Inexcusable: Spiderman 3’s Graphics for Wii

ITANI | May 06, 2007 | News | Wii

I never thought I would see such terrible graphics on the Wii, but it's not the Wii to blame, it's the developer. This game is supposed to be a quality game but a lazy developer had created it and the results are negative reviews and awful graphics as you can see below.

Upon looking through IGN’s review section, I came across the newly developed Wii game, Spiderman 3. Alas, it received a 5.4/10 (from IGN), which is not good at all. I then proceeded to look at the screen shots for the game, and was stricken by how bad the graphics looked.

Do textures really have to look this bad on the Wii? I am sorry but, as a Wii owner, I am highly dissatisfied with the way developers are handling the graphics for Wii games. The PS2 version looks better than this, and we know for a fact that the Wii has more powerful hardware than the PS2.

We, as a gaming community, need to start pushing these developers to make quality games and not just sloppy ports.

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weskraudaon | May 06, 2007

those are the most shittiest graphics i have ever seen.
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  TwilightPrince | May 07, 2007
  
  What do you expect? Just another movie made into a crappy game.
  
  When developers are lazy, this is what happens. The Wii is capable of producing graphics better then the Xbox, but it's all up to the developers.
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Vito Raliffe | May 06, 2007

Yeah, the textures on buildings disappear when you go really high.

The PS3 version has a lot of problems with pop-up too, at least in my game. I expect better!
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Final Blade | May 06, 2007

Is this only for Wii or does it happen for xbox and ps3 or no.
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Vito Raliffe | May 07, 2007

The PS3 has a lot of problems with the graphics too, but nothing like the Wii.

On the PS3, there is tons of pop-up, and I just noticed that when you get a certain distance, Pedestrians become 2-D and look like the crowds in old school sports games, and they move like they're on wheels. When you get close to them, they all start to disappear. They really should have worked on these issues.
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  Final Blade | May 07, 2007
  
  Figures, so what i heard was true. I know this is of topic, but why do i have a -1 thumbs it was just a question. You cant really thumbs me down for that.
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gotenks992 | May 07, 2007

Well some one did it. So meh.

And yea I agree those are some pretty terrible graphics. I just wonder if the gameplay is any good or not.
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ITANI | May 07, 2007

Gameplay is buggy. I have the game on the PS2, the graphics are much better than the Wii's version but the gameplay is nowhere near as good as Spiderman 2.
2 thumbs!
gotenks992 | May 07, 2007

Well I was looking at a review on IGN. It got a 5.7. So yea not good.
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  KingX2 | May 09, 2007
  
  A 5.7 is pretty bad. The first Spiderman game got higher ranking than that, and it was on the PS one.
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  Final Blade | May 09, 2007
  
  Hey was this for all of them. Meaning ps3,wii and xbox 360 got a 5.7. Or was it for one.
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Rinkydink | May 08, 2007

What the heck, them graphics are a disgrace. I am totally avoiding this game for sure.
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Storm | May 08, 2007

That's inexcusable, alright. I don't care too much for graphics but this is pushing it for a next-gen. Come on, ActiVision.
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teodortenchev | May 08, 2007

Even the PS1 Spiderman titles were made better than this one.
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Xegaldis | May 08, 2007

Hm, this is strange. From the trailer I saw, the graphics looked stunning. So, I'm not really sure. I did ponder about buying it, but it looks like I'll be renting it first.
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KingX2 | May 09, 2007

For a Spiderman 3 game for the Wii, I am disappointed the creators didn't put in that much work. It's Spiderman 3 for God's sake!! >=P
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ali3n | May 09, 2007

Wow I wasn't expecting the graphics to be of the highest quality but this is just pathetic.
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Oni | May 09, 2007

Oye, thats just sad... I had Spiderman (1) for the gamecube and the graphics were much better than this. I know the general rep. of movie games, but I figured Spiderman would be different somehow...
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Mario_1 | May 10, 2007

Normally I wouldn't expect much from a movie-based game, but Spider-Man 2 rocked, so you can imagine how disappointed I was with this one.
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Supernouva | May 11, 2007

Man, that is inexcusable, those graphics really bite the dust.
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black doom | May 11, 2007

I have games with more detail on the SNES.
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KingX2 | May 19, 2007

My friend recently bought this game and he almost cried in rage. He was expecting the game to be the best Spiderman game of all time, and It sucked horribly. He took it back and got a refund. I don't think the game is that bad, but it does lack good graphics. I feel bad for the kid.