
Great game for kids and fanboys alike

Personally, I am a comic book geek, so my review might be a little biased. Spider-Man: Friend or Foe puts you in the shoes (skintight foot coverings) of the Amazing Spider-Man. You have access to all of his web abilities from web grab to web shoot and stun. The abilities are all that you could ask for in a Spider-Man game, with several different powers to upgrade under each ability. For example, under the web shoot ability, you can unlock and upgrade the web bomb power, which shoots a massive web bomb to the closest targets and pops them all in the air for you to web grab them and slam them on the ground causing massive impact damage to everyone around. You can then wrap a guy up in webbing and beat him like a pinata or shoot web balls a him, or throw him off the ledge, whatever you wish, it can be done.
You ALSO get to control a total of 13 of Spider-Man's friends and foes in this game, hence the title. These characters range from Silver Sable and Iron Fist to Sandman, Doc Ock, and yes, Venom. Each sidekick can be controlled whenever you feel necessary and each also has a few powers and upgrades to unlock. You do have the ability to execute a hero strike power up, which means that Spidey and whatever sidekick you choose, team together to perform a massive super attack that destroys everything in your path. Each sidekick has a different hero strike and the animations during them range from ok to downright awesome.
The game is a straight brawler, meaning that you won't be doing much other than beating down bad guys and fighting the bosses. There is very little room to web swing in this game even though you still can, which is ok.
As far as sound, graphics and presentation, I think it could use a little work on the graphics (which are cartoon block style), the sound (ok at best), but the presentation is pretty cool. You operate and upgrade everything from the safety of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier, which is cool, cuz you get to hang with Nick Fury.
All in all, I think any young one, or fanboy like me will definitely enjoy playing this game, even though it sometimes does get a little repetitive. But seriously, you can't have a half-upgraded Sandman and expect to rock bad guys with him, so get the game, upgrade everyone and figure out for yourself, who's a Friend and who will always be a Foe.
p.s. - the achievements (1000 points) in this game are incredibly easy to get, so if you play for achievements and you like Spider-Man, well case closed.
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