As the target demographic for this game at release (i.e a child born between 1998 to 2004ish) the Raimi designs were most likely because that's the version of Spider-Man children were familiar with. But then again even as a stupid child I questioned why all those dead villains were fine and in some cases evil again.
what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
The game gets alot less repetitive if you're playing the sidekick. Every time you beat a boss you add that character to your selection list before every level, so you're constantly getting new characters to mess with while you run through the story
I replayed this as an adult and I couldn't play the game for more than an hour at a time. The levels are very long and repetitive. It only works as a co-op game.
What's the opposite of nostalgia? That's what this game is to me. I hated it as a kid when me and my sister beat it in a weekend over my uncle's place. I was also super disappointed that Mysterio was the final villain again (having played the much better Shattered Dimensions on my own). It just felt so lackluster. It's nice you can see the good in it though.
I remember seeing this game as the anti climactic swan song to the Raimi Spiderman era when I played this with my little brother. I used to imagine there would be some awesome dialogue between Peter and Harry like "Harry look, your dad, your dad's back, he's alive, aren't you going to talk to him? No, we're glossing all of that over huh"?
I grew up in a cult and I was allowed to play games for 30 minutes every day if I behaved and did my chores and did all my 'school work.' This was broken up once a month when the son of one of the other cult members would be allowed to come over and we would get to play a game for an hour together if my mom didn't hate us that day and make us do chores instead. We played this game and eventually beat it over a year. As such I have allot of good memories tied to this game in an otherwise very bleak childhood. The game is very mid to be sure, but it'll always be special to me
I played this couch co-op with my son way back when this came out and had a blast. It's very kid friendly and he was pretty young at the time. There's only been a handful of games that we played Co-op all the way through together in from start to finish , so this game really holds a special place in my heart.
wait it was on ps2? they still made ps2 games then? it was so long ago lol i was in college then and no one i knew played the ps2 by then and if u did u got ragged on. then again i remember getting the ps1 LATE in its cycle..like the next yr the ps2 came out if that long 😅
Same. As a kid I played this game a lot and actually enjoyed it but just had forgotten. Not that it triggered the nostalgia or anything just like "wait wasn't this the have I played a bunch out off as a kid"
Thanks for doing this review. When this game came out, I was looking for games I could play with my son that were not just for kids but that had a difficulty level and violence level that was not too much for a 6 and 1/2 year old. It was not easy to find games like that, but this game was perfect. It was a very bog-standard beat-em-up, but it was fun and had some charm. Just thinking of this game brings back happy memories.
Local self-appointed Spider-Man Friend or Foe master here, very glad someone else made a high quality review on this game! Gotta agree with all your points honestly, still baffled about the whole carnage and electro dilemma on the PSP and even more so the fact that the game just straight up never released on PS3. That said, my only added thought onto what you said in your vid is a little emphasis on the character designs and the artwork associated with them. Next Level does fantastic work with cartoony visuals as you said, but the character designs in particular are some of the best done depictions of certain spider-man characters in my eyes. The rami stylings of certain characters I feel may have been a weird way to either market the game at the time, and it’s kinda a shame considering all the awesome other designs we got from new characters like scorpion, rhino, and even electro on the PSP. The helix things you collect that unlock the artwork are a little extra cherry on top in my eyes, and it kinda feels like the devs fully knew “yeah this is the best part of our game”. Fantastic video as always Matt, thanks for shining light on a mediocre game that still managed to get a few things right and imbed itself in many spider-fan’s memory! (Also I have a video review too so I mean if you are miraculously interested in ALL I have to say about the game then you can always watch that, love you very much sir
Man, this game is such a fun part off my childhood. I actually was never confused by the returning villains because I always figured this was just another universe. Oddly enough I never had that issue with media in general. If it looked different as a kid, it probably was a different story. That being said, I'm guessing this takes place in an AU where things played out differently and the villains weren't redeemed or killed, but New Goblin found out about his father and is working to try and stop his actions alongside Spidey. As for the designs, you can blame the concept of brand synergy, Transformers does it. The monotony of the game definitely is an issue when you're older. It would have helped to make the team choices be more significant as well as the interactions. A cool thing about doing the Arenas is you get them as multiplayer arenas. The game is great as a multiplayer versus game. The DS version is easily the best though. Unique levels with gimmicks, puzzles to break monotony, and overall more interesting boss fights. It does still have the same plot issue as the main game though.
Man, I played this a lot when I was younger with my little brother. I really loved it at the time but I think that's just because the fun of co-op blinded me
James Arnold Taylor did reprise his role as Spider-Man a couple of times, most notable for the 1st LEGO Marvel game. I think he’s an underrated voice for Spider-Man, feel like he should have voiced him for a Cartoon like Ultimate Spider-Man.
