Spider-Man 3

THE GOOD:
+ Easy to pick up
+ Several storylines, movie-based and game-only
+ Improved swing mechanics and physics overhaul
+ Flashy Combat
+ Bosses from the comics
+ Symbiote(Black) suit
+ Random Crimes

THE BAD:
- Difficulty is sometimes too hard
- Button-mashing combat
- Glitches and buggy A.I
- Decent-at-best graphics

SUMMARY:
The original movie tie-in that was released with the initial SpiderMan game was abysmal at best. Several years later, SpiderMan 2 was released and please gaming fans to no end with it's free-roaming gameplay and the ability to sling around beautiful New York City.

Spider-Man 3 uses the same concept as it's predecessor. The city is now two and a half times larger than in Spider-Man 2. The city is now living, or at least, partially living. The amount of traffic is absolutely amazing and really brings everything to life. The pedestrians on the other hand aren't...

THE GOOD:
-Great swinging mechanics
-Smooth animations
-Massive city to explore

THE BAD:
-Poor side missions
-Awful graphics
-Button bash orientated combat

SUMMARY:
Spiderman 3, undoubtebly the most popular movie of 2007, and as always, theres a spidey game to accompany the films release.

The games made a massive leap in gameplay when spiderman 2 was released. In 2 players could free roam around the city to their hearts content and find secret items as well as do side missions. 2 was undoubtebly the best of the series so far, and with spidey 3 taking on a similar gameplay as 2 did you would expect it to me as great as its predecessor? Well we don't always get what we expect.

The first thing you notice is the graphics. They take on a similar style to 2's, obviously with a lot of polish and smoother edges (especialy on HD) but really the graphics aren't up to scratch for a 360 game. The lighting...

THE GOOD:
- Amazing swing mechanics
- Large combo list
- 10 seperate storylines
- 12+ hours of mission gameplay
- BLACK SUIT!

THE BAD:
- Bugs, a fair few of them
- Acceptable graphics, could have been better with time
- Can be quite hard at times

SUMMARY:
Where to start. I suppose with the big factors that make the game what it is.

The websinging is amazing. Much much better than Spiderman 2 (everything is better than in Spiderman 2 but what the hey). Spidey seems to move more fluently, like he's gliding. The animations of swinging really make it feel like he's doing the sorts of acrobatic swing-moves you see in the movie sequences. I felt that Spiderman 2's swing system was too bland, and stiff. When you get to wear the Black Suit, it becomes even better. The moves Spiderman does mid-air in the suit are quite amazing to look at.

The combat mechanics are great. Although you have dozens and...