My friend John Hall worked on this game, and we had some very detailed discussions about the PS2 vs GameCube vs Xbox (NVidia) fixed-function shaders. He much preferred the PS2 hardware shaders, as their clamping worked better for the overall cel-shaded look. He sadly died at a very young age, but his early work in the open-source SDL library lives on. Treyarch’s game after this one had a dedication to him in the credits.
@БогданКрименюк
7 ай бұрын
Damn
@coyoteclan480
7 ай бұрын
Really? Is there a way to contact him?
@noodle_Cx
7 ай бұрын
@@coyoteclan480 Yeah do a séance
@nottoofast
Ай бұрын
@@coyoteclan480 💀💀💀
@coyoteclan480
Ай бұрын
@nottoofast there is a small usm fans community. There is a developer who is working on openusm, reverse engineering usm. Also there are a lot of mods(not textures/skins using texmod, actual mods) and other stuff.
@Deathlygunn
8 ай бұрын
My favourite thing about this game is the first person you consume as Venom isn't just some random little kid, it's a little kid who's lost his balloon - calling back to the hated sidequest in Spider-Man 2 The Game.
@MGrey-qb5xz
7 ай бұрын
not that deep
@gamesArader
4 күн бұрын
@@MGrey-qb5xz both games were made by the same people. So for their fan base it was a little easter egg for those who knew about the hate for those balloons. Even insomniac spiderman makes jokes about it.
@MGrey-qb5xz
4 күн бұрын
@@gamesArader i don't play your woke games
@gamesArader
4 күн бұрын
@@MGrey-qb5xz all good enjoy being brainwashed
@MGrey-qb5xz
4 күн бұрын
@@gamesArader says the person playing the games trying hard to brainwash
@NewSuperAvenger
9 ай бұрын
Things to clarify: 1. The whisper "Spider-Man" in the Java is from Spider-Man 2 movie where Tobey says "I'm Spider-Man no more." 2. There was supposed to be a sequel, but it was canceled. The closest we got was a followup titled "Spider-Man: Battle for New York" for Nintendo DS and GameBoy Advanced. It loosely follows the same story from the Ultimate universe and you get to play as both Spider-Man and Green Goblin. There are voices in the DS version and The Avengers make an appearance.
@brandonkirkendall1466
8 ай бұрын
Ooh, Flandrew should cover Spider-Man: Battle for New York next!
@NewSuperAvenger
8 ай бұрын
@@brandonkirkendall1466 That would be really short compared to games that feature console versions. Although, I am looking forward to other Spider-Man games: Friend or Foe, Web of Shadows, Shattered Dimensions, Edge of Time, TASM1 and 2. There are differences. FoF has playable Electro and Carnage in PSP. WoS has costume select on Wii, while PS2 and PSP feature Amazing Allies Edition which is watered down. As well as NDS with Green Goblin. Shattered Dimensions on NDS only has 3 Spider-Men that removes Ultimate and Josh Keaton voices Amazing instead. EoT on NDS has different boss battles and has Anti-Venom combined with Rhino instead of Doc Ock. It was meant to be ported onto PC, but it was canceled. TASM1 has Wii port that features no open world, but WiiU and PSVita does have that feature. TASM2 has a Java version of the game that features Gwen Stacy surviving the ending.
@brandonkirkendall1466
8 ай бұрын
@@NewSuperAvenger Yeah, I want to see all of those ones, too.
@MGrey-qb5xz
7 ай бұрын
why doesn't sony just relist all spiderman games then and make sequels to ultimate?
@AnisterStarlight
6 ай бұрын
Battle for NY is a prequel based on what comics the game was adapting and in the game cutscenes Peter in the start acts like he never met goblin before as opposed to Ultimate where he knows him well. Plus the Avengers in the Ultimate universe are called The Ultimates.
@Vivi_Ornitier05
9 ай бұрын
I felt alone for preferring this over Spider-Man 2
@bigkmoviesandgames
9 ай бұрын
I feel that it has certain elements that were better such as the ability to play as Venom and also the ability to climb the web strands (which sadly has not been seen again.) I still do prefer Spider-Man 2 over this but it's definitely close.
@fictionalmediabully9830
9 ай бұрын
Fortunately, there's a professional game designer who called Ultimate a vastly superior game.
