This game is bad, and it could have been better for what it had. The Story sometimes has moments from the movie adapted in it, until the final act when it all does, the rest of the time, just like other Spiderman games have you do side plot missions to stop other Spiderman villains as to justify an open world Spiderman game, the side missions are fun to play and add to the world and Spiderman's overall life, the story missions are not as fleshed out as the movie, but there are less filler and have less bad moments in them because of it. The Characters from the film are the same but with less time devoted to them, to focus more on gameplay, except Emo Peter who is much better since they focus more on his aggressive nature than his goofy ones, the new characters they bring are very good for what little time they have to have on screen, and you can feel for them when in trouble. The Graphics are awful, the textures look very cheap and unfinished, taking away from the atmosphere as opposed to adding to it, and the city itself feels more lifeless with little to nothing going for it, making the whole game kind of ugly to look at. The Gameplay is fun for the most part, combat and upgrades for Spiderman are done fine, and the city gang system of wiping them out, well they also sometimes spread to others is a fun clearing system to try out, even if it can get repetitive very quickly, the black suit system of having to change back sometimes also works as a deviation from just being in the new suit the whole time of the second act of the game, removing bombs is decent, boss fights are fun to complete, but the swinging is bad with it feeling to heavy when playing, not as free as the 2nd game, and you can swing from empty space in certain areas. The Music is hit or miss, sometimes it fits for what it needs to do, and sometimes it can feel distracting and take you out of it. Spiderman 3 for the PS2 had the ability to be better than the movie, but in the process, felt rushed and undone really brings that dream down from what could have been.
(Since this site won't let me review both games, here is also my review of the PS3 version, with stars underneath)
This game is very bad, the better version is the PS2 version, which says a lot. The Story is like the PS2, the movie moments happen sometimes with new side plots of fighting villains happen mostly, but 1 side plot from the PS2 version with Morbius is removed and replaced with trying to remove Kingpin's mind control over Scorpion, and it even better than the fun Morbius plotline, so it's not too bad it's not in this game. The Characters are the same as the film, but with less time devoted to them, and are the same as the PS2 version, the new characters not in the PS2 version are very good alternates though. The Graphics are awful, they don't look as unfinished, and lifeless as the PS2 version, but the textures and animations feel uncomplete when it comes to what happens on screen, with textures not hitting the right spot sometimes, the symbols during mission objectives look too cartoony for what is based on a live action movie and distract from the tone of the game, and still look bad overall. The Gameplay is actually not fun and feels bland compared to even the PS2 version, despite more to do with the new villains and details in some side missions, combat doesn't the same music and atmosphere in it, the QTE's are annoying, and upgrades feels pointless with the boring feel of combat, and the city gang system is gone, the black suit doesn't appear until much later in the game now, swinging is bad in how heavy it is when playing, but now it feels even less free than the PS2 version, and you can still swing from empty space in certain areas. Music is bad, the good tracks from the PS2 in missions are mostly removed, and the ones that are there are boring to hear and very forgettable. Spiderman 3 on the PS3 is a downgrade from the less detailed PS2 version, and I'm shocked as to how they could possibly do that. I GIVE IT 1/5 STARS