Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: Video Game Brand: ACTIVISION EAN: 0047875808935 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Activision Inc. Manufacturer: Activision Inc. Model: 80893 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: PlayStation2 Publisher: Activision Inc. Release Date: September 22, 2005 Sales Rank: 5037 Studio: Activision Inc.
Features:
Experience a living comic-book illustrated with 3D Comic Inking Technology that literally brings the comic to life
Massive, free-roaming environments deliver a deep adventure with a variety of challenging missions
Two distinct combat systems allow players to defeat enemies differently, using Spider-Man's fluid & acrobatic moves or Venom's brute force
Product Description: In Ultimate Spider-Man you get an incredible opportunity to play both a hero and a villain. Control Spider-Man as he faces criminals with strange abilities to defend New York -- then switch sides and become the deadly villain called Venom, smashing Manhattan and destroying everything in his path. This original storyline picks up right where the "Ultimate Spider-Man" comics left off, for an immersive adventure.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - awesome game
Best spider man game ever.they replaced the hillarious narrator with spider man talking throughout the game. Venom is awesome to play as at the end of the game because you have to destroy police officers at the end of the game and spider man
does city alerts and you can make him jump off of really tall buildings.
Graphics are cool,But buy the special edition of it because it has tricks and videos and it only costs a few cents more.Parents this game is T for language and let your kids play it it isn't bad
Rating: - Really good
If this is your first Spider-Man game, as it was for me, the controls will take some getting used to. Web slinging is a skill that must be learned. But once you get it down, it's a ton of fun. Just swinging through the city is actually more fun than the game itself.
The graphics are a bit clunky but given the size of the city, it's forgivable. It would be nice to see an Ultimate Spider-Man 2 for the PS3. Other than that, I love the comic book style of the graphics.
The controls are just so-so. The camera is the real pain. A lot of the time I can't even see the enemy I'm fighting. Very frustrating.
Venom is a cool character but his levels are a lot more difficult since he's black and the levels are at night. Makes it hard to see where you're going.
But overall the game is a lot of fun.
graphics: 3.5
sound: 4.5
controls: 3.5
fun factor: 4.0
Rating: - An enjoyable, even underrated Spidey
Spider-Man 2 the game was one of those tie-ins that just got it right. Where in cases like the Incredibles or X-Men 3 the movie where there's an overwhelming feeling that the game was basically rushed and there was problems everywhere. Ultimate Spider-Man on the other hand doesn't have a tie-in and it's just basically another outing for the web-slinger...and it's fun. While the "story" isn't all that interesting and certain game design choices bug me, it's one of those kind of games that it almost grows on you and becomes more enjoyable as it goes on.
Story: There's not much story to speak of as we get villain upon villain such as Elektro and the Green Goblin as the story is basically Spider-Man vs. Venom. The story could've used a lot more work but since this is a comic book game, I guess it's forgivable. At certain moments, you'll switch from Spidey to Venom and see things from his side.
Graphics: Really well-done. A more cel-shaded look, this just feels like a comic book and reminds me of the Maximum Carnage/Separation Anxiety games for the Super Nintendo. With cutscenes feeling like animated comic panels as well as the in-game graphics, this is one of the better looking Spider-Man games. Sure textures look rough from far away but that's small potatoes to the overall presentation.
Sound/Music: The voice-acting is serviceable at best. The young actor has a really higher voice and you get the feeling this is a guy you used to pants in high school and not New York's hero. The others are fine but they're not really all that memorable and have a unique quality between them. The music though is quite enjoyable and even gets a little epic in more exciting missions.
Gameplay: Very similar to Spider-Man 2. The swinging feels a little bit different but it felt more intuitive and even funner. I was zipping along fast and going in narrow alleys with a lot more ease and precision than SP2. The only thing that can get bothersome is that New York is filled with a lot of holes that you can fall in and during races or chase missions, it gets frustrating fall on these things and web zipping up buildings doesn't help. Combat is pretty fun although it's strictly beat-em-up. You can web an enemy and fly at them and kick them or bounce off walls or toss em lasso style but by and large, your punches and kicks are mainly used.
As for the missions, they range from city events (saving civilians from thugs, dangling off ledges and whatnot...thankfully no balloons) to the story missions. We have races where you zip along a small part of the city for medals, finding hidden tokens a la GTA as well as combat tours which are basically travelling from spot to spot dishing out some justice. This is all fine and all but they're basically required, meaning you can't progress in the story unless you get a race medal or a token or whatever they need. Playing as Venom is a bit more different since Venom is a bulky machine who can toss cars (my favorite) and leap high as hell in the air. But all that takes a toll and his health slowly drops prompting you to "eat" civilians. Not literally, just their energy. It's quite fun although used sparingly but one mission involving a chase mission was unbelievably frustrating.
One of the more underrated Spidey's, this is one where a sequel would be welcomed, if they'd fix a couple of things. If they did that, it'd be almost a perfect Spider-Man game.
Rating: - Not as Great as Spider-Man 2
This game was fun to play. I loved the graphics. Oh, and the cameo's by a few other Marvel guys was the best to see. When Wolverine entered into the game I also most didn't want to fight him with Venom. Hey Wolverine is cool, I didn't want to hit him. Anyways now that I sound lame... I thought the game was short when it came to the storyline, and there wasn't much to do... Basically 2 submissions (races and beating up gang members). There was a few races with the Human Torch (some of the reviews mention they where to hard, I couldn't tell you if they where, I cheated in those races). I haven't played Spider-Man 2 in over a year, so I don't remember most of the stuff on that game, but I remember there was more things to do on that game, and it wasn't this short and had more things to collect around NY and the city was bigger then the NYC in Ultimate Spider-Man. Another thing I did love to see in this game was that after each battle you had with a boss, or whatever, all the damage you've created in the city while fighting in those battles gets left behind and you can revisit the busted up buildings and holes in the ground anytime you wanted to. I've also seen a few dumpsters shown up in the area showing that people where working on trying to "clean" up Spider-Man's mess, LOL.
Rating: - GREAT GAME!
IT TOOK ME ABOUT A WEEK TO BEAT IT,BUT I STILL LOVE IT! OF COURSE IM A HUGE VENOM FAN,SO CONTROLLING MY MAIN MAN ON THIS GAME WAS FUN! I LOVE THE PART WHERE I GOT TO DEFEAT THE BEETLE! HE WAS THE HARDEST TO ME! I ALSO LIKED THE NEW YOUNGER LOOK TO MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS OF SPIDERMAN! A MUST BUY IS MY OPINON!
- awesome game