@CluckBuckles
9 ай бұрын
your not alone 🥲
@jurassicmat9793
9 ай бұрын
@@bigkmoviesandgamesyou can actually climb the webs in WOS
@bigkmoviesandgames
9 ай бұрын
@@jurassicmat9793 that's interesting I didn't know that which is funny because I actually played that game all the way through a couple of times. I guess I just forgot. Lol
@leithaziz2716
9 ай бұрын
I absolutely love the artstyle of Ultimate Spider-Man on the PS2. With a higher resolution and cleaning some textures, the game visually still holds up.
@MGrey-qb5xz
7 ай бұрын
sony can just put it on ps4 and ps5, don't know what their issue is
@shantaehalf-geniehero4318
29 күн бұрын
@@MGrey-qb5xzActivision made these games not Sony, Activision lost the license in 2014 and Marvel was looking for a company to make a new Spiderman game, Nintendo wasn’t approached but Microsoft did and they turned it down. Hence why Sony paid for exclusivity rights and developed the Insomniac games with Insomniac but the licensing is still with Marvel Games.
@prime7213
9 ай бұрын
I was literally thinking yesterday “man it’s wild Flandrew hasn’t done a comparison video for Ultimate Spiderman” and here we are. I played the Xbox version at a friends and had the GBA version myself, lot of good memories there.
@sivartwad
9 ай бұрын
That baby whisper got me cackling 😂
@BRC1298
9 ай бұрын
8:35 that's totally Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 telling uncle Ben he's Spider-Man no more lmao
@Mankey619
9 ай бұрын
Ultimate Spider-Man really is a classic comic book style video game. It's incredible that they brought Brian Michael Bendis to be the writer for this game. Wish they make Spider-Man games, with style like this.
@ryu63509
8 ай бұрын
I remember playing it on my mom's PC when I was like 5-6 years old and I also remember that this game was extremely difficult. I got stuck on the level where you need to fight Electro as Venom while protecting Spider-Man. So at some point I dropped the story entirely and just enjoyed swinging around the city.
@coopercane500
9 ай бұрын
To me, the console version of Ultimate took the best aspects of Spider-Man 2 and perfected it. I find myself going back to this game more than the other. I also had the GBA version growing up. For the Venom levels, I would often spam feeding on enemies because I thought it was fun.
@araeden
9 ай бұрын
My favourite of the three spiderman games I played on pc as a kid. The ability to free roam and web sling from the actual buildings was killer, compared to foggy new york in the 1999 pc game and the floating webhook points in spiderman 2 PC. I remember playing on an iGPU without pixel shader, which made venom's tentacles rainbow colored instead of purple.
@zerothehawkZ
9 ай бұрын
Man i really love this "comparing every version" series. Hugs from brazil
@hattoripool1533
9 ай бұрын
You know I always hated how the later Ultimate Spider-Man issues not only retconed this entire game but also kinda made a worst version of it later and did nothing with the fact that this game is now it’s own separate Ultimate Universe or alternate timeline or whatever this game is now. In fact if Marvel wanted tho bring back Ultimate Peter or the Ultimate Universe as a whole they could have used the game version. I mean this game was originally canon so the history would likely be exactly the same up until a certain point. Not to mention the fact that they could have used said retcon to bring back Ultimate Eddie Brock since in a later issue the Beetle just takes him away and we NEVER see him again
@leithaziz2716
9 ай бұрын
I think the strangest scenario here for me was playing the game before finding out about the comic which it was adapted from. Venom just...dissappears? What? Well, I'm glad he got to have a conclusion here.
@Elvisbackpack
9 ай бұрын
My favorite PS2 Spidey game, I still replay it once a year to this day. If only it could be remastered, because it's honestly probably in the top 3 of Spider-Man games. You forgot to mention the PS2 exclusive Limited Edition that has bonus videos and extra concept art.
@MetalheadSean666
9 ай бұрын
You can actually kill on the main console Game, if you knock someone off a building the skull icon shows above their head like when you kill enemies as venom so you don't need to web them, because they're dead
@bigkmoviesandgames
9 ай бұрын
We were really spoiled with great Spider-Man games in the early to late 2000s.
