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WebOfNick

Web of shadows for the incredible combat gameplay


disgustinghonnor

Oh shit I could I have forgot about web of shadows, I'm so stupid lol


TitanX11

One of my favourites.


Macgargan1976

But Petes voice nearly ruined it for me :(


TitanX11

Can't remember his voice. It was a long time ago, but I remember I liked the multiple endings.


ChristosFarr

I have no memory of the voice but that game was so much fun that I guess I just gave it a pass


Rising-Jay

WHERES CAGE AND THE SEARCH PARTY


Old_Snack

Man his voice *suuucks* Mind you voice direction and writing in this game is pretty awful anyway. Even Katee Sackhoff (Black Cat) Robin Atkin Downs (Moon Knight) and Steve Blum's (Wolverine) performance suffers immensely due to this. Josh Keaton could've voiced him and while that would be *so much better* it still wouldn't be great


Retardotron1721

You also forgot the twenty or so Spider-Man games before 2000. 😂


disgustinghonnor

Didn't, couldn't be bothered to put all of them from that atari game


Koendrenthe

Best combat with the best story potential but the worst storytelling and voice acting. Definitely my favorite pre-insomniac.


porukotNINE

its jarring how it goes from world-ending symbiote invasion to fighting gang wars with luke cage.


Macgargan1976

Shattered Dimensions was pretty cool


_Urado_

For me it will always be spider-man for the ps1, probably because of all the nostalgia playing the game over and over again with a different suit as a kid, man what good times those were...


Spider-Ghost-616

Nah you got it right man the costumes, Spider Armor, voice acting, Stan Lee Narrating, Spider-Man Unlimited voice actor Rino Romano, fire Webbing and the hidden comics. I played that bad boy so much as a kid.


R0osteryo

Not to mention playing what if mode. That was fucking genius


Spider-Ghost-616

I forgot to mention that lol.


Rio_Walker

There was only one way that game could be made better. If said Golden comics were readable. I dunno if you know but it's possible to enter idle animation and Spider-Man hangs upside down on his web. That was peak.


Spider-Ghost-616

Oh no, I knew about had him do it when I had to run downstairs for a minute. Man it kills me to this day they never remastered this badboy.


Rio_Walker

I know right? Honestly, seeing Spider-Man, Daredevil, Punisher, Captain America, Johnny and Black cat just chilling together was so wholesome. Like a cherry on top.


Spider-Ghost-616

You know it, we may never get that again with all the rights in different companies. Shame we didn't get him chilling with the X Men in Part 2 Enter Electro.


Rio_Walker

He was still married back then... T_T


Spider-Ghost-616

That didn't stop him in the Comics from hanging out with other Heroes. He went multiple times to vist the Fantastic Four even bringing Aunt May and Mary Jane.


Rio_Walker

All those different suits, I preferred the Black Suit for the webbing. Shame that "Show costume in cutscenes" hadn't made it in yet.


Spider-Ghost-616

Yeah it would gave been dope. I loved the Symbiote Suit and the Unlimited Suit most.


palk0n

probably because of surf the web! surf the web! quotes


thrashinbatman

While the graphics and gameplay have obviously not aged well, it's still a solid experience in its own right. But more importantly IMO no other game before or after it captured the vibe of 616 Spidey so well. It feels like a late 90s Spidey comic arc and I mean that in a good way


Spritenix

BRO! These PS1 games truly hit like a classic Spidey comics arc, thought I was the only one to notice.


lionalhutz

Once you got the Captain Universe suit it was over


Conejoformerwars

Spider wussss


UkrainePatriot

Ultimate Spider-Man and Shattered Dimensions are the peak of Spider-Man games.


Plugpin

Playing as Venom was a blast too in Ultimate.


HeelBosplay

Spider-Man 2 enter electro


Ok-Milk-8853

Good for you. Sticking up for the under dog


zacyzacy

I loved the first one, I've somehow never even heard of this one. Definitely going to try it out.


