The Amazing Spider-Man

[The GIGGAS]

Re: The Amazing Spider-Man

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/stan-lee-to-be-playable-in-the-amazing-spider-man/

Good morning, true believers! Are you ready for The Amazing Spider-Man to get weird? During an interview with Addict of Fiction at the London Super Comic Convention, Spidey co-creator Stan Lee revealed that he will be a playable character in Beenox's upcoming Amazing Spider-Man game.

I have so many questions. I hope there's a Stan Lee skin for Spidey, that also has him saying the lines.

I swear, I'd just play the game as Stan Lee.

[BlueNGold]

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http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/st...ng-spider-man/



I have so many questions. I hope there's a Stan Lee skin for Spidey, that also has him saying the lines.

I swear, I'd just play the game as Stan Lee.

Somewhat unrelated, but I still remember the "Eel Nats" cheat code from the first Spider-Man game on PS1. I don't remember what it did though, lol.

[trobinson97]

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Any Spider-man game is a play for me so I'm already sold.

If it's open world, yeah I'm in. They came out with some side scrolling mess a couple years ago that looked absolutely horrible. I think I played 5 minutes of the demo and deleted it.

[Flawless]

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Eurogamer Preview

Beenox's New York isn't the most detailed place I've ever seen, but most of the major landmarks are present and correct, and the streets are filled with honking yellow taxicabs and wandering pedestrians. We're also promised plenty of side quest fun, so expect collectables, muggings, and weird little mini-missions that see you aiding the cops in taking down a fleeing crim or titting around on top of cars.

Amazing Spider-Man takes the classic aim-and-swing approach of Spider-Man 2, but it gets in close on Spidey himself this time around, the game camera swooping down through the skyscraper canyons with him as he goes into a dive and pulling back up in a suitably stomach-churning manner as his line goes taut. Hit the side of a building and you'll stick to it, the camera rotating behind you and keeping you upright as the world spins about. It's probably going to take a little getting used to, but it makes traversal feel a lot more exciting than it often does in a superhero game.

If New York's the overworld, story missions will generally play out in more traditional linear levels in a manner that feels a little like the dungeons in Zelda. The mission Beenox is currently showing off is the interior of a hi-tech lab, and while things are a lot more controlled than on the streets of the city itself, the ceilings are high and the rooms tend to be large: you're encouraged to zip from wall to wall using all your traversal powers, rather than just plodding around on foot.

This is where Beenox's new big idea comes in, incidentally. It's called Web Rush, and while that could almost pass for a CNN anchor's name, it's actually an evolution of Spidey Sense that allows you to slow time and plan your next move with care.

It encourages you to prioritise enemies before a battle, in other words, messing up any ranged snipers, say, before diving into the fray. If this all sounds a little like a certain Batman game, Beenox doesn't seem to be in the mood for hiding its inspirations. When you get to close-up combat, they become jarringly obvious anyway, with Shattered Dimensions' button-bashing fun replaced with set-piece brawls where enemies crowd all around you, allowing you to time your strikes and counters by the icons flashing over everybody's heads.

It's Rocksteady fighting in all but name, by the looks of things, but if Beenox is pinching the basic rhythm of Batman's brawling, it's at least throwing in a few ideas of its own. With the Dark Knight's utility belt full of gadgets nowhere to be seen - it's the property, after all, of another publisher - you can instead zip yourself out of the action whenever things start to get too rough and retreat to a nearby wall or ceiling to recuperate (I call it a Spider Break, but I doubt the developer will).

All of the Batman comparisons are probably going to be a bit of a touchy subject for Beenox, though, as it's neither working with the freedom Rocksteady had to tell its own story or the same kind of budget. In terms of narrative, Amazing Spider-Man the video game takes up where Amazing Spider-Man the movie finishes off, allowing the designers the opportunity to throw in all sorts of super-villain cameos but removing the option for them to develop the central character in their own way. Equally, while New York promises to be a fairly large playground, in the current - work-in-progress - build, it's lacking the atmosphere and the loving detailing of Arkham City.

[Ermolli]

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[XenoZograscope]

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I'm not impressed, I gotta see more before I waste anymore money on another Spidey game.

[georgiafan]

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I read the article about this in game informer and it looked promising hopefully its close to the quality of batman but thats prob wishful thinking

[Ermolli]

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[youvalss]

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Hard to say exactly what the game will play like, but I really liked the graphics.

[Ermolli]

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[Scoop 24]

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wow this might actually be good..

[Control-X]

Re: The Amazing Spider-Man

Disappointment. Nothing amazed me. No buy.

[CaptainZombie]

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I found this at BBY today, ended up getting it with a bday gift card. Just waiting to read a few user reviews before opening it up.

[Scoop 24]

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its a sandbox style Spiderman game I'm actually having fun with it.. the story has been solid so far. you can unlock techs and upgrades as do missions ..Controls are pretty easy to use as far as web slinging and fighting go..some side quest ares host and sweet and some are GTA like they take time..

[BlueNGold]

Re: The Amazing Spider-Man

I thought this was coming out next week?