Great game, I strongly recommend this game for tweens and teens!
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Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
(2008, Video Games - Action/Adventure, Rated T, Play it on: Nintendo 64, Mac/Windows, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP)
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High-flying action that grows repetitive quickly.
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for Ages 13 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows was written by Brett Molina
Parents need to know combat plays a prominent role in Spider-Man's latest adventure. Most of the game is spent punching, kicking, and hurling enemies throughout the city. However, the game doesn't include any blood or gore.
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What’s the Story?
Even superheroes have their bad moments. In the case of Spider-Man, it happens in the form of Activision's SPIDER-MAN WEB OF SHADOWS. While the combat is often exhiliarating, the adventure feels very one-dimensional. New York City has been invaded by an alien symbiote infecting citizens, and it's up to Spider-Man to thwart it.
Unlike recent Spider-Man titles which focus on open-world action, Web of Shadows emphasizes combat. Your hero pummels foes on the ground, along the facades of skyscrapers and even in mid-air. As you vanquish foes from drug dealers to super villains, you'll earn points toward new attacks. You can also pick up glowing spiders scattered throughout the city that increase your speed. A twist to the storyline is Spider-Man himself has been infected by the symbiote. As a result, Spider-Man can take advantage of the symbiote's powers in the form of an all-black costume. While Spider-Man deftly bounces past enemies in his traditional red and blue suit, the black version whips long tendrils at foes and uses brute strength to punish enemies. Some elements of open world games, like light exploration and sporadic side quests, appear as well.
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Fights look and feel incredible, particularly once you leave the ground. You can pull yourself toward enemies with a web shot and let loose a flurry of punches and kicks. You can also slings gobs of web to slow foes before beating them down. Out of all the Spider-Man video games, Web of Shadows is arguably the best at conveying the character's speed and agility.
Where Web of Shadows fails is the game's singular focus on combat. The game simply involves swinging from fight to fight. There are occassions where you rescue civilians or chase down an enemy, but they're rare. What's worse is the combat itself is fun initially, but grows repetitive as you see Spider-Man repeatedly execute the same moves. Web of Shadows may dazzle at first, but don't expect the thrills to last very long.
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Released on 10/23/2008, price $59.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: T (for Animated Blood, Drug Reference, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence)
ESRB rating: T (for Animated Blood, Drug Reference, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence)
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- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Good for tweens!
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
awsome
a great game for spidey fans 10 or above a villent game but spidey helps by doing it. the game shows spiderman second sturgle with the black suit you pick the choices he makes thourout the game the constent desicion is red or black evil or good
- I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
Best Spidey game ever!
The swinging is fun, fighting is the best I've seen in any superhero game and the story is long and good. 4 different endings gives you 4 times replay value and if your like me you'll replay it like 805415460525405010 times just to play the game again. The boss fights are great and the but the last boss was to easy so yeah. all in all I say if your a Spidey fan then buy this game.
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| 100% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
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