Spider-Man 3 Review - PC

Spidey's back - the arrival of Spiderman 3 on the big screen heralds another outing on the PC for everyone's favourite web-slinging superhero. Swing, spin and leap your way through the city, tackle no fewer than three supervillains and solve any number of crimes along the way - you're going to be busy in this game. Even more so as the city is free-form, so you can wander where and when you want to, completing a variety of missions from photographic assignments to big showdowns with various Spiderman-nemeses. Is Spider-Man 3 a game for super-heroes? Read our review to find out.
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Spider-Man 3 Review - PC
And people say Peter Parker has it hard. In the latest Spider-Man film, everyone’s favourite photojournalist simply has to battle with the symbiote, tackle Venom, beat up the New Goblin, lamp the Sandman, and he’s saved the day. That’s easy. Maybe Parker would be a bit more appreciative of his situation if he’d ever tried to play the game. Fighting those same super-villains while trying to deal with the world’s worst frame-rate, a terrible camera, and numerous other glitches is not an easy task.

Joking aside, we have to say that Spider-Man 3 (a port of the 360 version) is one of the buggiest we’ve ever seen. Whether you’re swinging your way across New York, fighting super-villains in the underground, or taking your girlfriend on a thrill ride (stop sniggering at the back), you’ll be lucky if the faction moves at more than 10 fps for any length of time. Even with all the details set to low we had expansive slowdown, so if you have anything less than a top-of-the-range PC, you’d be best off just not bothering at all.

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