In 2014, the toys-to-life game Disney Infinity released it's second edition, 2.0. This version added Marvel comics, which Disney owns, to it's banner. With this came a variety of playable Marvel Figures and playsets, which of course came to include Marvel's flagship superhero: Spider-man!
GRAPHICS:
The figure itself looks really good. It's based off of the recent "ultimate spider-man" cartoon iteration, which i admit Spidey looks pretty cool in. The figure has Spider-man doing a crouching pose on a small, black, rock-like base. In-game and in-movement, he looks even better, as his variety of Combat skills are all a joy to see, and his mask even emotes while he attacks.
SOUND:
Sadly, also like in Ultimate Spider-man, here, he's voiced by Drake Bell... To be fair, he does a pretty decent job as Spider-man, though there are other voice actors who would be preferable to him. He does do a lot of cheesy lines during and after combat, though.
ADDICTIVENESS:
Here, we finally come to his gameplay! Gameplay-wise, he's really fun to play as. His basic combination attacks are full of stylish, acrobatic attacks which, like i said in graphics, are just fun to watch. He can also shoot a singular web-shot, which does a small amount of damage, and is handy from range. Last but not least, he can of course web swing! Anyone who's played a Spider-man game, like the classic spider-man 2 on ps2, knows how fun just freely swinging around can be, and here it's no different! I would almost suggest getting him and putting him on the base for a few minutes just so you can experience that, if you haven't before.
STORY:
Well... he's a figure. Spider-man himself doesn't HAVE a story, although he does come with a unique playset that DOES have a story, although i have yet to play it. I'll make sure to come back to this review and
update it if i do play it at some point, though!
DEPTH:
Putting him on the base automatically unlocks some special spider-man-themed furniture that you can put in your INterior (Your ingame house that you can decorate, if you're wondering), and combat-wise... Well, he was introduced in Infinity 2.0, which was very basic combat-wise, and as such, his combat skills and upgrade tree aren't that big. He does have a few of the basic health and damage upgrades, along with an unlockable finisher for his combo attacks and some web shooter upgrades, but that's about it. Like i said before,once i play the spider-man playset, i'll come back here and add a point or 2, depending on how that goes.
DIFFICULTY:
As said in Depth, he doesn't have alot of complicated moves to pull off, so it's possible to button-mash your way through some basic fights. Although, there ARE some stronger enemies throughout the toybox that can be harder, and that's where Web-shooting comes in handy.
IN CONCLUSION:
All-in-all, good-looking figure, fun if not super simple combat style, and web-swinging that's as fun as ever, everyone's favorite web-slinger is a worthy purchase, whether you're just going for a complete collection of figures, or wanna travel through infinity in style!