This game has a lot more in its favour than working against it, and it's the kind of title that the superhero industry has been overdue for a very, very long time. Read more
Most video games based on Super Heroes are decidedly average, at best. You would think having all this money invested in the rights to use these world famous dispensers of justice that a lot more effort would be put in to the games. Maybe it is because so much money is spent on the rights that development misses out, who knows? Anyway, along came Batman: Arkham Asylum proving that super hero games can be bloody awesome. Read more
Closing Comments Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions has a lot of great things going for it. Some of the levels and boss battles are phenomenal. Beenox took a lot of chances with this game, most of which paid off in something unique and refreshing. Some old issues (bad camera, repetitive combat) still haven't been completely solved, but the good far outweighs the bad. Spidey fans should definitely pick this one up. Read more
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back. In fact, four Spider-Men are back for Shattered Dimensions, a game that celebrates the wallcrawler's various incarnations. These four Spider-Men inhabit different worlds with different gameplay styles and unexpected variations on well-known villains. If you think you've seen it all with Spider-Man games, think again. (Go ahead, think. I'll be here waiting. Read more
Shattered Dimensions is certainly a considerable step-up from the stock-standard web-slinging affairs we've endured in the last decade, or so. It isn't anywhere close to the champagne quality that Arkham Asylum managed, but I think it would have been unfair to expect that. What Beenox have done is deliver a truly clever concept that, despite a number of shortcomings, manages to still capture the hearts and minds of Spidey fans that've been waiting for a game to deliver... Read more