Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem

Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem
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Developer(s)	Gameloft
Publisher(s)	Gameloft
Producer(s)	Wang Yao Thomas Aurick
Designer(s)	Tan Zen Stanislas Dewavrin
Artist(s)	Wang Rui Arthur Hugot
Composer(s)	Nicolas Dube Nicola Archambault
Platform(s)	iOS, Android
Release	iOS WW: September 1, 2010 Android WW: April 14, 2011
Genre(s)	Beat-em-up
Mode(s)	Single-player

Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem (also known as Spider-Man: Total Mayhem) was a 2010 action video game for the iOS and Android systems. It was developed and published by Gameloft. The game takes place in the Ultimate Marvel Universe (Earth-1610). It is no longer available for purchase in the App Store for iPhone and Google Play Store for Android.

Gameplay

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Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem utilizes on-screen buttons to control the character.

Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem is an action game where the player controls the titular hero. Controls are handled through a touchscreen interface, with on-screen buttons serving the same purpose as physical buttons. In the lower-left of the screen a single on-screen button simulates an analog stick, controlling movement. Three on-screen buttons in the lower right correspond to various attacks.

Plot

At the start of the game, Spider-Man (Andrew Chaikin) finds a group of thugs attacking a woman. He fights them off, only to have the woman he saved call him a freak and run away. Spider-Man is then seen chasing Sandman through New York City. They engage in combat and Sandman is defeated, just before Rhino throws a car at Spider-Man who avoids it. Rhino manages to escape and then the Triskelion can be seen in flames. It is later revealed that the fire was caused by an explosion, which let all super-villains free from the prison, along with symbiotes created from a mixture of the venom suit and OZ formula. Throughout the game, Spider-Man has to fight several villains which appear in Ultimate Spider-Man comics, such as Electro, Green Goblin and Rhino. Many of the villains' followers, such as symbiotes, thugs and goblins, have to be fought as well.

After fighting Electro, the police talk to Spider-Man, saying that if he continues to fight villains, they would have to send Roxxon security robots to get him, as they have the situation under control. After fighting Venom twice and facing a symbiote army, Spider-Man is informed by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that Norman Osborn (Green Goblin) has captured some baseball players, as well as the mayor and threatened to transform them into goblins unless the whole city is given to him. Spider-Man fights Doctor Octopus and then heads to the stadium, where he finds Green Goblin, who escapes. After chasing Norman through Manhattan, Spider-Man fights and defeats him. Green Goblin is taken by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, who thank Spider-Man for his help and inform him that Dr. Connors (Lizard) had been working to create an antidote for the symbiotes left in the city.

At the end of the game, Spider-Man is sitting on a bench, when the woman which appears in the beginning of the game, comes to him and apologizes. She says he is not a freak after all, before Spider-Man swings off.

Critical reception

The game has a Metacritic score of 85% based on ten critic reviews.