This game brings back so many memories. I rented it so much from my local Family Video all the time from 2011 to 2013. I played it with my sister a bunch of times, and played through the whole thing solo even more. Going back to play it a few years ago, it is definitely the most 5/10 game I've ever played, but the comedy definitely carries the game as some of the jokes honestly still land for me even as an adult.
I'll never forget how often I'd just stand around in the level with the boomerang enemies, just wait for them to whip their weapons around, and hit them with a web pellet so that they'd hurt one of the other enemies instead.
This was one of the very first games I've ever played. Back then, I only loved Spidey, and the MCU was just getting started (I believe Incredible Hulk just released and Iron Man 2 was in development.) I was hooked immediately, and it was one of the key games that started my love for gaming.
The weirdest part about this game are the levels. You go through the most generic video game locations in this game like a desert, a spooky mansion, a snowy mountain, etc. Places that have nothing to do with Spider-Man. There isn't even a level set on the streets of NYC.
I owned the DS version of FoF. Back when this game was first released, this was the version I bought, and I enjoyed it. Due to the hardware limitations, the levels were shorter - combined with the aforementioned break-up in gameplay - thus the combat didn't feel like a slogfest. I played the hell out of it, unlocking everything I could and I still have fond memories of it to this day.
Honestly for me the reason I like this game a lot, at least not until I discovered Marvel Ultimate Alliance, is that it offers you the opportunity to play as more Marvel characters you never see in video games especially when it comes to Marvel Villains aside from Venom who is playable in most Marvel games even back then name me another game where you can play as The Prowler, or Sandman, or even Doc Ock not many Marvel games gave you those characters to play as minus pay to play mobile games hell in this game you can take Lizard and have him and Spidey kick ass together instead of against each other granted the game hasn’t aged very well but this was still a cool game to play if you really wanted play as more characters from Spidey’s friends list or rouges gallery.
Wow I remember I bought this game and stayed up almost all night to beat it just so I could return in the next day. Having Spider-Man 3 and this release after the gem that was Spider-Man 2 was rough.
The Goblins and Otto had their designs recycled, but Venom looks a lot bulkier and more like his comics counterpart than the Eric Forman version from the movie.
i remember seeing the box for this game with the villians on the back like rhino saying shit like "help old ladies cross the street?" or green goblin saying "plant some trees?"
Granted, this is digging into the deep recesses of my mind. But I owned the Wii version of FoF and I distinctly remember starting with both Prowler AND Silver Sable. I don’t think she was exclusive to just the Xbox and PC, or if she was then the Wii is included on that list.
Looking back, this game would have worked very well as a fighting game. Honestly I'm surprised we haven't gotten a Spider-Man fighting game yet. Though the idea of a 3D Spidey beat em up is a good idea but I think it would work well today since the Spider-Verse is now a thing.
possible, my brother and I loved to fight in arena mode against each other... well as long no one choosed spidey or venom, with their distance grab attack, they where way too op XD
I remember going to my friend's house to play Friend or Foe, and I saw the Official Movie Merchandise icon on it, and I asked my friend if there was a Friend or Foe movie. He said no, so I asked "Then why is this logo on the box art if it has nothing to do with any of the Spiderman movies?"
Guys i have a question that i've always wondered, does Tangaroa island really exists in real life? Because the other places we visit during the storyline actually exist and i haven't found anything about that island
I love this game. And even though the game might be repetitive and boring, still it's cozy and quite entertaining. The one thing that this game did brilliantly is an atmosphere. You gotta admit, different locations have absolutely gorgeous environment surroundings that just nice to look at, love the places I get to be there. Not many Spidey games can show such beauty of locations.
Sad you left out that Doc Ock was played by none other than the late great Joe Alaskey. That's right, the one who voiced many Looney Tunes characters like Bugs, Daffy, and Yosemite Sam (even had the honor of taking over the latter from Mel Blanc himself in Roger Rabbit!). Also Next Level Games would immediately do another game with Activision right after, being Transformers Cybertron Adventures for Wii as a light-gun shooter. Thankfully NLG had the happiest of endings, being that after a long and prosperous relationship with Nintendo, finally put a ring on it in 2021 when Nintendo bought them out! Since then they've only put out Mario Strikers Battle League on Switch (directed by Devon Blanchet, a former lead from Propaganda Games on Turok and the canned Pirates game no less). Great vid as always Matt! :)
I played the hell out of this game with my brother. I'm not surprised we didn't notice any issues it probably had back during its release but it was still fun to play villains in something outside of a fighting game
My favorite part of this game is how Spiderman was voiced by James Arnold Taylor who is the voice of Tidus from final fantasy X/X-2 which is amazing 😍😍😍
Before Lego Marvel came out, this was the closest to a Lego Spider-Man game. Don't believe me? This game has the usual ingredients for a Lego game: simple combat, co-op play, lack of consequences for dying other than losing some money, a hub world where you select levels, etc.
