Yeah, but the swinging in US is still inferior.
And it's not like Ultimate was crazy fun.
Anyhow i agree with you.
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Yeah, but the swinging in US is still inferior.
And it's not like Ultimate was crazy fun.
Anyhow i agree with you.
mysticwhip
Banned
graphics look really nice, I also heard that you can control web rush.
that would be sick if you could perform all those movements on your own but you can use web rush if you just feel like getting from point a to b.
that would be sick if you could perform all those movements on your own but you can use web rush if you just feel like getting from point a to b.
Grassclipper
Member
So, first 20 seconds of unedited swinging/web-rushing got released. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZVOp57YIqw Looks okay I guess, kinda seems like he swings from thin air which I ate though.
But I really liked both Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time (yup, I think its a fun game) so I'm optimistic about this one.
But I really liked both Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time (yup, I think its a fun game) so I'm optimistic about this one.
matrix-cat
Member
Yeah, I was trying to work that out. A couple of those swings look like the webs are anchored to nothing.
Well, it's definitely not SM2-style swinging, but it looks pretty cool. I wonder if that camera angle is going to get irritating, though. It sure looks cinematic, but it doesn't really let you see anything below you which isn't exactly ideal for a system where you're constantly rising and falling. Maybe the player was moving the camera around, though. I like the way it closed in on Spidey when he stopped at the end; the camera in SM2 couldn't deal with tight spaces and it'd freak out all the time when you were wall-crawling.
Ugh. Is it really too hard to copy a PS2 game's mechanic?
That looks better than I had imagined. Kudos to animation team for giving Spidey some real sense of weight.
*Watches again*
Yup, this is looking amazing. I'm not sure if I'm gonna like the camera sticking so close to Spidey all the time, but so far this looks exactly the kind of Spidey game I've been waiting for all these years.
Speedymanic
Banned
That looks surprisingly good. Not sure I agree that he's swinging from thin air, but I'd have to see more footage to say with any certainty.
I felt that way about Arkham Asylum at first, but it ended up feeling great. This game seems to be taking a lot of hints from Rocksteady's Batman games, so hopefully it turns out good as well.
Grassclipper
Member
They really seem to have his movements down though.
Looking at the achievement list, the number of collectibles seem a bit excessive to me. Hopefully they'll be a lot more fun to collect then the fucking tokens that were scattered everywhere in S-M2.
Looking at the achievement list, the number of collectibles seem a bit excessive to me. Hopefully they'll be a lot more fun to collect then the fucking tokens that were scattered everywhere in S-M2.
Really hard to tell, but if he should swing in thin air then I'd write the game instantly off. Would make the whole swinging mechanic completely pointless for me.
HawksWinStanley
Member
I'm really hoping this game puts Spiderman back on the map like Rocksteady did for Batman with the Arkham games.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Come on, that's just hopeful thinking.
Criminal Upper
Banned
I think the swings look anchored there, the flare of the sun blocks some of it, but his web-zips are attached to radio towers.
Looks awesome to me!
Looks awesome to me!
Wow, you described Spider-Man 2 perfectly! The closest thing to SM2 was Web Of Shadows I believe. Both had pretty laughable storylines, characters, voice acting, mission design...everything but the swinging.
Also, as far as I remember, didn't SM2 have two button swinging? Then I think Ultimate Spider-Man or something made it a simple one button swinging which totally ruined it for me. I really hope Amazing Spider-Man brings back the more complicated swing mechanic.
The Nature Roy
Member
Sure looks like he's swinging from the clouds to me, and yup, that would be an instant deal breaker.
bigboss370
Member
i hope its good, haven't been interested in a spiderman game since Web of Shadows. Web of Shadows was really good.
Looks good, as long as it is not all automatic.
Buttonbasher
Member
Man seeing videos of this have made me really excited.
Haven't played Edge of Time, but Beenox was really good about making sure Spider-Man's webs attached to things in Shattered Dimensions. Especially in the Sandman level. I wouldn't be too worried about it.
Grassclipper
Member
Nah they never attached to anything in the Beenox games. The webline just shoot right up, which if you are indoors makes it look like it sticks to the ceiling. In Shattered Dimensions it was kinda weird though, because you couldn't swing all the time anyway. If I remember correctly the way it went was that if there were tall structures around you could webswing, because in theory Spidey would be able to do it. But if it was just flat ground you couldn't, because Spidey wouldn't be able to.
