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No Subtitles

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 20
Date: July 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Spiderman 2 does not contain the option for subtitles. If you are unable to follow the dialogue, the game cannot be successfully played or enjoyed without them.

Avoid this title and all other Activision titles as they do not subtitle any of their games.

Whats the point?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: February 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Eve though I'm a Spider-Man fan, this game isn't really that good at all.
Edward Park

Boring.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 11 / 30
Date: July 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Though miles better than the (awful) first game this still suffers from major bore. The free-roaming gameplay would be great if there were a bit more variety and things to do.

The main problem is that the gaming area is absolutely immense. While this may be a good thing (a whole state is your gaming area in the upcoming GTA: San Andreas) there are very few definitive landmarks to give you some kind of orientation. It's based on the real New York, with all the famous buildings, but literally hundreds of streets look the same and it's very, very easy to get hopelessly lost. Plus the only method of travel is swinging. Yes, it's cool, but very slow considering the area you have to cover and not to easy to control unless your a genius with the control pad.

And the missions are all the same. Stop an armoured car hijack, stop a guy stealing a car, save some idiot hanging off a building, beating up nameless thugs, save some guy hanging off a building, stop some guy stealing a car, save some guy hanging off a building...boring. When you complete a mission that should be it done for the whole game, none of this again and again and again trash. The average score for completing these missions is 250 hero points...you need 1, 000, 000 to reach Doc Ock at the end of the game. Sorry I ain't sticking around long enough to 4000 tedious missions.

The only cool thing about this game is that it's narrated by Bruce Campbell. The rest seems like a rushed movie tie-in, not a real game.

Grand Theft Spidey?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: July 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

They say if it ain't broke, then don't fix it. I loved the first Spider-Man game. The graphics were crisp and detailed, the story was deep and involving, and the controls were precise and tight. Then Grand Theft Auto: Vice City came out, which completely re-wrote the video game genre. Games like True Crime and The Getaway were released that practically copied the GTA formula: Free roaming cities, mini-missions, mayhem and violence, etc. Add Spider-Man 2 to the list with mediocre results.

I admit that I was initially excited when I heard that Spider-Man could now swing freely through the city and bust bad guys on the streets below. Though the former is exhilirating and excellently implemented, the latter is dull and repititious. Like GTA, there is a mini-map of the city in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Whenever there is trouble, a green icon will appear in the location where a crime is taking place. Unfortunately, there is a lack of variety in these missions. You will either have to prevent a robber from getting away, take an injured civilian to the hospital, catch a civilian from falling to his or her death, or save people from a sinking boat. After a few of these, you'll begin wishing that the game would just get on with the story. Solving these missions contribute to your "Hero Points" which allow you to purchase moves and combos from a Spidey Store. Since when did Spidey have to buy his own moves and combos? Strange...

Unfortunately, due to the heavy reliance on memory and processing power to produce the massive scope of the game, the graphics are the first to suffer. In most instances, the game resembled a Playstation 1 game. Spidey generally looks good, but the other characters in the game look like spray-painted cardboard boxes. I would have preferred a much scaled-down city in order to boost the quality of the graphics because quite frankly, Spider-Man 2 is an ugly game.

Fans of the first game will most likely be disappointed with the sequel. Though the ability to explore the city by swinging from building to building is a treat, the gameplay and graphics truly suffer. This one is definately a rental.

A good game but way too short

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Spiderman 2 is a great game for the first couple hours that you play it. After that it just gets boring. Even before you beat the whole game. Of course you still have the extras that you can play but thats just not worth the money. Now dont get me wrong, Im a big Spidey fan and this game does have its thrillers. The amount of satisfaction that I get tying bad guys up and leaving them hanging on poles almost makes it worth it. Almost.

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.

Way Too Easy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Spidey 2 is a fun game, but I beat it a couple days after I bought it. I would have only rented it if I knew it were so easy. There goes 50 bucks.

awesome game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: July 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is an excellent game. The swinging,the jumping. Everything is great.Go and buy it!

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

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.

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