West Coast Connection Forum
Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: smerlus on June 22, 2004, 01:43:43 AM
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the game looks to be shaping up to be a hit.....with a re-designed engine, Spidey will actually be swinging through a post 9/11 NYC (complete with two beams of light where the twin towers once stood)....even the statue of liberty is included...they say the game is much more free roaming in a GTA sort of way and even has some RPG elements to it...the game will follow the movie's plot (with some extras thrown in it for adventure purposes) and will be available the day before the movie for the consoles and i think for pc too.
http://cube.ign.com/articles/525/525217p1.html (http://cube.ign.com/articles/525/525217p1.html)
http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/spiderman2/preview_6101033.html (http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/spiderman2/preview_6101033.html)
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The PC version will be a budget version though. The graphics on the PC version ain't really all that. They serve their purpose, but there's no eye candy what so ever. The console versions are supposed to be different, as far as I know. I tested the demo of the PC version, it was aaight, but really short. The web-swinging is done pretty well.
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yea the pc version isnt the same, but the console one looks awesome.
in the first one if you went too far down to the streets you died, which pissed me off because im a superhero and i wanted to socialize with the citizens.
anyway, im probably gonna check this game out.
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damn i need to check this
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i can't wait until they drop this one... i just know it's gonna be tight.
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(http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/525/525175/spider-man-2-20040621063112723-000.jpg)
(http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/525/525175/spider-man-2-20040621063112160-000.jpg)
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/914915_20040621_screen002.jpg)
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whoa... is that the blackcat i see? does this mean she's going to be in the movie too? that'd be tight.
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Yeah, I heard alot about the free roaming of the movie. That's all I hear about it. I'm gonna rent it if I can.
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whoa... is that the blackcat i see? does this mean she's going to be in the movie too? that'd be tight.
they added a few extra enemies/people in the game so there's a good chance she's not in the movie
the one preview said that Kurt Conner is in the game....if he's in the movie, there's a chance that Lizard will be in Spiderman 3
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(http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/525/525175/spider-man-2-20040621063112723-000.jpg)
(http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/525/525175/spider-man-2-20040621063112160-000.jpg)
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/914915_20040621_screen002.jpg)
them screenshots are DOPE!
can't wait to play it ;D
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This is what im gonna like about Spiderman 2. The free roaming ability. To walk around town like a pimp
(http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/spiderman2_073103_01.jpg)
(http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/525/525175/spider-man-2-20040621063111645.jpg)
(http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/522/522337/spider-man-2-20040609035315571.jpg)
In the first game you shot your web into the sky and somehow you latched onto clouds?? but in spiderman 2 you can latch onto things like helicopters (and then they pull you around the city)
(http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/522/522337/spider-man-2-20040609035315993.jpg)
(http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/article/511/511002/spider-man-2-200405030405909.jpg)
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anybody know the release date? i can hardly wait!!
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6 days
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i was going to spend my money on that mega man classics game but now i think i may wait for this instead. good lookin out.
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the first Spider-Man game was weak. got it, finished it, sold it. No replay value whatsoever.
this one does look a little better with the free-roaming abilities but ill probably bore off it pretty quickly. Besides Goldeneye, movie tie-in games ain't great
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i kinda liked the first game
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it's coming out today!! ;D anybody getting it? let me know how it is when you do.
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i'll pick it up but the stores are sometimes iffy here..... sometimes they get a game on release day....sometimes they don't...i'll give my initial review when i get it
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i decided to get it. it's not as great as some magazines were making it out to be but it's still a step up from the other spider-man games. some of the coolest features in this new game include the ability to sprint... charge up your jumps so that you can actually jump from one skyscraper to another... web swing from buildings and trees rather than invisible stuff in the sky... and a "matrix" button that slows things down. also the free roaming aspect of the game is pretty cool... for about 30 minutes. it gets pretty repetitive after a while. still not a bad idea though and it does add something to the game. there are a ton of goals in the game and i'm pretty sure there will be rewards for completing these... possibly new costumes and what not. the biggest flaw is probably the graphics but it's understandable once you get a load of the size of the city. it's a nice solid game and i'll give it an 8.5/10
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LOL@this US-Propaganda
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i just picked the game up... so far the gameplay is pretty good and the graphics are ok....swinging, and fighting have been improved....it actually takes a little skill to swing now so once you get going you can start doing fancy things like free falling swan dives off of a skyscraper, into a dual webshot swing, then a huge leap, some wall running and some more swinging...so swinging is more like you'd see in the movies or comic books
the story is provided by cut scenes that use the graphics engine rather than movie scenes or CGI
the free roaming part consists of swinging through the city either stopping current crimes, talking to people to get missions, skill challenges, or three groups of icons that you can collect that i think will unlock something (secret icons, skyscraper icons and hint icons)
defeating baddies gives you hero points which you use to buy more skills and up grade things like swinging speed.
the little side missions are pretty redundant...beat some muggers, beat some muggers and return an item, go into the store and beat some muggers...the only difference i've seen so far is the time i had to bring this broke bitch to a hospital and then the timed variations of the beat up muggers
voices are done by the actors/actresses except for the random civilians, these voices are aweful and pretty much stereo typical...i saved a store clerk and of course he's arabic (bad arabic impersonation) and saved this black lady and of course she had the black, southern drawl "thanks sugah, ya saved mah lahfe"
charge jump is a nice addition and so is "spider time" in spider time everything else is slow and you're able to do more advanced moves then you normally could...i haven't been able to pick up any cars but you can beat enemy cars into submission (no damage shows up on the car unfortunatly)
so far i give the game a 7.5, it might pick up as the story advances
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nice review... i agree with everything except for the score, but nice anyway. i just wanted to suggest that you change the topic so that it says the game. people might come here thinking this topic is about the movie instead.
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i might rent this game tomorrow.
my guess is ill just be swinging from buildings and then get bored of it.