Hollywood is seemingly increasing its influence in the gaming industry, as almost every major blockbuster release that borrows the story, elements or characters from pop culture gets a video-game treatment in order to further reach into the mainstream audience.
Such is the case with Spider-Man 3, the latest iteration in the film and video game series featuring the famous comic book super hero. What was one of the most successful movies in the franchise has also received a video game, published by Activision, which arrived on a multitude of platforms, from the more powerful Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 to the Nintendo Wii, DS or GameBoy Advance.
The DS title was one of the most praised versions of the game, as it was handled by Vicarious Visions and intensively used the touch screen and the stylus of the device for the gameplay. Also, the D-Pad was employed in order to move the main character around the big world.
Here are some of the most important features, as highlighted by the press release from Activision:
- For the first time ever, control the legendary symbiotic Black Suit, which magnifies Spider-Man’s strength, agility, durability and web powers, but the power comes at a price. The longer gamers play as black suited Spider-Man, the more they risk losing the good in him.
- In a unique mixture of open-ended gameplay and linear story progression, players can traverse and protect massive, wide-open sections of New York City, battle villains from the feature film, or embark on a variety of original story arcs in whatever order they choose, when they choose.
- Maximizing the capabilities of the Nintendo DS, players will experience Spider-Man's unique abilities as never before by controlling both red-suited and black-suited Spider-Man's movement and combat with a multitude of organic touch screen gestures and motions.
- Utilizing an in-depth "hero points" reward system, players can fully customize and upgrade Spider-Man, maximizing his powers and abilities.
- With liberty and multiplayer for all – A variety of local wireless multiplayer gameplay modes such as Brawler, Hot Potato, Target Practice, and Combo Challenge allow for two players to face off in head-to-head Spider-Man action.
- Within the game, various hidden collectibles are waiting to be discovered. Collecting items result[s] in additional hero points and bonus materials. CHEATSCheat modeSuccessfully complete the game in Story mode. The following cheats can now be purchased for 5,000 Hero Points at the store. After they are bought, enter the "Extras" menu to use them.
All enemies are robots;
Alternate touchscreen background;
Always wear the black suit;
Invincibility;
Night-Time mode.
Here's a video of this game: