Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is definitely a mixed bag. It's not a "bad" game per se despite having some poorly-executed parts to its gameplay, but it's also not as good as the franchise's best gaming entries either.

As pure fan service, it hits all the right notes. [Issue#64, p.88]

You get to control four kinds of Spider-man set in four different dimensions. Combat is in focus but there are also times you get to use his spider web and agility to sneak onto enemies. All parts of the game are fun, but there are a bit too many bugs and bad code to make it a must.

With a new linear focus and emphasis on large-scale boss battles, Shattered Dimensions represents a new direction for a series that has never quite lived up to its potential. However, despite some thrilling set-pieces, a lack of variety prevents this from becoming the definitive Spidey title.

Finally we got an entertaining Spider-Man game, although a few months extra polish probably would have given it higher grades. Shattered Dimensions is still good fun with a lot of variation for all ages.

The writing, acting, and graphics are stellar. If only the gameplay, camera, and lack of variety weren't so stifling.

A solid game that will appeal to fans of the Marvel superstar, although its level design lacks variety and depth.

Shattered Dimensions is without a doubt the best Spider-Man-game since Spider Man 2. The level design is varied, but the game is very linear and the lack of big differences between the dimensions keep this game from being truly great.

This isn't to Spider-Man what Arkham Asylum was to the Caped Crusader, but nonetheless it perseveres as a consistent, rugged and undeniably enjoyable romp through some bright colours, excellent set pieces and laugh out loud lines.

Filled with enough fan service to make it an undeniable treat for Spider-maniacs, Shattered Dimensions is a fine game that's a little too uneven and repetitive to be more that the sum of its parts.

These problems are emblematic of a "rushed" feeling that pervades the entire experience.

Do we finally have a great Spidey game? Well, no, but we do have a pretty good one. While the concept of playing as four different versions of Spider-Man is brilliant on paper, three of the four are a bit too similar when it comes to gameplay, and while Shattered Dimensions is fun (and it is!), it also lacks variety and ends up feeling a bit tedious. A game best enjoyed in short sessions, then.

In the end though, when I was done playing, I was satisfied overall with the experience.

Definitely one of the better Spider-Man games in some time.

Features like these mean Shattered Dimensions would actually work as a Spidey game even though it's not an open-world swingers' party. It's just a massive shame they're housed in such a linear and grindingly predictable format.

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension lacks the variety to sustain its 10-or-so hours of length, and the imagination to truly make good on its multiple-worlds concept. The experience is serviceable enough, but it won't inspire you the way that the best superhero games can.

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a fun game all the way, through awesome acrobatics and fantastic boss fights. It's a shame the rest of the game is so focused on endlessly fighting the same enemies over and over again.

Despite its short duration and repetitiveness, Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions is one of the best games based on this Marvel superhero.

Creative set-pieces and an awesome concept can only hide a repetitious game structure for so long - and the stealth sections that mix it up are just frustrating.

There's so much amazing fan service here, that enthusiasts simply shouldn't miss it. Despite its extremely obvious and repetitive nature, it's also a decent amount of fun, provided you play it in small doses.

Unless you are a diehard Spider-Man fan I would say there are better games to sink your time into this fall.

Quotation forthcoming.

Mindlessly enjoyable in its way, but also hugely repetitive and despite four versions of the character it never seems to make the most of any one of them.

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions takes a truly interesting concept, with great characters, good action, a wide variety of attacks, combos, upgrades, unlockable costumes and wraps it all together in the most tedious way possible.