Just as the new film is a great improvement on the already solid original, so too is Spider-Man 2: The Movie (the game) a significant improvement on previous video game simulations of New York's friendly neighbourhood web-slinger.
As you'd expect, the new game works along the same basic lines as the last one but is actually a very noble attempt to completely expand the concept and the way it's implemented. The biggest change is the that the game is now much more free-form, rather than being strictly mission based, and you can swing around New York City all you like, getting involved in side quests (such as stopping minor robberies) before getting around to the wider plot.
The actual business of web-slinging has been greatly improved so that your webbing now actually connects with buildings, instead of just attaching to thin air, and so the whole business of getting around the city becomes more "realistic". The combat system has also been completely overhauled, although it's still fair to say that the interior levels are far less entertaining than bouncing around New York and getting involved in aerial scraps.
The game realises this though and the majority of the action now takes place outside as you not only follow the plot of the movie, taking on main bad guy Dr Octopus, but also tackling some of Spidey's other villains from the comic books, including the Vulture, Rhino and Shocker--as well as meeting alternative love interest Black Cat. Hopefully someday all comic book games will be this good.--David Jenkins
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Challenging but fun I agree with the very positive reviews from Amazon users here. The game is complex, well though out, loads of fun (the New Yorker passers by who holler out abuse or cheer Spidey on are very entertaining), the gameplay lets you actually feel like SPider-Man without being too hard, it's true to the spirit of the comics and the film, the levels aren't too restrictive or too unfocussed, and in all in all, I'm very happy-real value for money.
Better than expected! This game was much better than expected. I was thoroughly disappointed with the first Spider-man game which I found boring and incredibly hard. Spider-man 2 however is much, much better. It is more exciting, the graphics are well improved and Spider-man is better than he has ever been before! Unlike Spider-man (1) you can only swing when there are buildings nearby where-as in the first Spider-man game you just went up and up when there weren't even any buildings in reach! Nope. Spider-man 2 has it all. It... more info
the amazing spiderman 2! i think this game was one of the best games of the year because the introduction of the free roaming system was great and the combat system has also improved from the first game. the best bit is getting to the statue of liberty the trick is to hang on the helicopters till another one comes then swing onto it and keep doing that. this is by far the best superhero game ever!!! 10/10
Spins a web, and swings high! I managed to pre-order the game at my local GAME back in late spring-early summer 2004. Since I got the game a week before I saw the film I decided to play only the opening bit where you learn your basic moves and stop a lady being mugged. Although this only takes five minutes to do once per life, I knew that the game was going to be as good as it was anticipated. After seeing the film, I obviously decided to proceed with my game and boy I'm glad I did. You get near enough the ultimate Spiderman... more info
