Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
 

"Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions" looks awesome. Really awesome, in fact. So awesome that I think it could give "Batman: Arkham Asylum" a run for its money as one of the best comic book based video games released in recent years.

In conjunction with GameSpot, Activision has released a first look at gameplay footage from "Shattered Dimensions." According to senior producer Meghan Morgan, players will assume Spider-Man's identity across several distinct universes including the Amazing Universe, based on the traditional Spidey stories told by Marvel Comics, and the Noir Universe, based on the character's recent reinterpretation through the "Noir" comic book line. There are two other universes that haven't been announced yet.

Each universe has a unique core gameplay mechanic, with the Amazing Universe focusing on web-based action. Spidey can spin his webs to make weapons like hammers and staves, interact with the environment and blind his enemies, among other functions. In the Noir Universe, he'll have to rely on stealth-based tactics, using his shadowy surroundings to catch villains off guard.

Additionally, Activision announced two of the game's villains - Kraven the Hunter in the Amazing Universe and Hammerhead in the Noir Universe. Hammerhead's Noir design was created exclusively for the game in conjunction with Marvel, as the character has not appeared in the "Noir" books.

Activision promised that more details, including the identities of the other two universes and other classic villains, will be announced in the coming weeks and months at events such as E3 and this weekend's WonderCon.

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http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/0...mensions-noir/

Looks pretty good imo.

You had me at "noir"

After Web of Shadows, I'm going to avoid jizzing my pants for a while.

Yeah, how sad was it that game started with a bang and got progressively worse? Reverse Spider-Man 2.

I'm hoping for a level where another character from the Marvel universe fights me and asks me Marvel questions while fighting me!!

Cool game. :y:

Cool Bloodsport GIF. :y:

I'm excited for it. One of the execs on the previous spierman games admitted the last few games have sucked because they were shooting for "8 and 8.5s" cause they were kids games. He said they are going to try and get back to basics instead of shooting for a mediocre rating because they're making a 'kids games'.

For the Amazing Universe was that not Neil Patick Harris's voice who also did Spider-Man The Animated Series which aired on MTV after the 1st movie was released?

Yeah, it was NPH.

Wondering what the other two universes will be. Guessing not ultimate, as each universe seemingly is a different gameplay experience, and I can't see Ultimate differing from 616 in any way.

Lame.

Elaborate.

Could be the two demonstrated are the ones that offer unique elements.

Though I hope not. It'd be interesting.

Once the "gameplay differentiation between universes" gimmick gets torn apart once we see how uneven the game mechanics and quality are, we'll be left a forgettable bore that won't do shit for the franchise. Almost certain more than a few "professional" reviewers will question why the best of the universes didn't just get it own game - hold me to this.

The dev team is untested in this genre and I don't trust Activision to give a shit; being that they're pretty blatant about them releasing this to meet their license quota for the year and not because somebody had a great idea. This has 'job' written all over it (much like Friend and Foe, though even that was kinda cute and fun).

I am interested in seeing the last two universes, if only as a comic fan, but I have little interest as a gamer.

2099 is a rumor I'm hearing for one of the last 2 universes.

Kalyx Triad: Where Prognostication meets Masturbation.

That would be awesome, but 2099 wasn't really a different Universe.

Web of Shadows was decent enough, but it did get worse as it went on.

Web of Shadows was awful..what a disappointment. I was so behind the concept of the game but they just didn't pull it off properly. I liked how much emphasis they placed towards the "allies" and there was like..2-3? what a waste. After the symbiote crap the game just sucked ass.

Web of Shadows was alright. It didn't live up to the hype. It was still fun swinging around and webbing bad guys up.

The voice of Noir Spidey is the VA from the Fox Kids cartoons. Every Spidey will have a VA who portrayed Spider-Man in the past. Based on this I speculate:

- Ultimate Spider-Man, by the dude doing the Spectacular Spidey cartoon.
- And Movie Spider-Man, by Tobey himself.

