The Amazing Spider-Man- PS3

The game itself is advertised as a free roaming action adventure and you certainly get to go just about anywhere you want, but random missions (that you can accept or skip) don't really come up just where you just happen to be. In other words, you...

Lots of quality unlockables + Looks pretty good

Lazy story - What are you swinging from in Central Park? Sky Hooks? - Not enough attention paid to the iconic parts of New York

Amazing Spider-Man is an okay attempt to continue the movie, but it falls victim to taking the easy way out when it comes to the story and the return of lazy web swinging it a terrible thing. At least there are additional costumes.

Bruce Campbell as the XTreme Journalist in a blimp issuing challenges, because it's Bruce Campbell.

Audio-wise, ASM is pretty good overall. I really love the acting, and it's rare that I find a game where that's the case. Musically, there's a lot of stuff here, but none of it stands out except for the incredible end credits piano song. The sound...

The Ugly: “Okay, I think I’ve done this a few times before.”

It's a blast to swing about the city ; Clever, laid-back sense of humor ; Some boss fights look very exciting ; Nice mix of combat and stealth

Indoor missions aren't as fun as outdoor ones ; Combat and boss fights are too easy

Story-driven chapters are notably more confining than the free-form gameplay that surrounds them. You investigate dull-looking sewers, where you notice technical drawbacks like heavy aliasing that go overlooked in Manhattan, which is saturated with...

The visuals aren't stunning, the story isn't crazy exciting, and the missions get repetitive. But The Amazing Spider-Man is fun to play. Webbing bad guys, finding comics and swinging through the streets of Manhattan entertain, and even though I had the...

Asidefrom the obvious answer of "to make money," it's tough to say whySony chose to reboot the Spider-Man franchise a mere decade after SamRaimi's trilogy launched. Regardless, credit has to be given to thepowers that be for taking the series in a new...