Is Spider-Man 3 For The PS2 REALLY That Bad?
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2023
- Spider-Man 3 for the PS2 is often regarded as one of the worst Spider-Man games. I decided to livestream it to see if that statement holds true. Here are some of the highlights of that stream!
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Check out the follow up to this video where I check out the PS3 version of Spider-Man 3!
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I actually think the PS2 version is better than the PS3 version. At least in terms of functionality and the minor things. The PS3 version though is so hilariously bad.
How is the ps3 version worse
@@bradwoods371 The graphics, the tutorial, the controls, etc.
@@darthcinema4262 wtf graphics are better in ps3
Same
@@bradwoods371mechanics missions are better on the ps2 compare to ps3
Ngl, the only thing I remember about this version is the cool symbiote suit gimmick where you get a quick time event to take it off every time you want to swap out of it, mainly cause the further you are in the story, the longer it takes to remove it.
Yeah it's completely absent in the PS3 Version, but i agree with you, especially towards the end when peter punches the ground in pain and the symbiote is screaming.
@@Lousfwdamn that's such a cool detail, i don't think i ever remember getting that far in the game so hearing about that is a huge surprise
I’ve felt like I’m the only person that has ever said anything about that until just now it’s so much better than the pa3 version just for that
The ps3 version just throws you enemies that you would normally see hours into the game, and it's hard to defeat them. Everything seems out of order
The PS2 version was actually more fun than the PS3 version.
If the devs had more time to work on it, it could've been even better.
Cuz like a lot of games in the late 2000s, they were outsourced the crap out of with the last gen consoles while the 7th gen versions got to be the main games. Treyarch made the 7th gen game while Vicarious Visions made everything else. The Treyarch version I much prefer cuz when I played the Vicarious version first, I missed having the rag doll effects and the crazy stylish moves you could do. Treyarch version has the craziest moves with the black suit with a move called ROFL Copter and you can literally beat people in the face with X, X, Y (mash). Also the New Goblin fight on Vicarious sucks compared to Treyarch where halfway through you can swing freely recreating some of the movie fight, seriously it friggin sucks
20:16 that hulk reference is unexpected
Bruce Campbell's narration was way better on PS2 than on PS3. On PS2 we got gems like:
"What would Spider-Man be without his spider powers? I'll tell ya. He'd be... Man. Is that reallt what you came here to play? Man 3? I don't think so! Now go ahead and crawl up this wall. You know? Like *Spider*-Man?"
The PS3 version had nothing close to as great as that.
I played the PS3 and PS2 version, i prefer the PS2 Version, the webswinging is more fluid, it's more laid back and chill, sure it's obviously a downgrade in terms of capability but i just think it's better. In the PS2 version there's also insanely cool sequences that happen when you remove the black suit, screaming from the symbiote, peter punching the ground whilst trying to remove the suit clearly in distress, which is completely absent in the PS3 Version.
Really
Is it bettet
i played the pc version originally as a kid, and i loved it then obviously because i was a kid. but i liked the ps2 version a lot when i first played it and still do. but now that i play the ps3 version i genuinely dont get how i couldve like this as a kid but it still does hold memories.
spiderman 2 on ps2 is still peak though, graphics are better too.
One thing I loved storywise about this game is no loose ends are in this version unlike the next gen version. The next gen version, kraven escapes, kingpin escapes, Calypso escapes, carlyle escapes, it actually angers me Peter let these villains all get away and never go after them, especially carlyle who is a terrorist. In the ps2 version, ALL villains are defeated and dealt with. Kraven is pinned in a grate and the police arrest him. Carlyle is defeated and webbed up for the police to get him. Morbius is cured and can live a normal life. Shriek is eventually overtaken by her powers and passes away at Connor's lab. No villain is left roaming free. So this version imo is better storywise
One thing that I remember is Kingpin being defeated in the PS3 version using the Black Suit, and so is Kraven.
Edit: Calypso isn't even in the PS3 version, what are you on about?
@@coolmuzt5 months late but yea she was. in the lizard mission under the sewers she was with kraven
Bro, i can't tell you how nostalgic and good it feels to hear and see this version of the game. When people talk about Spider-Man 3 the game, they always mean the HD version, but the music, the sound effects, and the dialog, (as clunky and lazy as the actors are) all bring be back to being a kid again playing this on my PS2 on my tiny little TV. Good times 🥲
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug
So weird, haven’t seen this game in like 15 years yet somehow I feel like I was playing it yesterday. I even finished Bruce Cambells line about black going with everything. Memory is a crazy thing
However Spider-Man 3 the movie is a iconic masterpiece for all the memes and personally it's a movie I like alot despite it's flaws
My aunty took us to watch it at the time. Best trilogy spiderman for sure.