Still fail in the making but the idea with the VAs is cool.

source?

Regardless, your prediction of McGuire is exceedingly unlikely. And while I agree that judging a book by its cover is the best policy, perhaps we might wait a little before crucifying the title.

Even that was pretty stripped down, though. I will agree it was fun, though. I still haven't beat the game, because it got to that point of more tedious than anything.

I agree with Kane Knight..it was not that exciting. I mean..the swinging around was pretty lame in my opinion. The city just did not feel like a city..very few people, very few cars..etc. It would had been more interesting if there would had been more landmarks from the Marvel Universe but even then..

Now you have me picturing an organic city, Marvel style.

I can dream....

I wish they would make a game that was like GTA3 in every way except having a superhero that you run around as

Same here, except make it GTA 4.

No other sandbox game has been able to make their enviornments feel as alive as liberty city was in that game.

IGN from a Wondercon reveal reported the VA thing. I speculated the other two voices and yeah, not likely the Tobey thing.

The game has first-person brawling. It's things like that which gives me bad vibes about the project as a whole. I'm more optimistic than I sound, I wish no failure for any game. I just think this direction is half-assed. The dev team claims to have created this game after looking at the past games and seeing what fans complained about and wanted most. I am a fan. I read all the reviews for the past games. How they concluded a game set in four universes with different playstyles and a 1st person punching mechanic is beyond me.

But hey, "We'll see."

You fail speculation.

Settle down.

grrr

GTTV is highlighting the game and it's a fucking joke like my spidey-sense warned me about. Activision/Beenox fail. Yes, I can say that before the game drops.

Cue promotions, oversized ads and banners all over blog sites, game journalists pretending to be excited while keeping a straight face, a demo that'll give you a few levels from at least 2 universes, and the game dropping to less than favorable reviews. Activision makes a few mil, game journalists get to sound 'critical' over a bad game, and I'm left waiting another fiscal year for a half-decent Spidey game.

Fucking Christ, my tooth aches.

I mean, fuck even waiting for the other half of the game's premise to get revealed, let alone waiting for it to come out

There were guys talking about it and some videos of maybe two parts of the game, that's enough to decide whether this experience lives or dies

Btw, Gamestop's preorder bonus (it was leaked on the website, briefly a while back) is going to be the ability to play as Cosmic Spider-man in all four dimensions.

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/169487-cosmicspidey.jpg

Notice the arm spikes on that fourth Spider-man. While 2099 isn't another dimension in the traditional sense and you could I guess slap arm spikes on anything, I'm thinking that 2099 is pretty likely all things considered.

Jesus.

Yeah, but you lack Auspie-Sense, so what do you know?

Certainly looks more likely. I'm assuming the third one is the Ultimate Universe? I admit to not paying too much attention, but the style seems similar...Even with the grandpa pants.

lol at Spider-Man 2099.
As much as I liked the series growing up, having the chance to play as Spider-Man 2099 is just 15 years too late. I wonder how many people have even heard of the 2099 universe. I want to be excited about this..but after the failure that was Web of Shadows and all the information I am gathering about this game..I am just not into it.
Like Kalyx pointed out, everyone is going to bitch and moan about their favorite universe not being included or getting a game of its own.

Betting even less people have heard of noir.

Also, doubt people will be upset about their favorite universe being missing, because there really aren't many prominant ones. They are all here, tbh.

I don't see Zombie Spider-Man in there :mad:

At this point, I really have no idea what that other Spider-man is. I think Ultimate is about as likely as zombie or armored or... I don't know, Age of Apocalypse. I got nothin'.

I am surprised they picked Noir. I bought a couple of issues of Marvel Noir and I didn't really get into it. I didn't even know the series made it this long? I don't see it being Ultimate since we already got a game based around it and it wouldn't be that different from the amazing world.
I am thinking it might be symbiote Spider-Man? but that has already been done to death.

The only other one I can think of is reign.

It would suit the darker appearance in that captain universe pic.

