The Amazing Spider-Man (0)

Overview

takes place after the events of the 2012 Sony movie reboot of the franchise, and features a return to the elements of the past movie games. After Peter Parker becomes and defeats , Oscorp, under the leadership of a new CEO named , begin to clear up the Cross-Species experiments Curt Connors left behind during his time there. However one night, as gives Peter a tour around the facility, the Cross-Species experiments break out, infecting Gwen and a number of Oscorp scientists with a deadly plague that begins to spread about . Spider-Man breaks the now cured Curt Connors out of the mental institute he resides in, being branded a criminal in the process, in order to create a cure to save the city. Smythe begins to send out armies Drones designed to hunt down the escaped Cross-Species monsters (including versions of Spider-Man villains such , and ), including Spider-Man himself, whose hybrid DNA also makes him a target.

Gameplay

For the first time since , The Amazing Spider-Man returns to featuring as an open world sandbox for Spider-Man to swing around in, stopping random crimes, collecting comic book pages - which, once a certain amount are collected, unlock digital copies of famous issues of Spider-Man comics throughout history, including Amazing Fantasy #15, Spider-Man's first appearance - and taking photos to unlock bonus costumes. Apart from web-swinging, the open world also utilizes a new Traversal mechanic called Web Rush, which slows down time and pulls the camera into a first person perspective, highlighting different areas Spider-Man can zip-line to. Web Rush can also be used in combat to highlight enemies Spider-Man can zip to, or objects he can interact with to take out multiple targets at once.

Combat itself is akin to the systems found in the , with spider-man chaining combos and dodges using his spider-senses in order to be able to pull off powerful and acrobatic finishing moves. Through these combat encounters Spider-Man gains experience which can be used to level up, unlocking extra skills or modifying the strength of his current ones.

Voice Acting

Unlike past Spider-Man movie titles, The Amazing Spider-Man does not use the cast from the movie to voice its characters. plays the part of Spider-Man, with playing Gwen Stacy and as Doctor Connors. makes an appearance as the Black Cat, and voices main villain Alistair Smythe. The game also features voicework from in a cameo role as an extreme sports reporter, in the vein of his previous cameos in Spider-Man games, as well as voicework from Stan Lee in a pre-order bonus mission pack.

Collectable Comic Books

The game also features 500 comic book pages to collect, which in total unlock 10 digital comics to read:

• 5 Pages Collected - Amazing Fantasy #15 (First Appearance of Spider-Man)
• 15 Pages Collected - Amazing Spider-Man #6 (First Appearance of The Lizard)
• 30 Pages Collected - Amazing Spider-Man #630 (First comic in The Lizard 'Shed' storyline)
• 50 Pages Collected - Amazing Spider-Man #41 (First Appearance of Rhino)
• 80 Pages Collected - Amazing Spider-Man #19 (First Appearance of Scorpion)
• 125 Pages Collected - Amazing Spider-Man #194 (First Appearance of Black Cat)
• 175 Pages Collected - Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 #294 (Part of the Last Hunt' event, featuring )
• 250 Pages Collected - Spectacular Spider-Man #32 (First Appearance of Iguana)
• 350 Pages Collected - Amazing Spider-Man #31 (First Appearance of Gwen Stacy)
• 500 Pages Collected - Amazing Spider-Man Annual Volume 1, #19 (First Appearance of Alistair Smythe)

Players who got the Stan Lee Adventure Pack also receive a bonus issue for completing the DLC, appropriately titled 'Excelsior!'.

Pre-Order Bonuses

Players who pre-order the title from Amazon for the or will receive the Stan Lee Adventure Pack. Voiced by himself, is the playable character, swinging through New York City with Spider-Man's powers, looking for pages of his latest script.

Also available was a pre-order bonus was a challenge pack allowing players to play as Rhino rampaging throughout the streets of Manhattan.

Wii U Version

A Wii U version of The Amazing Spider-Man has been announced for release in Spring 2013. This version will include all previously released DLC packs and feature optional motion and touch controls, such as charting a path through the city via GPS.

PC System Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows® 7/XP (SP 3)/Vista (SP 2)
• Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
• Memory: 3 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVidia Geforce 7600GT / AMD ATI Radeon X1800 GTO
• DirectX®: 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 7500 MB HD space
• Sound: Any DirectX 9.0 compliant Sound Card
• Additional: Internet connection required for installation and authentification.

Recommended:

• OS: Windows® 7/XP (SP 3)/Vista (SP 2)
• Processor: Intel Core® 2 Quad 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon II X4 2.6 Ghz
• Memory: 3 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVidia 8800GT / AMD ATI Radeon HD4830
• DirectX®: 10
• Hard Drive: 8000 MB HD space
• Sound: Any DirectX 9.0 compliant Sound Card
• Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection
• Additional: Internet connection required for installation and authentification.