Underplayed Gems

Spider-Man: Edge of Time (2011)

Spider-Man: Edge of Time cover
Developer
Beenox
Publisher
Activision
Platforms
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Genres
Platform, Adventure
Rating
3.2 of 5, 31 player ratings
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

A time-twisting superhero platformer juggling two eras of Spider-Man action.

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About

Spider-Man: Edge of Time is a follow-up to Shattered Dimensions, and similarly it has more than one Spider-Man takes a starring role. Here, it is the regular, classic "Amazing" Spider-Man, and Spider-Man 2099 – in a story awash in time travel, temporal battles, and Anti-Venom. The backbone of this story seems to play out more like a Spider-Man 2099 story, since he is the only character truly aware of the happenings in the game, and the changes that both Spider-Men encounter. From the opening, things are bleak for Amazing Spider-Man who begins the game nearly dead, and 2099 is the only one who can help. A new villain Walker Sloan enters the picture with a plan to rebuild the past (from the year 2099) in his image and design, which turns to affect both Spider-Men. From this point, chaos unfolds in typical comic-book fashion with gameplay evenly split between Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099, with every other level interwoven with the events of one Spidey to the other.

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Screenshots

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