Marvel Zombie Universe would be pretty sweet!

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These need to be three of the dimensions, plus regular Spider-man I guess.

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That rendition of Goblin looks horrible.

I agree. The only character I am slightly interested with is Hammerhead..and that is bad.

I take it Spider-Man Noir is less Noir and more Camp.

See, that actually makes me want to play this.

I don't follow the comics so I'm not sure what the dimension talk is all about. I'm guessing it was something they did to try and do Spider-Man in different styles.
It looks more like "Spider-Man Through Time" to me. Noir looks 1940's, we have the present day and 2099 is obviously the future.

I didn't bother about this game but when I saw the 2099 screens, I thought "Futuristic Spider-Man? I'll look into this.". I'm going to go look into the game more. I'm guessing each dimension is the whole of New York, right?

No, they're not trying for the open world thing anymore.

Just read on Wikipedia it was platforming/stealth etc. So it's closer to the old Ps1 spider-man games than the recent games of the films.

Cool, I really enjoyed the old PS1 games.

Indeed. The first Spider-Man game PS1 was incredible. Specially the shitload of cameos it has. Too bad they couldn't keep up and the one that came after was pretty lame.

2099 would be cool as a game by itself. I didn't really like most of the 2099 comics, but Spider-Man 2099 was decent.

The comics have had various alternate "universes." The ones that are the mainstream comics happen primarily in the 616 Universe, named after a designator used in some 70s comics or something. While noir is set in the 30s and 2099 in 2099 (Obviously), one is an alternate version of Peter Parker (Noir), while the other deals with a sort of legacy character (Miguel O'Hara from Spider-Man 2099).

There are currently 900,000 alternate future timelines for Marvel, and a coupel past ones, but there are also alternate concurrent "universes" for Marvel. Since there's one more "dimension" in this game, it's not a past-present-future thing, so much.

I don't know what the fourth will be, though I'm still guessing Ultimate Spider-Man as it's probably the most prominent concurrent deal. Plus, with a TV Show planned for next year, it makes sense. Ultimate Spider-Man (and by extension, the other Ultimate titles) rebooted the franchise in a modern setting without the baggage of decades of backstory and shit. It may not be USM, but it's likely to be a proper alternate.

Though, like I said, Noir is an alternate past, so it's still kind of alternate. 2099 deals with the modern Spidey as an historic character, as well as a certain religion based around Thor giving him mythical status.

Anyway, that's the best I can explain it. Someone might go more in depth or whatever.

I don't know. Like someone else said, the Ultimate Universe is so close to the 616 version, that I don't see how it would be very different.

It could be that MTV cartoon from a couple years back. Or not.

ooooooooooo what about earth x? That would be awesome.

House of M Spidey's a good go.

That would be cool too. You could split time playing as spidey and the green goblin.

Thanks for filling me in on the dimensions thing.

I think it would make sense if the 4th dimension was the one that let up play as Spider-Man 2211. This guy:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...derMan2211.PNG

Reading about his powers, he would be a good contrast to the stealthy Noir dimension with his super strength and endurance. He has different kinds of webbing and equipment so we could mess around with his electro webbing or rocket boots. He can time travel, according to Wikipedia which could be pulled off Prince of Persia style but it would be better if they left out the time traveling powers.

Actually, I've just remembered the Pre order bonus posted earlier shows it can't be him. Still, I may as well post this post.

Ugh, I do not like the look of the big hulking goblin they've got in Noir. Or the one they did in Ultimate Spider-Man, for that matter. Why would they even call him a 'goblin' anyway if he's a huge beast? Something like an ogre or a troll or whatever, sure, but aren't goblins usually meant to be sneaky mischievous little bastards instead of big brute monsters?

I do like the look of 2099 Spidey, though. I'm still holding out hope that this game won't blow ass, but not much.

I never actually saw the comics that dealt with him. I only read about a year and a half of 2099, before my brother's subscription ran out and he opted not to continue it. I had other fixes at the time, so I missed the one of crossover and shit.

