SpiderMan: 1 will let
you play hero for a day, but be ready to fight with the game's weaknesses as
well as its villains.
Once bitten, twice the guy. Thanks to the bite of an
irradiated spider, budding boy genius Peter Parker suddenly finds himself
turned into a superhuman with the powers of a spider. The rest is comic book
history. As the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man, Parker has been
entertaining legions of fans for 40 years through a string of comic book titles
and animated series. If the Spider-Man game is any indication, the general love
affair with all things Spidey burns as brightly as ever. Originally developed
by Neversoft, the developer behind the hit Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series,
Spider-Man first swung its way onto the PlayStation, and soon leapt to the
Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast. Now the third-person
action-adventure game has come to the PC to make true believers out of computer
gamers. Along the way, though, it's run into a few snags that often dampen the
game's more entertaining aspects.
Spider-Man's simply textured, blocky graphics and muddy
cutscenes are distinctly underwhelming, if not outright poor. Some of the
settings are bland and boring too--the dark, drab sewers in particular are
overused. Still, the graphics do at least evoke the look and feel of the
classic Spider-Man comics and cartoons. The same holds true for the game's
audio. The familiar opening theme song, updated from the '60s cartoon series
and featuring an incredibly catchy bass riff, sets the right mood from the very
start. Spider-Man cocreator Stan Lee narrates the game in his authoritative
style. Lee always sounds like he's having fun with his creation and doesn't
take it dreadfully seriously. When he describes Peter Parker as a
"sometimes neurotic" hero, you know that the writers aren't afraid to
gently laugh along with you at the essential silliness of the game's story and
superhero conventions. It's all good-natured fun, though.
It's a shame that more time and effort couldn't have been put
into making this Spider-Man port better suited to the PC and the PC gaming
audience, as well as improving some problems that hurt the original game. The
awkward controls and camera in particular often take the wind out of the game's
sails. At its best, Spider-Man immerses you in the colorful, enjoyably
implausible Marvel Comics universe, and swinging between skyscrapers and firing
off webs offer up plenty of adventurous, if shallow, thrills. If you've ever
wanted to play hero for a day, Spider Man will let you, but be ready to fight
with the game's weaknesses as well as its villains.
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Video Graphics: 32Mb
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