Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

 PC
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 154 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 98 out of 154
  2. Mixed: 43 out of 154
  3. Negative: 13 out of 154
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  1. WhatDoYouCare
    Jul 1, 2009
    7
    A pretty open world, an AMAZING range of attacks, on the fly switch from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man to Murderous Symbiote Black Spider Man, FUN BOSS FIGHTS (hard to come across those three words nowadays) and two paths to play (Red is good/acrobatic or Black, which is evil/powerful), each with its own missions: all of these make the game the best Spider Man/metahuman sandboxA pretty open world, an AMAZING range of attacks, on the fly switch from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man to Murderous Symbiote Black Spider Man, FUN BOSS FIGHTS (hard to come across those three words nowadays) and two paths to play (Red is good/acrobatic or Black, which is evil/powerful), each with its own missions: all of these make the game the best Spider Man/metahuman sandbox game to date. A few shortcomings here and there, like the wonky movement controls (not that noticeable if you play with a gamepad, but still there), some repetitiveness, useless (as in not necessary) helper characters and no more game after the last mission (meaning no more open world) push this game away from star status. And, SURPRISE! it's from Treyarch!… Expand
  2. EdYoung
    Feb 11, 2009
    6
    This game is not the best thing i have ever played. The good part of the game doesn't start till your half way through and then you have to do a bunch of repetitive missions. The boss fights were fun but they ruined them with quick time which just forced you to keep on trying until you finally succeeded. I found it interesting that they even quizzed you on obscurer points in the This game is not the best thing i have ever played. The good part of the game doesn't start till your half way through and then you have to do a bunch of repetitive missions. The boss fights were fun but they ruined them with quick time which just forced you to keep on trying until you finally succeeded. I found it interesting that they even quizzed you on obscurer points in the series that i mostly guessed on.… Expand
  3. HumorousGeorge
    Aug 10, 2020
    7
    After the disaster of Spider-Man 3 and Friend or Foe, comes an underrated Spider-Man game marred with a poorly executed concept of a story in a open-world that feels more alive than Spider-Man 2. Aspyr did a lovely job porting the game to PC with gorgeous visuals but failed with appropriating the controls. Like I said before, the story of this game has a great concept but it's marred withAfter the disaster of Spider-Man 3 and Friend or Foe, comes an underrated Spider-Man game marred with a poorly executed concept of a story in a open-world that feels more alive than Spider-Man 2. Aspyr did a lovely job porting the game to PC with gorgeous visuals but failed with appropriating the controls. Like I said before, the story of this game has a great concept but it's marred with repetitve story missions and Spider-Man's vocal performance (if you got Helfer to voice Black Cat why not pick Josh Keaton as Spidey). All in all, after the success of Marvel's Spider-Man, I can simply say how you should give this game another chance since it did provide us with comic book esque storyline.… Expand
  4. Genek13
    Nov 18, 2019
    7
    Very good Spider-Man game with great mechanics and visuals but... technical problems and bugs are ridiculous ;p
  5. AngryGeek
    Jun 8, 2022
    7
    It is the game of my childhood. It is one of the open world spiderman games. It's nice that we can choose in the story. Some boss fights were good. It's one of the games I want to have on Steam.
  6. arllda
    Feb 4, 2023
    6
    the game is bad i don't understand why the community likes this game this is not spider man game this is hack and slash game

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#44 Most Discussed PC Game of 2008
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#19 Most Shared PC Game of 2008

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Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. IGN
    53
    Web of Shadows has its moments of fun, but they're lost in a sea of gaffes that True Believers are likely to revile.
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  2. PC Games
    64
    Don’t get me wrong, Web of Shadows is unquestionably better than Spider-Man 3 was. But again Treyarch fails at porting the game from consoles to PC.
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  3. Gameplanet
    70
    Web of Shadows is an improvement over previous Spider-Man titles, but still lacks the punch we expect from such a popular movie-based intellectual property. A poorly told story coupled with mediocre and often repetitive action sequences have thwarted this titles chances of blockbuster glory this Christmas.
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