The Amazing Spider-Man
About the Game
The Amazing Spider-Man is a tie-in to the movie of the same name. The narrative is a direct continuation of the movie and deals with an experiment gone wrong: Oscorp researches a cross-species mutation virus; the same which caused Lizard to appear. This virus reaches Manhattan and Spider-Man has to help the infected humans and find a cure. This version returns to the open world-concept which was abandoned in the previous few installments.
Story & Setting
Spider-Man swings through Manhattan, although the web-shooting is performed automatically by pressing a button, on the way to the next plot point.
Gameplay & Core Systems
Those are linear levels in which Spider-Man visits locations like sewers or laboratories and spends most of his time fighting enemies, including the new robot foes. The combat system is reminiscent to the free-flow system used in the Batman: Arkham series: Spidey quickly moves between enemies and bashes them; when his spider-sense goes off players needs to use the evade button before getting hit. Because of Spider-Man's special abilities, he can walk on the ceiling and evade some combat sequences or use his web for a stealth takedown. Besides combat, the levels feature maneuvering, a few open-the-door puzzles and boss fights. In those Spidey has to solve smaller tasks like exploring Oscorp labs, passing acrobatic challenges, photographing stuff or bringing infected people to a clinic.
Standout Features
- Spider-Man's: All this rewards experience points which can be used to improve Spider-Man's abilities.
- When in the open world, players can activate Spidey's web rush ability by choosing on of the designated points on the map: then the game takes control and automatically swings to the point.
Presentation & Atmosphere
Of course there are various distractions in the open world sequences, the most important being side missions.