It's crazy, i played spiderman 3 on my ps2 and i dont remember the city looking like that lol back then those were good graphics. How far we have come. Cant wait for marvel spiderman 2.
I remember when I was a kid, I thought this shiiz looked as good as spider man ps5 but watching this now man graphics have really advanced
It wasn't good back then, it was always terrible. MGS2 came out 6 years prior and is 1 trillion times better looking
I grew up with this version and the entire Morbius arc is the one thing that stuck with me, but I forgot how good late PS2 games were. Persona 4 came out like months after this.
Facts
Too bad persona 4 kinda sucks on the PS2 compared to Golden
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One thing i really liked about this was how aggressive the combat felt with the symbiote suit on, he seemed relentless
21:03 yeah I agree Sonys separate Spider-Man universe of just Spider-Man villains is a waste of those characters
The Venom movies and Morbius are definitely proof of that. I don't have much hope for the Madame Web and Kraven solo films.
The H-Bombers weren't a real thing in the comics but Luke Carlyle, the Mad Bomber, was. He was basically just a guy using Doc Ock so he could copy his tech and become a second Doc Ock (or third if we count the female one that was around in the 90s).
I like this game for childhood reasons but I prefer the HD version for it's better gameplay, being a precursor to Web of Shadows, but this one has a bit better plot.
I didn't have Spiderman 2 for more than a couple of days because it was a rental (rip blockbuster) but I had this game for a couple of years and played it a lot. One of the major things that stuck with me about it was how incredible eerie it felt. It starts off as mostly standard fare, but when you get the black suit it almost turns into horror game. The delirious state you're in when you first wake up with the symbiote and have to fight some random thugs was oddly creepy compared to the outright sinister version of the scene from The movie. Then there's people being stuffed inside of eggs in the sewers by Connors, Morbious, the apocalypse gang, and the overall gray nature of the city.
funny enough the PS2 version might be the best since the selling point (the symbiote) actually makes you stronger and you can switch between the two. Also the Morbius and Shriek plot has more to do with the symbiote plot than the Kingpin and Scorpion stuff.
I will say the Wii and PSP versions are the best ones (them and PS2 are the same game). The Wii gets hated on because it uses motion controls, but if you play the game and give them a chance, they'll become incredibly natural. And the PSP version just benefits from being a portable Spidey console game, only matched by SM2's PSP game. Definitely more enjoyable games than the PS3/Xbox 360/PC game and its hilariously bad legacy.
nah this is far better than SM2 psp, that was just a reskin of the first raimi movie console game lmao
My cousin had the Wii & PS2. I agree that the Wii version was unique, & the PSP by default was great since it’s a handheld free roam game. But none of that is saying much, & none of those versions are better than the 360/PS3 versions lol.
The main take away is the symbiote suit being an actual mechanic in the PS2 version, which is really what everyone cares about lol.
@@-Anonymous-. ok but in terms of the web swinging system, the PS2/PSP/Wii version is better
@@TheInfamousLegend27 that can only be argued for the Wii with the consoles mechanic.
Lol at the rest 😬
@@-Anonymous-. mate the PS3/X360 swinging is clunky as fuck, any spiderman swing system that takes you nearly a minute to scale the empire state building is shite
15:36 that's how Rhino in the TASM game became a problem for me. He broke the rule!
I have a lot of nostalgia for this game. I beat it twice. The first time just I just played through the story. The 2nd time, I decided this would be the first game I completed 100% after reading on a phony cheat code site that you could play as Venom if you did so. I did everything there was to do in the game including taking a photo of every type of enemy which SUCKED. Still fun times
Whoever made that fake website git you really good
*got
I fell for that exact same playable Venom hoax, too!
I’d like to state, that the dialogue being cut off early is not a 60fps issue and is also present when playing native on a PS2. The dialogue just isn’t timed properly with the cutscenes
The dude at 18:50 kinda looks like Tony Soprano
I feel like the PS2 version of Spider-Man 3 handled Symbiote Spider-Man much better then the next gen games and even the movie itself. A lot of cutscenes show how much more agressive and violent he is when he wears the suit. Something I feel like the movie and PS3/XBOX 360/PC versions didn't show as well.
Just a small little fact: The H-Bombers *were* actually an original creation for the Spider-Man 3 video-game! Not really sure WHY the developers thought it to be an important inclusion, but nevertheless, they're there!
