The Official "I Loved Raimi's Spider-Man' Thread - Part 1 of 99 Luft - Part 10

[W/ Great Power]

The web-slinging is great, but it's bar none the MOST repetitive video game I've ever played. I was sick of it halfway through.



Still better than Edge of Time though lol

I'll take that into consideration.

Now I don't know if I want to get it anymore.

And yes, Edge of Time is terrible

 

[A Necessary Evil]

You should get the new TASM games. They have like, nothing to do with the films, and they're great. TASM2 is short b/c Activision cut the budget, so I'd wait a bit. SD is also great.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Venom wasn't treated like a secondary villain. He killed Harry and was the final threat of the movie that the film actively built towards. I'd argue he was the film's main villain, given his symbolic emphasis. If anything, Sandman was the secondary threat. Hence why Harry is the one who basically beats him. Secondary hero defeats secondary villain.

I got the exact opposite impression. Sandman's execution was nearly perfect. Viewers got to see him as a plausible person with understandable motivation before his accident. The film initially went back and forth between Peter's personal problems and Sandman's personal problems. The retconning of Uncle Ben's death is a valid criticism, but Sandman was otherwise perfect.

Venom was just a hodgepodge of convenient plot devices. You could tell from the moment that the symbiote just fell to earth for no particular reason and just happened to find Peter (also for no reason) that the character was a late, sloppy edition to the narrative.

 

[W/ Great Power]

You should get the new TASM games. They have like, nothing to do with the films, and they're great. TASM2 is short b/c Activision cut the budget, so I'd wait a bit. SD is also great.

Recently I've heard they're not that good? People have been complaining about the new web-slinging mechanisms. I'll still probably pick it up when it gets a little cheaper, though.

SD looks nice, but I'm more interested in the games that offer the free roaming experience.

 

[Nardz937]

I heard the last TASM 2 was garbage, but the first ASM 1 game was good. I haven't played a Spider-Man game since the Spider-Man 3 movie game on PS2. The Spider-Man 2 movie game is great, but Ultimate Spider-Man is probably my favorite Spider-Man game. Those two would be my favorite superhero games ever right behind Arkham Asylum & City.

Spider-Man: The Animated Series on the Genesis, Separation Anxiety and Maximum Carnage were good too.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Idk, maybe its just me, but I really like them alot...which says something, as I pretty much hate just about anything to do with the new franchise.

 

[OcStat]

Hey if the game is fun it doesn't matter. I had a blast with Amazing on PS3 so I'm going to pick up the second game eventually.

 

[spiderman2]

I heard the last TASM 2 was garbage, but the first ASM 1 game was good. I haven't played a Spider-Man game since the Spider-Man 3 movie game on PS2. The Spider-Man 2 movie game is great, but Ultimate Spider-Man is probably my favorite Spider-Man game. Those two would be my favorite superhero games ever right behind Arkham Asylum & City.

Spider-Man: The Animated Series on the Genesis, Separation Anxiety and Maximum Carnage were good too.

I thought asm1 game was ok to slightly good havnt played asm2 has I heard it was really bad but with how much I love spider man I will problem get it once it goes down to like $20-30. SM2 and ultimate spider man where both great games. Also I would recamied spider man shattered dimensions it was really good. I have though about buying sm3 for ps3 if I can find it cheep has I heard it wasn't that good. I also have spider man edge of time even though it is not that good. I want to beat it but I have so many games to play and it was pretty hard game.

 

[BlueLightning]

Funny thing is, in the Spectacular Spider-Man they did something similar with the retconning of Uncle Ben's murder. But they pulled it off.

 

[Airnick]

I heard the last TASM 2 was garbage, but the first ASM 1 game was good. I haven't played a Spider-Man game since the Spider-Man 3 movie game on PS2. The Spider-Man 2 movie game is great, but Ultimate Spider-Man is probably my favorite Spider-Man game. Those two would be my favorite superhero games ever right behind Arkham Asylum & City.

Spider-Man: The Animated Series on the Genesis, Separation Anxiety and Maximum Carnage were good too.

TASM2 game was pretty good, but the story wasn't that great IMO. The first one had a much better story. But the free roam wasn't good. While in TASM2 the free roam was much better.

