Hi, I've played pretty much every Spider-Man game that's been made from the Activision Spider-Man game for the PS1 through the Spider-Man Movie title games and now Spider-Man 3, and this one definatly tops the list thus far.
First off, for those of you who may worry if this game is the same as the console version or not, no worries, this game for the PC is identical to it's game console counterparts, with the exception of the Collectors Edition which includes an unlockable Goblin character.
Now about playability and performance on a PC. I've also played this game on the Sony PS3, and on my computer, not only does it look just as good, it most definately runs better. I have the game set on 1900x1200 reolution with all the detail options maxed out and the game runs flawlessly. Also much to my surprise, I didn't even need to program my Logitech Rumble Pad 2 (PS2 Style Controller, as the game already had presets for it already made. So not only does this game look and run better than on the console, it controls identically as well.
Now you may be asking, what kind of PC do I have that it runs so well, good question. I'm running an AMD Athlon 64 4000+, FOXCONN Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB version (the 320 MB version should do fine for those of you running below 1900 resolutions), 3 Gigabytes of PC3200 DDR RAM, Soundblaster 2 ZS, and my HDD's are in RAID 0 (Yes, Raid is the way to go for improved Hard Disk Speed), and I have a 21" CRT Monitor.
Okay, now that I've got some of the technical stuff out of the way, here's a little about the game. I havn't completed the game yet but here are my impressions thus far.
Game Play:
The game play is awesome, New York City is rendered wonderfully, and is the best looking so far in the series. This game is "Sand Box" Style, meaning it's completly free roam leaving you to do whatever missions or tasks you want to do, in any order. The web swinging is amazing and not hard to get used to. It really gives you the feeling of what it would be like to web swing around the city.
Controls / Fighting: The fighting, if you'd like to learn the combo's can be great, or you can just button mash your way through the game, if you don't wish to memorize the various combination of button pression for specific combos. As Spider-Man you also have something called "Spider-Reflexes" which when activated, slows everything down and enables you to dodge enemy attacks and unleash more devastating combos. There are also come parts of the game, to get through specific areas of the game or cut scenes, the button number of a specific button will flash on screen, and you will need to hit the buttons in sequence as they appear, or fail. It may take a couple of trys sometime, but it's not hard.
Missions: There's quite a lot to do in this sprawling city, and not only can you go around the city, you can also go under it, yes you heard me right, there's the full NYC Subway system, as well as sewer systems in the game, for more free roam and mission enjoyment.
Pulling up the map screen shows you where to go to see where the missions are, if you select a mission (to find it more easily) an arrow will appear when you exit out of the map, showing you how to get to that location and the distance to it. The Map view also shows you where various challenges, and races are in the game, as well as what are good areas for crime fighting.
There are many mission types in the movie, some that are related to the story line of the movie, as well as original mission story line / content. The missions can be fun, diverse and challening. You also have puzzles like bomb disarming.
Final Thoughts and Conclusion (for now):
So here's the summary, if you have a decent computer / video card then don't hesitate to run out and buy this for the PC, don't dispair if you don't have the best computer, because you can change the resultion, and various detail settings to better suit the needs of many computer types / configurations. 1 GB of RAM is required and at least a 2.8GHZ P4 or equivelant. The game runs beautifully on my system, and looks and controls better than the PS3 verion I tried. The missions are fun and varied and gives you plenty to do in the game. The fully rendered city, and web swinging / wall crawling is within it self so much fun it's worth getting this game.
On a side note:
For those who comment about PC Games needing patches, may be true of some games / programs but certainly not all games / programs. Als also more and more console based games have been needing "Pathes" themselves lately. I personally would much rather be running a PC game where I have more flexability to do what I want with it, and have more easily available upgrades, patches and upgrades to a program if and when they should become available. Spider-Man 3
I have played Spiderman 3 the game once, but not on my computer. It has great graphics and compared to Spiderman 1 or 2 the game Spiderman 3 is much better. I personally think the it is the best Spiderman game ever made for a PC. The game comes on a DVD and for that you will have to have 6 GB of free space for installation. I do not give it 6 stars because of the massive amount of system requirements. This is designed for people who are wiling to pay $200 on upgrading their machines. Even a 3 year old computer can easily play Flight Simulator X which has more scenery and takes more that 15 GB of space, but it cannot play Spiderman 3. Most of the people I know cannot play this game on their machines. I know only one person that can play this game. I can place a bet that only 20% of the buyers that bought Spiderman 3:The Game, can actually play this game on their machines.
System requirements:
DirectX 9
256 Onboard Memory
Capable of T&L (Transform & Lightning)
Shader Model 3.0
Pentium 4
2.8 GHz or 2800 Processor
1024 MB of RAM for Windows 2000/XP
1536 MB of RAM for Windows Vista.
6 GB of free space.
(to Play the game you MUST have everything, so check before purchasing)
Maneuvering Spiderman 3 is not that hard. To shoot a web and swing you will have to press the middle mouse button (the wheel on the mouse). To shoot the next web you will have to press the button again. You can maneuver and do tricks in the air. It is hard to fight because to make a move you will have to right-click three times, or left- click three times. During the game you will be able to upgrade you webbing and unlocking super moves. The player will have the privilege of having all New York City and that's not all, the player will also have the sewers and the subway. [...]. - Gothic Church - Spider-man - Pc Game - Computer'
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