@Djordje_Jovanovic
9 ай бұрын
This game seriously needs a remaster. Happy New Year everyone!
@rxndxsdonuts420
8 ай бұрын
1:33 this is why I wasn't surprised that they expanded the map in SM 2, I was just waiting for it to happen because they could do it in 2005 but needed that much time for doing it again.
@The_Blue_Otaku
9 ай бұрын
To be honest I always thought the DS game Spider-man: Battle For New York was a prequel game that only released for a handheld console due to a low budget or something
@edgarlozada3858
9 ай бұрын
You needed to finish the year on a high note, of course you needed you. Man I do hope this game gets a little remaster... But I doubt'll happen. If I am to recommend a video, that'd a comparing between all the versions of Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects. That'd be great. Happy New Years, Flandrew!
@brandonkirkendall1466
8 ай бұрын
Now that I've watched this video, I kind of want to see the console version of Ultimate Spider-Man get an HD remaster. The cel-shaded comic book-esque artstyle still looks good today, and I feel like this is what an animated Spider-Man movie should sort of look like (look, I know a lot of people love the Spider-Verse movies, but I watched the first one and I just couldn't get into it). Kind of a shame for me as a PlayStation guy that it would probably end up being an Xbox-exclusive due to Activision now being part of Microsoft.
@hattoripool1533
9 ай бұрын
I heard there was gonna be a sequel to this game that would have involved the Green Goblin and we would have been explored Coney Island. However Spider man Battle for New York released after this game so I wonder was Battle for New York supposed to be a handheld version of that canceled sequel?
@johng291
9 ай бұрын
I played both the GBA and PS2 versions. I thought the GBA version was fine for a GBA game. It gave me spoilers for the PS2 version but when I did play the PS2 version a couple years later, I was completely blown away by how good it was.
@WH250398
9 ай бұрын
The venom gameplay was badass. I was 8 years old and breaking backs like a madman.
@Infinite_Entertainment_99
8 ай бұрын
I can't believe you didn't point out that the balloon kid from Spider-Man 2 came back for you to consume. He even shouts "my balloon!" when he spawns in.
@markeyiszra
8 ай бұрын
For Ps2 they have other copy that is Limited Edition with a sign from Stan Lee alongside the art and creator for Ultimate Spiderman Comic in the cover. They even add a free comic of Venom Story Arc to help someone who hasn't rad the comic,and there's a bonus video tell behind the scene of making the game. Also the Mechanic for Venom gameplay for DS version,the bring that mechanic again for Iron Man 2 on NDS for War Machine level.
@TheChaosLupin
8 ай бұрын
Total Mayhem deserves a video too
@ItsOver9000Productions
9 ай бұрын
This has always been better than Spider-Man 2 for me. One of the few games I find myself replaying almost every year. It's so much fun
@GaganDehariya-cm3ge
2 ай бұрын
I never played this game as a kid but after watching your video i Will get this game a shot
@D.S.handle
8 ай бұрын
My bootleg copy had a game breaking bug where the game would freeze on the first level of playing as Venom. Little I knew that this can be fixed by switching the game to another language.
@gigigalaxy1395
8 ай бұрын
As a lifelong Queens resident, I can tell you that Queens Blvd. is called "The Boulevard of Death" for a reason.
@AidanDownes_KH
8 ай бұрын
I remember playing this on the GameCube as a kid and being blown away that you could get venom to straight up eat people.
@acmiguens
9 ай бұрын
I really wanted this for the Cube, but never even found a copy for purchase 😢
@Fe_Mikey2015
9 ай бұрын
I had the gba version, it’s also where I’ve first seen carnage
@Hogan231
9 ай бұрын
I played the PS2 version of Ultimate Spider-Man.
@francisgarcia2428
6 ай бұрын
the cartoonish / comic art style they went for this is just brilliant! because of that the game still looks good up to this day and I doubt it will ever go bad
@akai3974
2 ай бұрын
Ultimate Spider-Man is my favorite comic book version of Spider-Man maybe behind Todd McFarland
@mkdroz91
8 ай бұрын
As a resident of Queens, can confirm we constantly flinch when Peter Parker approaches.
@ceeb420
9 ай бұрын
This is one of those childhood games that I somehow lost and feel regret over losing immensely. Loved this one.