17:24 why is he just standing there silently and pointing. Then he lunges at Morbius and weirdly floats upwards
“This is a bad PS2 game, but a very good PSP game” honestly sums it up
I remember enjoying this game
But I also remember playing it on PS3 so maybe I was wrong
I really like these videos on the ports to lesser systems since they're really different games. Will you cover the ports to the DS and PSP too? Web of Shadows on ps2 and Edge of Time on DS are completely different.
They turned Connors to fing fang fum
It's fin fang foom
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I always liked this version more than the hd release. The wii version was a lot of fun
I remember playing Spider-Man 3 in my PS2 when I was a kid.
It was pretty fun. I'm pretty sure if I ever play it again these days, I would still enjoy it.
How did manage to get the emulator to work? This game in particular doesn’t seem to work on the ps2 emulator.
It makes me so happy to see someone play this game, for me is way better than the ps3/pc version, is a fun game that i played hours and hours back on my ps2, man....we where happy in those days
So pc and ps3 are the same? Ignoring those what is the best version to emulate that would give the best graphics?
I remember playing this by renting it. Beat nearly the whole game without leveling up or buying the perks 😂 It wasn't until the final Venom fight I realized there was a skill tree 💀
My favorite Central Park is in Ultimate Spider-Man game. Just so many cool details.
I remember owning a special edition version of this port that came with behind the scenes footage... of the wrong version of the game lmao. That said, gotta commend Vicarious Visions for working with what they had.
I never understood why They gave Spider-Man that horrible white sheen/lighting on the side. It became a really bad trend for a bit for Characters In Games to have that weird lighting.
I played the 360 version, which Is probably one of My most disappointing and lacklustre Games of all time. Whenever I see the PS2 version, I do wonder what happened. Did They use the same New York Map from Spider-Man 2? Or remake It? Because the Texturing for the City looks so... Off and lacking In any real details. Not as the bad the 360 version having a New York consisting of muddy colours but yeah, Both Games just have this really unappealing look to Them.
I will say taht the City looks slightly better at night but not by much.
"Because hero lighting". It looks light there's more light sources than there really are.
Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 is especially guilty of this.
I own both versions and I really like PS3 version over PS2 in my opinion felt as I had more tp do I swing around like high and faster got launch myself from daily bulge and there new game plus if the one negative I give PS3 is playing as New Goblin quick time I fail that a lot as a kid
the swinging system on the ps3/xbox 360 version is so clunky and slow, it takes over a minute to swing to the top of the empire state, whereas in ultimate spiderman/web of shadows, you could scale the building in around 20 seconds. utter trash
Cool little thing is when your regular he takes fall damage, but with the black suit the floor cracks. Also how the symbiote if worn to long has to come off or you die.
This is the version I played growing up I can't say it's bad but of course mines just nostalgia
I remember playing it all the time when i was a child, i really like it.
Even if sometimes this game feels a bit odd, as a kid I did love the game, specially the symbiote suit. At some point I wanted to replay it on a ppsspp emu, it was almost identical except for the attacks when you had the black suit on witch sucked. I also noticed when you swing in this game, depending on where you hold the analog, spoodeyman will shoot the webs in the direction you pointed, witch is kinda cool for it's time right? The swinging in this game was a bit weird because of the camera, better than the PC or XBOX version tbh, and also that little hiccup when you swing it's kinda annoying sometimes.
Hey man glad I could be in the live stream 👍
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I remember this game being way better but I was like eight
somethings that are in this game are shown in the most recent spiderman by insomniac for example the acrobatics during air time gives you adrenaline for your super moves and in marvel spiderman too, i get why this game is terrible and i don't even want to go in the research of the spider emblems without a proper map but it was my first spiderman game and i loved it even with its flaws
@15:13, i thought that was a rule too. I remember the rumors of Bruce Campbell as mysterio in 3 or 4 and it messed with me, since we had mysterio in the 2nd game
I remember liking this version of the game for a bit back in the day, definitely better than the xbox 360/ps3 version, but it doesn’t really feel like it holds up that well. Thank god for Insomniac’s series. It is really hard waiting for Spider-Man 2 PS5.
I noticed the lizard in this games looks very similar to the one that was supposed to show up in Spider-Man 2. I wonder if they reused the model
18:54 great timing for the idle animation LOL
I'm pretty sure there's a majority vote that the PS2/Wii versions of this game are WAY better than PS3/360. This version just felt more fun to play and had a better balance overall and the Black Suit actually felt like a power up since you feel so much weaker without it. You get all these upgrades for base Spider-Man which yes are really helpful and are fun to use but the Black Suit felt much more powerful and I think that's a pretty important thing. And let's all be honest here, the web swinging feels more natural and fun then in the PS3/360 versions. You feel so damn heavy there.
