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So, we decided to breathe into the adventures about Spider-Man new life. They're playing it in cinemas The Amazing Spider-Man. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst were thrown out into the cold. So you can forget about the last three parts as if they never happened. And the game product of the same name is already waiting for players on store shelves. I would like to warn you right away: if you have not seen the film, but are planning to do so, then start the game after watching it, because the plot in the project starts two weeks after the events of this remake. Although spoilers are not critical, but still.

To be honest, it’s not entirely clear what these Hollywood producers are so itching for? Many people are asking a reasonable question: was it worth rebooting this famous franchise? Moreover, this film turned out to be some kind of half-hearted retelling of all parts of the old trilogy. But let's get back to the game itself. The developers also seemed to want to bring something new. And it turned out as always.

Plot The Amazing Spider-Man not too complicated and extremely predictable. A couple of weeks after the end of the film, our superhero suddenly learns that the villain Oscorp is continuing his interspecies experiments, which created a terrible lizard. So we will already have all the abilities available. To prevent the spread of the virus throughout New York (oh, how painfully familiar this all is), Spider-Man must defeat many terrible creatures of experiments on his way, such as Rhinoceros and Scorpio. You'll have to climb through all sorts of evil places: a mental hospital, a sewer, and the huge city itself.

I don’t know where some journalists saw similarities with the recent Deus Ex: Human Revolution . Game mechanics in some places it resembles more Batman: Arkham City than the adventures of Adam Jensen. The same similar elements of battles and stealth, but here the level of execution is still much lower. There are ordinary prisoner fighters, and there are also those holed up with a sniper. Carrying out combinations of techniques is somehow too simple. Although maybe it's a convenient joystick. With a mouse and keyboard, such tricks are clearly more difficult to pull off.

The hero's movement around the city does not look very realistic. Sometimes there is a feeling that the web is literally clinging to the air. Or behind the clouds, I don’t even know. It looks very stupid when you can easily cross a park by air that has virtually no high-rise buildings. It seems like a trifle, but it’s unpleasant. This game is not spared from such a disease as collecting all sorts of worthless bonuses in the form of comic book pages or opening new costumes. This is already fun exclusively for schoolchildren, who have plenty of time for such useless things.

The gameplay borrows a lot from Batman Arkham City, as already said. Spider-Man, however, can still crawl along walls and ceilings, which makes his passage easier. Movements, animation - all this looks decent, but nothing more. All this has happened before. And the special moves are reminiscent of Batman’s abilities: you can snatch a weapon out of your hands with a web, there is special vision, dodging bullets, as well as many other web abilities that are purchased in a separate menu.

Side quests that are scattered around the city are still monotonous and secondary. The rescue civilians, the destruction of all sorts of strange robots is all ordinary things for our superhero. Although the stealth style is present, it is not very suitable for Spider-Man. At least with this implementation. Ultimately, the main goals of missions are usually something like “pull that lever, collect these three things and fight the boss in a closed location.” Oddly enough, this principle still works. Not so much this one game process"wrong". It's just that all this is quite boring in other similar games.

Boss fights leave best experience than everything else. All sorts of Spider-Man abilities, like Web Rush and web shooting, allow you to quickly calculate weak spots monsters. The dynamics are spot on, the controls are responsive, and these battles are a bit of fun. It’s a pity that the rest of the time you have to carry out routine tasks.

In terms of graphics, everything is no longer so rosy. The city overall looks fine. If you look at him in motion, so to speak. But here in indoors The flaws in the work of designers and artists are already more obvious. The character and monster models look especially bad. Sometimes it seems that they were taken from games on old consoles like PS2 or Xbox. Only Spider-Man himself looks decent. But again, let’s not quibble too much about the game based on a film that has just been released. Development deadlines in such situations are tighter than the currently fashionable skinny jeans.

