Spider-Man is one of those comic book heroes that have engrained themselves into not only the minds of children but people everywhere and of all ages. This year a new Spider-Man movie hit theatres with ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’. Where there’s a movie, there’s a game – or at least that’s the general rule. Activision and Beenox have brought us two very linear experiences in past years with Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time – it was time for a new open world game that fans and critics had been longing for.



 The Amazing Spider-Man does the most important thing right and brought a huge smile on my face. The open world web slinging has been translated supremely well into the world that is Manhattan. Holding down the right trigger will move Spider-Man seamlessly through the sky scraper filled world of the big apple which can be combined with web rush – this is a mode where holding down the right bumper to target objects, buildings or enemies and jet over to them with pin point accuracy.



 This new mode isn’t the only thing that is well done in The Amazing Spider-Man, our masked hero has a lot of things to do and missions to conquer in this epilogue to the already released movie. Yes, this means there are spoilers with regards to some of the outcomes of the latest Spider-Man movie. The world isn’t especially well rendered but at the high speed web slinging this isn’t such a problem as the actual gameplay is fun. However, once our hero is stuck in sewers of science labs, it can become quite dull. This doesn’t really hamper the experience but is something to point out.



The missions in Amazing Spider-Man usually revolve around taking down the cross-species enemies or giant robots which are also after the player due to his spider abilities. There are other missions and side missions as well but the variety isn’t quite to the level I’d like it to be. The real challenge of the Amazing Spider-Man is to collect the hundreds of comic book pages spread all over New York City without any map locations, they will merely pop up when you get close to them.



 After Beenox had created the two linear games this title comes as a welcome change to the franchise and takes it back to the roots. Spider-Man does however have the familiar brawler abilities from its predecessors such as hit combos, dodging of enemies and stealth takedowns. All of Spidey’s abilities can be upgraded by gaining XP and completing missions and side objectives. A lot of the gameplay in tight spaces is reminiscent of the latest Batman games from Rocksteady but this is not something I would pin against the development team at Beenox as it works really well in the game.

 Overall ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ is a good and refreshing experience for gamers and Spider-Man fanatics alike. Sure, Beenox wasn’t able to produce the best game we have seen this year but in the allotted time of about a year in development time, this game is more than serviceable. The gameplay is fun with excellent web slinging and a story that fits nicely to the end of the feature film. The Amazing Spider-Man is just what we needed to sling our way across the summer heat.


Score: 8 / 10

The Amazing Spider-Man was developed by Beenox and published by Activision for Xbox 360 and PS3 on June 26th. A retail copy of the Xbox 360 version was provided to us by Activision for reviewing purposes.

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