GamesRadar: For all its troubles, Edge of Time proves that even an unimaginative Spider-Man game can be a fun time waster for fans of the Wall Crawler, but something needs to change for Parker and soon. SM:EoT, following the likewise well-intentioned but lukewarm Shattered Dimensions, shows that the current Spider-games formula has gone as far as it can. For the devoted, Edge of Time is a nice rental with a weekend of passable web-slinging, but we hope, for Peter Parker’s sake, that this one marks the end of the character’s downward trend.
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 […]
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Well that sucks...