Spawn: Armageddon
{{Short description|2003 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Spawn: Armageddon
| image = Spawn - Armageddon Coverart.png
| caption = North American PlayStation 2 cover art
| developer = Point of View
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|Namco Hometek|EU|Electronic Arts{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-signs-pal-spawn-armageddon/1100-6083552/ | title=EA signs PAL Spawn: Armageddon }}|JP|Namco}}
| producer = Jon Sieker
| designer = Edward Linley
| programmer = {{Plainlist|
- Steven Lashower
- Kyle Radue
- Hari Khalsa
}}
| artist = Ivan Enriquez
| composer = Rik Schaffer
Margaret Tang
Jason Freedman
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 21, 2003|PAL|March 12, 2004}}{{vgrelease|JP|June 3, 2004 (PS2)}}
| genre = Action-adventure, hack and slash
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = PlayStation 2
GameCube
Xbox
}}
Spawn: Armageddon is a 2003 action-adventure game released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube video game consoles. It is inspired by issues 1 through 99 of the Spawn comic book series.
Gameplay
Gameplay focuses on fast and stylish combat gaining high breakable items, Souls, Technique points, comic covers, Time and Ranks. Spawn's main weapon is the Agony Axe (formed by his cape), which can cut through any demon. He is also armed with his trademark chains, which attack with great accuracy and speed. Spawn can find firearms to use on stronger demons. He is capable of using various hellish powers, particularly the necroplasm. The game features upgrades; Spawn must collect demon souls in order to buy ammunition, upgrade his weapons and increase his maximum health or necroplasm bar.{{cite book |last=Farkas |first=Bart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a-l6PQAACAAJ |title=Spawn(R) Official Strategy Guide |year=2003 |publisher=Brady Publishing |isbn=978-0-7440-0325-3 |page=12}}
Plot
{{main|Spawn (comics)}}
Spawn stands on a decrepit rooftop in New York City. He receives flashbacks of his former life, and his betrayal by Jason Wynn. A green flash of light tears through the city, signaling the demon's war against the angels in battle known as Armageddon. Knocked off the rooftops, Spawn takes to the street to answer the call and get revenge.
Various characters from the Spawn comic book are featured in the game.
Development
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane directed the game's production.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
Marilyn Manson's song "Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth" from the 2003 album The Golden Age of Grotesque is used for the intro video and credits.{{cite magazine |last=Trauman |first=Steve |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59 |title=Marilyn Manson gets into the videogame game |volume=115 |date=15 November 2003 |issue=46 |magazine=Billboard |page=59 |issn=0006-2510}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| NGC = true
| PS2 = true
| XBOX = true
| na = true
| EGM_NGC = 4.83/10{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Spawn: Armageddon |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=174 |date=January 2004 |page=110}}
| GI_PS2 = 6.5/10{{cite magazine |last=Zoss |first=Jeremy |url=http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/ED0D1702-5145-48C8-93FB-0AC65E53D6DF.htm |title=Spawn [Armageddon] (PS2) |magazine=Game Informer |issue=129 |date=January 2004 |page=132 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080114015535/http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/ED0D1702-5145-48C8-93FB-0AC65E53D6DF.htm |archive-date=January 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 16, 2015}}
| GI_XBOX = 6.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Spawn [Armageddon] (Xbox) |magazine=Game Informer |issue=129 |date=January 2004 |page=151}}
| GamePro_PS2 = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |author=Four-Eyed Dragon |url=http://gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/31831.shtml |title=Spawn Armageddon (PS2, Xbox) |date=November 25, 2003 |magazine=GamePro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204225239/http://gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/31831.shtml |archive-date=February 4, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 18, 2015}}
| GamePro_XBOX = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| GSpot_NGC = 5.6/10{{cite web |last=Navarro |first=Alex |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/spawn-armageddon-review/1900-6084674/ |title=Spawn: Armageddon Review (GC, PS2) |date=November 25, 2003 |website=GameSpot |accessdate=December 16, 2015}}
| GSpy_NGC = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Baker |first=Tariq |url=http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/spawn-armageddon/6452p1.html |title=GameSpy: Spawn: Armageddon (GCN) |date=December 8, 2003 |publisher=GameSpy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051203155240/http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/spawn-armageddon/6452p1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 17, 2015}}
| GSpy_XBOX = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Baker |first=Tariq |url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/spawn-armageddon/6454p1.html |title=GameSpy: Spawn: Armageddon (Xbox) |date=December 8, 2003 |publisher=GameSpy |accessdate=December 17, 2015}}
| IGN_NGC = 7.4/10{{cite web |last=Dunham |first=Jeremy |url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/441/441856p1.html |title=Spawn: Armageddon (GCN) |date=November 21, 2003 |website=IGN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410123752/http://cube.ign.com/articles/441/441856p1.html |archive-date=April 10, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 17, 2015}}
| NP_NGC = 3.5/5{{cite magazine |title=Spawn: Armageddon |magazine=Nintendo Power |volume=176 |date=February 2004 |page=151}}
| OPM_PS2 = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Nguyen |first=Thierry |url=http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,2053,1488897,00.asp |title=Spawn: Armageddon |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |date=January 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040329070232/http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,2053,1488897,00.asp |archive-date=March 29, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 17, 2015}}
| OXM_XBOX = 6.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Spawn: Armageddon |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |date=January 2004 |page=82}}
| MC_NGC = 61/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/spawn-armageddon/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |title=Spawn: Armageddon for GameCube Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=December 16, 2015 |archive-date=March 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250308004156/https://www.metacritic.com/game/spawn-armageddon/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |url-status=live }}
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The game received mixed reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. The action was criticized for being basic and repetitive, and the combos described as "lame."{{cite news |last=Faiz |first=Ahmad |title=Playing spawn from hell |date=March 25, 2004 |newspaper=New Straits Times |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-92653504.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092701/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-92653504.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}{{cite news |last=Szadkowski |first=Joseph |title=A Violent, Evocative Romp from Brain Behind Spawn |date=December 27, 2003 |newspaper=The Washington Times |url=}}
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050826052827/http://www.spawn.com/entertainment/armageddongame/ Spawn: Armageddon]
- [https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/spawn/ スポーン運命の鎖]{{JPN}}
- {{moby game|id=/spawn-armageddon}}
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Category:Action-adventure games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Superhero video games
Category:Video games about demons
Category:Video games based on Spawn (comics)
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games featuring black protagonists
Category:Video games set in hell