The PSP version came a little late to the market,still good like previous versions but you may say no.

User Rating: 7 | Spider-Man 3 PSP
Spider-Man arrives on PSP just a bit late. Spider-Man 3, on PSP, is based on the PS2 version of the game. It's the first portable Spidey with a fully alive rendition of New York City, which is a fairly impressive accomplishment for a handheld platform. The game isn't as striking as it would have been in May, but the PSP version is a solid game for Spidey fans looking to swing around New York City.

As expected, Spider-Man 3 follows the movie's plot. It begins right after the prequel ended with Peter finally getting his life in order. Of course, this cheery mood doesn't last very long. In Spider-Man 3, the game, you'll be able to relive the movie and classic action sequences against Sandman, Green Goblin and Venom but Vicarious Visions also added a lot of additional plot lines not based directly on the movie. Some of these involve additional villains (lizard,kraven,morbious,shriek) while others task you with doing something like protecting New York City.

Of course, the main reason to pick up Spider-Man 2 was the swinging mechanics. Here lies the biggest problem with the PSP version of the game: the analog nub makes swinging more cumbersome than it was in any of the other versions. It's certainly do-able and probably no worse than previous PSP Spider-Man games, but the fact that you now have a full city to explore makes the cumbersome swinging mechanic stand out more. Combat is generally intuitive thanks to the easy combo system that automatically strings together moves into something that looks pretty good. Again the PSP's control limitations come into play since it is fairly difficult to move Spider-Man around to target a particular character. Part of the problem is that you control the camera using the L shoulder button and D Pad, meaning you can't really move Spider-Man while you control the camera. Of course, the Black Suit is back. Like the Wii and PS2 versions, you can put it on and take it off at will but the more you have it on the more difficult it will become to take it off and the more it will hurt the city.Like if you have the black suit on and your endurance bar is full (when the black suit is on,the endurance bar won't drop on it's own.You can't do adernalie attacks with the black suit so the only way to make the bar drop is to change the suit with your original.) the city will look dull,the soundtrack will change to a very unhappy tone,the leaves of the trees will not be light green,they will be dark and they fall and people will say bad things about you instead of good things when you help them.

The PSP version includes an exclusive Conquest mode. In this mode, you're given missions and a number of thugs to defeat before daylight. It's a fun distraction and great for shorter bursts of gameplay. The game also has a unique map system that shows you how much influences the gangs have over certain portions of the city. Additionally, the PSP version places a lot of emphasis on improving Spider-Man. You can earn Hero Points to unlock additional fighting moves, abilities and even improve Spider-Man's strength, attacks, defense such as vaults, meele combos, adernalie attacks, acrobatics, etc.

Visually, the game looks comparable to the Wii and PS2 versions of the game. The city is fairly large although the texture quality took a hit with the drop to the smaller screen. There's a bit more pop-up in this version, with relatively simpler architecture. Thankfully, the character models still look fairly good and the animation, especially for Spider-Man, is as solid as it has ever been. Despite the complaints above, cramming Spider-Man 3 into an UMD is striking and Vicarious Visions has done a great job of doing so.

The audio in the game, however, is impressive. The audio component is led by the actual movie's cast so you'll hear Tobey as Spider-Man, Topher Grace as Venom, Thomas Haden Church as Sandman and James Franco as the New Goblin. The dialogue is spot-on and helps draw you into the game. The game's sound effects are generally great, too, although the actual combat sounds are a touch too repetitive. The orchestrated score sounds it was ripped directly from a big-name Hollywood blockbuster.

Spider-Man 3 on PSP is a competent port of the PS2 and Wii versions of the game. Having a free-roaming Spidey game on a handheld will definitely please a lot of fans. However, the fact that Spider-Man 3 is late to the party, coupled with the PSP's control limitations, keep this version from achieving the same success that the other versions achieved.