So I would say TASM1 was a "better" game, but I had more fun with TASM2. Cause free roam has a big thing to do, with my enjoyment factor for Spider-Man games.

 

[W/ Great Power]

Now I'm even more confused!

I think I'll just start out with Web of Shadows and get TASM2 when the price drops.

I do free roaming more than anything else, and from what I've gathered, those two games are very good in terms of that.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Just don't get WoS...that's all I'm sayin.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Outside of the shortness, the only bad part about TASM2 is the stupid "Menace" thing.

 

[Airnick]

Just don't get WoS...that's all I'm sayin.

I love WOS, it's still my favorite Spider-Man game haha.

Not a fan I'm assuming?

 

[UltimateWebhead]

I'm planning a SM1-3 marathon this coming weekend. I think I may post a quickie review after each one.

Funny thing is, in the Spectacular Spider-Man they did something similar with the retconning of Uncle Ben's murder. But they pulled it off.

The beauty of that show is they added several 'twists' to the main stories and they were all successful to certain degrees. See, when you have solid writing that pays respect to the spirit or rather the core essence of the characters, you can take certain liberties and make it all work. There is a level of acceptance that comes with making changes based on following a good structure in the story or the emotional bonds between characters instead of just making changes so you'll be different. The proof is in the pudding.

Just don't get WoS...that's all I'm sayin.

Yeah, WoS is pretty darn awful.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Nope, not a bit Airnick.

 

[DX]

Getting somewhat back on topic:

Spider-Man 2 on PS2 is easily the best Spider-Man game ever made.

 

[The Chris]

Getting somewhat back on topic:

Spider-Man 2 on PS2 is easily the best Spider-Man game ever made.

I got that as a birthday gift ten years ago, and was addicted. I loved swinging as spidey.

 

[JamesBartlett]

I've just came across this thread and I would like to say that many of my friends prefer The Amazing Spider-Man series and it some of the reasons why they prefer it really does frustrate me. I mean, I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion but some things they say like "It's more true to the comics." isn't really a reason to prefer it especially since half of my friends have never even read the comics.

I would like to say that, yes, I guess there are elements of the TASM series that do refer back to the comics more than Sam Raimi's trilogy, but is that really a reason to prefer it? In some cases, yes - but in most cases, no.

I love Sam Raimi's version for many reasons - the main one being Tobey Maguire. He was perfect as Peter Parker. That's not to say that I dislike Andrew Garfield, I just prefer Tobey Maguire because he's a more convincing Peter Parker. On the other hand, many people agree with that but then they say that Andrew Garfield is a better Spider-Man. I don't think either is a particularly better Spider-Man, they're different. Andrew's Spider-Man has more humour and whit whereas Tobey's Spider-Man is slightly less whitty but he stands by his responsibilities, in my opinion, a lot better than Andrew's Spider-Man did.

In Webb's TASM, Peter Parker was confident before he realised he was Spider-Man and before he actually used his powers for good. I think Raimi's Peter Parker was slightly less confident before he became Spider-Man, which I think was better.

Everything about Raimi's trilogy I prefered over Webb's series. In fact, my favourite marvel film ever is either Spider-Man or Spider-Man 3. I find this relatively surprising considering many people disliked Spider-Man 3 but I personally loved it.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

We don't talk about that crapchise in this thread, but welcome to the hype. I too, like SM3.

 

[spidermanJLA!~]

off topic sorry, but I personally think both franchises shine in their own ways. But on topic, I prefer the Raimi films for their execution. Almost everything was done right imo. Is it possible that we could ever see Raimi's Spider-Man again? In some form or another?

 

[JamesBartlett]

We don't talk about that crapchise in this thread, but welcome to the hype. I too, like SM3.

Thank you for the warm welcome!

 

[W/ Great Power]

Just don't get WoS...that's all I'm sayin.

Yeah, WoS is pretty darn awful.

I love WOS, it's still my favorite Spider-Man game haha.

Not a fan I'm assuming?

Do I have to start a poll on this or something?

(Just kidding)

 

[W/ Great Power]

Thank you for the warm welcome!

Welcome t:

 

[Andrew Lucas]

The last Spidey game was very disappointing,there wasn't any inspiration at all and this is coming from someone who loved it's predecessor.

WoS is okay.