Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a 2008 open-world action-adventure game developed by Treyarch and published by mh:crappygames:Activision.

PS3, PC, Wii, Xbox 360 versions

 * 1) Fairly accurate re-creation of New York City.
 * Fun, addicting gameplay.
 * 1) Great voice acting especially from Keith Szarabajka as Venom, and Robert Wisdom as Luke Cage.
 * 2) Awesome soundtrack.
 * 3) A great and interesting story.
 * 4) Fun and challenging boss battles.
 * 5) The game contains some of Spider-Man's most famous villains, including Venom, Vulture, Electro, and Rhino, and the Kingpin.
 * 6) Well thought-out humor.
 * 7) Four different endings depending on your actions.
 * 8) The good ending of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is beautiful, after Spider-Man defeats the Venom monster and Venom escaping the monster body, Venom himself becomes the good guy and sacrifices himself to destroy the Venom monster by crash landing the Helicarrier.
 * 9) Appearances from Moon Knight, Luke Cage and Wolverine, with references to Tony Stark, Hank Pym, and Reed Richards.
 * 10) The symbiotes play a huge part in the game. Not only is Venom the main villain, but Spider-Man wears the black suit at many points, and many of the villains, such as Electro and Vulture, and even non-villain characters, such as Black Cat and Wolverine, gets taken over by the symbiotes briefly leading to some very good character designs.
 * 11) Tons  of upgrades.
 * 12) The game introduces the Web Strike which allows Spider-Man to zip towards enemies give them a quick kill and is great for aerial traversal.
 * 13) You can switch between Spidey's original red/blue suit which focuses on mobility and the black symbiote suit which focuses on brute strength.
 * 14) The developers were very creative with the combat, Spider-Man can do lots of cool attacks which get better the more upgrades bought.
 * 15) The PC version has mod support, meaning that you can edit the characters and levels.
 * 16) Adding on to the above point, there exist many mods mainly for Spider-Man's costume, spanning many different costumes from the comics, movies, TV shows, and video games.

DS Version

 * 1) Nice Metroidvania style gameplay that lets you explore a Symbiote-Infected Manhattan and find a way to end it.
 * 2) Nice Music.
 * 3) You unlock new skills to improve combat and new abilities to progress the game.
 * 4) New Game Plus mode allows you to keep all your skills and health for future replays.
 * 5) You can help Nightcrawler and Green Goblin with certain objectives and even help you with boss battles (along with Black Cat). The decision to help who also affects the ending.
 * 6) The Final Scenario has you escaping a symbiote hive in a similar fashion to Metroid and Resident Evil.
 * 1) The Final Scenario has you escaping a symbiote hive in a similar fashion to Metroid and Resident Evil.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The lock-on camera has a tendency to detach itself, making mid-air battles difficult.
 * 2) The game doesn't bring much new to the table.
 * 3) The side missions can get repetitive.
 * 4) Bosses do get refought.
 * 5) The morality system is flawed.
 * 6) The motion controls for the QTEs in the Wii version can be frustrating.
 * 7) The PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS versions of the game were way different than the PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and PC versions of the game, the latter of which being far more popular and well known.
 * 8) There is a new game plus mode, but it is hidden and is more of an easter egg rather than a unlockable feature.
 * 9) Venom barely gets any screentime despite being the main villian of the game. In fact, he only shows up three times the entire game and never appears again!
 * 10) The game frequently crashes, especially towards the end of the game.

DS Version

 * 1) It is pretty short.
 * 2) There are times where you are forced to fight enemies before you progress.
 * 3) While New Game Plus allows you to keep your techniques, you don't keep your moves from bosses and have to get them again (although this is good to prevent sequence breaking).
 * 4) The bosses lack in variety (Except Venom and the Symbiote Leader), they are just called "Super Symbiotes". One is Chubby (this boss is later downgraded to enemy), Three look the same only different colors and tactics, and one has wings.
 * 5) Goblin, Nightcrawler, and Black Cat's pictures during the bosses are beyond ABYSMAL.

Reception
The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics but is considered by fans to be one of the best Spider-Man games and even one of the best superhero games ever made.

Sequel
A sequel was in development, but at first, it was cancelled because of Shaba Games' shutdown by Activision one year after this game's release. Despite this, however, the sequel to Spider-Man: Web of Shadows was able to be create by Activision, and thus, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions was created in 2010 with a similar type of gameplay, making it the sequel to Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

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