The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man is an open world video game based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and the 2012 film of the same name. It was developed by Beenox and published by Activision. It was released on June 26 in North America and on June 29, 2012 in Europe for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Android, iOS, and Microsoft Windows. A version for the Wii U was released in March 2013 in North America and Europe known as The Amazing Spider-Man: Ultimate Edition in both regions. A PlayStation Vita version was released in November 2013.

A sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, was released in April 2014, itself based on the film. Months after the events of the film, Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy sneak into the restricted areas of Oscorp after hours to investigate rumors of the company continuing Curt Connors’ cross-species experiments. They are caught by new Oscorp director Alistair Smythe, who confirms the rumors and gives them a tour of Oscorp’s restricted areas to see the experiments for themselves.

However, the cross-species react to Peter, a cross-species himself, and break out, infecting numerous scientists, including Smythe and Gwen, with a deadly virus they are carrying. Donning his Spider-Man suit, Peter gets the infected to quarantine, but fails to stop the cross-species from escaping into the city. On the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii versions of The Amazing Spider-Man are different than the console and PC versions. Although they feature different gameplay, they still share the same plot, voice-overs, and some of the other version’s level design.

Instead of featuring an open world environment, this version features the player selecting a level from a map screen and talking to Dr. Connors. Once a level is selected, Spider-Man is dropped off at the start of the level. The game includes sub-missions that help the player gain XP. Due to the lack of free roam within these versions of the game, players cannot find comic book pages or take pictures of hidden spider graffiti to unlock more suits.

The photo mode makes use of the 3DS gyroscope, but can also be more easily controlled by the analog slider. Spider-Man’s moves in this game are similar to the previous moveset from earlier Spider-Man film games, and not that of its more current counterparts, although several changes have been made, such as the addition of a “Web Rush” mode (controlled with the Wii Remote’s pointer in the Wii version), which allows Spider-Man to slow time down while he is looking for targets to aim at.