IGN actually had the nerve to give this awesome game a 6 out of 10. As someone else said, "You can't spell ignorance without IGN," and they were so right. GamePro at least rated this respectably, although I am rating it .5 higher. Aside from some pedestrian/car woes and minor camera-and-framerate-related issues, this is an incredible game. They finally nailed the swinging, and the city looks amazing. More cars crowd the streets than ever before, and the number of pedestrians has also been noticeably increased. However, this has come at the price of some reality. I wasn't focusing too much on the pedestrians in my recent battle with the New Goblin, but I think I saw several walking by as though nothing was happening. Something similar was happenning with the cars. This is, unfortunately, a downgrade from the prequel. I tried punching one civilian recently, and he jerked out of the way and continued on. Wow. However, this can result in rather amusing, if inconvenience-causing, situations. Twice in a row (in the Black Suit, no less) I was run over by a gray car and flipped six times (three for each hit) onto the pavement. Finally I mashed the A button and manage to swing away. Phew! The boss battles, the way I see them, are exciting and challenging. Also, the ability to switch to the Black Suit and swing through all the missions again with the suit on is awesome. Above all, buy this game. It's worth it.

This is just another ok Spider-Man game. The timed button sequence is a nice addition but after a while it gets old. The free roaming is fine but after a while everthing just gets old. At first the game is fun but eventually you'll getbored and move onto the next game.

you'd think that activision would get the picture and stop cramming in all of those villains. while sometimes enjoyable, the camera, long boss batlles, and utterly crappy storyline take away from an otherwise descent game. the maddening side missions from the second game are gone being replaced by crime meter missions. these aren't a big step in the right direction being that all you do is chase them in a car and beat them up or just plain beat them up. the long bank robbery type missions are either too easy or, i can't believe i'm saying this, too difficult. there are good feature in the game though, the web swinging is as great as ever and swinging through manhattan is marvelous. but there just not enough to deserve a higher ranking

I've always been a fan of the Spiderman games. From the original for the SNES. The PS1 versions, and all of the recent 'sandbox' titles. But with Spiderman 3- it all combines into a wonderfully fun game. What I like most of all is that they've combined all of the best elements of the previous games to advance the experience. They pulled the 'speed' button from Spiderman 2 (great innovation). They pulled the 'double jump' from Ultimate Spiderman. And they assembled the most versatile line-up of bosses from all of the games. The environment is as beautiful as it's ever been. Swinging feels as natural as could be. The wall-crawler looks great and reacts great to things that happen to him. I once web-zipped directly into a building and Spidey actually went splat! and fell down all 36 stories. However, a few things the game could of done better; the black suit controls. As much fun as it was to have the extra speed, power and rage of the black suit- it also became a problem when trying to focus on a certain enemy. But even so, the combat system flowed smoothly enough. Although short, and slightly flawed, it's still a blast to use your imagination and swing around hours after completing the game. Web in a copy. You shant be dissapointed.

the game was pretty fun. i love swinging through the city. the only thing is that there doesn't seem to be any texture to anything until you get a few inches away from it.