Let's begin with the graphical limitations Friend or Foe foists upon the unsuspecting buyer. But how much can you tell from a game simply from the start-up screens? Surely, that kind of waiting is justified by exceptional gameplay, right? Oh, how I wish it were true. You can't skip them or speed them up, so there's no opportunity to simply turn on the game and start playing.
Seven - count them, seven - screens worth of developer and publisher names. Imagine my intense disappointment, both as a fan and a gamer, when I picked up Spider-Man: Friend or Foe for the Nintendo DS.įrom the moment I powered up the game, I got a sinking feeling deep in the pit of my stomach. But it wasn't just his superhuman agility or strength that allowed him to defeat his enemies his endless taunting of his opponents, his exceptional intelligence and other mental traits were every bit as important as his ability to crawl up walls.
Here was a guy who got his powers through a freak accident and took a familial tragedy to heart, using the situation to forge himself into a powerful force for good. Ever since I was a kid, I always appreciated Spider-Man a little bit more than the other superheroes.
