If there is a building, momentum and simple physics means that you're drawn towards it by your swing. So swinging now requires you to direct Spidey's left and right hands to navigate the streets, using the shoulder buttons to latch on to buildings. But in trying to pretend there's been some forward movement, some tiny evolution, lots of details have been tweaked, and almost always for the worst. This is, to all intents and purposes, a remake of the previous game.

Even so, that familiar webslinging thrill was still kindled by the first Amazing Spider-Man game, albeit muted by the bland gameplay surrounding it. Much as Star Wars fans have swung enough lightsabers and brought down enough AT-ATs to satisfy their playground fantasies a dozen times over, so I've guided a digital Spidey down these streets too often for the magic to still work. Part of the reason is that this childhood dream that has long since been dulled by repetition. You can visit him to look at your collectables. Stan Lee appears in the game as the owner of a comic shop. It's the thing that six-year-old me dreamed of.Īctually, no. I'm swinging down New York's concrete canyons, soaring into the air, falling to the ground and thwipping my way to safety at the very last second. So trust me when I say that it breaks my heart to type this. First thing I ever bought on eBay? A dog-eared copy of Amazing Fantasy 15, which hangs on the wall right next to me at this very moment, in a pound-shop clip-frame. On long car journeys, I'd look out of the window and pass the time by imagining Spidey was running alongside, somersaulting and swinging over the scenery whizzing by.Įven as an adult, through the Clone Saga and every other indignity Marvel inflicted on the character, I still love Spidey.

He's the one I watched through cheap cartoons and lousy live-action TV shows. Out of all the superheroes, he's the one that I immediately identified with as a kid.

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