EDIT: Maybe you were talking about the webzip though, which always attach. And was awesome. Web rush just seems to be an evolution of that.
And I kinda remember seeing/reading an interview with the head of Beenox saying they'd had lots of debates whether the webs would stick to buildings or not, and that they had decided to go with a hybrid of sorts. Not totally sure though.
I hope Beenox have their best effort reflected in this, but why we haven't seen more media released for it ? Also, I hope the game can overcome the stigma of being a movie tie in. I would have preferred if Activision used their Spider-man licence to give us just non-movie games.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Killa Sasa
Member
If this is remotely decent, I'm in there. Been far too long since I got a Spidey game, didn't get Shattered Dimensions T_T
Don't really care if they bite a lot of stuff from AA or AC, I just want a good game with Mr. Parker.
Don't really care if they bite a lot of stuff from AA or AC, I just want a good game with Mr. Parker.
GringoLOCOo
Member
Dont know if anyone has seen this but IGN had a demo during e3
http://uk.ign.com/videos/2012/06/06/ign-live-the-amazing-spider-man-demo-e3-2012
Looks pretty good the swinging looks very slick and stylish .
http://uk.ign.com/videos/2012/06/06/ign-live-the-amazing-spider-man-demo-e3-2012
Looks pretty good the swinging looks very slick and stylish .
FollowSmoke
Member
Gameplay looks okay. Spiderman's movements seems a bit on the spastic side. I figured it would look more fluid than that. The battle versus Rhino was the typical three-hit boss battle. That being said, I'm excited.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Maybe it's just me but the animation while Spidey is swinging looks...off. It seems to be very floaty and just doesn't look fluid to me, more spastic to be honest. Might just need to get my hands on it to see for myself.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Really? I thought it looked a lot more weighted and less floaty than Spiderman 2's was. I just hope they have a similar web swinging mechanic that actually required some skill to use.
edit: I did just see the section though where he's web grabbing to buildings and it does look more floaty.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Yeah, he's definitely swinging from thin air. To me that absolutely ruins the one mechanic that just has to work in a Spidey game, and any developer that doesn't get that is simply stupid in my book. Oh well, no buy from me then.
#1 defender
Member
Wasn't sure whether this was thread worthy, so i put it here. New footage:
The Amazing Spider-Man Free Roam Video
The Amazing Spider-Man Free Roam Video
mysticwhip
Banned
why does he webshoot straight into the air.
wtf, why cant developers get this right?
wtf, why cant developers get this right?
Speedymanic
Banned
I gave up expecting any different years ago. Make peace with it and enjoy the game for what it is.
Shattered Dimensions is well worth a play through. It's wonky in some ways and not without its issues, but I was surprised how much I enjoyed it overall. With a little more dev time for polish, it could have been really great. If you are in any way a fan I'd say you should give it a shot. I wasn't remotely interested in it at first, but Beenox did some good things with it that fans should appreciate.
matrix-cat
Member
The combat seems alright, but the camera's in so close you can't see the enemies so I imagine it'd be hard to keep up a long combo. In the Batman games the camera zooms out whenever you're in combat so you can see what's going on.
Web Rush seems like the 'make the game play itself' button. It seems like the kind of game where you could play it for ten hours and be exactly as good as you were when you first picked up the controller; it's all automated and you obviously just steer Spidey around with magical inertia-defying powers. Naw, son.
Web Rush seems like the 'make the game play itself' button. It seems like the kind of game where you could play it for ten hours and be exactly as good as you were when you first picked up the controller; it's all automated and you obviously just steer Spidey around with magical inertia-defying powers. Naw, son.
Interficium
Banned
The Spider-Man 2 webswing code.
Speedymanic
Banned
That would be quite a feat considering it won't even be out in less than 1 week.
how do they do this? When making a spider-man game there should be a white board with big block letters WEBS STICK TO BUILDINGS. The key trait of spider-man is that he uses his web lines to swing from objects, how can this be gotten wrong?
kunonabi
Member
More often than no it looked he was webbing into thin air in the comics and older animation when I was reading/watching them. I remember it being a running joke for awhile. Never really seemed that big a deal to me.
I'm the same way. I'm kind of surrpised at what a big deal it seems to be to so many people. I'm not saying it's not worth getting upset about, I just didn't know it was such a big deal to some people.
Jerkapotamus
Member
Yeah, I'm not sure either. I never played Spiderman 2, but that video seemed pretty decent to me. Nothing's astounding, but it looks like it has the potential to be pretty solid.