Posted on Monday 30-Jan-2012 5:12 PM

Amazing Spider-Man screen perpetuates Mirror's Edge comparison

Prepare to swoon

By Tamoor Hussain for computerandvideogames.com

Activision has released a new screenshot for The Amazing Spider-Man and we can't help but see a little Mirror's Edge in there.

Amazing Spider-Man Screenshot
The single screenshot has Spidey perched atop a building, looking down on the clean, gleaming city below. The shimmering glass, unembellished buildings and blue hues are strikingly similar to the utopian city depicted in EA's Mirror's Edge. We like what we're seeing so far.

The Amazing Spider-Man is being developed by Edge of Time and Shattered Dimensions studio Beenox and will serve as as an epilogue story occurring after the events of the upcoming movie. From the looks of it Beenox will be breaking out of the narrow hallways of its last two titles and letting players web-sling around Manhattan.

In the initial reveal Activision confirmed Seamus Kevin Fahey, who has penned episodes of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, will be writing the the game's story.

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Have a look at the Amazing Spider-Man concept art to get an idea for what the developer is going for.

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Tamoor Hussain
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    kmcroc on 30 Jan '12 said:

    Not one to bitch , but wasn't Spider-man climbing roofs ,pipes ,jumping off watertowers ,running up walls, way before anyone had a clue what mirros edge was .Don't see how everyone thinks Mirrors edge was the first to do so .

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    FlimFlam on 30 Jan '12 said:

    Not one to bitch , but wasn't Spider-man climbing roofs ,pipes ,jumping off watertowers ,running up walls, way before anyone had a clue what mirros edge was .Don't see how everyone thinks Mirrors edge was the first to do so .

    I think you may need to read the article again.

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    TheMopFromMars on 30 Jan '12 said:

    Click the picture and then look to the left of the center building for some legs on a poster. Weird. :?

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    kmcroc on 30 Jan '12 said:

    Not one to bitch , but wasn't Spider-man climbing roofs ,pipes ,jumping off watertowers ,running up walls, way before anyone had a clue what mirros edge was .Don't see how everyone thinks Mirrors edge was the first to do so .

    I think you may need to read the article again.

    Yes read the article ,but should have mentioned that my Questuion / comment was a bit off topic & not really pertaining to the article. sorry my apologies.

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    Fr33Kye on 30 Jan '12 said:

    There are worse games a SPIDER-MAN game can take inspiration from.

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    IplayVideogames on 30 Jan '12 said:

    They should make a game of spider-ham a.k.a peter porker

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    dicky1993 on 30 Jan '12 said:

    playing mirrors edge atm, it looks nice but it's not my kind of graphics shiny ain't good and gameplay is mediocre so far

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    Rothepony on 30 Jan '12 said:

    Click the picture and then look to the left of the center building for some legs on a poster. Weird.

    8 legs in total. Just like a spider!!! :D

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    Dr Bob on 30 Jan '12 said:

    Was that screenshot captured on a Wii? The graphics look awful.

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    mrlister on 30 Jan '12 said:

    Mirror's Edge is best played for speed runs. I'd like to see that aspect in the new Spider-Man game but with Spidey's massive jumps. I LOVE games where you can jump ridiculously high! Spiderman 2 on Xbox, Crackdown and the Jedi Knight games have done it best.

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    Barca Azul on 31 Jan '12 said:

    Is it the cover art? :roll:

    Id love for this to be okay, im just not getting my hopes up!

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    HBK_nWo33 on 1 Feb '12 said:

    Looks bad. Shame, because Beenox have raised standards for Spidey games and I was hoping for something good. But the screenshot looks hideous, and if it is like Mirror's Edge I don't think I will be getting it.