Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a video game title encompassing three versions: a full-3D action game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360; a 2.5D sidescrolling beat em up action game for the…
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is an adventure developed by Treyarch, released 21 October 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is an adventure game developed by Treyarch and released in 2008. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Treyarch NGL.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a 2008 action-adventure video game based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The game was released in October 2008 across multiple platforms, and encompasses three drastically different versions: one released for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360, which features an open world and non-linear gameplay; one for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, which is a 2.5D side-scrolling beat 'em up; and one for the Nintendo DS, a Metroidvania-style beat 'em up. All three versions have several common elements, such as moral choices that alter the narrative, the ability to summon allies during fights, and a similar plot, despite different…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is the 182nd of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Spider-Man: Web of Shadows in 2008. Its critic score of 70 is 6 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 137 votes.
What it launched against
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows launched on 21 October 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space and Gears of War 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space, Gears of War 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Spider-Man: Web of Shadows yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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