Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
An original storyline where Spider-Man battles a symbiote invasion in New York City. The DS version features unique touchscreen controls for web-swinging and combat, with morality choices affecting the story.
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Story
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 The game begins with Spider-Man (Michael Vaughn) looking for Mary Jane Watson (Dana Seltzer) in the middle of the symbiote invasion in Manhattan . He finds her with Luke Cage ( Robert Wisdom ) and tries to talk to her when he is attacked by an unknown assailant. Flashback to four days prior, Spider-Man has an encounter with Venom ( Keith Szarabajka ). Venom's symbiote attaches onto Spider-Man and he gets his black suit back.
Spider-Man uses the symbiote and defeats Venom but he flees. Later, Spider-Man helps Luke Cage with a gang war between the Park Avenues and the Rolling 7s in Harlem . They get the gang leaders ( James C. Mathis III and Isaac C.
Singleton Jr. ), to agree to a parley. There, Spider-Man takes out some high-tech snipers trying to assassinate the gang leaders and gets evidence that the Kingpin ( Gregg Berger ) set up the gang war. He can now choose between the red suit and the black suit: if he chooses red, he shows the evidence to the gang leaders and they stop the gang war; if he chooses black, he lets them kill each other and Luke Cage would be furious.
Afterwards, Spider-Man heads to Fisk Tower to confront the Kingpin, only to witness Black Cat ( Tricia Helfer ) leaving so he begins chasing her. With assistance from Moon Knight ( Robin Atkin Downes ), Spider-Man defeats Black Cat, who reveals she is working as a double agent to bring down the Kingpin in an attempt to gain Spider-Man's affection. Spider-Man can again choose which suit he uses: in red, he rejects Black Cat and teams up with Moon Knight; in black (the only known canonical choice), he accepts Black Cat's feelings and teams up with her. He finds out that the Vulture ( Kristoffer Tabori ) was overseeing the production of Goblin gliders.
Spider-Man fights Vulture and beats him before deciding his fate: in the red suit, he webs up Vulture and swings away; in the black, he does the same but recruits him. During a fight with Kingpin's men, Spider-Man is attacked by deranged civilians that can climb up walls. Spider-Man then encounters Wolverine ( Steve Blum ) in Hell's Kitchen who attacks him because he can smell the symbiote inside of him. Spider-Man proves he can control the symbiote and Wolverine teams up with him to fight the symbiotes.
Spider-Man then encounters Venom and finds out that the deranged civilians were symbiote-infected. He fights Venom again but he flees again. D. team led by Black Widow ( Salli Saffioti ) sets up quarantine camps across Manhattan.
Electro ( Liam O'Brien ) rampages through in search of his sister. Spider-Man defeats him and Electro is knocked out. His sister runs out of the camp and transfers her symbiote to him, resulting in her dying and Electro becoming Symbiote Electro. Spider-Man, unable to contact any scientific genius, reluctantly decides to break the Tinkerer (William Utay) out of Ryker's Island so he can create a device to kill the symbiotes without harming the hosts, choosing to align with either Moon Knight or Vulture.
He breaks out the Tinkerer with the help of the Rhino ( Fred Tatasciore ) then decides his fate: in the red suit, he tricks Rhino into thinking he can escape through the front door: in the black suit, he recruits Rhino and lets him escape through an elevator. Spider-Man frees the Tinkerer after. D. decided to destroy the Manhattan Bridge to stop the symbiotes from spreading elsewhere.
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Spider-Man then fights and defeats Symbiote Electro before deciding his fate: in the red suit, he encourages Electro through words and Electro eventually takes off the symbiote and then passes out; in the black suit, he forcefully takes off the symbiote but repeatedly punching Electro and taking it off. D. base at Stark Tower from a symbiote attack, assists Moon Knight in protecting Spector Tower, and aids Wolverine with a civilian evacuation. During the evacuation, Wolverine gets infected by a symbiote, turning into Symbiote Wolverine.
