Quick Look: The Amazing Spider-Man

This game is crap.

"Mini-Banes."

Bravo.

@RazielCuts said:

This game looks like it plays itself.

Oh god, you have got to see this then:

Really not caring for the look of the rhino hybrid creature, just looks silly to me where it's supposed to be not the classic villain of rhino yet looking 99% similar to him just more organic than a guy in a suit. While the web swinging action looks good, it's funny to me where Spiderman tries to not kill the thugs yet in the game (especially the first thug fight after the rhino around 16 min in the video) that Spiderman launching a guy up in the air about a dozen feet to land forcefully down head first would probably send that person to a morgue. Just seems that whoever designed some of the combat could have easily tweaked it to just web people to immobilize them instead of cracking every bone in the skull. At least with Batman Arkham Asylum there were a few spots where it might seem that Batman is being a little too physical but he's a normal (and awesome) person where Spidey just seems that he's showing less restraint to normal thugs. Will wind up getting the game through gamefly but that bit of combat is just irksome to me.

The combat looks pretty slick actually.

4:39 - holy fuck Ryan. Shut up and hit the button so we don't have to stare at the sun anymore! It shouldn't take you this long to explain Web Rush. FUCK.

Man, I couldn't get past 13:00 minute mark here. Ryan fucking sucks at dodging these moves and it's frustrating as shit to watch. I think I could tolerate Ryan + Patrick Quick Looks more if they didn't play these games like shit.

Spiderman's sneaker bottoms were really bugging me throughout the whole thing, but other than that, pretty good looking.

@vinsanityv22: After that Batman 2 quick look I've lost all faith in Ryan's ability to do anything within a video game.

Kinda like the Ryan and Patrick duo. Gives Patrick a chance to really get his Ryan impersonation down.

This is the Mediocre Spider-man not the Amazing Spider-Man.

Well, I loathe Whitney.

There is an UPGRADE AVAILABLE.

Thank God the more dramatic stuff is a result of simply hitting x or RB. Otherwise, only Jeff would be able to do anything cool looking.

Bone saw is ready.

Jesus, this looks like a PS2 game. Beyond the textures and resolution, something about the game design.

It'd have to be a pretty good PS2 game; especially considering I didn't even particularly like Batman: Arkham City, and this isn't that.

@Arkasai said:

Bone saw is ready.

R.I.P.

Nice to see this game doesn't mind it's share of sexual innuendos

Wow, they're really taking that suit damage concept from Arkham and taking it to the extreme. Another hour of gameplay and they're going to have to slap an AO rating on this thing.

Spider-Man knows a lot of pro wrestling moves.

Spectaular! Sensational even!

I really dont get why this game feels the need to zoom right next to Spiderman's head. I mean I understand the less you show on screen the better looking you can make it without the framerate going to hell, but Prototype looked better and had a lot more going on and I never experienced any slow down.

Sorry, I know it's easy to mock a video-game tie-in, they're obviously trying but I wish they'd strive to make the game more fun and less cinematic. (less spiderman close-ups and more crazy open-world shit)

looks pretty "meh"

Sorry Beenox, the webslinging is what I liked about the only Spiderman game I played and loved (Spiderman 2) so no sale for me on this one. Maybe use that decade old yet superior tech next time!

Man, I loved Spider Man 2 back in the day because the swinging actually required skill. Sucks to see they're doing the easy swing mechanic from the earlier games.

You people are crazy. This game looks great.

That is some kind of horny monster! 0___0

>.<

Oh look. Another tie-in Marvel game. How many of the Batman Arkham mechanics does this one butcher?

This shows that Batman still the coolest superhero of all time!!!

i notice at about 6:20 when spider-man is crossing the park thing he is slinging his web .... what is he attaching it to the air?

But still the movement seam's OK but i wont be getting it i just have to many games at the moment to finish to play another one

The swinging stuff looks too trivial. I also don't like how the webs don't actually connect to nearby buildings, and just sort of anchor somewhere up in the sky.

Spiderman 2 (xbox/ps2) had a perfect swing mechanic. Somehow every one out since, including those made by the same dev, has had a worse mechanic for it,. :(

Americans clapping....

Some Claudia Black in here.

Sure it LOOKS okay but the fact he swings from clouds kills it for me.

again, ryan is the worst at playing games....

yea wth is with him swinging from the clouds?

Of course Rhino. The go to villain for spider man movie games because he won't ever be in the movies.

I always considered Spider-man's webs attaching to buildings as part of the challenge. It's a shame that feature isn't part of this game. Everything else at least looks decent or competent.

What the HELL is the web attaching to? THERE'S CLEARLY NOTHING ABOVE YOU.

AAAAAAAaaaaarrrrgh. The most important aspect of the game, totally unmentioned!

This looks like pretty good.

How long are they gonna leave the upgrade thing flashing?! 

I'm one of those people that loved the swinging in Spider-Man 2, the physics based nature of it and the finite control you had with Advanced Mode turned on was a pure pleasure with a bit of practice. It looks like we are back to attaching webs to the sky, so that makes me sad, at least it doesn't look like he is flying like in the first Treyarch game.

This is probably a decent rental but I don't think I would buy it. It is too bad that every Spider-Man game after the Neversoft one has varied between being a letdown to being terrible. Even Spider-Man 2 has a poor campaign despite its awesome swinging.

how bout we punch these guys and kick them, with our spiderness...

if the batman style combat becomes the standard for comic video games is that really a bad thing? being a movie tie in game it could have been a piece of crap but it looks pretty good.

oh and about the swinging............ITS A VIDEO GAME!

Sigh, I kept on thinking how a Rocksteady open world Spiderman would be the best shit ever all throughout this quicklook.

But this still at least looks like something I'd rent, which is saying a lot of an activision movie tie in game

I picked this game up this morning. It is fun. But it's not "Spider-man 2" fun. If you dig Spider-man, you'll have a good time. Just adjust your expectations accordingly. This is typical Beenox, just with an open-world aspect thrown in.

The web rush is better than I expected it would be, but it's still a poor solution for building proper swing physics. It's essentially a "Cool stuff" button. Press it to have the game do all the things the standard mechanics don't allow for. Fun, but not great. Clearly built with the under 10s in mind rather than the gamers. And I guess that's about the best we can hope for until someone builds Spidey's "Arkham" if you take my meaning.

Huh. Game looks good to me. Yeah, maybe it's not a whole lot to play, but sometimes I enjoy a romp with a game just for what it lets me do, even if there's no finesse to it. I think I would enjoy playing this just to be a badass on auto-pilot for few hours. Might pick it up when it's cheap! Sure as hell seems competent enough to be worth my time, and I haven't played anything superhero-esque in a while.

Give me another Ultimate Spiderman game!

@addictedtopinescent said:

Sigh, I kept on thinking how a Rocksteady open world Spiderman would be the best shit ever all throughout this quicklook.

Because Rocksteady totally has a huge and impressive history of making open world games, right? Come the fuck on.

2 minutes in, Ryan finally touches the analog stick. I must say, they need a company meeting in which someone boringly goes through a Powerpoint entitled "Good Quick Look Practices", punctuated with teamwork exercises at the end.

PS Always been a pet peeve of mine, but what the hell is he grabbing on to when he's zipping down the middle of the road? The web looks fairly perpendicular to the ground, and the momentum would suggest he's grabbing onto something directly above him, despite there being nothing but open sky.

PSS Spiderbux will be worth 5 British pounds when he kidnaps the Queen!

Looks really good in my opinion.

I was interested a bit before this quick look, but not now. Looks janky and the swinging boring. Ultimate Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 are still the best.