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Spider-Man: Friend or Foe swings on to Xbox Live photo

A demo Activision's upcoming wallet-liner, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, has hit Xbox Live today. Coming in at 431.29 MB, the demo puts Spider-Man alongside either the Green Goblin or Venom, as they battle it out on the roof tops of Tokyo. 

My wife and I fired up the demo this morning to give some of the co-op action a try, and what we found was an average looking and fairly straight forward beat 'em up. The game reminded me a bit of LEGO Star Wars -- simple, and for the first three minutes of the game, I found myself stuck in an infinite death loop after falling off a ledge. Still, in the vein of Traveler's Tales' title, it seems like it could be some mindless but enjoyable action. 

Spider-Man: Friend of Foe ships on October 2 for everything but the PlayStation 3. No, really, I mean it.


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Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 10:44
Topher Cantler
I thought it was kinda fun. :(

If you play around and learn the combo system it's almost Kingdom Hearts-ish in a way. Totally worth a rental, but probably not any more than that.
VWGTI's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 10:48
VWGTI
To anyone who comes in here to bash this game, please note that it was designed with children in mind.
JamesSorensen's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 10:52
JamesSorensen
VWGTI: ya i kinda got that after playing it... definitely a throw your kid in front of crap game and works for a babysiter
SourGr8pes's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 10:52
SourGr8pes
That picture is classic gold
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 11:01
Nick Chester
@ VWGTI:

No one has bashed the game. It was obviously designed with children in mind. So was LEGO Star Wars, and people love that game. They're very similar.

I had fun. GAWD.
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 11:03
RICHARD BLOCKER
oooooo. Look at the bell in the background covered in venom webbing. I bet you have to whack that shit off the bell and ring it to inflict some super sonic damage to Ol' Eddie.
VWGTI's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 11:09
VWGTI
@ Nick

I know no one has bashed the game yet, but to those who come in here to do so I wanted them to know. That is all.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 11:44
brainderailment
How many freaking Spiderman games can come out in one year?
twesterm's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 11:53
twesterm
"Spider-Man: Friend of Foe ships on October 2 for everything but the PlayStation 3. No, really, I mean it."

So is that a little fuck you from Activision to Sony for Spider-Man 3 being a shitty movie and game?
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 12:35
vexed alex
I'm a demo whore. Any demo that pops out on Marketplace I suck up like a porn star when the man is finishing up. I don't really care much for this game. I haven't played a Spider-Man game since the PSOne games with cartoon Spidey. This ruled. The unlocks you got were bad ass. Big head spidey, black spidey,..etc. What happened to those? Hm?! What happened to fun comic video games!?
DynamicSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 13:29
DynamicSheep
I've been interested in this since the E3 trailer. I'll be checking it out.
Upgrayedd's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 13:33
Upgrayedd
Venom seems to be enjoying getting kicked in the junk a bit too much int that pic.

Also sharks.
SPJglitches's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 14:13
SPJglitches
I'm playing it right now and having a lot of fun with it. I'll definitely pick this up once it gets cheaper.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 15:24
Necros
Has to be better than Spider-man 3.
geronimo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2007 19:14
geronimo
@AgentMoo: I lol'ed
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