However, the game The Amazing Spider-Man It didn't turn out as bad as I thought at first. At least for a film project, everything was done well. But secondaryness and mediocrity follow Spider-Man until the very end. The creators failed to breathe new life into the superhero's adventures. But at least they didn’t destroy what worked well in previous franchise projects. Old Spider-Man: Web of Shadows The game cannot be surpassed - unfortunately, it fell short. Only a big and lively city leaves a better impression. So the fans will be happy, but the rest will hardly be surprised by another action game about a jumper with a web.

pros:
– The city looks good, it’s interesting to travel around it;
– The gameplay is mixed with elements of stealth and combat in the style of Batman Arkham City;
– There are a couple of interesting levels.

Minuses:
– Graphics do not meet current standards;
– The plot is predictable and secondary;
– Stealth gameplay begins to repeat itself towards the middle of the game.

Our rating: 6.7/10

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Company Activision after a series of successful adventures Spider-Man based on comics new game decided to bet on restarting the film series. And if to choose Garfield(an actor, not a cat) in the role of the main character can be treated differently, then Ultimate a comic book series as a basis should give the project new strength. Being a plot successor to the film of the same name, the game was never able to receive the official voices of the cast, and even appearance Numerous characters can be called only vaguely similar to the characters in the film.

Events Amazing Spiderman take place some time after the film's story. Curt Connors, who turned into a mutant lizard in the original film, is now in a mental hospital, and the corporation Oscorp under the direction of Alistair Smith continues prohibited experiments on crossing species. Gwen And Peter penetrate into Oscorp to collect evidence of illegal activities and find themselves at the epicenter of a disaster, where the mutants who have burst onto the streets of the city and a dangerous virus are just the tip of the iceberg.

Permanent creator game series Spiderman, company Beenox decided to abandon the linear narrative, and offers the player an open world with dynamically changing conditions. Sunrises, sunsets and lunar NY incredibly beautifully made. Images from the game can be used as wallpaper on a fashionable device. Fast flights above the skyscrapers, which have become a signature feature of the film remake, are implemented with warmth and attention to detail, and two new features made the game a little simpler and more dynamic. One of them is Web Rush. The player at any time can press the right bumper and slow down time by choosing the point where he should move Spider-Man. This feature is especially convenient when quickly moving around the city or large-scale battles with numerous enemies. In fights with bosses, this ability allows you to dodge a deadly attack, and in side modes, like running around points, it helps you complete the task faster. It also serves to strike a gaping enemy or interact with objects that are in Web Rush helpfully highlighted in red. The second possibility is Web Retreat. Since health Spider-Man not indefinitely, then from time to time he must leave the battlefield to rest. This is what it is used for Web Retreat, which instantly transports the hero to a safe distance. The ability becomes especially useful during stealth missions, when it is easier to hide from an alarmed enemy than to engage in direct confrontation.

Combat system V Amazing Spiderman compared to previous parts, it has undergone a number of changes, becoming more like Batman: Arkham City. The hero delivers a series of attacks with one button, combining this with web and dodges. He can also pick up one of the interactive objects and throw it into a crowd of enemies, stunning and entangling defeated opponents in a net. Stealth mode is also taken from Batman, only here the boundaries of the zone of silent capture of the enemy are determined by an illusory lilac network. There is also the possibility of leveling up the hero in the game, but it plays practically no role, since from the very beginning you have the two new abilities listed above.

Amazing Spiderman- this is a game with open world, which means you can simply fly over the city, collecting 700 pages of torn comics, or perform side quests. Among them: rescuing infected people and transferring them to a mobile hospital, photographing objects, performing stunts and flying over control points, apprehending criminals with jumping on police cars, helping police from helicopter, protecting the weak from evil criminals and catching escaped prisoners. But all these side quests are so boring and linear that after repeating the same actions for the tenth time, collecting comic book pages while flying over the city looks like a real pleasure. Particularly fun is the repeated photography of a small piece of land with three objects.

On July 5, 2012, the film “The Amazing Spider-Man” began showing in cinemas, which reveals to us a new chapter in the life of an American hero with superhuman abilities. But now we will not talk about the film, but about a new game, developed by the Beenox studio. And this creation is called, as you would expect, Amazing Spider-Man: The Game .

