Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (DS) 78.50% (PSP) 77.25% (PS3) 70.10% (PS2) 69% (X360) 68.37% (Wii) 65.26% (PC) 53.89% |
| Metacritic | (DS) 77/100 (PSP) 75/100 (PS2) 69/100 (X360) 68/100 (PS3) 67/100 (Wii) 63/100 (PC) 52/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 5/10 |
| Game Informer | 6.5/10 |
| GamePro |    |
| Game Revolution | B |
| GameSpot | 8/10 (DS) 7/10 (Wii) 6/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameTrailers | 6.3/10 |
| GameZone | (X360) 8.5/10 (PS3) 8.3/10 (DS) 8/10 7/10 (PC) 6.5/10 (Wii) 5.9/10 |
| Giant Bomb | |
| IGN | (DS) 8/10 7/10 (PS3 & X360, AU) 6.7/10 (X360, US) 5.7/10 (PS3, US) 5.5/10 (PC) 5.3/10 (Wii) 5.2/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 6.5/10 |
| OXM (US) | 8/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 48% |
| Common Sense Media | |
| Variety | (average) |
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a video game title encompassing three versions: a full-3D action game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360; a 2.5D sidescrolling beat em up action game for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 (called Amazing Allies Edition), and a 2.5D side-scrolling brawler/platformer for the Nintendo DS.
The game received generally positive reviews from critics, who singled out the boss fights, destructive combat, use of an original story, voice acting and open-ended nature. However, the game's choice system received mixed reviews; although some praised how the player is able to create a dynamic experience with their choices, others were critical of the system's limitations. In addition, reviewers criticized the storyline' s poor execution, bothersome camera controls, the inability to free-roam after completing the game, lip-synching issues and the ugly graphics.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, along with most other games published by Activision that had used the Marvel licence, was de-listed and removed from all digital storefronts on January 1, 2014.
At various points in the game, the player is able to choose between good and evil paths which take a fair amount of time to complete. There are multiple endings depending on how the game is played out. In addition, the player can choose which villains to fight against. The player is able to switch between Spider-Man's traditional red and blue costume and the symbiote suit at any time during gameplay. Chris Scholz from Shaba Games also commented that the developers "worked on really separating the black and red suits to give the player a different feel." For example, red and blue-suited Spider-Man is fast and agile, while symbiote Spider-Man is stronger and more destructive. The mini-map on the screen is also different from the style used in previous Spider-Man games. The traditional 2-D overhead view has been removed, replaced by a new 3D map with an "X", "Y" and "Z" axis which shows the player's position in three-dimensional space (north and south, as well as vertical position). Also, as a Wii exclusive, there are 6 alternate costumes (Spider-Carnage for the black suit, and Spider-Armor, Ben Reilly, Spider-Man 2099, Cosmic Spider-Man and the Iron Spider suit for the red suit). Although the player is unable to free-roam after the storyline's completion, there is a secret code: watching the credits, selecting continue, watching the credits again and selecting continue. If the code is done right, the player can replay the game with all of their previous upgrades.
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