That’s sad. Where’s the rag doll effects? Where’s the crazy combos not present in the Vicarious Visions version? Treyarch reigns supreme here. The Treyarch version still ain’t great because a lot of games in the late 2000s were outsourced the crap out of on last gen while 7th gen got all the advertising. Also the freedom of movement in Vicarious compared to Treyarch in free roam and boss fights suck. Seriously they friggin suck.
@@TheN7Spartan Sorry for having fun
@@AnthonyPoole246 Well if that majority vote is being objective, they’re wrong. Then again, what truly messed up the third game was the outsourcing of it everywhere. The Spider-Man 2 game got outsourced too but Fizz Factor only made their version for one platform: PC and it was utter crap while Treyarch as we know it reigned supreme. What happened with the third game is that Vicarious made their game for 3 ports and Treyarch made their game for 3 ports. This was not a generational thing cuz Shrek 2 the movie game also had an outsourcing problem. I 100% garuntee that if Treyarch were fully developing Spider-Man 3 for every platform, the 7th gen version would be identical to the last gen version in terms of gameplay and the graphics would age alot slower. Hope that explains alot. Not trying to keep you from your fun, it’s just shocking to me even less people have figured out what happened with the Spider-Man licenses than I thought.
Can you do a Loop de Loop in web swinging, or does the game tell you when to let go, too?
The web swinging is so much better in this version.
Can you swing off poles? Can you use that swing move with 2 web lines? Can you hang upside down? And which swinging is faster? I already know the answer.
Ps2 one I remember was good. But comparing to Xbox 360, million times worse. I remember as a kid obsessively watching 360 videos of people playing Spider-Man 3, and desperately wanted to play as Harry on the glider.
Still a PlayStation guy to this day though.
You can play as Harry in the first Spider-man game.
12:38, actually im pretty sure that’s always been the issue with the ps2 version, i had 2 copies and they both had audio that always cuts off. The psp version doesn’t seem to have this problem, dunno about the wii version.
The PSP version of Spider-Man 3 is the first game that I've ever (intentionally) achieved 100% completion in
In Spiderman 2 for pc he was looking the best and the whole game was looking the best, actually
The psp version was a port of the ps2 and it was amazing to see a game of that size on a psp
For the longest time I thought I had mandela effect or something because all the clips from Spider-Man 3 come from ps3 and pc and I was thought no way nostalgia is blinding me that much
I always thought the H-bombers were supposed to be the pterodecks from the MTV Spider-Man new animated series
In Bruce’s defense Dr.strange was mentioned in spider man 2 (the movie not the game) so I don’t see why hulk can’t be referenced
"DR STRANGE 🙌" "that's taken"
I remember renting this game after the movie came out. I showed it to my nephew and we both got excited since we really liked playing Spiderman 2 on the gamecube. I popped the PS2 version into my PS3 annnnnd it was a flop for me. I dunno, it felt really downgraded, the map looked like ass, the swinging was different BUT, I did like that Peter takes no fall damage. I eventually got the PS3 version, it was my first ever PS3 game and god damn I love that game. But, I got really disappointed that I couldn’t live after landing a jump off the Empire State Building 😂
How are you able to emulate this? Nobody has beenable to successfully emulate the PS2 Version for YEARS...
I loved playing this as a kid
I played it for the Wii. I liked it. I didn't play it or love it as much as Spider-Man 2 for GameCube - for its time that was the pinnacle of video game technology.
I do wish the black suit wasn't a transition thing - I wish that it stayed on throughout certain missions and cutscenes.
But the bosses were all pretty cool and it was fun for what it was. Could have been better, but certainly could have been a lot worse.
I love that the Last Gen Version of Spider-Man 3 is on 3 systems the PSP, PS2 and Wii plus the psp version is really cool to play on the go
I was super spoiled by the playable Green Goblin in Spider-Man the Movie Game that when I got to Spider-Man 2, I was expecting a playable Doc-Ock, and searched for him for ages to no avail. The same thing happened with Spider-Man 3 for PS2. I was certain that collecting all the meteorite fragments would unlock a playable Venom. This was sadly false, as well.
When i was a kid and didn't know any better, i played this game many times and thought to myself it was a great game. Thinking about it now this game wasn't so bad. Still remember the time i struggled fighting the lizard boss fight.
i remember when I bought this expecting the PS3 graphics on a ps2 slim (silly 12 years old me)
also the game was in Italian !
