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SO SO

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is okay it is fun but not reel fun. Let me show you the good and the bad. Good do anything spider man can with new moves. Battle doc ock. go anywhere and interact with anyone and anything. The bad. I did not no that spider man saveed baloons. new york is a safe place now but in this game a bad thing hapens all the time. THE game is bad. and that is why i dont like it

More fun than expected

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the only movie tie-in games that I actually enjoyed.
The gaming area is huge, as well it should be. It's the island of Manhattan as well as Roosevelt Island. Anyone who has spend any time in NY will instantly go to there favorite landmark (also props for the tasteful WTC site). I suppose you can get lost, but NY does have a somewhat confusing layout.
The fastest way to travel is web swinging. Once you get the handle of it (R shoulder shoots web, A drops it, optional speed burst with L shoulder) it is extremely addictive. You can also run around, but obviously it's not the fastest way. You can also purchase speed upgrades for your swing to make it faster. Trust me, it is reallllllllly easy to control.
It is true that the free roam variety of missions are repetitive: Someone is robbing a money truck, breaking into a building, or stealing someone's purse. Also a kid's balloon may be floating up, a guy is hanging from a building, you can visit a gang hideout, you may just get jumped, you can chase down an out of control car... Basically fight these guys or chase this thing. You can also do some different kinds of races and of course the story based missions.
You get hero points after every mission. 125-500 for non story ones, plus points for everyone you kill. It is well into the thousands for story missions. Those points can be used to upgrade you combat, speed & some bonuses.
The story missions include the movie but also have long arcs with Mysterio, Shocker, and Black Cat. The Mysterio boards are especially fun - one includes him taking over Liberty Island. Points are not hard to come by - even in game hints nets you 10-50 points. Another reviewer said, "you need a million points to get to the end of the game" Uh...no, the game is divided into chapters and the most you need prior to the Dr. is like 5000. As that other reviewer admitted he didn't "stick around" for the end - I did.
Anyone with even a passing interest in Spider-Man should check this out. This is Spider-man in the GTA style, so it loses a few points for originality, but it is an all around great game.

Excellent Game Design and Graphics!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Spider Man 2, gotta love it. This is without a doubt the best combination of genres I've seen in a game. Seamlessly blending RPG, Action, Adventure and Arcade, this game has a lot for everybody. There is a wonderful story mode with beautifully rendered cut scenes, and also a really fun free roaming mode. I bought this game a long time ago, and I still love playing it. If you only buy a few games this year, make this one of them.

Swingin'

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Spider-Man 2 is a decent game. For those that want an easy swinging web-head there is an easy mode, but the normal mode for all its extra difficuly is a much richer experience. If you want straight swinging with one button then go for it, but if your swinging from a building to the side of you then of course you will swing in an arc. That's just realistic. The skill comes in at being able to control this with additiol webs and timed jumps and when you do you will feel like the movie. Yes the side missions do get repetative but there is enough additonal exploring to do (and trust me if you master web swinging you will want to) that it can alleviate this somewhat. If you are a fan of Spider-Man and want to dive off the highest skyscraper in New York to swing away on a web at the last moment then this game is for you. For super engaging gameplay you may want to look elsewhere. This game is for the free spirit.

Spider-man 2 = an instant buy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I know the first Spider-man movie game sucked. But Activision has worked very hard on this free range action game. The training is very helpfull and the controls are easy to adapt to. I thought this game would do one thing wrong and that would be what you would do after you beet the story mode, but unlike most games this one doesn't go back to the menu screen after you win. Instead you are free to keep swinging arond the city and stopping crime even after you complete the story mode. I personally didn't care for the story mode that much but my friend did and he's a huge Spider-man fan. The graphics are prety good once you set aside the facts that alot of people look the same and this game can get prety repetitive. The audio is very well done and I haven't seen gameplay like this sice Halo! Don't waste money renting this game if you get a chance to buy it DO!

