Wii version also had a qte in symbiote Wolverine boss fight where Spiderman breaks Logan back even if you are in red And also you can use the symbiote tendrils to grab and throw objects in the environment I don't know why this feature wasn't in Xbox,ps3,pc version
7:27 _“So the developers made the PSP version first, then just ported it to the PS2.”_ As a developer at the time working just downstairs 1 floor from the WoS PSP/PS2 Amaze team, working on another project (Spiderman Web of Shadows DS), no, they didn't make one version and port it. They just made it for both platforms simultaneously. They're both Sony platforms and are very similar.
Fun fact: Daredevil was meant to be included in the game in very early stages before being replaced with Wolverine. Also, test levels can be played on the debug version of Spider-Man 3.
Daredevil being in place of wolverine would explain why you go to hell's kitchen and why wolverine randomly quizes you. it was orinallly intended for the guy who can tell when people are lying
The DS version is massively underrated, its probably the best hand held spiderman game ever. It has a more indepth combo system than even the flagship version and its endlessly replayable cause your level can carry over through each run.
Liked it more than the other options with the only competition for me being Spider-Man 3 on the DS, though this one was still better. I liked gameplay better than story as a kid though, so I am a little biased, but I'd say the gameplay today still is not bad as far as those kinds of games are concerned
It honestly isn't. It was rated VERY well overall. In fact, it was the best rated version out of them all. It's just a shame it's so overlooked compared to the console version. The DS version is actually my favorite version out of them all.
The PS2 version is my most hated game of all time. When the game came out, my dad went out of his way to gift it to me for Christmas because I was hyped for Web of Shadows. They NEVER said that the PS2 version was going to be the same as the mobile one. I expected a downgrade like SM3, not a downright port of the PSP game. Worst Christmas ever
Yeah, that was exactly my reason for finally abandoning my PS2 and getting an XBox360. Nowhere was it ever advertised that we'd be getting an entirely different game. THe sad thing is that Spider-Man 3 was the same game across PSP, PS2 and Wii. Wii got a downscaled port of the PS3/Xbox360/PC version. Why could they not bring THAT one over to PS2?
I was desperate for it on PS2 back in the day but learned from the internet to avoid it. Didn't have a ps3. The PS2 box made me think it had extra bits of game with the subheading but I must've been a smart kid and looked everything up about it. Ended up getting the Wii version and was not disappointed.
I bought the ps2 version back in the day thinking it would look like the Wii version...it did not later in 2011 i got my 360 and alongside gta 4 this is the second game I bought and loved it ever since
It was basically a downgraded port of the main version of the game with some pre-rendered cutscenes and unlockable costumes. Still a solid way to play the game though.
There was definitely inspiration from this game for sure and it's easy to see that! With the way how the symbiote takes over the city and with the different combat moves with the black suit. I will say that Spiderman 2 is a more polished version of web of shadows although I have noticed some features were missing at launch.
9:01 funnily enough, not the only time Hypno Hustler was mentioned in the presense of Rhino in a Spider-Man game. He also had a mention in Friend or Foe during Rhinos boss fight
Loved Web of Shadows, played it dozens of times. It was Infamous before Infamous came out. Really liked that you have opportunity to make some choices. The game was buggy of course, at least the PC version was. Replayed it on Xbox 360 some time ago and it was much better there. Was really sad to find out that PS3 doesnt have trophies, would go for platinum in this one.
I remember getting the PS2 version from former rental company Blockbuster 2 years after the game was released when I was young. When I got the 360 version, I was very surprised to see the difference between the two. I feel that with the scale of Spider-Man 2 and 3, they could've done a port just like the Wii version. Ultimately, for the PSP version, it would've needed to be the Amazing Allies Edition in my opinion.
I always like it when costume changes actually have an effect on game play or how the character survives the environment. 3:17 I must commend the designer who made Black Cat's booty actually look like an athletic build that a super agile super human would have. Watch the Olympic Pole Vault, if you're wondering.
While i haven't been able to beat the game myself, I sure as heck remember having quite a fun time playing this on my 360 back in my Middle School days. The combat has always been the one thing i remember the most about that game and its kinda a shame that it never got replicated since. Although the camera's never been an issue for me back in the day (i can't speak for it now since it's been a long LONG time since i played that and Friend Or Foe, which i Also own still) the Wolverine boss fight is something I COMPLETELY forgot with how sudden he just stops the fight to ask some trivia questions. 😅 The PSP one I remember a bit less than the 360 version but I still remember enjoying a bit too. I think I remember trading that in because i realized hiw it wasn't like the console versions. Guess that's just how new i was to something like the PSP back in the day and just how different it was from the GBA prior. Thankfully it isn't difficult to play that again due to emulation and whatnot but it sure will be quite something now that I'm more aware of what occurs in that version.
9:44 - ...Y'know, I'm not surprised Jackal is in this Long story short, he's a Joker expy involved in a very long and convoluted Clone Saga story where he spent the entirety of it trolling Peter and Ben Reilly over whoever was the "real" Spider-Man, throwing in a bunch of melting Gwen Stacy clones for good measure
11:30 guess that's where they took Knull's inspiration from lol. But seriously tho, i played the DS version and realized that the Symbiote Leader final boss is similar to Knull in some way, even his lair had stained glass with Venom's spider logo.