I had it for PSP. Even as a kid with a PSP, I could see it was bad
only portable spiderman game with an actual swinging system tho, gotta give it points for that
The swinging was definitely worse than SM2.
Diego play the Hellboy science of evil game
Pedestrian at 18:45 is a dead ringer for Mike Stoklasa
I had the PSP Version which is kinda similiar to the PS2 Version. And I really kinda enjoyed it :D
similar? it's the exact same version lmao
hey man could you tell me how to get this on pc? would really appreciate it.
Best way play this game today is download the PSX2 emulator. If you wanna play the PC version of Spider-Man 3, then download the RSPC3 emulator since the PS3 version is the same as the PC one.
@@DiegoReviews thank you will give it a shot
I'm not gonna lie this game is a guilty pleasure of mine played it a lot as a child even having access to a ps3 I didn't even buy that version cause I preferred this one more lol
18:41 He looks like Mike Stoklasa from RLM
I absolutely love how Venom in this game is just Eric Foreman from That 70's Show but with a generic monster filter over every other syllable.
It was technically better than the PS3/XBOX 360 version, if you could look past the Graphics.
The Black Suit felt great, the mechanics and Web Swinging were fun, the combat was neat, most enemy levels were pretty solid. I really liked the Lizard Battle and Morbius fights. The finale was underwhelming but it was what it was.
I wouldn't know what to rell you! I played it for the Wii and i thought it was good
Having a bomb in the first level is just like Spider-Man ps1😂
It is waaaaaay better than the Ps3/360/pc version.
the cutscenes have a Gmod vibe
That’s a perfect way to put it
@@DiegoReviewsCUTSCENES ARE THE BEST PSP CUTSCENES IVE SEEN. AND THEYRE FOR PS2. WELL OKAY! I OWN AND ALWAYS LOVE THIS VERSION FOR ITS RIDICULOUSNESS AND IT BEING BEST VIEWED AS A SEQUEL TO THE PSP SM 2 GAME BEST PLAY THE PSP SM2 AND PLAY THIS PSP NEXT BUT THE OVERALL BEST AND BETTER VERSION IS THE PS3 PC 360 AND PS4 VERSION! ITS STORY IS BETTER TOLD AND ITS EXTRA STORY IS TIED SMOOTHLY INTO THE MOVIE SCENES WHICH ARE PERFECTLY DONE!
@@DiegoReviewsHarry fight is good but PS3 Harry FIGHT IS BETTER
Top 10 Central Parks wouldn't be too bad. True Crime New York has a detailed one. Well, it has an almost 1:1 Manhattan to begin with.
The superior version of the game and not to bad of a game overall. I had fun with it when I first played it back when I was like 12 years old and I still had a PS2 in 2007.
Harry at 10:55: hold still so i can chop you in half
12:35 It's not the emulation. The dialogue cuts on the PS2 as well. XD
It's not that your running your game at 60fps and that's why dialogue is getting cut off because I have the physical disc of this game and it happens to me too the game is just poorly programmed 🤷♂️
I got this game for my 7th birthday, I thought it was amazing at that age. The music was awesome! I had only played the first and never got to play 2 until years later so this one was a huge step up from the first game. I got mad at the second Lizard fight and Sadly, I pulled my ps2 off my fat tv outta anger and broke the whole system. I never got to beat it and still haven’t.
I enjoyed this game back when I had a PS2 despite the imperfections
P.S. Iguanas are lizards
If you do a top 10 central parks in games put in True crime NY that Central Park is huge and has food stops
I gotta check that out!
It was so bad and disappointing. I remember wanting it only because i didnt have a PS3 yet at that time. I was impatient and felt bad about having my mom waste money on it. Played the Ps3 version some time later and couldnt believe how different it was.
Yes it is
wouldn't mind playing these again, I assume its being emulated?
It is!
I mean the only part I liked about it was morbius
I first played Spider-Man 3 on the ps2 cuz all I had was a ps2 in 2011-12
Hooly I don't remember it looking that bad when I was a kid
24:09 why did he just fall on his knees nothing happened he was chilling on the bench like 30 seconds before
The PS2 version had better combat,boss fights,gameplay and black suit abilities
The black suit felt like a complete new suit instead of a reskin
Trying to remove it by mashing buttons always felt like i am recreating the movie scene
straight up, i picked us this version when it came out, and it was first time i ever played a game where when i finished it i realized, this game sucks. later on got the ps3 version and while it still had plenty of issues i had more fun with that than this one
Please some one make a android version of Spider-Man 3 (The PS2 Version) Ported to The Android Ong