Vicarious Visions and Activision , the great game companies who made Spiderman for the Playstation and Dreamcast, once again team up to make the successful "Spiderman Mysterio's
Menace" for the Gameboy Advance. Out of all the portable consoles in history, the Gameboy Advance, has probably the best lineup of games I've seen, and you can add this game to that list.
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Story
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Peter Parker (Spiderman) is talking to his great love Mary Jane, when he sees on the tv, that a great number of crimes are being committed in New York.
Spiderman then must try to stop the criminals and try to bring peace and safety to New York City. Spiderman though will have his hands, as he must fight a number of formidabble and familiar enemies that Spiderman fans will recognizne.
The lineup of enemies include "HammerHead", "Rhino", "Mysterio", and a gang machine gun happy gangsters and deadly ninjas.
Even making the game that more challenging is the fact that in several areas of the game Spiderman must rescue a group of hostages.
Graphics 10:
Spiderman games have come a long way since the first Spiderman came out from Parker Brothers for the Atari Systems.
From the Genesis system to Supernes, to Gameboy
Color, to the Gameboy Advance, to the Playstation, each Spiderman has constantly gotten better in the area of graphics.
The graphics in this game are gorgeous, wonderful 2d and 3d graphics are echoed throughout the game.
"Rhino", "Hammerhead" and others look like comic book counterparts. There are really 3 great graphics area in the game, and they are done very well. First is the intro of the game which is excellently done with a nice blend of music. the intro looks extremely cool, because it looks virtually an animation of the comic book.
The 2nd graphics area is stats screen. The stats screen reveals in what area Spiderman is, how much webbing Spiderman has left, and other details.
The 3rd area in the game are the mission and intermission screens. These scenes are all 2 dimensionally animated
in true color form and they look gorgeous on the screen.
Overall, I was not only suprised by the great
graphics for the game, but I was impressed.
Sound and Music: 7
The sound and music in Spiderman, just like the graphics for the game are extremely good, in fact it was better than I expected!!!
Everything from Spiderman's "spider senses" to "Rhino" growl and killer attacks, all come with their individual sounds.
Overall the sound in "Spiderman Mysterios Menace " is very well done.
The music is divided into different areas of game: The levels of the game, come with different tunes and soundtracks.
The stat screen in the game also comes with it's own music.
The best music in the game, that I loved was the intro at the beginning, it mean it just really cool!! In fact, it had me jazzed up to play the game.
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Control 7
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I was extremely satisfied with the controls for this game.
Unlike the Playstation and Dreamcast versions of Spiderman, which can get a bit frustrating the control for "Spiderman Mysterio's Menace" is virtually perfect.
Wow!!!
Spiderman has a variety of moves, combos and
special abilities that can you do.
First is Spiderman's web slinging.
Simply by tapping the A button twice, Spiderman can swing from building to building with ease. You can also websling and attack enemies at the same time!!!
This has many advantages of the game, as many enemies are at angles, or high altitudes in the game.
Spiderman's combos, consists of a regular punch,
a superpunch, and a great uppercut. You also have a regular kicking, a sweeping kick and a great jump kick (which can you do as you are webslinging!!!!)
Pressing the Start Button reveals the stats screen which reveals, the area Spiderman is , along with his web supply, the areas Spiderman has completed, and the number of hostages
Spiderman has rescued.
Overall, I was very pleased with the controls. Activision and Vicarious Visions did a great job in this area.
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Overall 9
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I gave "Spiderman Mysterio's Menace" a 10 because virtually all areas of the game were excellent done.
Activision has continually improved the Spiderman games that they done have done over years. There are also many challenging enemies in the game. I also like the fact, that game companies
included many of Spiderman's foes like "Hammerhead", "Mysterio", and "Rhino".
"Spiderman Mysterio's Menace" is just a great game, and I highly recommend the game to any Spiderman fan.
