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Here we have the launch trailer for Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and … whoa whoa whoa! What’s up with the emo-ness in this trailer? Oh man, it’s like I’m watching Spider-Man 3 again. Oh God, not again!!!

Sure, the trailer is a bit melodramatic, but it really sets the mood for the game. Heroes and villains alike get infected with the Symbiote and it’s Peter Parker against all these odds, more or less by himself. Not to mention that he has to keep his own Symbiote in check too.

I have high hopes that this will finally be a Spider-Man game Spider-Man fans have been waiting for, especially after reading Dale’s preview of the current-gen and Nintendo DS versions of the game. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows comes out October 21 for pretty much every platform that still matters.

Also, so long as there’s no random retarded dancing-on-the-streets-and-freaking-out-women scene in the game, I’ll be happy. Are you looking forward to the game?

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ZeeJayTL's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:31
ZeeJayTL
Holy shit...it just turned into a DO WANT. But wayyy too much shit coming out. Its on the Bottom of my Do Want list...but at least its on there
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:32
RAB
That one guy with the claws look like an Elite from Halo fused with like Wolverine or something.


game looks meh, but i'll prolly give it a chance
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:35
Crunshii
Well I do agree that this trailers emo'ish idea is kinda wack, but just watching the gameplay, monsters, and dynamics actually got me interested. Seriously, when was the last time you had some sort of excitement for a Spiderman game?

and wow... Venom-Wolverine!? wow. I never understood how spiderboy could take on Wolverine... one slice and its all over.
Spectral's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:39
Spectral
Venom is starting to be like Final Fantasy VII now, too much damn fan service.

It was something that you loved when you first saw it, but the fans took it and made it bad for the original fans. Venom was just a "here and there villain", now you see that shit everywhere.

Still excited for it though.
ZeeJayTL's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:39
ZeeJayTL
and was that Silver Surfer?

Venom SS wins the World
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:48
Justice
Looks alright, and @ ZeeJayTL

Did you know that the Silver
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:49
Justice
Dammit! It looks pretty good, and @ ZeeJayTL

Did you know that the Silver Surfer once fused with the Carnage Symbiote to become "The Cosmic Carnage"?



That huge mass of symbiote at the end of the trailer has my interest piqued.
Gun Gr4ve's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:50
Gun Gr4ve
It's not much emo really. This is what is in the comics. That's just Spiderman dealing with his experiences with the venom symbiote and it all comes to a head here. I mean don't view it with labels like, "Emo" and everything like that. Think of it as what it is, a story. A story has characters that deal with the conflict presented to them as best they can. Not Emo. XD
cannedpasta's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:55
cannedpasta
@RAB

That WAS Wolverine merged with a symbiote.

This whole game looks sweet. Especially that part with the giant symbiote.

ANd I agree with Gun Gr4ve, I found no emo there. He wasn't being a whiny little bitch about stuff.
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:56
aborto thefetus
Emo or not I want this game really bad. It's the first Spiderman game I have ever been excited abouut.
UglyDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 12:58
UglyDuck
The whole emo concept eludes me. I have no idea what people mean when they say it anymore. What the writhing, twitching bollocks does it fucking well mean, and why is it used as a global criticism for damn near anything?

This trailer looked okay to me. The first 10 seconds were a bit dismal but the serious tone overall didn't bother me in the way it seems to give some people the rage to ball up their fists and shiver with pure rage.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:04
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Haha, I was just being a dick in regards to the emo thing.
Spectral's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:04
Spectral
Well Peter always had problems anyway. He was never a perfect superhero, so when he sees his city in a lot more distress than what he's used to, he has to fight an unnecessary battle.
ZeeJayTL's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:09
ZeeJayTL
The game needs to end with a certain Planet eating being. For realz
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:13
Arttemis
The juxtapositioning of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata with slowmotion mayhem reminds me of levels from RtCW where the guard towers would have radios playing during bombings and urban warfare.

This game is looking fucking awesome...
but I still have others to get.