LEGO games are much better lol. The puzzles and extra collectibles makes a basic formula more worth it. In Friend or Foe, it's mostly combat whereas LEGO Marvel had segments which could only be done by certain characters in free play so it made them feel useful out of combat
I kinda have a softspot for this game. The intro is still fun to watch, I love that the game kind of contuines the idea of SPidey and movie golbin 2 being teammates, the enemy designs look cool and damn, specially with the concept art, I love the freakin art style. Also my younger brother and I loved to fight each other in arena mode... as long no one choose spidey or venom cause they where way too op XD
i can't remember where i got it from, but several years back, i had a demo for what looked like a Raimi Spiderman 1 for pc (i only say this because it was around the same time). it had completely different gameplay, when the official game was mostly rooftops and webs stretching out into the void of the sky, this one felt more like taking place in the streets, and you had designated target zones you had to aim the camera toward, and your web would latch onto what would be considered invisible objects just floating like 20 feet above the road. trying to find information, and i have no clue if or how it was released
This one holds a special place in my heart for being the first real video game I ever owned. My parents bought me a PS2 and a copy of this for Christmas one year, I played it back to front. I actually just re-ordered a 360 copy on eBay a while back to replay it, but it might not work? Either way, yeah, I'll echo someone else's thoughts here, that the reason it uses Raimi designs for some of the characters is just because it's the versions people were familiar with in the public consciousness. Didn't bother me as a kid.
This game was only worth it to play in COOP and it was incredible fun to play with friends coming over, it was short enough that you could finish it in 3-4 sittings
Carnage could only be unlocked through co op mode. You had to have a friend who also owned a copy of the game on psp to unlock him. I only got to experience playing him after downloading a 100% save off the internet back then. Thanks to whoever uploaded that
This game was the coolest when i first found out about it as a kid. The amount of the characters (which some of them i saw first time in this game) was everything they needed to sell me on this. Even tho, this game is one of the first memories of being bored with videogame, earlier it wasn't a thing but here i actually felt that i don't enjoy it at some point, so yeah, even then it was clear that the game feels a little empty. Even tho i regret my cd with this game got damaged honestly i propably wouldn't ever return to it
Surprisingly enough is that the version of nick furry of this game also matches with the official artwork of The Punisher Arcade’s Nick Furry, as this would be the last game that ever brought back the OG appearance.
_By staggering coincidence,_ I only revisited this game myself earlier this week. 😂 Frankly, I agree with you on a lot of things here - there's the core of a good game here, but it's marred by the so-so aspects, e.g. being tied to the movies, lack of spider-power opportunities, drawn out length, high repetition, no substantial extras, etc. I do like the art style, but something closer to the original _Marvel Ultimate Alliance_ would have been preferable. For me, *the actual combat* is the biggest bother. It's satisfying enough to kick butt, but I find you lose a lot of health without really knowing why and the red orbs are insanely rare, so dying feels unfair. Also, enemies knock you down a little too often and there's no way to counter them, so you just pray to the stun-lock gods, which is annoying. I also wish there were some combos more intricate than mashing Square. Again, _MUA,_ did this rather well and even gave us enemies you had to use them on to beat them. Tactics! As for the Friends and Foes, most of them feel useless. I mean *Airblade Harry* is just a reskin of his dad and both feel flimsy - same with some of the others. Out of the twelve, I liked *four:* Doc Ock, Iron Fist, Rhino and Blade. They've some good heft, all of them felt different to play, but you need to have them fully upgraded to stop them getting swatted down so easily. If I could conjure up a sequel (at least spiritually) to this game, I'd want something squarely centred around *the street-level heroes of Marvel.* Give us Spidey, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and a few others (in teams we can choose) and put them in the middle of a turf war between the organised criminal factions of New York City. There'd be Kingpin, the Hand, the Maggia, all sorts of characters and story stuff to work with, a variety of NYC landmarks to base levels around, a variable buffet of goons to beat up, the whole ball of webs! Heck, even throw in some fun extras like a _Mortal Kombat_ "Test Your Might" thing that could be used to gain XP. So much more to add to that, but I'm running away with this a bit. Love this series; gets the old game design brain thinking! 😁
My brother had this on the DS and i remember him playing it back in the day! It was alright! I don't remember that version of the game much, but mainly remember chilling with him and playing it! 😅😆 good times! Love the spider matt intro so much! That old cartoon spiderman theme was so badass! 😎👌🏻 good voice cast! David kaye, Jennifer Hale, john dimaggio, and James Arnold Taylor! Wow! That's cool cause john and james were both in the spiderman 2 game! John was rhino and james was Quinton Beck! Very cool! 😄👍🏻
Got this one for 5$ bout 10yrs when our local video rental store finally closed and had a everything must go sale. Played it bout 20min and was done. Seeing it go for price it is is nuts to me but not surprising. Happy to have on shelf with the other spidey games in my collection at least.
