Ultimate Spiderman has been in development by Treyarch for a while, ever since I heard about this game there has been hope in my heart that this game (based on one of my favorite Spiderman story arch’s) did not fall into the pit of “suck” as most comic book based videogames do.
In Ultimate Spiderman you play as a young Peter Parker, and his friend Eddie Brock. One day Peter and Eddie stumble upon the life long work of their fathers, a cure for cancer known as the “Venom Suite”. I will not spoil any of the stories, but in this game because of the “discovery” you get to play as both Spidey and Venom!

Game play in Ultimate Spiderman has a sort of GTA style to it. There is a main story in this game but you only get to participate in “Chapters” when you complete goals.
These goals consist of Races, Beat em Up’s and Rescue Missions. The nice thing about these goals is because the game is an open environment you find yourself completing missions on your own and usually stay ahead of the “requirements”.
Each Story mission is a blast! consisting of different goals and objectives but always ending in a BOSS FIGHT! This is the bread and butter of Ultimate Spiderman. If you like good boss fights against super villains (and those who fall into shades of grey) you will love this game. Each Boss is unique and has to be brought down in a different manner. You can not just run at them and kick and punch, you have to think. There is even a bit of depth when you play as Venom (who is the tank of the two)

The controls in Ultimate Spiderman are very solid, Spiderman and Venom have different abilities but they keep the same general control scheme.
Unfortunately there is a downside to Ultimate Spiderman, and it’s a big one….The Camera.
The Camera in this game can sometimes cause death and moments of frustration. This is most noticeable in “Chase Missions” These missions have you following a super villain through NYC and trying to keep on their tail is sometimes made more difficult when the camera decided your facing right when you wanted to go left!
If you can put up with not finishing some missions on the very first try it’s a blemish you can get over.
The graphics in Ultimate Spiderman are just amazing! Every Character has a sense of depth and weight I have never seen before, Spiderman and Venom feel/play so differently from each other and a lot has to do with the way the move and the shear weight difference. Everything in this world is cell shaded, and looks great. The environment is quite large consisting of Manhattan, and Queens NYC. There is pop in from time to time for buildings but it’s never bad.
I highly recommend this game to anyone who is looking for some Fun this fall! If you ever wanted to be thrown into a game that has good story, solid controls, jaw dropping art, epic boss battles (throwing cars in times squares is FUN), and a laundry list of Marvel Characters to interact with this is a game for you.
Take it easy Monkeys.