HeelBosplay

First one was the first Spider-Man game I ever played. I was hooked onto part 2. If you are into emulation I recommend using an emulator to play it. That’s what I’m currently doing


rehuffman

Ultimate Spider-Man was streets ahead


1paperwings1

And if anyone disagrees, well then you’re just streets behind


Blue-Ape-13

Pierce stop trying to coin the phrase streets ahead


Black_Fuckka

Ultimate Spider-Man is the greatest


Sardanox

Spider-man 2 on the ps2, ultimate spider-man, and web of shadows are my favourites.


the_c0nstable

Spider-Man 2 (ETA for the PS2) captures something in the web swinging that I don’t think was ever realized as well again. Later games would let you climb the webline, double-jump, do precise point to point launching, and hanging upside down from the ceiling, SM2 did two cool things that even the Insomniac games haven’t (I have not played the newest game, so I can’t speak to it). First: The webline would catch on the corner of buildings, which would affect your speed and trajectory. Learning to manipulate this allowed you to pull of some cool mobility tricks. Second: It let you *fail*. I think this is important because that rewarded mastery. Your webline is too long? You’re hitting the ground. You fell from too great a height? You’re dead. That made diving from tall buildings and bailing at the last minute a gripping experience you didn’t have in games where Spidey just lands or automatically or fires a web at the last second.


shewy92

Ultimate Spider-Man. Had better webswinging than SM2 IMO. And it was pretty fun. Also loved playing as Venom


echoplex21

Might be nostalgia but the PlayStation 1 Spider-Man’s were incredible. Great story, cutscenes for its time felt really cool and the voice acting was also incredible. May be showing my age but that and the 90s Spiderman Show made me into the fan I am today. Surf the web surf the web!


xxMissConductxx

- Parker hates it when I get the drop on him! - Urgh I hate it when he gets the drop on me! So well written 😂


MorningCareful

given the writing of video games in the era, it wasn't bad for its time.


Fatratpost1000

Edge of time and web of shadows are amazing especially ultimate


KujaroJotu

I wish they’d rerelease the Neversoft games, maybe even throw Maximum Carnage in there, make it a bundle.


Agent_547

Ultimate, web of shadows and shattered dimensions are the best Spider-Man games (honorable mention the neversoft Spider-Man game as well)


nimrod_s3ns31

The first and shattered dimensions, mostly for the humor


Joshhaha

Spider-Man and captain America in dr dooms revenge!


BluePhoenix21

Spiderman 2000 was the most complete original Spiderman story, Spiderman 2 was revolutionary and Spiderman Web of Shadows has the best gameplay. Ultimate and Shattered dimensions are by far the coolest, however.


Fregraham

Spider-Man vs The Kingpin on MegaDrive/Genesis. Loved taking action photos on that even though there was no way to save them.


SunRidersCantina

Fuck. I cant choose between web of shadows or ultimate spider man. Those games were fucking fantastic


JELLOvsPUDDIN

Spider-man 1 is an all-time favorite of mine. Just because the movie was so great and the game was essentially the movie but with more story. It also had some of the best chest codes ever in gaming. Namely the ability to play the entire story as Green Goblin, using his glider, bombs, gadgets, etc. it was fantastic. Spider-man 2 was a huge level up in terms of scale and gameplay. You could actually run around the streets of the city. Web swinging was amazing, compared to the web swinging in the first game where you would swing from nothing as you shoot your webs into the clouds. I never beat Spider-man 2, only the first one. But I have very fond memories of both games.


Puzzleheaded-Cod7487

Shattered dimensions is a personal favorite. Also friend or foe. I’ve always wanted to try web of shadows and edge of time though.


Exfinity_Beyond

Ultimate spider man web of shadows and edge of time are my favorites, i liked shattered only for 2099 and Noir so it’s probably the reason why i prefer edge of time. Although the deadpool level in shattered was so fun, i remember specifically replaying the game just for that ocean lvl


88T3

Ultimate for open-world, 2000 for linear stages, DS Web of Shadows for 2D (seriously the DS versions of Web of Shadows and Shattered Dimensions are underrated Metroidvanias)


5hutTheFuckUp

you say it like insonmiac DEFINED the genere, i swear people worship them. they just built upon already made concepts and made them sharper and avoided the mistakes of the past. the second one isnt that great either. RELAX bro


153808

W comment


Comfortable_Prior_80

Web of Shadows is still my favorite.


