Surprisingly Fun Spidey Title
After the disaster that was Spider-Man 3 and the insultingly kiddy Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, we have a new Spider-Man game. In this one, Venom and a...well, shitload of symbiotes are taking over Manhattan. You are forced to help a wide array of people to try and deal with the symbiotes, with allies ranging from S.H..I.E.L.D to Kingpin.
Now, the excellent web swinging mechanic is still in full effect. Swinging feels amazing. The feeling of speed is palpable. The combat has some combos, but it still basically is "Y" to attack via webs and "X" to punch incessantly. So, it all comes down to what the devs leave for you to do.
You, of course, have to fight a near infinite number of symbiotes. You also have to do some escort missions, collect samples of different symbiote sources, protect a church, etc. The mission variety is terrific. They also have just a few collectibles (roughly 2100 or so) to kill some time.
The storyline is actually decent. The big hook is that you can make moral choices. You can be good or evil in several cases and this will lead to one of 4 endings.
The only faults is that you have to fight a lot of flying enemies and they are obnoxious to fight...and a lot of the combat is just button mashing. But the game never really gets into a rut and becomes a chore to play, so it's nice to say that the game keeps itself fresh.
