Comparing Every Version of Ultimate Spider-Man

[@mattdhargett]

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]

Damn

[@coyoteclan480]

Really? Is there a way to contact him?

[@noodle_Cx]

​@@coyoteclan480 Yeah do a séance

[@nottoofast]

@@coyoteclan480 💀💀💀

[@coyoteclan480]

@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.

[@NewSuperAvenger]

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]

Ooh, Flandrew should cover Spider-Man: Battle for New York next!

[@NewSuperAvenger]

​@@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]

@@NewSuperAvenger Yeah, I want to see all of those ones, too.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

why doesn't sony just relist all spiderman games then and make sequels to ultimate?

[@AnisterStarlight]

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.

[@Deathlygunn]

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]

not that deep

[@gamesArader]

​@@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]

@@gamesArader i don't play your woke games

[@gamesArader]

@@MGrey-qb5xz all good enjoy being brainwashed

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

@@gamesArader says the person playing the games trying hard to brainwash

[@Vivi_Ornitier05]

I felt alone for preferring this over Spider-Man 2

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

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]

Fortunately, there's a professional game designer who called Ultimate a vastly superior game.

[@CluckBuckles]

your not alone 🥲

[@jurassicmat9793]

​@@bigkmoviesandgamesyou can actually climb the webs in WOS

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@@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]

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]

sony can just put it on ps4 and ps5, don't know what their issue is

[@shantaehalf-geniehero4318]

@@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]

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.

[@ceeb420]

This is one of those childhood games that I somehow lost and feel regret over losing immensely. Loved this one.

[@jakehayes9337]

I lost my gamboy version but still have the ps2 version. I still regret losing the game boy version it kills me

[@ryu63509]

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.

[@Mankey619]

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.

[@sivartwad]

That baby whisper got me cackling 😂

[@coopercane500]

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.

[@rxndxsdonuts420]

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.

[@araeden]

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.

[@BRC1298]

8:35 that's totally Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 telling uncle Ben he's Spider-Man no more lmao

[@hattoripool1533]

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]

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.

[@MetalheadSean666]

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

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

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

[@Elvisbackpack]

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.

[@zerothehawkZ]

Man i really love this "comparing every version" series. Hugs from brazil

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

We were really spoiled with great Spider-Man games in the early to late 2000s.

[@Djordje_Jovanovic]

This game seriously needs a remaster. Happy New Year everyone!

[@Infinite_Entertainment_99]

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.

[@edgarlozada3858]

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]

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.

[@markeyiszra]

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.

[@johng291]

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]

The venom gameplay was badass. I was 8 years old and breaking backs like a madman.

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

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]

I never played this game as a kid but after watching your video i Will get this game a shot

[@TheChaosLupin]

Total Mayhem deserves a video too

[@Tronnus]

This is my favorite PS2 Spider-Man game!

[@alexrusu2905]

I loved this more (the ps2 version) more than SM2. I loved the comic book style

[@hattoripool1533]

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?

[@mosermi443]

i've always liked ultimate spider-man more than spider-man 2.. the art style really sets it apart nowadays too, just wish the symbiote suit was easier to obtain

[@gavinjones]

Gba version was my jam. I liked it more than the DS

[@Hogan231]

I played the PS2 version of Ultimate Spider-Man.

[@Dance_Yrself_Clean]

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,

[@RichardBarkman]

Nostalgia i haven’t played this USM in nearly 20 years. Happy new year Flandrew

[@francisgarcia2428]

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

[@D.S.handle]

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.

[@NameIII_]

In the 3d version, you can actually k word people, occasionally you'll have to fight against people on rooftops and you can throw the enemies down the rooftops causing them to die. They lose all health and don't need to be webbed up after falling either

[@vodo1983]

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!

[@gigigalaxy1395]

As a lifelong Queens resident, I can tell you that Queens Blvd. is called "The Boulevard of Death" for a reason.

[@christophercruz1513]

Flandrew you are killing it buddy, I can't wait to see the Metal Slug series from the aracde

[@akai3974]

Ultimate Spider-Man is my favorite comic book version of Spider-Man maybe behind Todd McFarland

[@Murdstone12]

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!