Honestly, I played this game a lot with my brother when it came out, we were young and had so much fun, yes it’s dated and simple but as a kid it was awesome to play.
Oof. With 10 plus years of the MCU, the fact that Hasselhoff played Fury in a made-for-TV-movie in the 90's is a deep cut that I feel in the joints. As for the game, I wonder if they used the movie designs because they had the license for Spider-Man 4? But because the movie fell through, they had to use it or lose it?
12:55 I'm going to guess this was a "PS3 was stupid hard to develop for" and the PS2 thing was because "the Wii was basically a PS2 with motion controls, and wii ports were the PS2 version and ps2 ports were the wii version, develop 2 skews for the price of 1."
Not much of a detail but the black suit does a get a slight change to the ground pound attack: Normal spidey uses a web while black suit spidery uses two fists
you didnt mention the insanse 1v1s you could do with every character i used to beat my lil brother all the time with rhino and he would cry every time, it was so much fun !!
That intro never gets old.
I usually start the video over like 4x just to hear it it’s that damn good
I'll never get old
I want a full cover from Little V one day
I love the Gwen Stacy body pillow
Welp let me tell you😅
As the target demographic for this game at release (i.e a child born between 1998 to 2004ish) the Raimi designs were most likely because that's the version of Spider-Man children were familiar with. But then again even as a stupid child I questioned why all those dead villains were fine and in some cases evil again.
what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
No you didn't
@@Trizzy9999 😂😂
@@Trizzy9999 i mean, I did. Cause as a kid I didn't get alternate continuities I just saw the villains from the movies still alive and didn't get why
@@Trizzy9999 bro even I did
I'm going to be honest this game is super nostalgic for me and I would love to go through and play through it again even with its problems
The game gets alot less repetitive if you're playing the sidekick. Every time you beat a boss you add that character to your selection list before every level, so you're constantly getting new characters to mess with while you run through the story
I replayed this as an adult and I couldn't play the game for more than an hour at a time. The levels are very long and repetitive. It only works as a co-op game.
@@yuppiecake9097 Yeah I believe it. Gotta call up your sibling/cousin/friend you played it with back in the day and crack open a couple of beers
What's the opposite of nostalgia? That's what this game is to me. I hated it as a kid when me and my sister beat it in a weekend over my uncle's place. I was also super disappointed that Mysterio was the final villain again (having played the much better Shattered Dimensions on my own). It just felt so lackluster. It's nice you can see the good in it though.
@@Megaman12Protoman14 Havn't felt that one before. Usually if nobody in the house liked it we lost or sold it lmao
I remember seeing this game as the anti climactic swan song to the Raimi Spiderman era when I played this with my little brother. I used to imagine there would be some awesome dialogue between Peter and Harry like "Harry look, your dad, your dad's back, he's alive, aren't you going to talk to him? No, we're glossing all of that over huh"?
Watched the Xavier review of this game too huh?
@@deterlanglytone Who's Xavier?
@@nedzed3663 Godzilla Mendoza.
@@deterlanglytone Oh
Not for me since I knew Raimi and Sony were developing Spider-Man 4 until it got canceled in 2010.
I grew up in a cult and I was allowed to play games for 30 minutes every day if I behaved and did my chores and did all my 'school work.' This was broken up once a month when the son of one of the other cult members would be allowed to come over and we would get to play a game for an hour together if my mom didn't hate us that day and make us do chores instead. We played this game and eventually beat it over a year. As such I have allot of good memories tied to this game in an otherwise very bleak childhood. The game is very mid to be sure, but it'll always be special to me
whoa
Glad you enjoyed it! And hope you get unlimited game time now haha
@@mjstwocents4568 sadly I now have something called 'a job' and 'responsibilities' x.x
@@TheMorrochben I was thinking I'll get that answer
What was the cult name
I played this couch co-op with my son way back when this came out and had a blast. It's very kid friendly and he was pretty young at the time. There's only been a handful of games that we played Co-op all the way through together in from start to finish , so this game really holds a special place in my heart.
that’s so awesome
It’s funny seeing James Arnold Taylor and Josh Keaton reverse their roles from spectacular Spider-Man in this game
This game came out before the show aired...
Even if it isn't that good, this was one of my first PS2 games and I played it a lot, so it'll always have a special place in my heart.
wait it was on ps2? they still made ps2 games then? it was so long ago lol i was in college then and no one i knew played the ps2 by then and if u did u got ragged on. then again i remember getting the ps1 LATE in its cycle..like the next yr the ps2 came out if that long 😅
@@gmikes5184 PS2 kept getting releases up until 2013. Yes, they were mostly sports games, but it goes to show how much of a titan the console was.