First the movie, and then the game

I’ll tell you right away that the events of the game are in no way connected with the plot of the film, the actions Amazing Spider-Man: The Game take place after the events of the film, so before playing, I recommend going to the premiere of the film. But let's not deviate from the topic, let's proceed directly to the review of the game.

And again mutants

The plot of the game revolves around the Oscorp corporation; it turns out that its new manager, Alistair, is conducting experiments to create various types mutants and it just so happens that the corporation’s terrible “creations” are getting out of control and bursting onto the streets of Manhattan. This fact is complicated by the fact that these mutants infected the Spider-Man girl with some kind of virus that could either kill her or turn her into another mutant, which is even worse. And now we have to not only save the protagonist’s girlfriend, but also put the raging monsters in their place.

Well, who is the coolest here?!

Everyone knows that Spider-Man is not Hancock and he has many vulnerabilities, so to main character became stronger, faster, and so on, we were given the opportunity to upgrade the hero, of course, for a reason, but for the experience that we gain by completing missions and other quests. By the way, there are quite a few quests in the game, but they are all of the same type and after completing a couple of such mini-missions, the desire to continue to complete them completely disappears. The combat system in the game has become more spectacular, Spider performs a wide variety of acrobatic stunts to neutralize opponents, but to perform these same techniques the player needs to do practically nothing, press one key, and that’s it. It is also worth paying attention to the fact that during the battle improvised means, such as gas cylinders or wooden boxes, can be used.

From the spider's point of view, I'm hanging from the ceiling

Shooting webs is not Spider-Man's only ability; he can also climb walls and ceilings, while the camera also changes its position, which in turn confuses the player a little and complicates the gameplay. It is also worth noting that we can not only openly attack enemies, but also carefully and quietly remove enemies one by one, hanging them from the ceiling. The game also has the ability to slow down time, that is, during time slowdown we can aim and shoot a web at the enemy while jumping and so on. Nowadays, time dilation in games has generally become one of the main features.

Premises and city

Let us also note that indoors, we have to move and act completely differently than on the open streets of Manhattan. Indoors, we cannot give free rein to all the abilities of the Spider, but in the wild, all the hidden qualities of Spider-Man break free with extraordinary force. Moving around the city looks spectacular, and the “live” camera embellishes this process.

Bottom line

As a result, we see a colorful game with high-quality graphics, crowds of enemies and new abilities of Spider-Man. But the game is still mostly for children, it could use a little more seriousness, but otherwise the game turned out to be solid.

It has already become an undeniable tradition for Western game industry to make games based on all more or less popular films. Well, the Marvel universe, which is experiencing Lately The huge surge in popularity and public interest thanks to the movie "The Avengers" has become number 1 for urgent "gamification". Recently a film was released about our old friend Spider-Man. Yes, just here "Amazing Spider-man" became a reboot of the entire film series about the spider - with new actors and closer to the original. The game based on the film was not long in coming and was produced by the company Beenox, which has already made several games about Peter Parker.

Donkey, Gopher, Spider

Only it tells about what happened after the events described in the film. My advice to you is don’t start playing if you haven’t watched the movie yet. However, if you are completely indifferent to the plot of both works, and just want to jump and shoot webs, then no problem. Otherwise, you will pick up spoilers, and in addition, at first you will not understand anything - what other Lizards are, what kind of doctor, and so on.

So, just recently there was an incident with the Lizards, and Peter Parker learns that the new manager of the Oscorp corporation, Alistair, has continued experiments with monstrous creatures. Right before the hero’s eyes, mutants create chaos in the laboratory and run away, at the same time infecting his girlfriend with an incurable virus that either kills a person or turns him into the same mutant. Peter has no choice but to try to simultaneously stop the spread of the infection throughout New York and save his beloved.

Spider's superhero abilities will help us in this difficult mission. But, as you know, he is not omnipotent here, so spider skills can be upgraded by gaining experience. It would seem that if the hero only has a web, as well as dexterous arms and legs, the combat system will come out faded and boring compared to the rest modern games. This is not the case, at least not in the first half. Amazing Spider-man. Spider-Man can slow down time, aim in this mode and suddenly pull himself up to the victim on his web, and then give him good blows. You can shoot webs like a machine gun, confusing the enemy's movements. And, in the end, Spidey is not averse to using surrounding objects such as gas cylinders or cabinets to stun several opponents at once.

