I'm noticing a pattern. Most Spider-Man games (aside from Spider-Man 2 for the PS2) are pretty bad. Most have pretty lazy mechanics like in Edge of Time and in Amazing Spider-Man 2. Most don't have what they should have; free roam. A proper free roam that should be accurate to where Spidey lives in; Queens New York. But some have a good story like Edge of Time and maybe even Web of Shadows. What are some ways that the Spider-Man games can be improved?

Edit: After replaying Edge of time, it was much better than the first time I played it.

I don't know what you're talking about. I found Edge of time to be pretty good. It wasn't flawless but I wouldn't call it crap. Shattered Dimensions was really good. I'm not saying there aren't bad games. But they seem rather hard to find to me.

He's got a few good ones.

Time/budget constraints to match up with release dates of movies.

Also, look at all of SEGA's monstrosities of licensed superhero film games.

There hasn't been an A grade Spider-Man since 2004, The reason why Spider-Man games have been so bad? Because Beenox are f@#king sh!t developers, that's why.

Gosh, I tried playing one and it made me feel sick with the wall climbing. D:

Most are pretty good not counting the ones based on movies, since no game based on a movie is good.

I think the games focus too much on the Webhead and not enough on Perter. I want a Spiderman game that is more oriented around his supporting cast. Go play Spiderman for the ps1 that game was on a defining part of my childhood along with Maximum Carnage. However Maximum carnage is hard as hell. I needed an emulator to beat it. I have not finished a Spidey game since Ultimate Spiderman which I liked but found too brief. Currently I am forcing myself to finish Shattered Dimensions. The weak story and poor presentation are making me hate the experience. Maybe I will try Web of Shadows. I guess I want something different. Also there is the laziness that comes from confidence. Spiderman's media presence means a game with him in it will sell. The franchise needs to be in the hands of someone else. Naughty Dog or Insomniac could do something amazing with the property I am sure.

Wolverine Origins was supposedly a legit game.

Not that I played it.

i thought the majority was good.

Havent found the right developer yet.
Like Batman.All the games before Asylum were crap,but then came Rocksteady.....

At least you guys get games...le sigh. =(

They Don't Listen To The Fans, Okay they did a little (A Microscopic) bit for the Tasm2game overall (IMO) is just a copy and paste from The TASM1 game With A Different Costume For Spidey

Looks like Spiderman and his fans are still bitter after watching the Arkham Knight demo.

Go blame Disney for not having any good developers and whoring the license out to shit developers like Beenox.

have treyarch make another ultimate spider-man game that was a great spider-man game

Pretty much this. Marvel/Disney just needs to find the right developers. Not to mention I believe Activision had exclusive rights to Spider-man games so there wasn't much choice in that regard.

There's been a few I remember being ok, but I think, kinda like Superman to some extent, it's hard to make a game that does justice to him

Licensed properties as a whole are notoriously crap.

That said, Spider-Man has actually managed to stay at least playable, though playing as the Green Goblin in the first movie tie in was the highlight, and I found myself wanting to play Web of Shadows 2 as Symbiote Wolverine vs King Spider-Man.

Ah yes, I remember this post. Back in the good ol noob days.

spiderman for ps1 and n64 was my favorite

then ultimate spiderman and spiderman 2 for ps2 and xbox

the first one wasent bad either

shattered dimensions next and web of shadows

all not mentioned arent worth being mentioned.

I quite enjoyed a couple of the spiderman games, but never actually completed any of the story. I play the spiderman games to websling around the place, i feel they have gone the wrong way with the new games restricting this.

Spidey needs the developer equivalent of Devil May Cry and the Batman Arkham games in his corner. It's just that Marvel fucking treats Spidey like a joke and doesn't take him seriously(seriously they just figure, Spiderman is a popular icon so they don't need to put in as much work with him since his image is famous enough for anyone to cater to no matter how lackluster their work on franchise and character is), because they're all about the Marvel U and the Avengers as the centerpiece of their creative and imaginative quality productions, cuz of the MCU and being dicks to all other franchises like Xmen, Fantastic Four and others.

I think Spidey as had an alright track record when comes to video games, there not at Arkham level. But that can change with time, just think another studio needs produced Spidey games.

Things to make a good spidey game

Original story

Arkham style fight

Free roam

A fun city to explore

A large verity of villains and allies

Web of Shadows is decent.

They've got a better track record than Superman Games IMHO.

A good game requires passion + talent from the developer. Spider-Man, being the massive money maker that he is, has simply never been in the hands of a company that has both.

Superman's real weakness...

floating rings!

Less mission based, open world Spider-Man and more event ridden action/platforming, in my opinion. The former is polarizing because its free roaming moments are killed by the city's nothingness in terms of challenge. The game only carries itself whenever inside a building, with repetitive beat em up gameplay and little room for swinging around. That's why I think a more linear, level to level structure is better to realize both swinging and fighting at a good pace, with a platforming emphasis to Spider-Man's moves. Don't make enemies hit sponges, but use them as opportunities to get higher or go faster, and develop good enough physics to make us feel Spider-Man's acceleration and momentum when climbing and swinging.

@fallschirmjager: Ive played it. best movie based game period. and if you put in the invincibility cheat during your time in weapon X...I wont go into details cuz spoilers(minor but still) you can pretty much do the mission as zombie wolverine. as for spider-man, I always felt that the arkham formula worked better for spider-man that it does for batman for obvious reasons so if I was in charge of a spider-man game, I would keep that plus add in actual combos. I hate how spider-man only has one attack button. amazing spider-man 2 could of been great but it felt as if beenox got lazy with it