip needs to go play or look at some videos of Spider-Man2 and learn the truth.

[coolbeans]

Again, the general rhythm and implementation of said mechanics feels much different. While not as extreme, it'd be like discussing how Vanquish rips off Gears of War. How Free Flow was utilized & popularized in Arkham is still an industry for games in the same vein.