The hero fights spectacularly, throwing or nailing enemies to the ground, performing all sorts of acrobatic stunts. But it doesn’t depend on the player - you press one hit button, and sometimes dodge when Parker’s spider-sense tells him about an impending threat. As a result, such battles can quickly become boring.

To add at least some variety, the creators Amazing Spider-man: The Game allowed us not only to attack enemies head-on, but also to organize a real spider-like stealth-action. You can get close to enemies not just by simply sneaking up on the floor, but by crawling along the walls and even the ceiling! At the same time, the camera also turns upside down, which simultaneously brings its own dose of disorientation and fun. One of the skills that you can learn during the game will allow you to pull enemies “taken down” in stealth mode to the ceiling, and leave them there, wrapped in a cocoon - so their comrades will not discover the bodies and will not start sounding the alarm ahead of time. A bit of cheating is added by the fact that Spider-Man can almost at any moment jump on the web somewhere towards the ceiling using the Web-Retreat skill, and then strike again from an unexpected position.

Spider's adventures indoors and on the streets of Manhattan are very different. Once he gets out into the wild, his brave prowess is revealed in full force - Parker literally flies between skyscrapers, and sometimes above them, in his signature style. This activity is very dynamic and fun, but constantly changing camera angles and fast movement make you get lost in space. But this is not the main problem of the “Manhattan” part of the adventures of Spider-Man. Repetitive, monotonous side quests- a stain on the beauty of skyscrapers. When saving someone from bandits, all you have to do is take down a couple of bumbling fools, and you're done. The fifth time you have deja vu. And a little later you will simply start giving up on such “tasks”. The creators are trying to dilute all this with “photo missions” and other inventions, but the situation is not getting any better.

Amazing Spider-man boasts strong graphics in technical terms. Everything becomes blurry only when the Spider jumps between skyscrapers, but that’s how it should be. But the design work is quite standard for the “comic” theme, and its fans will like it.

In general, before us normal game about a comic superhero. It stands out due to its high-quality performance and some pleasant moments, such as flying between skyscrapers and acrobatic stunts in battle. However, interest in Amazing Spider-Man: The Game is lost after about the first two to three hours of play. Still, if you're a Spider-Man fan or have just seen the new Spider-Man movie, it's worth playing.

FULL TITLE: The Amazing Spider-Man/ In the CIS The new Spiderman

DEVELOPER: Beenox

PUBLISHER: Activision/in the CIS New disc

PLATFORM: PC

GENRE: Action-adventure

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Like a spider weaving its web, Beenox studio set up its own webs and began to lure players from all over the world into them. But it didn’t take much to entice. Project with a cult character Marvel Universe Comics, and even released under the hype of the film of the same name, many would have swept off the shelves like hot cakes without hesitation for a long time. But, as you know, in most cases, games based on a film license are made using a quick fix, which has an extremely negative impact on their quality. Has a newcomer joined their ranks? The Amazing Spider-Man published by "New Disc" in the CIS under the name "New Spider-Man"? Let's figure it out.

First nice feature the game is hers story line. It does not repeat the events shown in the last film about Peter Parker, but begins a couple of months after the film’s ending. In order to avoid spoilers, I will only describe the general situation: mutant hybrids who are carriers of a dangerous infection are escaping from the secret laboratories of the Oscorp company, which is engaged in experiments with mutations and interspecific crosses. As if this were not enough, robots programmed to destroy these same hybrids and, accordingly, people infected by them, went after them to the city. Guess who will have to clear up all the mess? Put on the red mask and go!

And again we find ourselves in virtual New York, on the island of Manhattan. At first, looking at the city from above, you can’t help but get enough of the contemplation of the local landscapes, and the feeling of flying when you jump from a skyscraper and just before the fall, you quickly rise up on a spider’s web, in The Amazing Spider-Man simply indescribable. By the way, moving around with the help of the web has become much easier than in previous games about Spider-Man, because our hero does not hesitate to cling directly to the air (or maybe he grabs onto the poor birds).