A lot of story elements in this game feature in the newer spiderman games too, venom taking over the city/black cat relationship in the new game for example
I actually worked on this game for the Xbox 360 as a first party requirements tester. I remember late in the game it would become a slide show as the 360 couldn't handle all the crap going on when the symbiote stuff started really taking over the city and it was all armageddon.
There's abit of misinformation here, treyarch didn't make web of shadows, SHABA made the game but were given some unused assets/ unfinished animations by treyarch to help speed up development, but Shaba were the main Devs, not just a studio that helped out with some grunt work
Before my dad bought my ps3 I had a ds that I found on the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, in it was web oh shadows, I grew up playing webs of shadow on the ds n honestly never knew there was a ps3 version
Shoutout to Shaba games for being the first to create the webstrike mechanic. Everyone else's imitation of the mechanic hasn't come close to its finesse 😂
I remember buying WoS in PS2 expecting it to be exactly like the PS3 version. Boy, was I wrong. I played it for, like, 30 minutes before ditching it for good.
A while ago I was presented with a choice, Web of Shadows or Shattered Dimensions both of which for wii, I was a kid at the time so I knew nothing about either, I chose Web of Shadows because it had wolverine on the cover, now I’m stuck on the web strike tutorial because the motion controls barely work
I never did get to play these games. Ultimate, Web, Friend/Foe and the like that weren't based on movies. I kind of regret not doing so. I wonder if there's any benefit to going back after playing the PS4 game.
i played the one on the Wii, its pretty much the same as PSP except low graphics, but also it gave you alternate costumes, one of which is personal for me, the cosmic spidey
i bought the ps2 version not knowing it wasnt the same. still feel like i was robbed. the cover is the same apart from it saying amazing allies addition
I have it for the 360 and it was one of my favorite Spider-Man games prior to the Insomniac games coming out. I went back and replayed a bunch of Spider-Man games about a year ago and ended up having to buy a new 360 because the XBONE wouldn't run this game and my previous 360 stopped reading discs altogether. I did the math and it was cheaper to get a new 360 than it was to buy this and the other Spider-Man games I have for the 360 for the PS3 (which my PS3 still works). Just goes to show you how much Web of Shadows shot up in price.
Web of Shadows is my favourite Spider-Man game. It's the one that got everything, well one thing aside, right. It wasn't the camera for me but the goddamn unskippable tutorial with Luke Cage .
Ah, one of the best Spider-Man games. I played it a lot. Like a LOT LOT. It was very fun. But then I found out from some fan forums that you can bug out the game on PC and force it to allow you to play in free roam mode after you beat the game! Sure, game will restart all of the missions, but your progress will be saved and all of your upgrades will be unlocked. And man, I tried so many mods for this game that I lost count. I have somewhere a full collection of them, preserved in case if I wanted to refresh my memories about it all. And then I made some of my own mods for PC version of the game. Sure, they are all about different suits, but still, it was cool to play with mods.
@@3rdDantetherapist Nope, it's a bug, because if you beat the game casually then it will return back to the beginning and resets itself. I personally tested it.
@@3rdDantetherapist Nope. You can do it from first try. I don't remember what you need to do specifically, but after that you can return back to the game via loading your save file and it will load you in open world where you can replay missions or simply explore open world with everything unlocked.
My disappointment was immeasurable coming home with a ps2 copy expecting an open world game like the former only to be greeted with a damn side scroller
I remember playing all three versions. I used to play the DS version so so so so much as a kid, one of my favorite games on that console. The psp version was easily the worst lol
When I see the wii version I can't help but wonder why they didn't just make a similar port for PS2 they could've reused many assets from Spiderman 2with wos story and mechanics.
I never played this one but I am currently playing through spider man 2 (by insomniac) and I’m realizing the story is basically the same between these two games
I found the psp version and thinking of grabbing it since I missed out of the 360 version :( aww no wolverine in the psp version. DS is pretty nice too. What does Fever dream mean lol for the psp?
Flandrew, as noted in other comments, the Wii version has different costumes than the Playstation/Xbox versions. When you make videos "comparing every version," why aren't you including that kind of information? A wikipedia article on this game has more information than this video, so what does the video add? Jokes? It feels like you're just hoping that nostalgia for these games will carry you through.
Nothing will ever be more disappointing than watching all the gameplays on RU-vid and buying this game for my ps2 ( it had the ps3 screenshots) and it being a fucking 2D game
As a kid, I didn't really like this game much (I had the semi crappy Wii Version) and sold it. Now, as an adult, I wanna give this game a second chance, but of course, copies cost an arm and a leg.
Ngl the Wii version is actually the best. I recently played this game on PS3 and Wii and PS3 version drops frames like crazy but the Wii version is much smoother even the graphics are downgraded
I'm having a Mandela effect level crisis here. I own Web of shadows for the PS2 and I thought it was an open world game like the other versions be it with terrible graphics, I went and checked my game after seeing the port is the PSP version and my god I am actually now losing my mind, I must have played the 360 version when I was younger and forgotten about the PS2 version it was so terrible.
I still have my ds version of spiderman WOS it's even better on the new 3ds xl I played the wii version it was cool. But wow psp version is ....interesting 😅
amazing spiderman 1 is the next best spiderman game by far, i don't understand why they didn't just use the same mechanics and animation system from first game in sequel but it was in all aspects a downgrade for no reason whatsoever