I think we're going to see another modern one anyway. I know people are bitching that Ultimate is "too close," but I'm not sure that makes a diff.

Not sure why they made the Goblin so big. He wasn't like that in Noir.

you guys catch the trailer for 2099? Shows a clip at the end hinting at the 4th dimension. Could be zombies? Though the shadows kinda make it look like symbiotes, but i dont recall their being an actual Spidey universe based on it.

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My first thought was Symbiotes, though I could be wrong.

The "gameplay" looks decent, though a lot like WoS. WoS wasn't Bad Gameplay-wise, it just wasnt great. They could make a similar game better, or it could ultimately suck.

Also, is that seriously the voice for Miguel? Fuck that sounds wrong.

So....I'm thinking that the main story is that the Symboites have gotton the tech to cross dimensions. Or did am I just crazy?

Crazy, yes. Just crazy? Hard to say.

have to admit..the direction the game has taken with the 2099 universe has changed my opinion a little..I am still not getting it at release but I might consider it down the road.

This is not a reveal of the fourth universe, but rather an extra costume in the game. Some of us may remember this is the Iron-Spidey suit Tony Stark hooked up Peter with during the Civil War event.

i remember it because it was damn ugly, especially with the limbs out.

At least it lasted longer than the previous Iron Spider suit. :lol:

Me wonders if the last dimension could possibly be the Scarlet Spider's that'd be cool.

never thought about that, but hell fucking yes it would be. Ben Rielly was the man...or at least his costumes were.

There's a Scarlet Spider dimension?

Yeah I'm getting something mixed up there I forgot he's a clone and not a character from an alternate universe but then again neither is 2099 it's only a matter of time. :wtf:

well 2099 is a separate storyline set in the marvel universe

2099 is definitely another dimension.

2099 is a non-canon future. I don't know if it was always that way or not, but it is an alternate "universe."

Scarlet Spider's just a clone of Parker, right? I know they tarded it up later on, but he was just the clone the Jackal made, no?

correct. It would be cool to throw in the costume though.

http://blog.newsarama.com/gallery/al...rletSpider.JPG

Yeah, all he needs is ankle warmers and hoop earrings.

Sorry, had to make the joke. I like SS's outfit.

Not sure if you remember the animated series the had on FOX back in the 90s but I'm pretty sure in that show he'd come from another universe along with guys like and Spider-Carnage and that cocky armorded Spider-Man.

I remember the 90s Spider-Man, but not Spider-Carnage or Armored Spidey.

That was also the show where Peter went to school with all his arch nemeses. Well, most of them, anyway. I'm surprised he and J Jonah Jameson weren't schoolmates.

Seem to remember that Vulture wasn't an old geezer lol anywho can't remember the name of the episode but I know Madam Web was highly involved in it and I believe there were at least 3 parts to it.

I remember Madam Web, who was almost an entirely different entity from the comics, and some Secret Wars deal, and some other stuff, but not all that well.

Also, in the comics, Vulture Rejuvenated (Spellcheck capped that, not me) himself with some life stealing process, and I think he did that in the TV series, too.

Man, I just realised how much of that show is a blur to me.

To set the record straight, the 2099verse was originally a non-canon future, but was later recognized as an official alternate universe in the Exiles, as Miguel joins the team and goes universe-hopping for quite some time.

look at the big brains on Funky

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Rest my case on this shit game.

Kal rested his case before any information was available.

It's not Halo so it sucks by default with him.

"fixed"

It's not even out yet :roll: Great logic.

Was not overly impressed by Web of Shadows. This isn't really looking all that great either. They should take Spiderman 2, redo the dialog so it's not related to the movie (and I don't have to hear Tobey McWhiny) and just build it bigger. And maybe up the graphics a little. Maybe.

Maybe not, but I see plenty of Web of Shadows in it. Not a good thing, if they expect you to pay $60 for it.