Flying between skyscrapers, you don’t see any flaws in the graphic plan. From above, the city really looks beautiful and impressive, but as soon as you go down, you can’t help but notice low-poly landscapes and objects here and there (you can’t even look at cardboard cars without tears). It is impossible not to mention the indifferent passers-by, who apparently don’t care that there is an epidemic in the city, and reptile-men and rat-men are roaming around. Fortunately, Spidey himself and his animation are simply amazing. It is a pleasure to watch his actions, both during flights and during fights.

Mostly story missions V The Amazing Spider-Man are carried out in closed rooms of laboratories and sewers. After all, it is there that the protagonist can easily hide and quietly, one by one, eliminate the enemies. Spider-Man can easily stick himself to any wall or even the ceiling, while the camera also turns upside down, which creates a funny feeling of disorientation. With this part of the visual side of the game, things are a little better than with the city streets, but not everyone will like climbing through the same sewers and laboratories.

Having leveled up a little, you can allocate a couple of development points to learn new abilities. For example, one of these skills allows Spider to wrap knocked-out opponents in cocoons of cobwebs and carefully hang them from the ceiling. This way, their comrades won’t notice the bodies lying on the floor and won’t raise the alarm ahead of time.

No one forbids entering into open battle. If a group of enemies is not armed, then defeating such poor fellows in hand-to-hand combat is quite simple. Combat system The Amazing Spider-Man suspiciously reminiscent of the combat from last year's Batman: Arkham City. They prepared the same cocktail of attacks, dodges, counter-strikes and finishing moves for us.

Without straining too much, we press one button at a time and don’t forget to click the second when a special icon appears above the Spider’s head to carry out a counter-attack. Meanwhile, on the screen, Spidey performs miracles of acrobatics and relishes handing out punches to a crowd of unfortunate jocks and mutants. It’s a little more difficult with armed opponents: here you’ll have to constantly hide, flying on a web from one corner to another. For a quick retreat in particularly hot battles, there is even a separate button - personally, it saved me from certain death more than once.

Another new product The Amazing Spider-Man, which significantly makes the player’s life easier when moving around the city and fighting enemies, is a system called Web Rush. It allows you to slow down the passage of time and choose the desired direction to jump. You can also mark any enemy as a target, after which our hero will immediately fly up to the poor fellow and greet him with a powerful kick.

We can't help but mention the boss battles. They give it to both mutants and huge robots. Unfortunately, fights with hybrids mostly come down to the banal “rebound - hit - dodge” - repeat three times. It’s much more fun to pound giant pieces of iron, battles with which take place right in the open city, and not in cramped enclosed spaces. Such massacres look very spectacular and impressive.

In between completing main missions in The Amazing Spider-Man You can do smaller tasks. For example, hitting robbers who attack civilians, or delivering infected people to the nearest hospital. These tasks take at most half a minute and at first are perceived only as nice bonus, but then it becomes unclear why there was a need to churn out a hundred essentially the same mini-missions? The chase missions were implemented completely disgustingly: I jumped on the criminals’ car and the simplest mini-game “hit one button at a time” began. But there are about twenty of exactly the same puzzles in the game!

Such monotony and outright primitivism of most of the additional games soon discourages any desire to explore the city and forces us to return to the tracks of the main plot. The only one worthy of attention side mission— bank robbery with the Black Cat. By the way, those who like to collect various junk hidden in the levels have something to do here: paper pages are scattered throughout Manhattan, collecting a certain number of which gives access to viewing entire issues of Spider-Man comics.

It just so happens that games about Spider are mostly either frankly unsuccessful or more or less tolerable products that can only appeal to the most hardcore fans of the red-and-blue superhero. This time it turned out to be such a solid average peasant with its own carriage of shortcomings, but at the same time capable of boasting of a large number positive aspects. Anyway, The Amazing Spider-Man- without exaggeration, one of best games about Peter Parker, and therefore I still advise fans of the genre and Marvel comics to pay attention to it.