While it's an interesting idea, the Red/Black dynamic doesn't really work. Use the Black Suit, cause a lot of property damage and allow innocents to come to harm, and you'll earn Black points. Use the Red Suit, be heroic and save civilians and you'll earn Red points. In addition, how you play the game influences your alignment meter, which skews either toward Red or Black. The choices you make eventually lead you to one of four endings, two Red and two Black. Black choices are selfish and violent, causing Spider-Man to cheat on Mary-Jane with the Black Cat or to tear a symbiote-possessed Wolverine in half like a phone book. Red choices are classic Spider-Man stuff, such a rescuing people, helping villains who are in danger, and generally being a superhero. The big plot twist is the ability to make Black or Red choices in the gameplay. Most of the story line makes no sense whatsoever, and no excuse is provided for most of the events that occur. Web of Shadows' plot is honestly a paper-thin excuse to have Spider-Man beating up bad guys. However, Spidey has his own problems as he is forced to wrestle with the corrupting influence of the Black Suit, which tries to turn him away from the path of heroism. Venom doesn't stop there, and before long, the symbiote has multiplied hundreds of thousands of times, infecting most of New York City and forcing the city's heroes and villains to band together to free the city, rallying around Spider-Man. The Venom Symbiote sheds part of itself, and the new symbiote combines with Spider-Man to give him the Black Suit. During one of Spider-Man's routine fights with Venom, something rather odd occurs. Web of Shadows takes place in one of Marvel's many parallel universes that is much like the primary "616" Marvel Universe, but where Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson haven't sold their marriage to a demon, Eddie Brock is still Venom, and Peter Parker's identity does not appear to be any sort of secret. Thankfully, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is a return to form and is one of the most enjoyable superhero games since … well, Spider-Man 2. Spider-Man 3 was a disappointment and left most gamers wishing that they had held onto their copies of Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man: Friend or Foe couldn't even live up to the low expectations set by Spider-Man 3. From the days of the Sega Genesis to the excellent Spider-Man 2 on the last generation of consoles, he's been at the top of the "game." Unfortunately, his last two outings have been less than stellar. For whatever reason, Spider-Man is one of those lucky superheroes who get good video games.
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