Spiderman Vs Venom is a classic dart game where you either play as the
good guy - Spiderman, or bad guy Venom. In fact it makes no difference as to who you play except in cosmetics. You get two gameplay modes - one where you play against the computer and all its artificial intelligence over several levels of increasing difficulty, or the second gameplay mode which you compete against each other to see who can score the most hits against the AI.
There is a dearth of actual two player flash type games, and disappointingly this game does not allow one player to take control of Spiderman and the other venom, and instead is more of a leader board challenge - and is almost identical to the single player game.
The game itself is actually quite fun to play. As one of the superhero or villains, you must move side to side while trying to shoot the other player. The controls are simple and very intuitive in terms of jumping and moving to the side and are easy to pick up. The controls are also quite responsive, and dodging the computer is well balanced.
The presentation and graphics are very simple, but do not stutter and run well on a low spec machine, but are perfectly adequate. You will find yourself being really in tune with your characters movements, and there is no jerkiness or loading times to spoil your aim. The sound is reasonable for a flash game, but is nothing memorable.
The gameplay is limited - you only have one real target to hit - you do get bonus targets but these do not appear to make any difference to your game. If there was an opportunity to upgrade your character or hit power ups, this game could be more in depth.
The difficulty of the game is actually quite well done, with the game gently easing you into the game mechanics. Although you would guess rightly that the computer tends to fall back into the same predictable patterns of movement, obstacles, and the slow movement of the webs make the game challenging. At higher levels, your opponent tends to move more quickly and does not spend much time in the same spot. The game tends to become a game of predicting where Venom or Spiderman lands, and hoping to hit them with a slow moving web. Meanwhile, you need to continuously move if you are to avoid being hit by your opponent who will start to fire more and more webs as the game gets harder.
In summary, the game is really quite shallow, and will not hook you in for a long time. It is reasonable if you have a few minutes to spend playing games, but it will not provide much of a long term distraction. The two player option does not really offer much increase in playability. There are better Spiderman games for kids out there than this, so unless you are a massive Spiderman vs Venom fan, this can provide a short term distraction at most.