Spider-Man fights and defeats him before deciding his fate: in the red suit, he lets Wolverine take off the symbiote by digging his claws into his guts, saving him; in the black suit, he rips Wolverine in half, breaking his alliance with Wolverine. Spider-Man cannot find Mary Jane or Luke Cage anywhere; he tries to look for them, leading up to the opening sequence of the game. The person who attacked him is revealed to be Symbiote Black Cat, whom he defeats with Mary Jane's help. However, Black Cat is severely injured in the process and Spider-Man must decide her fate: in the red suit, he gives her to MJ to nurse her back to health; in the black suit, he gives part of his symbiote to Black Cat which she can control, breaking Spider-Man's alliance with MJ.
D. installs the Tinkerer's completed device on Trask Industries, but Symbiote Vulture and his Vulturelings lead an aerial assault to destroy it. Spider-Man fights and defeats Symbiote Vulture and turns Vulture back to normal. Vulture tries to persuade Spider-Man into keeping the symbiote and destroying the device.
The red and suit choice is automatically chosen based on the player's previous actions: in the red suit, he activates the device and gets the symbiote taken off; in the black suit, he destroys the device, embracing the power. Either way, Spider-Man learns Venom is attacking the Helicarrier and proceeds to plant explosives across the doomed aircraft, before being confronted by a giant, five-headed Venom.
Gameplay Systems
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 Spider-Man Web of Shadows is a third-person action-adventure video game set in an open-world outer area of Manhattan . The gameplay is very similar to that of previous Spider-Man titles (mainly Spider-Man 2 , Spider-Man 3 and Ultimate Spider-Man ), as it revolves around combat and exploration. Players control Spider-Man and can web swing, web zip, crawl walls, and use the 'spider-sense' to identify and lock onto enemies. The combat has been significantly improved compared to previous games, with players now able to fight enemies not only on the ground, but also on walls and in the air.
The game introduces a "web strike" mechanic, which allows Spider-Man to attach a web line to the nearest enemy and pull himself towards them to deal damage. While free roaming, players may stumble upon various random events, such as gang fights, injured civilians that need to be taken to the hospital, and, in the later stages of the game, symbiote nests that must be destroyed. While entirely optional and not required for completing the game, these events reward the player with XP , which can be used to unlock new fighting moves/combos for Spider-Man. Players can also earn XP from simply playing through the main story, completing challenges (such as defeating a given number of enemies), and finding collectibles hidden around the map.
Collectibles also increase Spider-Man's health bar and web swinging speed. The player is able to switch between Spider-Man's traditional red and blue suit and the black symbiote suit at any time during gameplay. Each suit provides a different gameplay style, and features individual upgrades. Chris Scholz from Shaba Games commented that the developers "worked on really separating the black and red suits to give the player a different feel".
For example, while wearing the red suit, Spider-Man is faster and more agile with his attacks, whereas symbiote black suit Spider-Man is stronger and more destructive. At specific points in the story, the player is presented with choices that affect Spider-Man's morality. This is reflected in the 'reputation bar', which becomes red when Spider-Man has a positive reputation, and black when the reputation is negative. At higher reputation levels, Spider-Man is viewed as a hero, and civilians will act friendly towards him and cheer him on; at lower reputation levels, civilians will cower in fear in Spider-Man's presence or run away.
The reputation bar also affects which allies Spider-Man can summon during fights: at high reputation levels, superheroes such as Luke Cage , Moon Knight , and Wolverine can be summoned, whereas at low reputation levels, only villains like Black Cat , Vulture , Rhino , and Electro will come to Spider-Man's aid. The mini-map on the screen is also different from the style used in previous Spider-Man games. The traditional 2-D overhead view has been removed, replaced by a new 3D map with an "X", "Y" and "Z" axis which shows the player's position in three-dimensional space (north and south, as well as vertical position). Also, as a Wii exclusive, there are 6 alternate costumes ( Spider-Carnage for the black suit, and Spider-Armor, Ben Reilly , Spider-Man 2099 , Cosmic Spider-Man, and Iron Spider for the red suit).
Although the player is unable to free-roam after the storyline's completion, this can be achieved through a secret method, which has the player watch the credits twice. Afterwards, when they select to continue the game, the player will start a new game, but will retain all their previous upgrades; this essentially acts as a New Game Plus mode.
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About Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a classic video game released for the Nintendo DS on January 1, 2008. This title has become a beloved entry in the retro gaming library.
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