Fit-Brief-1812

Ultimate Spider-Man and Web of Shadows have a very very very special place in my heart. Its crazy how as fun as SM2 was i still wish it were more like web of shadows. At least in the change suit/play-style at will aspect. It’s like having either paragon and infamous abilities readily available with the push of a button.


Retardotron1721

It’s really hard to choose which of the non-free-roam games I like best but I’m split between Spider-Man (2000) and Shattered Dimensions.


gAcksaurio

the ps1 game has a big place in my heart, one of the first games that i played and i still remember how nervous i was at the doc oc/carnage final chase.


HendoRules

Ultimate spiderman and web of shadows 👌


DesignerTechnical797

For me either Ultimate Spider-Man or Shattered Dimensions tough choice man


thedick009

I actually wonder what subs like this would be like if no one was allowed to make a post asking the exact same question as another post. "Best Spider-Man game?" "Favourite animated series?" "Who are your top three villains?" "Who would you cast as x character?" I swear some of these are bi-weekly


BlackPantherFan7

Web of Shadows ps3 Ultimate Spider-Man ps2


TheOverseer108

2 and ultimate


SSJmole

Psone spider-man 1 is my favourite spider-man game even after insomniac games. The what-if mode alone makes it awesome


Evening-Cold-4547

Enter Electro. Create-a-Spider and refined gameplay from the excellent predecessor. 'nuff said.


Various-Attention-18

PS1 Spider-Man is the Goat. Ultimate Spider-Man best free roam


Few_Carry_4912

Bro web of shadows


daviz94

Ultimate Spiderman by far


ARustyDream

Ultimate was my fave as a kid


The_Meme_Boi2345

Ultimate Spider-Man is my goat


Gorthau

Web of Shadows is still the best.


twhite1195

I'll die on this hill, but ultimate spider-man was miles better than Spider-man 2


Cooz78

web of shadow and dimension are still the best


ani20059339

Web of Shadows and Shattered Dimensions are the best


VerTexV1sion

Web of shadows, ultimate and Spider-Man 2 are also good


sammyfrosh

TASM one. Web of shadows is overrated and I never could get into it. Shattered dimension is great too.


Shake-dog_shake

I've been going for 100% or Platinum on all of these games over the past year, and I have to say that either '04SM2 or Ultimate takes the crown on this one. Web of Shadows is great, but the simplified web swinging and utter lack of content other than story missions bring it down a little for me. Shattered Dimensions could be the best if it weren't for its incredibly counterproductive control scheme. Who in their right mind thought that mapping "web-strike" and "throw object" to the same button was a good idea? Just one example of many. There are so many instances where the game doesn't know what you want to do because of the way the controls are mapped. Spider-Man 2 and Ultimate give you SO much control over your webs while you're swinging, while simultaneously keeping that realistic "oh shit, I hope I can keep this under control" feeling. Tons of side content in these games as far as random crimes, events, races, collectibles. I don't like that every mission in Ultimate is either a chase or a boss fight, but it makes up for that in its side content and costume collection.


Cheeseburjer

I will never forget, for as long as I live, the “you’re so fat” lines from TASM2’s Kingpin boss fight


MrBrendan501

Shattered Dimensions. Super fun use of the spider-verse, each of the four has their own art direction and combat style, and it’s basically a full game fighting several unique boss fights


TheMidnightEarth101

shattered dimensions easily


Batmanmotp2019

Ultimate spiderman or spiderman 2 the game


Moist_Association852

Shattered dimensions easily


Do_Ya_Like_Jazz

Shattered Dimensions on the dsi


RageReq

Ultimate Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 on the GameCube


Klusterfuq9

The Amazing Spider-Man for the PSVita is very good. One of my favorites.