Same. It’s my first game on the PS2 and the first video game I ever played.
Ah, I remember playing this game a bunch of times with my brother when we were kids. Not the best game in hindsight, but still fun!
Same here, As a kid I thought Mysterio was the ultimate spider man villain because he was the final boss in this game
Same. As a kid I played this game a lot and actually enjoyed it but just had forgotten. Not that it triggered the nostalgia or anything just like "wait wasn't this the have I played a bunch out off as a kid"
The most important is that it's fun isn't it?
Thanks for doing this review. When this game came out, I was looking for games I could play with my son that were not just for kids but that had a difficulty level and violence level that was not too much for a 6 and 1/2 year old. It was not easy to find games like that, but this game was perfect. It was a very bog-standard beat-em-up, but it was fun and had some charm. Just thinking of this game brings back happy memories.
Local self-appointed Spider-Man Friend or Foe master here, very glad someone else made a high quality review on this game! Gotta agree with all your points honestly, still baffled about the whole carnage and electro dilemma on the PSP and even more so the fact that the game just straight up never released on PS3. That said, my only added thought onto what you said in your vid is a little emphasis on the character designs and the artwork associated with them. Next Level does fantastic work with cartoony visuals as you said, but the character designs in particular are some of the best done depictions of certain spider-man characters in my eyes. The rami stylings of certain characters I feel may have been a weird way to either market the game at the time, and it’s kinda a shame considering all the awesome other designs we got from new characters like scorpion, rhino, and even electro on the PSP. The helix things you collect that unlock the artwork are a little extra cherry on top in my eyes, and it kinda feels like the devs fully knew “yeah this is the best part of our game”. Fantastic video as always Matt, thanks for shining light on a mediocre game that still managed to get a few things right and imbed itself in many spider-fan’s memory!
(Also I have a video review too so I mean if you are miraculously interested in ALL I have to say about the game then you can always watch that, love you very much sir
Man, this game is such a fun part off my childhood. I actually was never confused by the returning villains because I always figured this was just another universe. Oddly enough I never had that issue with media in general. If it looked different as a kid, it probably was a different story. That being said, I'm guessing this takes place in an AU where things played out differently and the villains weren't redeemed or killed, but New Goblin found out about his father and is working to try and stop his actions alongside Spidey. As for the designs, you can blame the concept of brand synergy, Transformers does it.
The monotony of the game definitely is an issue when you're older. It would have helped to make the team choices be more significant as well as the interactions. A cool thing about doing the Arenas is you get them as multiplayer arenas. The game is great as a multiplayer versus game.
The DS version is easily the best though. Unique levels with gimmicks, puzzles to break monotony, and overall more interesting boss fights. It does still have the same plot issue as the main game though.
Silver Sable was on the Wii version too. I played this game on that console as a kid and remember her being there.
THANK YOU. I just got to the part where he said that and I was feeling so gaslighted
@@rainingcomplete3018 that didn’t take much.
Was she in the ps2 game?
take that back this game is the peak of gaming my entire life has been devoted to this game
Had this on PS2 as a kid loved it it gets a pass for me because of nostalgia
Damn I knew there was a reason I’ve been binging spider Matt again the last few days. Love having a new episode to end the binge on!!!!
I got stuck on the lock puzzle in the first level a lot as a kid in the DS version.
Man, I played this a lot when I was younger with my little brother. I really loved it at the time but I think that's just because the fun of co-op blinded me
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Calling Civil War 2 a C Tier comic is giving it WAY too much credit.
Civil War 2 was F minus
@@amadeusagripino6862 It was ALL for nothing with the only things coming out was Tony being put in a coma and a lead-in to Secret Empire.
James Arnold Taylor did reprise his role as Spider-Man a couple of times, most notable for the 1st LEGO Marvel game. I think he’s an underrated voice for Spider-Man, feel like he should have voiced him for a Cartoon like Ultimate Spider-Man.
But he did voice Harry in Spectacular Spider-Man and Obi-Wan in The Clone Wars.
I always thought this game had the most unrealized potential of all the Spider-Man games
This game brings back so many memories. I rented it so much from my local Family Video all the time from 2011 to 2013. I played it with my sister a bunch of times, and played through the whole thing solo even more. Going back to play it a few years ago, it is definitely the most 5/10 game I've ever played, but the comedy definitely carries the game as some of the jokes honestly still land for me even as an adult.
I'll never forget how often I'd just stand around in the level with the boomerang enemies, just wait for them to whip their weapons around, and hit them with a web pellet so that they'd hurt one of the other enemies instead.
The game has it's flaws but it will always be nostalgic for me as it let me bond/share some good moments with my 8 year old sister when i was a teen.