@jakehayes9337
8 ай бұрын
I lost my gamboy version but still have the ps2 version. I still regret losing the game boy version it kills me
@robertgreally
8 ай бұрын
I love how you could just find shocker and the ringer randomly throughout the world and beat them up, as in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics they were constantly the but of the joker,
@Vicy5Modapk
9 ай бұрын
Kind of wild that the prequel to this game was handheld only, would've been cool if there was at least a wii and ps2 version of it but it probably wouldn't have been worth it with the third movie game and web of shadows.
@ricardonb6375
9 ай бұрын
I don't think Spider-Man Battle For New York is a sequel. It's actually a prequel, because it actually explains how Norman Osbourne became the Green Goblin using the 02 Compound, whereas in Ultimate Spider-Man, he's imprisoned in a S.H.I.E.L.D aquatic base, freed by the Beetle, then fights Spider-Man.
@Vicy5Modapk
9 ай бұрын
@@ricardonb6375 My bad, forgot that it took place before the first game.
@DhruvP2004
9 ай бұрын
Happy New Year Flandrew 🎉
@Murdstone12
4 ай бұрын
Ngl in terms of cutscenes, ds version had the best comic book experience. The panel by panel artwork that weren't shown in the main console version was awesome!
When is the video of Star Wars Battlefront games coming out?
@jordan20910
8 ай бұрын
To this day I still never managed to get 100% in USM, those collectibles are fun to get cause they unlock bonuses like costumes, comic cover, etc... don't show up on the map and there's 190 of them.
@RichardBarkman
9 ай бұрын
Nostalgia i haven’t played this USM in nearly 20 years. Happy new year Flandrew
@joelcartagena953
7 ай бұрын
I actually still have the Ultimate Spider-Man video game for the Nintendo GameCube version. Speaking of which I had just recently got the Nintendo GameCube from the flea market and I'm currently playing it once again. Sometimes I wish they had made a sequel of the game.
@justaway4271
8 ай бұрын
8:38 i just noticed, that's a clip of Tobey's voice lmfao 🤣
@vodo1983
8 ай бұрын
Yo my favorite Spidey game ever! Had it for GameCube back in the day. Ended up getting the GBA version recently and enjoying that one too! Love your content!
@juiceloose100
Ай бұрын
Wow, I always knew this had a DS version but didn't know it looked so good! They stayed so faithful to the console version in so many ways! Gonna give it a go on my modded 3DS! ❤
@blakeellis9171
8 ай бұрын
Probably the best classic Spidey game alongside Web of Shadows and Edge of Time
@christophercruz1513
9 ай бұрын
Flandrew you are killing it buddy, I can't wait to see the Metal Slug series from the aracde
@BlindGardener
9 ай бұрын
I love how hig you could jump as venom with rhw shoulder buttons.
@RyanHaney55
8 ай бұрын
I can't believe someone thought it was a good idea to have Venom eat a child.
@hughmungus1501
4 күн бұрын
The DS one was my childhood
@FadeIn2Obscurity
9 ай бұрын
I played the hell out of this game when I was younger
@UltimateSpider1385
9 ай бұрын
When is this game getting a remaster for the PS5 and the PS4? I love the Ultimate Spider-Man Video Game which led to my obsession with Reading the Ultimate Universe.
@alexrusu2905
9 ай бұрын
I loved this more (the ps2 version) more than SM2. I loved the comic book style
@xMcWeenx
9 ай бұрын
I got the DS version as a free store bonus with my Mario Kart DS system.
@kevinkara6925
6 ай бұрын
All game were great. I wish we got remakes
@mangermatilla
9 ай бұрын
Happy New Year
@BugsyFoga
8 ай бұрын
The ultimate comparison
@zerocivilreview
8 ай бұрын
As a New Yorker from queens, we do flitch but only because we can’t walk properly
@jamescrowther1234
9 ай бұрын
After Spiderman 2000, this is my favourite spiderman game
@garywillig5143
5 ай бұрын
I always preferred Ultimate Spiderman to Spiderman 2. The controls just felt better and the combat and bosses were more fun. Though replaying it in 2023 the swinging to a while to get used to again.