LittleBigPlanet
Fable 2
Gears of War 2
BK: Nuts and Bolts
Prince of Persia

God damn, there's not way I can play all these games.
Uther's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:16
Uther
The third game broke my heart and left me remembering what a great game the second one was.
I am thankful that Shaba has evolved combat to more than ground-based, but if it turns out I can't carry an enemy with me to the top of the Empire State Building and pile-drive him into the concrete like in SM2, then I'm not interested.
Tet's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:17
Tet
I would find it stranger if, while the city he swore to defend gets wiped off the map, he was telling bad puns. Will have to check this one out.
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:17
Arttemis
@Arttemis - Can't forget to add a new PC and then Fallout 3...
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:21
BattyAdroit
"Emo" is the new strawman for what is basic homophobia. In the earlier part of this decade, it was aimed at "etrosexuals". In the 90s, it was all about the "goth" label.

It would seem that any individual who strays from the mental-model of what men should, and shouldn't be, threatens some folks' sense of sexual identity.

Using labels like "emo" is a more subtle (and subconscious) way for the moderately-socialized-male-gamer to engage in homophobia, while being able to rationalize that he's nothing like the poorly-socialized guy who still calls people "fag" over Live.

it's like having your cake and eating it, too. Think about it.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:23
Sharpless
That's an acceptable sort of emoness. Very Gears of War/"Mad World". Looks interesting, but I'm still stinging from the burn of past mediocre Spiderman/superhero games.
blu3steel's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 13:44
blu3steel
Emo is over anyway, no point in talking about it ever again.

This game looks like it could be amazing.
JiR INC's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 14:02
JiR INC
symbiotic madness :p and Star hero's, lushness Black Cat this game should hopefully be good :D
kingnothing997's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 14:28
kingnothing997
That trailer was amazing. Do want. Now.
Coldbrand's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 14:36
Coldbrand
OH NOOOOO SOMEONE DISPLAYED AN EMOTION, THEY MUST BE EMO.
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 15:01
Xhumation
You know it's weird. couple of years back a monologue like that would've been called "dark and gritty" and be praised. now it's called "emo" and people make fun of it.

Possible Spoiler here:

Could this have anything to do with the "Venom Bomb" Dr. Doom threw at Manhattan in the pages of Mighty Avengers earlier this year?

Anyway..Do Want but..not too much
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 15:06
GuitarAtomik
Please let this be good.
Timmeh's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 15:34
Timmeh
I've been fairly interested in this thing so far, and despite the slightly amateurish feel of the trailer there's some cool looking stuff therein. The aerial stuff looks brilliant.
manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 15:56
manasteel88
If this game pulls it off I'll be happy...but most games that are ported across 7 different platforms usually have dips in quality. at least we get a cool trailer
Ninja In Distress's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 16:07
Ninja In Distress
Nice usage of Moonlight Sonata, game still looks pretty good.

Also, people gotta stop using "emo" because people look depressed.
The Grudge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 16:27
The Grudge
What if Venom and Carnage were to fuse!?! OMG!
Vernage!! The differnt symbiotes here look interesting. I hope it doesn't suck.
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 16:40
mrplow8
I bet there's some sort of twist ending where it turns out Carnage is the main villain and not Venom.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 18:04
Kyousuke Nanbu
Do people even understand what emo means anymore?

Besides, the difference between that trailer and that movie is that the trailer looked amazing and Spider-Man has a reason to feel conflicted, the movie was just total shit.
wario67's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 18:41
wario67
man this is awesome
I really want to play it now
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/11/2008 20:04
vexed alex
@ Kyousuke Nanbu

No. Emo has turned into the universal word for anything that involves sadness or emotion. It has nothing to do with the music. It's the new "gay" and I'm really getting tired of it.

Anywho. I'm excited.
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2008 05:39
Johnny Justice
Looks awesome.
I love that song.
Kylius's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2008 09:27
Kylius
Peter Parker Goes EMU?! Wow, that's an amazing Symbiote!
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2008 10:09
Holyetheline
I do agree that this is excessively emo.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2008 13:47
Darren Nakamura
Whatever man, Moonlight Sonata is badass, not emo.
Agent Orange's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2008 22:49
Agent Orange
I thought "gay" meant "gay". Emo is nothing more than a shitty genre of music to me.

Spider-Man has always been one of the more outwardly emotional superheroes on Marvel's roster so this kind of monologue really doesn't bother me at all. I just hope the game holds up to all the rave previews it's been getting so far.
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