Graphics = A-

Audio = A

Controls = A+

Gameplay = A+

Get the first game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Spider-man 2 suffers from a few key things that the makers must have seen as updates, but really just bog the game down. One is the new swinging system, in the old game you held down the swing button and went on your way, in spidey 2 you have more control over the swinging but it gets very tedious to swing in the direction you want, spidey never seems to go straight, always swinging towards buildings and running into things, this gets quite tedious when chasing villains and on timed events. Secondly we have the addition of hero points, each chapter has a set amount of points you need to get by doing things for local citizens (stopping robberies etc) there are only about 5 things which you earn hero points through, so after about 20 minutes you've seen it all. Add to this that you only get one true mission per chapter, and these missions can be as pointless as going to meet mary jane for a movie. Third you only have one attack button, no more kick and punch, its just punch now and that takes some fun out of the action. And lastly you have to buy upgrades for spidey's abilities... spidey isnt a wizard in dungeons and dragons, upgrading is tedious and robs you of some moves you had in the original game, moves you expect to have. Overall I would say spidey 1 is the superior game, yes its true you cant run around on the streets of new york in that game, but hey when you do you have to do dumb things like helping kids get the balloon they just let go of. Spidey 1 has set missions that keep you interested, and its a much more cinematic and fun experience.

Spidey 2 Review for GC

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The web-slinging takes some practice, so does learning the city. But once you do, this is a decent game. I'm eager to play the next one though.

A solid Spidey adventure

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Spider-Man 2.

INTRODUCTION:
Both of the Spider-Man live-action films released in recent years were nothing short of excellent. It's thanks to those films that I ultimately became a fan of Spider-Man in general. And, sure enough, both films had massive marketing campaigns. Included in the campaigns were video games, sure enough. The first film's video game was disappointing, being a painfully generic full-3D adventure that had potential, but never really went anywhere. Needless to say, a game based on the second film was also released. Does it improve on its predecessor. To find out, just keep on reading.

OVERVIEW:
Spider-Man 2 was released in 2004. The game is one player, and was released for pretty much every gaming system of the era.

REVIEW
To put it in the simplest terms possible, this game IS a massive improvement over its disappointing predecessor. The first thing you'll notice is that the basic concept of the game is largely fixed. Rather than boring, clunky linear paths, you now get to freely explore Manhattan Island, accomplishing missions to gain points, and battling classic Spidey villains along the way (It's kind of like Grand Theft Auto, but you're on the side of the law.) This gives the game somewhat of a non-linear structure, giving you some freedom. Being able to web-sling through the city is extremely fun. The control scheme has also gotten a massive overhaul, and all for the better, too. The new scheme is better, and easier to learn, too. I found myself doing a whole lot of fighting with the camera in the first game, and thankfully, that's not the same story here! With assorted events and a storyline that goes beyond the movie, you'll be busy for quite some time. Of course, the game is far from perfect. The biggest problem with this game is its overall redundant nature. Although there are plenty of challenges and events to participate in, they're all pretty much the same, and this may make you bored with the game faster than you might like. Another flaw is the graphics in cut scenes - the first game had MUCH better cut scene graphics - these look like they belong on the Nintendo 64! This is a very good game, desoite the flaws, arguably the best game to ever feature the Spider-Man name.

EDITION NOTES:
In recent times, this game has been rereleased as a Greatest Hits title, resulting in a massive price drop! If you're a Spidey fan and you don't have this yet, now's the time to make the purchase!

OVERALL:
And that's it. Spider-Man 2 is a massive improvement over the game based on the first Spider-Man film, as anyone will tell you. Activision has taken the potential the first game had, and exploited it in pretty much every good way possible. If you're a Spider-Man fan, this game is well worth your time.

Entertaining yet REPETATIVE

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

One thing the creators of this game obviously didn't spend to much time on was variety. It took me 4 days to completely beat and in short, the game went kind of like this; stop an armored car robbery, save an idiot hanging off a building, chase a balloon, chase a car, save an idiot hanging off a building, stop a cop shooting, chase a car, stop an armored car robbery, CHASE BLACK CAT, chase a balloon - u get the idea. So my main concern is why the missions were hardly thought through! MAN THAT ANNOYED ME! Yet i must say that the graphics were impressive along with the geography and a couple fighting moves. So basically, if u can't get enough of this game, playing it's demos at stores, at ur friends house, at the mall, ..............DON'T BUY IT!!! just do what i did and rent it for a couple days. trust me it isn't worth the mula. and u'll beat it in a couple days anyway! so for your sake, DON'T BUY THE GAME

Spiderman 2 Rocks

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome. You can fly all over New York, and a directional blue symbol shows you the way. The graphics are neat and the theme of helping people and hurting bad guys is neat. Some parts are very difficult and sometimes I think they are inhumanly possible for someone who doesn't play video games much. Chasing thugs in a car gets old after a while and is pretty difficult as well. I still like this game despite its challenges and would recommend it for any serious gamer. Hope you enjoy, if you don't I'm sorry.

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