The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Video Game Thread - Part 2

[kbrooksgohan]

It does look like the first game. Even down to the combos. SMH.....I'm going to be sick.

 

[The Shape]

The blue guy is Electro from the movie, Amazing Spider-Man 2.

How and why would he be in this game at all?

 

[20glyphs]

I don't know what the deal is with the charged jump. It was great in Spider-Man 2, and gave you a lot of control. Web of Shadows had a pretty good jump, where pressing it briefly felt good, and pressing it a little longer caused you to jump higher. They even had it launch you far if you jumped just after landing from a fast web swing. The jump in ASM was so annoying. No matter how you pressed the button, it always launched you ridiculously far in the air in ASM, with no control over where you were going. I believe it also caused you to jump before you even took your finger off the button, which was disorienting. Coupled with the horribly tight camera angle, it was nauseating. All I ask is a better jump mechanic where tapping the button will cause you to jump a short distance and holding it down a little longer will cause you to jump higher. They don't need a charge meter like SM2, but at least give us a little flexibility and control.

That's my biggest beef about the series. There was so much good in the mechanics of SM2. It was such a great core game, and yet they have never really built upon that. Each game goes back to the drawing board in some way and has never even replicated the mechanics of SM2. Ultimate Spider-Man, built on the same engine, screwed so much of the mechanics up that I didn't enjoy playing it any more. Swinging was slow and dull, charged jump was replaced with a double-jump, wall sprinting was removed. And that's when it was the same company working with the same engine. I really want them to deliver a high-quality Spider-Man game. It just needs to be worked on by a competent, hungry team with enough time and resources to actually accomplish something. I hope with the general comic license moving away from Activision we can finally get that.

As for the trailer, it was interesting enough. I'm certainly not hyped at all for the game, but was glad to finally see something at least. I'm not concerned with graphics so much as gameplay. The brief swinging moments looked promising. At least the camera isn't so ridiculously close. I also like Spider-Man feeling skinnier, but maybe that's just because the camera is further away. That map of Manhattan in Kraven's apartment, if it is the same as the in-game one, does look different from ASM's. ASM's map of Manhattan was squished north-to-south, and this one looks more proportional to the real island.

 

[Green Goblin]

Reflective lenses would be a nice touch. White ones are goofy looking when the story seems dark.

Oh and Kraven training Spidey, interesting!

 

[Spider-man95]

Reflective lenses would be a nice touch. White ones are goofy looking when the story seems dark.

Oh and Kraven training Spidey, interesting!

The part in the trailer where Spidey is climbing the building his lenses do glisten and reflect a bit.

 

[Spider-man95]

It does look like the first game. Even down to the combos. SMH.....I'm going to be sick.

Spider-man 2 used the same animations for Spider-man that were in Spider-man 1 movie game. Same running, same walking, same jump( uncharged), going to be sick? I think you're being a little over dramatic there.

 

[Airnick]

How and why would he be in this game at all?

Why wouldn't he?

 

[The Shape]

Why wouldn't he?

If this game is set after the events of TASM2, then it'd make some sense. I guess that's the case?

 

[Spider-man95]

How and why would he be in this game at all?

.......um.....maybe because he's important to the movie, and they need to advertise the movie in some way. I mean, why should he not be in the game? IMO he should be the main villain of this game.

 

[Spider-man95]

If this game is set after the events of TASM2, then it'd make some sense. I guess that's the case?

Where did you hear that it takes place after the movie? Also remember that Electro won't die in the movie, Marc Webb said electricity never really dies.

 

[Airnick]

If this game is set after the events of TASM2, then it'd make some sense. I guess that's the case?

I don't think the game takes place after the movie

 

[kbrooksgohan]

Spider-man 2 used the same animations for Spider-man that were in Spider-man 1 movie game. Same running, same walking, same jump( uncharged), going to be sick? I think you're being a little over dramatic there.

No actually they weren't all the same. The model was different as was the combos,the swing system,the tricks, the FREE roam city...etc.

And it's a figure of speech. It is how I felt like wording it. It's ok if my words and feelings differ from yours. No matter how over dramatic they might be.

 

[Nathan]

I though I read it takes place between the first game and second Movie. I could be wrong though. Maybe it leads into the second Movie. The game could start out unique, with its own story, then continue with the events of the Movie.

 

[Airnick]

I think the game is inspired by the events of the movie, so it doesn't take place before or after the movie.

 

[Spider-man95]

No actually they weren't all the same. The model was different as was the combos,the swing system,the tricks, the FREE roam city...etc.

And it's a figure of speech. It is how I felt like wording it. It's ok if my words and feelings differ from yours. No matter how over dramatic they might be.

You were complaining about re using animations but Spider-man 2 did that with what I listed, I didn't say they were all the same either, I said the walking, the running and the jumping animations were the same as the previous game. Everything else was different. But we are getting a new web swinging system and animations so I was only making a point that this happens in sequels to video games.