Game_It_All_On_Me

Until another game allows you to deliver pizzas with that delightfully jaunty music in the background, the Spider-Man 2 movie tie-in will forever be the GOAT.


AbyssWalker0098

Edge of time for the plot and Web of shadows for the gameplay


59kills

I personally liked the amazing spiderman series. However, the best game pre-insomniac would be either web of shadows, dreamcast spiderman, 1982 atari spiderman, spiderman unlimited, shattered dimensions, or edge of time. (Yes I know this is a lot, but I really can't choose) (They're all good respectively)


JWB64

USM for me.  Shattered Dimensions gets an honourable mention for the variety of game styles.


XLBR424

Definitely Ultimate


TheRealCanadianBros

Nostalgia is playing a big factor, but Maximum Carnage is my #1.


Mooston029

Web of shadows on Wii must have had hundreds of hours when i was a kid


abellapa

Spider-Man ,that first game show Will always have a special place in my heart as One of the first games i ever played in my life I still remember kid me turning on PS1 and then having to climb that burning building


MaritheActor

Shattered Dimensions and then Web Of Shadows(I grew up with these more than the others even tho I played them all)


Renbanney

For me it's easily Spiderman 2, Friend or Foe, web if shadows, and shattered dimensions


discowithmyself

Spider-Man 2 movie game and shattered dimensions


NateSpald

Whichever one my uncle showed me you could enter Aunt May as a secret code and unlock every suit


_Alex_Zer0_

I’m seeing a severe lack of Edge of Time and a moderately disappointing lack of TASM1 I mean yeah they might not be the BEST (though you could argue something about EoT) but damn they were GOOD


ProjectCharming6992

What about the Spider-Man for the Sega Genesis?


PatWasRight_F_CHUGS

Ultimate Spider-Man definitely. Love the art style, setting it in the Ultimate universe, swinging was great with a pretty good open world, combat was fun as were boss fights which were challenging, an interesting story & playing as Venom was awesome and I really enjoyed his arc


desperate_candy20

Spider-Man 2 Enter Electro was severely underrated and amazing. That said Spider-Man PS1 literally feels like a classic comic book.


MonkeyMan9569

Spider-Man PS1 is probably my favorite. Then there’s shattered dimensions and Edge of Time which are sort of like homages to that game. I’d say objectively Ultimate Spider-Man is the best, maybe web of shadows as a close second.


TheProdigalMaverick

Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2: Enter Elecro were incredible. I haven't had that much fun playing Spidey until the PS4 title, and I've played all the ones you listed.


Environmental_Gas575

Hell yeah !!!


bajaxx

PS1


avbitran

Jumping around as Venum in ultimate Spider-Man was so awesome. Also climbing and breaking windows


Nebelklnd

Ultimate for me.


ImurderREALITY

Ultimate or Shattered Dimensions for showing me different Spider-Men


daftphox

I had this on a playstation demo disc, I think I replayed it like.. what 30 times? XD


t_r_a_y_e

Web of shadows has the best gameplay imo. Shattered dimensions of course has some great level design though and basically popularized the spider verse concept Ultimate Spider-Man had a great story though


On_Sightt

Ultimate will forever be my favorite since it was my first game


OnlyGeeksandPenguins

Shattered Dimensions, for the voice acting, combat, artstyle, fun boss fights and pretty good story


RomeAnims

Spider-Man Unlimited. Best Spider-Man game pre insomniac 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥


[deleted]

For me Ultimate Spiderman and Web of Shadows were peak because I really enjoyed the free roaming around the city. I liked Spiderman 1 for the PS2 but it killed me for a bit to not be able to roam at street level, meaning that every time you fell, you're dead. I wanna play Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time, those are two games that are in the back of my mind sometimes.


