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Just when we were ready to resign ourselves to the fact that Spider-Man games had reached their peak and were on the decline -- in terms of quality -- along comes this combat trailer for Web of Shadows, and melts our faces off.

It features a 3D combat system that would make any fan of the webhead proud, and seems to finally do the unthinkable: nail the Spider-Man experience to a tee. Not only does the trailer show ground and aerial combat merging together seamlessly, but you can even switch between the familiar red/blue and black suits on the fly. DO WANT!

Now if only we could talk these guys into taking over the Superman license...


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Spitfire's Avatar
Spitfire at 06/21/2008 10:37
finally a Spider-man game I want. That combat looks so freakin awesome and like you said, seamless. It kinda reminds me of the multiple enemy comabt/lock on stuff from something like Sands of Time. I cant wait to find out what the story is in this game.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 06/21/2008 10:40
O sweet Jesus, this is incredible. DO FUCKING WANT!!!
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 06/21/2008 10:52
Now if they can include like 10 villains like the PS1 Spider-Man

And unlockable costumes.

AND A FINAL BATTLE AGAINST OCTO-CARNAGE JESUS FUCK
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 06/21/2008 10:57
I hope there is a way to get back in the air, after you double-jump and miss hitting someone 300ft above the water :)
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Teta at 06/21/2008 11:07
Kinda repetitive, but looks amazing!
Now I second what chee said.
Uther's Avatar
Uther at 06/21/2008 11:09
Sceptic, but glad that a new group is making it.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 06/21/2008 11:10
My awesome sense is tingling.
TurboSpaz's Avatar
TurboSpaz at 06/21/2008 11:18
Wow, that looked amazingly good! I'll keep an eye on this game.
ChillyBilly's Avatar
ChillyBilly at 06/21/2008 11:23
Looks fantastic so far, gotta wonder though, will there be a series a pop up on the screen buttons to press for all that combat or will it all be completely fluid and up to the gamer? From the looks, all up to the gamer, but it's not uncommon for the devs to leave stuff out of their videos.
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TheHunter234 at 06/21/2008 11:31
That was pretty cool.
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Phoenix Gamma at 06/21/2008 11:39
Good lord. A Spiderman game that looks fun?
kataztrophy's Avatar
kataztrophy at 06/21/2008 12:23
Crossing my fingers in hopes that it won't suck.
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Justice at 06/21/2008 12:27
This looks pretty good!
SysiphusRock's Avatar
SysiphusRock at 06/21/2008 12:28
Only complaint is that the webbing looks like silly string. It doesn't seem "tight".
deanhatescoffee's Avatar
deanhatescoffee at 06/21/2008 12:32
Do want.
WyldeJ's Avatar
WyldeJ at 06/21/2008 12:38
The system they have going on looks great, and may even border into fun.

Excited.
MATTFOO's Avatar
MATTFOO at 06/21/2008 12:46
I would fuck your avatar WyldeJ. Even though I don know what the fuck that bitch is doing.

Do want..this is exactly what spiderman needed.
WyldeJ's Avatar
WyldeJ at 06/21/2008 12:53
Haha, me nethier... But when I first seen it, I said the exact same thing... Whatever she's doing.. It's hot.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 06/21/2008 12:58
Not bad, not bad at all.
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Kryptinite at 06/21/2008 13:03
black suit all the way

I can't wait for this game. I'm ready for a decent Spider-Man game.

I'll keep my hope for Superman
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big filth at 06/21/2008 13:08
HOLY SHIT!!!!!

THAT WAS FUCKIN INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AlienGuy18 at 06/21/2008 13:44
It's like if Kratos and Peter Parker had a mutant baby in mid-air. EPIC.
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Fury-Genesis at 06/21/2008 14:26
WANT!

That looks pretty freakin' sweet.
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Zanch at 06/21/2008 14:44
Having worked for Activision and its partners in the past, I can tell you that Shaba is incapable of making a quality product. It may look decent, but it will ultimately be hollow, repetitive and unsatisfying. Don't be deceived, people. The Spiderman license is being raped on all fronts.
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braulio09 at 06/21/2008 14:50
It looked great, though it could get boring fast.
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kohelhunter at 06/21/2008 15:46
i agree with zanch. Trailers can be very decieving shaba does not make good videogames.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 06/21/2008 16:04
I'll wait until there's some hands on impressions before I get my hopes up too much.
rbrooks's Avatar
rbrooks at 06/21/2008 17:00
damn i'm actually impressed...i don't get impressed easily. It takes combat like ninja gaiden to impress me.
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Infinite Obscurity at 06/21/2008 17:03
This looks fucking amazing. The combat looks like a big departure from what was in the last couple of Spider-Man games.
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Samit Sarkar at 06/21/2008 17:44
...wow. That looks great so far! We’ll have to wait and see how the final product turns out, though.
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gotdurnrite at 06/21/2008 18:56
That does look great but I hope it doesn't get repetitive and you end up doing the same combo over and over because you find nothing else works as well. I'll play it tho. Looks exciting.
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Reeper at 06/21/2008 19:57
I met one of the founders of Shaba Game's brothers. I'm serial, he was looking for vidya gamez for his chillin'. How awesome?
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Azrael XJM at 06/21/2008 20:47
Looks damn fine. I never played Spider-Man 3, but 2 was pretty awesome for the swinging mechanic, but they're right, it was pretty separate to the combat. The aerial combat looks ace, and I also approve of all the apparently grunt-level enemies that are clones of established enemies. Hopefully there will be random encounters with named villains too. I would also hope for a good unlock system if they decide to stick to an upgrade system. One of the things the new Hulk game got right was the novel unlock system tied to achievements rather than a points system.

Graphics, web and the symbiote effects all look great too, this is very much on my wish list. Let's get Bruce Cambpell in on this too. I will love it that much more if we have him doing the tutorial (one of the few redeeming features of Spider-man 1)
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kawitchate at 06/21/2008 21:16
still on the fence. Spider-Man 3 the game was just a joke and it's going to take a LOT to get me to play another Spider-Man game... plus this is a relatively unknown company doing their first big game - and they're working with Treyarch, who did Spider-Man 3 (in fact, the game looks like it borrowed a lot of its assets from SM3).
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Gun Gr4ve at 06/21/2008 21:42
I wouldn't look at it as more of the same schtick we got with the Spider-Man Movie games. Besides, they're all games from the same franchise and the same company, so they're all going to borrow from each other or share large similarities. Not to mention the fact that there is always a ridiculous deadline put on developers for movie games which has gotta be a hindrance on their work (Iron Man Game). The gameplay and the way they are presenting it makes me think more of the Ultimate Spider-Man game and that game while a little on the short side for my tastes, was great. This one seems to be a great improvement on the fluid play that Ultimate presents, while the movie games always seemed choppy and almost robotic in the way things moved.
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mistic at 06/22/2008 02:06
these guys have to be forced to redo every super-hero-game ever made! I bet they could even make 'Enter The Matrix' into a suppreme experience :-)
Merry Ho's Avatar
Merry Ho at 06/22/2008 14:28
Wow a spiderman game I might actually want to play
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