I mostly liked the game for it's multi fight game section. I remember me and younger sibling always playing it whenever we got the chance.
This was one of the very first games I've ever played. Back then, I only loved Spidey, and the MCU was just getting started (I believe Incredible Hulk just released and Iron Man 2 was in development.) I was hooked immediately, and it was one of the key games that started my love for gaming.
The weirdest part about this game are the levels. You go through the most generic video game locations in this game like a desert, a spooky mansion, a snowy mountain, etc. Places that have nothing to do with Spider-Man. There isn't even a level set on the streets of NYC.
Yeah. it's weird. The DS version at least has one or two NYC levels.
I owned the DS version of FoF. Back when this game was first released, this was the version I bought, and I enjoyed it. Due to the hardware limitations, the levels were shorter - combined with the aforementioned break-up in gameplay - thus the combat didn't feel like a slogfest. I played the hell out of it, unlocking everything I could and I still have fond memories of it to this day.
I had so much fun playing this game with my friends back in the day. Playing as the villains was a fresh concept and we loved 😅
Honestly for me the reason I like this game a lot, at least not until I discovered Marvel Ultimate Alliance, is that it offers you the opportunity to play as more Marvel characters you never see in video games especially when it comes to Marvel Villains aside from Venom who is playable in most Marvel games even back then name me another game where you can play as The Prowler, or Sandman, or even Doc Ock not many Marvel games gave you those characters to play as minus pay to play mobile games hell in this game you can take Lizard and have him and Spidey kick ass together instead of against each other granted the game hasn’t aged very well but this was still a cool game to play if you really wanted play as more characters from Spidey’s friends list or rouges gallery.
Wow I remember I bought this game and stayed up almost all night to beat it just so I could return in the next day. Having Spider-Man 3 and this release after the gem that was Spider-Man 2 was rough.
Ultimate Spider-Man was great
I have it for PSP, can confirm the confusion for carnage, but still it was a cute time sink for 12 year old me, I have fond memories of it.
The Goblins and Otto had their designs recycled, but Venom looks a lot bulkier and more like his comics counterpart than the Eric Forman version from the movie.
This game probably would've gotten a another entry if Spider-Man 4 actually happened, so they could use more movie designs.
Played this game so much as a kid. Alright beatemup, but the best part was that Spectacular Spider-Man teaser in the menu.
Oh, this game is from the period when Blade was still the go-to Katana/Sword guy instead of Deadpool. How cute.
i played this game so much as a kid! me and my brother never did beat the final boss, but we were so close
i remember seeing the box for this game with the villians on the back like rhino saying shit like "help old ladies cross the street?" or green goblin saying "plant some trees?"
Granted, this is digging into the deep recesses of my mind. But I owned the Wii version of FoF and I distinctly remember starting with both Prowler AND Silver Sable. I don’t think she was exclusive to just the Xbox and PC, or if she was then the Wii is included on that list.
Looking back, this game would have worked very well as a fighting game. Honestly I'm surprised we haven't gotten a Spider-Man fighting game yet. Though the idea of a 3D Spidey beat em up is a good idea but I think it would work well today since the Spider-Verse is now a thing.
possible, my brother and I loved to fight in arena mode against each other... well as long no one choosed spidey or venom, with their distance grab attack, they where way too op XD
A marvel game like the injustice games would be amazing imo
13:12: you can actually play as Silver Sable in the Wii version of the game as well.
I remember going to my friend's house to play Friend or Foe, and I saw the Official Movie Merchandise icon on it, and I asked my friend if there was a Friend or Foe movie. He said no, so I asked "Then why is this logo on the box art if it has nothing to do with any of the Spiderman movies?"
Guys i have a question that i've always wondered, does Tangaroa island really exists in real life? Because the other places we visit during the storyline actually exist and i haven't found anything about that island
I love this game. And even though the game might be repetitive and boring, still it's cozy and quite entertaining. The one thing that this game did brilliantly is an atmosphere. You gotta admit, different locations have absolutely gorgeous environment surroundings that just nice to look at, love the places I get to be there. Not many Spidey games can show such beauty of locations.
I remember seeing this on game stores and went " oh that's cool looking". But never picked it up or played it.
I actually loved this game a lot as a kid. This was a blast to play in co-op
Sad you left out that Doc Ock was played by none other than the late great Joe Alaskey. That's right, the one who voiced many Looney Tunes characters like Bugs, Daffy, and Yosemite Sam (even had the honor of taking over the latter from Mel Blanc himself in Roger Rabbit!).
Also Next Level Games would immediately do another game with Activision right after, being Transformers Cybertron Adventures for Wii as a light-gun shooter.