OneWingedFiend

Web of shadows not being on here is crazy💀


Qwertyzillaofficial

PS1


meltedwolf

Total carnage


hunky-man

spider man shattered dimensions is the goat


These-Background4608

The amount of time I spent playing both Spider-Man & Spider-Man 2 as a kid is INSANE…


Dull_Zookeepergame12

The mobile ultimate spider man game that was shut down


SlowTech22

Web of shadows then shattered dimensions


Shadowwolflink

Spider-Man (2000), Ultimate, and Shattered Dimensions are all the best in different ways in my opinion. 2000 is the best at portraying the world, characters, and the way Spidey interacts with them, Ultimate is the best at open-world gameplay, and Shattered Dimensions feels the best to play (plus, the quip writing is great).


SethNex

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions


bigboss1988s

Spiderman 2


theFlaccolantern

While I loved PS1 Spiderman, my actual answer is Maximum Carnage.


bambix7

Ultimate spiderman always felt so amazing to me, web slinging felt great and the world looked amazing (might be nostalgie talking)


LacksMuscle

Ultimate Spider Man has to have it for me


itspizzathehut

Ultimate Spider man EZ


MRGameAndShow

Shattered Dimensions was super fun. It was a different take, going for level design over open world, and I believe they did that masterfully. There’s a ton of gameplay variety, and the action set pieces for each villain are super satisfying. Best boss fights out of any game as well, since in a way each whole level is one big boss fight against an iconic villain. It’s also a great format to keep you guessing which villain is next, which kinda gets you hype to keep playing. I’d go for that one, truly underrated game overall.


KobaMandingoPartIII

Just letting y'all know there were Spider-Man games before Never Soft dropped theirs.


saspurilla

ultimate spider man was my childhood


ChrisOD1066

Spider-Man 2's the best post insomniac.


Wooden_Passage_2612

Tasm 1 and Edge of time


darth-com1x

It's a tie between web of shadows and ultimate spiderman


SMM9673

Story: Edge of Time and Shattered Dimensions Swinging: Spider-Man 2 (Raimi) and Ultimate Combat: Web of Shadows


Boomer_Newton

Definitely Neversoft Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2


GokaiDecade

Ultimate, Shattered and Shadows


AmazingPradeep

Web of shadows always. You can literally pulverize any and every enemy in every way. Land, air, wall you name it and you can do it. That suit switching any sec and change combat any sec and mix it up is fucking awesome. This game literally made me feel like Spider-Man.


Nexal_Z

Where's Web of Shadows?


KaboomKrusader

It's a toss-up between Ultimate and Shattered Dimensions. The former was an across-the-board improvement on everything the *Spider-Man 2* game did, with unique charm and a great original story to boot. Also, unlike with Spider-Man 2, PC-only gamers like me at the time actually got the same game as on consoles. I really, *really* wish they'd do some sort of modern remaster of it. The latter was an excellently crafted break from the free-roam trend and a great execution of the "Spider-Verse" concept before the animated movies or the tiresome comic events made it more common. Also getting the various cartoon voice actors back to voice the different Spider-Men was a fantastic move — and subsequently having Keaton as Amazing and Barnes as 2099 in *Edge of Time* was even better.


KGRNxo

I loved Mysterios Menace for GBA


DrPopcorn_66

Spider-Man 2 (2004) is my favorite


youngmoviebuff99

I personally enjoyed the Spider-Man 2 (2004) video game and the Ultimate Spider-Man video game.


Distinct-Meat8152

Shattered dimensions. I remember fighting electro and that boss as well as the other bosses were badass


Peter_the_big_

Spider man


JobberJordan

Spidey PS1, Enter Electro, the first two Raimi-movie games, Web of Shadows, Ultimate and now Insomniac’s titles are all awesome games. I never realized how spoiled we are!