@Archive_7802
4 ай бұрын
I think that thanks to the new Ultimate Spider-Man comics, more heads are turning their way to this game, in curiosity of the original Ultimate Spider-Man entry to the comics…
@mikeclarke5732
8 ай бұрын
Are you going to do Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions?
@suntannedduck2388
9 ай бұрын
Never played or knew about this one so it was cool to learn about it. Happy new year.
@chaospoet
9 ай бұрын
"Looks like Right Said Fred went rogue." Well he IS too sexy not to. 🤷♂️
@kabob0077
8 ай бұрын
2:32 Rami Spider-Man is allowed to fold a man in half with a punch but Ultimate can only knock someone out and web them.
@adrian_veidt
8 ай бұрын
Wow, the DS version looks really promising and fun
@gnbman
7 ай бұрын
Still looks beautiful.
@pedrotudoyt
9 ай бұрын
Please cover Hulk: Ultimate Destruction on the PS2 and GameCube, it's the best Hulk game hands down, it really made you feel like a big menace.
@brandonkirkendall1466
8 ай бұрын
I kind of hope that someone will make a new standalone Hulk game after how successful the recent Spider-Man games have been.
@ma100592school
9 ай бұрын
This was jokes, giggling away watching this. Whispering doll clip 😂
@HrvojeGrahovac
9 ай бұрын
Solid VO direction from Margaret Tang
@Prupps1
8 ай бұрын
so glad the pc port isn't a completely different game like what they did with spider-man 2
@shadowhalk225
9 ай бұрын
I only grew up with the Gameboy version, and idk why but I still prefer it over the other versions
@TheManWhoLaughs2008
8 ай бұрын
Back when Spider-Man was for everyone
@Mezziah777
9 ай бұрын
I remember hyping this game a lot when it came out, but with insufficient funds I was going to wait until it got cheaper, and then a lot of other games came and stole my attention and I kind of forgot about it. Guess I'll need to scrounge up a used copy and dig out my Xbox, as with most older licenced games it's not going to be remastered or get backwards compatibility any time soon.
@ParallaxSound315
9 ай бұрын
Will always be my favorite Spider-Man game
@AdamBricks
9 ай бұрын
I'm a simple man, I see a new flandrew video... I click.
@wade_says
8 ай бұрын
I had the GameCube version! Amazing game.
@XAD222
9 ай бұрын
I wish you uploaded more videos per month, this channel was so silent for way too long
@greenfalcon2316
9 ай бұрын
I love the Video!! Keep on your great work 🫶🏻🫶🏻
@Qasemiro
9 ай бұрын
I have very good memories of this😃 Please compare spider man friend or foe,web of shadows and the amazing spider man 1 And please compare lord of the rings Aragorn's quest and 007 quantum of solace versions
@mrblobby7864
9 ай бұрын
I like the game but I just wish it had been a bit longer.
@randomguy-re7mi
2 ай бұрын
I wish for ultimate spiderman sequel
@starseeker3002
8 ай бұрын
I 95%agree with this list. Id swap gba and og ds but other than that it looks correct
@CrashFan03
9 ай бұрын
8:35 i'm pretty sure that's tobey saying it
@AnisterStarlight
6 ай бұрын
Shocker isn't really all that hard. Carnage is way more harder that makes the final boss with Venom look easy.
@Randolo10
8 ай бұрын
I loved playing every version of games I enjoyed especially on mobile phones which have some goats like snake 🐍 😂
@DavidDumbedDown
9 ай бұрын
This video was uploaded at 14:00
@DavidDumbedDown
9 ай бұрын
14:25😊
@kabob0077
8 ай бұрын
4:20 But he has a nose, unlike Voldemort!
@rouviews1864
8 ай бұрын
Personally, I'd love to see you review Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time. I don't know anything about those games and the current retrospectives on them aren't very good.
@005-kevaldamani2
2 ай бұрын
Apart from this game, I liked your commentary.
@chrismeier8560
9 ай бұрын
I think at this point you are just reading my mind when it comes to finding games for you to review. This Was my absolute favourite when it came out. And I still play it to this day. Keep it coming!
@rumotu
9 ай бұрын
No wonder Insomniac SM2 didn't won a thing. It's the same game other studio done 20 years ago
@БогданКрименюк
7 ай бұрын
Except that was Web of Shadows they copied not Ultimate
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