Thankfully NLG had the happiest of endings, being that after a long and prosperous relationship with Nintendo, finally put a ring on it in 2021 when Nintendo bought them out! Since then they've only put out Mario Strikers Battle League on Switch (directed by Devon Blanchet, a former lead from Propaganda Games on Turok and the canned Pirates game no less).
Great vid as always Matt! :)
This unlocked such a deep memory in my head, thank you
Chris Cornell had me dead. 😂
Audioslave was awesome
I played the hell out of this game with my brother. I'm not surprised we didn't notice any issues it probably had back during its release but it was still fun to play villains in something outside of a fighting game
I had this game for the ps2, it was easily one of my favorites, I have no idea how much time a younger me sunk into this game.
Dude this game was my whole childhood. I’m sure I’m looking at it through Nostalgia glasses but it still feels like a game I want to play
My favorite part of this game is how Spiderman was voiced by James Arnold Taylor who is the voice of Tidus from final fantasy X/X-2 which is amazing 😍😍😍
Before Lego Marvel came out, this was the closest to a Lego Spider-Man game.
Don't believe me? This game has the usual ingredients for a Lego game: simple combat, co-op play, lack of consequences for dying other than losing some money, a hub world where you select levels, etc.
LEGO games are much better lol. The puzzles and extra collectibles makes a basic formula more worth it. In Friend or Foe, it's mostly combat whereas LEGO Marvel had segments which could only be done by certain characters in free play so it made them feel useful out of combat
I kinda have a softspot for this game. The intro is still fun to watch, I love that the game kind of contuines the idea of SPidey and movie golbin 2 being teammates, the enemy designs look cool and damn, specially with the concept art, I love the freakin art style.
Also my younger brother and I loved to fight each other in arena mode... as long no one choose spidey or venom cause they where way too op XD
I like how you had the original spiderman ps1 music in the background
i can't remember where i got it from, but several years back, i had a demo for what looked like a Raimi Spiderman 1 for pc (i only say this because it was around the same time). it had completely different gameplay, when the official game was mostly rooftops and webs stretching out into the void of the sky, this one felt more like taking place in the streets, and you had designated target zones you had to aim the camera toward, and your web would latch onto what would be considered invisible objects just floating like 20 feet above the road. trying to find information, and i have no clue if or how it was released
From what you described it looks like PC version of SpiderMan 2.
The DS version allows wall crawling but you’re taking a hella heavy drop in quality tho
This one holds a special place in my heart for being the first real video game I ever owned. My parents bought me a PS2 and a copy of this for Christmas one year, I played it back to front. I actually just re-ordered a 360 copy on eBay a while back to replay it, but it might not work? Either way, yeah, I'll echo someone else's thoughts here, that the reason it uses Raimi designs for some of the characters is just because it's the versions people were familiar with in the public consciousness. Didn't bother me as a kid.
Use to play this game a ton when I was a kid.
This game was only worth it to play in COOP and it was incredible fun to play with friends coming over, it was short enough that you could finish it in 3-4 sittings
This one of those games i always saw on store shelves but never played although it seems i didn't miss much.
I actually do have good memories of this game...primarily because I got it as a Secret Santa gift at school when I was young.
Audioslave _represent_ , goddamn Matt, right in the heart! Did not expect, now feel many emotions.
The video automatically got a thumbs up from me after that 😂
4:38 "What purpose does it serve to use the movie designs?"
Disney does this all the time, making 99% of the Marvel merch based off the MCU.
Carnage could only be unlocked through co op mode. You had to have a friend who also owned a copy of the game on psp to unlock him. I only got to experience playing him after downloading a 100% save off the internet back then. Thanks to whoever uploaded that
3:33 is it sad that Spidey and his amazing friends is better than the Marvel spiderman 2017 cartoon that was on Disney XD.
People like " i loved this as a kid" making me realize my damn age. Lol. I was 26 when this came out.
I really enjoyed this game back then, used to play it when I was like 7-8 years old. Lots of nostalgia to it
Dude. You used the original spiderman intro from the cartoon show I loved. Awesome, just awesome
This game was the coolest when i first found out about it as a kid. The amount of the characters (which some of them i saw first time in this game) was everything they needed to sell me on this. Even tho, this game is one of the first memories of being bored with videogame, earlier it wasn't a thing but here i actually felt that i don't enjoy it at some point, so yeah, even then it was clear that the game feels a little empty. Even tho i regret my cd with this game got damaged honestly i propably wouldn't ever return to it
I loved this game, super nostalgic, but rhinos grunts when he slams the ground are etched in my brain and will never leave
Broooo remember playing this on my 360 with friends I loved it
Surprisingly enough is that the version of nick furry of this game also matches with the official artwork of The Punisher Arcade’s Nick Furry, as this would be the last game that ever brought back the OG appearance.
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe will always be my favorite Spider-Man game. I grew up with it on the PS2 and it holds a special place in my heart.