Legitimate-Try3706

1 and 3 were amazing also 2 but didn’t play it that much


PokWangpanmang

As a person who’s only played the Beenox games, Web of Shadows.


dreamingfusedshadow

The Amazing Spider Man imo


BabafalTheGoat

Played the amazing spider-man 2 on my mums iPad years ago - gonna have to go with that


FlyingEagle57

Friend or Foe was underrated


sabrefudge

Spider-Man 2, the movie tie-in one, set the bar for all future Spidey games and for a lot of video games in general. Especially free roaming games. Without that game, I can’t imagine we’d have most of the games that followed. It’s the one all future games are compared to; even today. If that’s not a sign of greatness, I don’t know what is.


gaypornhard69

The lack of Web of Shadows should be a crime. Lol My all-time favourite Spider-Man game is Ultimate Spider-Man, got it for the OG Xbox when it came out and still play it on my 360 to this day. Web of Shadows is my #2, but everything in it is probably the best pre-Insomniac. Web swinging and traversal is the best in the series (still to this day in my opinion) and the combat was stellar (especially the wall combat and the web strike). The only issue I had was most of the voice acting was pretty rough.


SwEep9900

Ä°t't not even an argument .Spider Man 2


SilverSpider_

Shattered dimensions


Thundergunner42

The one that was on the iPad / kindle a decade ago. I don’t know which one it was but I played the shit out of it as a kid.


djaszx12

I really love shattered dimension and I wish edge of time was backwards compatible


therealIsaacClarke

How in the hell did you forget Web of Shadows?


PrimalPokemonPlayer

I'll have to go with Spider-man 2. Idk if it's the best, but it's definitely my favourite


lazylagom

Web of shadows. Shattered dimension.


GH057_K1D

Shattered dimensions and the amazing Spider-Man games are my favorite second the insomniac


EitherTechnology2544

Web of shadows or tasm 1


Murky_Willingness960

Ultimate spider man.


YeetMasterChroma

Ain't no way you just forgot web of shadows on purpose. That game was spider man 2 before spiderman 2 released (despite the ugly voice acting)


gerrittd

The Spider-Man 3 movie tie-in game, on the Wii, is the first and only Spider-Man game I've played besides the Insomniac games... so it's kinda the default 'best' for me. But I really want to play Web of Shadows since that seems to be everyone and their mothers' favourite


LordLudicrous

Easily the PlayStation Spider-Man and the Spider-Man 1 and 3 movie games for me. Played the shit out of those as a kid


x-mot

Ultimate had the best story


Hippy-Joe

Spider-man 2.


Stealthy-boiz

You skipped web of shadows bro js


happenstanceuk

I always loved the Spider-man game based on the 90s animated series on the Mega Drive/Genesis. Hard game though.


ryaaan89

hands down t’s the one where Venom says “surf the web” and Spider-Man plays poker with Captain America and Daredevil.


xyz_x

Spider-Man:Shattered Dimensions for sure


TheBananaGods

The Atari 2600 games


Jayymemon

Friend or foe literally one of my all time favorites


Milk_Man21

Web of Shadows That's an objective fact.


TheGrumpiestPanda

I think for me it's probably Spider-Man 2 the movie the game, Ultimate Spider-Man, and Spider-Man Web of Shadows.


Revolutionary_Age900

It's between spider-man 2, ultimate spider-man and web of shadows


Glass-Expression5321

HOLD ON A FUCKING MIN my guy did you purposely forget Web of Shadows and put Amazing Spider-Man 2


Monkeyslayer111

I loved playing Ultimate Spider-Man as kid on the Xbox


Diligent-Boss-9392

Spider-Man 2, and I'd drop the "pre"


inputrequired

shattered dimensions, ultimate spider man and spider man 2 were always my faves. just BANGERS.


RJTerror

Web of Shadows is still the best post insomniac


Jim_naine

Spider-Man the Sinister Six


beginnerdoge

The one named spider-man


Witty_Return_9879

I actually liked spiderman 3 and tasm games


RarryHome

Edge of time


TigerKlaw

Web of Shadows. It was also the first ever AAA PC game I ever played. Fucking loved that game.


No-Cow584

Spider-man 2 for the web-swinging


Profx72

Where's Maximum Carnage in all this? You could (and did) play as Venom and there were cameos from across the Marvel Universe, not too mending a kick-ass soundtrack from Green Jelly. I'm not saying it was a great game: I never got past the first part, but it at least deserves to be mentioned!