Lessons learned, lessons forgotten
Surely this is the most diversificated Spider-Man game so far. Shattered Dimensions has learned the lessons from the previous games, implemented some rights, and avoided some wrongs. Unfortunetely, not every lesson learned on the previous games has been usede by this new SM adventure. You've got in this game all the fun from the Ultimate Spider-Man Game, by instance, but without the sandbox gameplay (off course that was intentional, this new game is a straight forward adventure). You've got the multiple finghiting possibilities (air, ground) in the 2099 dimension, like in Web of Shadows, but you can't fight in the walls, wich is a bit disappointing. But hey, there's a new first person fighting feature in this game (all dimensions) that can be really. And, off course, you've got four unique spider-men to play with. Now to the lessons forgotten: Noir dimension is poor, repetitive, with uninteresting stealth missions, totally anticlimax compared to the other dimensions (specially the super-fast 2009 one). You can't mix combos from differents dimensions, like you could in WOS by switching suits at one button click. Actually, the alternate suits (four for each dimensions) are neat, but they don't add anything to the combos. That could be different, it would be interesting to mix some combos from other dimensions (as a reward for beating the game, maybe?). Also, there are no buddy system, wich it's disappointing considering that almost every SM fan around would like to see the different spideys fighting side-by-side on some levels. In WOS, you could call guys like Luke Cage and Wolverine to help you out (pretty cool, huh). And finally, the storyline sucks. Really. There's no story, actually. Just some sorry excuse about the tablet of order and chaos to get the game going on different dimensions. Again, comparing to the excellent storytelling in WOS, that was a lesson forgotten. Anyway, this is a very good game for spider-fans, way better than the Spider-Man movies games or the horrible Friend or Foe. But, let's be clear on this, any game following Web of Shadows should be awsome, not just good. PS: The Deadpool level on Ultimate Dimension is hilarious, be sure to play that one.