Silver Sable was on the Wii as well.
Spider-Matt! Spider-Matt! Playing Marvel games like this and that!
I use to play this with my friend. We had fun but stopped after we unlocked Blade
Must have played through this game like 2 or 3 times as a kid. Very nostalgic for me, at least! XD
_By staggering coincidence,_ I only revisited this game myself earlier this week. 😂
Frankly, I agree with you on a lot of things here - there's the core of a good game here, but it's marred by the so-so aspects, e.g. being tied to the movies, lack of spider-power opportunities, drawn out length, high repetition, no substantial extras, etc. I do like the art style, but something closer to the original _Marvel Ultimate Alliance_ would have been preferable.
For me, *the actual combat* is the biggest bother. It's satisfying enough to kick butt, but I find you lose a lot of health without really knowing why and the red orbs are insanely rare, so dying feels unfair. Also, enemies knock you down a little too often and there's no way to counter them, so you just pray to the stun-lock gods, which is annoying. I also wish there were some combos more intricate than mashing Square. Again, _MUA,_ did this rather well and even gave us enemies you had to use them on to beat them. Tactics!
As for the Friends and Foes, most of them feel useless. I mean *Airblade Harry* is just a reskin of his dad and both feel flimsy - same with some of the others. Out of the twelve, I liked *four:* Doc Ock, Iron Fist, Rhino and Blade. They've some good heft, all of them felt different to play, but you need to have them fully upgraded to stop them getting swatted down so easily.
If I could conjure up a sequel (at least spiritually) to this game, I'd want something squarely centred around *the street-level heroes of Marvel.* Give us Spidey, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and a few others (in teams we can choose) and put them in the middle of a turf war between the organised criminal factions of New York City. There'd be Kingpin, the Hand, the Maggia, all sorts of characters and story stuff to work with, a variety of NYC landmarks to base levels around, a variable buffet of goons to beat up, the whole ball of webs!
Heck, even throw in some fun extras like a _Mortal Kombat_ "Test Your Might" thing that could be used to gain XP.
So much more to add to that, but I'm running away with this a bit. Love this series; gets the old game design brain thinking! 😁
Me and my brother absolutely loved this game growing up
Was this the first game Iron Fist appeared as a playable character? I remember this was the thing that caught my attention.
My brother had this on the DS and i remember him playing it back in the day! It was alright! I don't remember that version of the game much, but mainly remember chilling with him and playing it! 😅😆 good times! Love the spider matt intro so much! That old cartoon spiderman theme was so badass! 😎👌🏻 good voice cast! David kaye, Jennifer Hale, john dimaggio, and James Arnold Taylor! Wow! That's cool cause john and james were both in the spiderman 2 game! John was rhino and james was Quinton Beck! Very cool! 😄👍🏻
I played this game so much and it was really fun for me
Got this one for 5$ bout 10yrs when our local video rental store finally closed and had a everything must go sale. Played it bout 20min and was done. Seeing it go for price it is is nuts to me but not surprising. Happy to have on shelf with the other spidey games in my collection at least.
Whenever I watch this series I glee at the intro. So good
Honestly, I played this game a lot with my brother when it came out, we were young and had so much fun, yes it’s dated and simple but as a kid it was awesome to play.
WHO COULD THAT MYSTERIOUS FISHBOWL WEARING VILLIAN BE?
Oof. With 10 plus years of the MCU, the fact that Hasselhoff played Fury in a made-for-TV-movie in the 90's is a deep cut that I feel in the joints.
As for the game, I wonder if they used the movie designs because they had the license for Spider-Man 4? But because the movie fell through, they had to use it or lose it?
12:55 I'm going to guess this was a "PS3 was stupid hard to develop for" and the PS2 thing was because "the Wii was basically a PS2 with motion controls, and wii ports were the PS2 version and ps2 ports were the wii version, develop 2 skews for the price of 1."
Glad you covered this
This game was awesome as a kid.
A new episode of spider-matt is always a welcome watch for today.
played the DS version as a kid and the Oscorp mission was a nightmare to beat
Ngl this was legit my favorite Spidy game growing lol. Also first time I found out Prowler was a thing
Not much of a detail but the black suit does a get a slight change to the ground pound attack: Normal spidey uses a web while black suit spidery uses two fists
you didnt mention the insanse 1v1s you could do with every character i used to beat my lil brother all the time with rhino and he would cry every time, it was so much fun !!
Probably the first game me and my cousin ever played. Memories man.
Ah, that Tommy Tallarico score. No better way to welcome someone into a video.
I played through this with a friend in one sitting on ps2 and we rented the game too. It's been like a decade since I played.
Spideys amazing friends…never knew that existed, and honestly never wish I found out about it because it’s just cursed to the very last drop.