An army of alien symbiotes has invaded the city of New York, but, too bad, I have not even gotten through the storyline. “Spider-Man: Web of Shadows” sounds like an interesting game, especially if you have a Wii. The controls are so awesome, I actually feel like I’m swinging like Spider-Man.
On Oct. 21, the game was released, and I was so excited to get it because Venom was going to make an appearance on the game. Venom is one of Spider-Man’s archenemies and has an alien symbiote with a host named Eddie Brock.
Starting off the game, you actually have to fight Venom. The first thing that is bad about this game is that the controls are confusing. The Wii Remote has the letters and signs A, B, C, Z, +, -, 1 and 2.
Starting off, I did not know how to jump or swing or fight. I did all the basic skills to beat Venom, but the controlling was really difficult at the beginning.
This game has some pretty good graphics, but I was hoping the intermission movies had some better graphics.
Some interesting features included the many upgraded combos you could gain by experience.
I could also get a choice of different Spider-Man suits like the original suit or the black symbiote suit, which has some different fighting styles.
It’s so cool to be fighting and switching costumes. After a while, I was cheering and yelling at the bad guys because the untouchable Spider-Vega owned them!
The controls were the most difficult part to learn. Luke Cage, a member of the Avengers and crime fighter, needs Spider-Man’s help to stop gang wars and drive-bys in New York City. This is a pretty good chapter because these optional missions got me better at swinging and fighting against these thugs.
There was this event called “chain reaction,” and you basically have to swing the Wii Remote left or right to shoot a string of web to an opponent.
Once you grab him, you must swing the remote again, and it should jump off the opponent. Spider-Man launches himself into the air, and the process is repeated to hit thug after thug.
I had the most difficulty in this area, and, after a close inspection, I finally beat that mission. I was so happy because it took up a lot of my time just trying to accomplish this. Luke Cage trains Spider-Man to stop all these thugs, and eventually the training is over, and I move on with fighting the Black Cat.
The Black Cat is a girl villain/crime fighter who fights with some hardcore skills. That dumb girl beat me like five times; I finally beat her and moved on by helping out Moon Knight, another crime fighter.
Another annoying part of the game is that when you press 1, the main menu has a very small font and in order to move through the menu you have to press the Z, C, A, or B buttons.
Why couldn’t they just use the traditional left or right keys to just navigate? Though this game is hard and takes patience to master, I suggest people should purchase this game. The story line may take a while to get into, but I think it’s all worth it. The fighting style and upgrades are an awesome addition to the game.
In the front cover, you see Spider-Man, Venom and Wolverine, a member of the X-Men. I got very excited to see what Wolverine had to say because in one of the previews, Wolverine had the alien symbiote attached to him.
Throughout the storyline, Spider-Man has a choice to either choose the black suit or the original suit, and, based on this decision, the storyline will develop. I have no idea how the game is going to end, but it should be an interesting turnout because I either join the bad guys or the good guys.