Stiq Figures, October 29 – November 4: Spider The Video Game edition
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When your video game has a spider holding a gun and a knife on the cover, you know it should be a sure-fire masterpiece. That turned out to be half-true for Boss Game Studios’ 1997 PlayStation game, Spider: The Video Game.
The game’s description, at least according to the above intro video, is certainly part of the masterpiece side of the game: “The mind of a genius. The body of a spider. A mortally wounded scientist accidentally implants his consciousness in a nano-tech marvel – a cybernetic spider. Now shrunk to the size of a bug you must fight to stay alive.”
While its platforming and general gameplay elements certainly didn’t get prettier with age, Spider: The Video Game should at least remind us that firing missiles as as creepy critter should happen much more than it does in gaming.Continue reading Stiq Figures, October 29 – November 4: Spider The Video Game editionStiq Figures, October 29 – November 4: Spider The Video Game edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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