Let’s talk Activision’sSpider-Mangames.Spider-Man: Web of Shadows? Garbage.Spider-Man 3? Sucked.Spider-Man: Friend or Foe? Nonsense.Spider-Man: Battle for New York? Drivel.Ultimate Spider-Man?Spider-Man 2?Trash.
Hey, don’t shoot the messenger, guys. Instead, look at Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who in a recentGame Informerinterview admitted that the publisher’sSpider-Mantitles have been less than acceptable over the years.
“OurSpider-Mangames have sucked for the last five years,” he tells the magazine when talking about learning about commitment to quality from Blizzard. “They are bad games. They were poorly rated because they were bad games.”
“We went away from what isSpider-Man,” he continues. “It’s about web-slinging. If you don’t do web-slinging, what is the fantasy ofSpider-Man?”
Oh boy. I hope he’s not hinting that we can expect a bunch of Wii/Natal/Sony motion controllerSpider-Mangames. You know, to capture what it’s like to really sling, uh, webs. Didn’t work out so great for Tony Hawk, though. Might I suggest aSpider-Man: The Musicalgame using theGuitar Heroengine?
