Like the majority of Marvel games, FoF is a third person adventure title that involves hitting lots of bad guys and multiple players. Like Rise of the Silver Surfer, co-op is an anytime, anywhere deal where if a friend wants to jump in, it’ll be like playing at the arcades.
This beat-em-up is, from the limited play, great for a few reasons. Smooth gameplay and the witty banter we all wished for in the movies. Easy to set co-op. Choice in attacks and not just a button smasher, though pretty close. The graphics aren’t superb and the sound is just about right, though it’s nothing to call the parents about.
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So what sets it above other games of the same class? This one is actually fun. The storyline, played out in wonderfully directed cutscenes tells an odd story of how Spiderman’s enemies are teaming up with him to fight a new, worse enemy. Because hey, if your enemy is Spiderman, you can’t be all that bad. So a real villain needed to be thrown into the mix to really spice things up.
It shouldn’t come to any surprise that the real villain is Mysterio (to anyone familiar with Spiderman comics), and that through the course of the game its Spiderman’s mission to free his enemy’s from Mysterio’s command, wherein they will help defeat him. And, as if he isn’t in enough games doing the same thing repeatedly, Col. Nick Fury will guide players with hints and objectives.
The idea of how FoF is better will bring joy to anyone who saw the movies but felt duped because the true character or Spiderman was lost by a certain unnamed character and certain unnamed writers. Marvel did an excellent job with all the cartoon series’ (of this generation), even the most recent Spiderman: The New Animated Series on MTV.
That’s why developer Next Level Games, famed for Mario Strikers Charged, has chosen to use many of the same areas witnessed in the movies. To reproduce the feel of the movie, but with the character we all know and love. That makes Spiderman: Friend or Foe the worst named and most anticipated Spiderman game to date.