 

[kbrooksgohan]

Besides I didn't come in here to argue with you about how I feel about the game. No matter how over dramatic it might be to you.

 

[Spider-man95]

Besides I didn't come in here to argue with you about how I feel about the game. No matter how over dramatic it might be to you.

Chill, I meant no disrespect.

Just thought you were being a little harsh on a game we've hardly seen gameplay for yet.

 

[kbrooksgohan]

It's not that I'm being harsh. Beenox responds to me very often on Twitter and I can sense their passion for the game. However, what annoys me about their spiderman games is there always seems to be something that prevents them from being great. That's my opinion though. It's very annoying for me as a gamer and as a Spiderman fan. I already gave them the benefit of the doubt with the first game after they claimed cloud swinging wasn't in and then I actually bought it and it was in. Stuff like that makes me not trust them or shall I say it makes me think twice before buying the game. I'm a lot more skeptical than I was for ASM because of the issues with ASM. So it's not me being harsh it's me picking apart things and being observant of what could potentially be another disappointment. It's to protect myself. I can't just blindly buy the game because it's Spiderman. I'm not doing that anymore...

 

[The Shape]

I don't think the game takes place after the movie

Well, if it takes place between the events of the TASM1 and 2 movies, then it wouldn't make sense for Electro to appear sice he is created during the film and didn't exist before.

TASM1 video game essentially took place after the events of TASM1, which is why the Lizard/Connors appeared in some capacity. This new game definitely isn't based on the story for TASM2 movie, which is why I was wondering how or why Electro would appear...

 

[Picard Sisko]

This game is more than likely loosely based on TASM1 & TASM2, and it makes sense to include Electro in the game, at least for marketing purposes. There has to be something consistent with the movie if they are going to use the same title, you know?

I really just wish they could focus on making a Spider-Man game not based on the films, but w/e.

 

[The Shape]

This game is more than likely loosely based on TASM1 & TASM2, and it makes sense to include Electro in the game, at least for marketing purposes. There has to be something consistent with the movie if they are going to use the same title, you know?

I really just wish they could focus on making a Spider-Man game not based on the films, but w/e.

The first game wasn't loosely based on TASM1. It clearly took place afterwards. Since this new game seems to be following in the first's footsteps, I'm not sure why you'd assume it's loosely based on the movies and not an original story. Nothing in the trailer indicates that it's based on TASM2 the movie itself, aside from a random appearance by Electro.

 

[Spider-man95]

It's not that I'm being harsh. Beenox responds to me very often on Twitter and I can sense their passion for the game. However, what annoys me about their spiderman games is there always seems to be something that prevents them from being great. That's my opinion though. It's very annoying for me as a gamer and as a Spiderman fan. I already gave them the benefit of the doubt with the first game after they claimed cloud swinging wasn't in and then I actually bought it and it was in. Stuff like that makes me not trust them or shall I say it makes me think twice before buying the game. I'm a lot more skeptical than I was for ASM because of the issues with ASM. So it's not me being harsh it's me picking apart things and being observant of what could potentially be another disappointment. It's to protect myself. I can't just blindly buy the game because it's Spiderman. I'm not doing that anymore...

I understand bro.

The last game was disappointing to me too. I still had fun with it but it didn't last long. I guess the fun was just being Spider-man, but even that didn't feel right with the terrible web swinging and awkward jumping.

Still, I'm hopeful for this one just because they listened and put in proper web swinging this time, not only that but they want to make it more ambitious which I applaud and hope it pays off. I did cringe a little when I saw the dive was back though. Hope it's not as frequent as the last game when you fall, I hope it's for when you run off buildings.

 

[Green Goblin]

I'm paraphrasing but I remember hearing something like this,

"The first game took place after the first movie and is only canon in it's own universe. From now on the movies go their way and the game's universe will go it's own".

 

[Picard Sisko]

The first game wasn't loosely based on TASM1. It clearly took place afterwards. Since this new game seems to be following in the first's footsteps, I'm not sure why you'd assume it's loosely based on the movies and not an original story. Nothing in the trailer indicates that it's based on TASM2 the movie itself, aside from a random appearance by Electro.

The games for the Raimi series were all loosely based on the films they were 'assigned' to. This game is following the footsteps of the first game and creating an original story dealing with Kraven and Uncle Ben's killer, but there is no reason to eliminate the possibility of it being loosely based on TASM2. Electro is in there, which means it obviously takes some inspiration from the film. To what degree, I don't know.

 

[Picard Sisko]

I'm paraphrasing but I remember hearing something like this,

"The first game took place after the first movie and is only canon in it's own universe. From now on the movies go their way and the game's universe will go it's own".

That sounds about right. My point was that the games could still easily take "inspiration" from the films. In other words, if the main villain of TASM3 is Green Goblin, then Green Goblin will probably appear in TASM3: The Game.