Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (PS3)

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For example, the Spider-Man Noir levels require players to hide in the shadows and take down enemies stealthily, while Spider-Man 2099 features unique free falling segments. The combat of the game offers a large variety of fighting moves, and each Spider-Man has his own fighting style. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a level-based third-person action-adventure video game, where the player assumes the role of four different versions of Spider-Man, spanning across the Amazing, Noir, 2099, and Ultimate universes.

However, criticism was aimed at the game's simplistic story, choice of villains, and the overall design of the cutscenes as well as its technical difficulties. During specific parts of the boss battles, Shattered Dimensions switches to a first-person perspective, where the player can use the analog sticks (or the Wii Remote and Nunchuk in the Wii version) to control Spider-Man's arms, punching their opponent and dodging their attacks. Hold the Z Button and shake the Nunchuk or hold the B Button and shake the Wii Remote for a l]eft/[r]ight overhand punch.Other cast members include David Kaye as Mysterio, Susanne Blakeslee as Madame Web, Dimitri Diatchenko as Sandman, and Matt Willig as Juggernaut. Shattered Dimensions is the first Spider-Man game developed by Beenox after being given the license by Activision, replacing previous developer Treyarch. It's not particularly deep nor clever, but it's immensely rewarding, as too are the scripted first person sections which exist purely to, yes, let you punch things in the face". It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the concept of bringing four Marvel universes together, and lauded the voice acting, combat, presentation, humor, and score.

IGN gave the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions eight out of ten and said, " Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions has a lot of great things going for it", [43] but scored the Wii version half a point lower despite being nearly identical to these two versions due to that version lacking a button to center the camera. Spider-Man Noir pursues Hammerhead, who is driven mad with power after using a fragment he had found to fuse his arms with his guns and plots to overthrow his boss, Norman "The Goblin" Osborn. The Ultimate Spider-Man battles Electro to prevent him from destroying a hydro-electric dam, where the latter uses his fragment to grow larger and more powerful as he absorbs more energy.Metacritic gave it a score of 73 out of 100 for the DS version; [28] 74 out of 100 for the PlayStation 3 version; [29] 76 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version; [31] 75 out of 100 for the Wii version; [30] and 68 out of 100 for the PC version. A younger, only slightly altered variation of Peter Parker from a dimension known as the " Ultimate Universe", this version of Spider-Man is fitted with his universe's version of the black symbiote suit that enhances his aggression and pre-existing super strength. The Cosmic Spider-Man pack was later publicly released as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 on October 28, [21] and for the PlayStation 3 on November 2, 2010.