[@juiceloose100]

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! ❤

[@AidanDownes_KH]

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]

I really wanted this for the Cube, but never even found a copy for purchase 😢

[@Vicy5Modapk]

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]

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]

@@ricardonb6375 My bad, forgot that it took place before the first game.

[@joelcartagena953]

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.

[@DhruvP2004]

Happy New Year Flandrew 🎉

[@AlkoPRO11]

Best Spider-Man game ever: 1. Nostalgia 2. Music❤ 3. Villains

[@mkdroz91]

As a resident of Queens, can confirm we constantly flinch when Peter Parker approaches.

[@jordan20910]

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.

[@blakeellis9171]

Probably the best classic Spidey game alongside Web of Shadows and Edge of Time

[@jamescrowther1234]

After Spiderman 2000, this is my favourite spiderman game

[@kabob0077]

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.

[@Qasemiro]

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

[@BlindGardener]

I love how hig you could jump as venom with rhw shoulder buttons.

[@BugsyFoga]

The ultimate comparison

[@Caioviski795]

*Ultimate Spider-Man (2012 (Credits) Theme Starts Playing*

[@Mezziah777]

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.

[@garywillig5143]

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.

[@Fe_Mikey2015]

I had the gba version, it’s also where I’ve first seen carnage

[@suntannedduck2388]

Never played or knew about this one so it was cool to learn about it. Happy new year.

[@adrian_veidt]

Wow, the DS version looks really promising and fun

[@005-kevaldamani2]

Apart from this game, I liked your commentary.

[@ParallaxSound315]

Will always be my favorite Spider-Man game

[@ma100592school]

This was jokes, giggling away watching this. Whispering doll clip 😂

[@Archive_7802]

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…

[@HrvojeGrahovac]

Solid VO direction from Margaret Tang

[@pedrotudoyt]

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]

I kind of hope that someone will make a new standalone Hulk game after how successful the recent Spider-Man games have been.

[@Hogan231]

When is the video of Star Wars Battlefront games coming out?

[@UltimateSpider1385]

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.

[@chaospoet]

"Looks like Right Said Fred went rogue." Well he IS too sexy not to. 🤷‍♂️

[@RyanHaney55]

I can't believe someone thought it was a good idea to have Venom eat a child.

[@AmitRoy-ew8qm]

3:01 massive foreshadow for deadpool 3

[@jaya_surya_a5118]

I played thta mobile version 😂its fun....toxic city and total mayhem is best version of ultimate spiderman

[@shadowhalk225]

I only grew up with the Gameboy version, and idk why but I still prefer it over the other versions

[@justaway4271]

8:38 i just noticed, that's a clip of Tobey's voice lmfao 🤣

[@hughmungus1501]

The DS one was my childhood

[@FadeIn2Obscurity]

I played the hell out of this game when I was younger

[@kevinkara6925]

All game were great. I wish we got remakes

[@XAD222]

I wish you uploaded more videos per month, this channel was so silent for way too long

[@AdamBricks]

I'm a simple man, I see a new flandrew video... I click.

[@bcope6494]

That's crazy that this video was recommended to me today because yesterday I broke out the old PlayStation 2 and memory cards. was trying to beat this game after all these years and I'm still stuck on the last boss fight venom. He keeps ragdolling me all over the place. I forgot how bad this game irritated me. Lol .

[@chrismeier8560]

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!

[@zerocivilreview]

As a New Yorker from queens, we do flitch but only because we can’t walk properly

[@Prupps1]

so glad the pc port isn't a completely different game like what they did with spider-man 2

[@MarkDavidKnight]

Would have been nice if they allowed us to play as Wolverine as well

[@greenfalcon2316]

I love the Video!! Keep on your great work 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@xMcWeenx]

I got the DS version as a free store bonus with my Mario Kart DS system.

[@TheManWhoLaughs2008]

Back when Spider-Man was for everyone

[@SauloBenigno]

Do it more , loving the series

[@wade_says]

I had the GameCube version! Amazing game.

[@rouviews1864]

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.

[@mangermatilla]

Happy New Year

[@mikeclarke5732]

Are you going to do Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions?

[@starseeker3002]

I 95%agree with this list. Id swap gba and og ds but other than that it looks correct